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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
3
A roundup of light aphorisms and maxims about life, money, manners, and motivation. It mixes wry observations on aging, honesty, politeness, and ambition with quips about family, work, and happiness. Ends with a year end wish for health, homes, prosperity, and world peace.
BurlingtonWashday appliances lag behind textile tech and permanent press can require user tweaks. The piece notes many households can still improve results with hot wash for heavily soiled items, cold rinse before spin, manual dryer cooling, careful loading, and fabric softeners to reduce ironing.
Burlington officials report modernized state health rules cut isolation to 24 hours after starting at least ten days of chemotherapy for patients and allow food service workers exposed to strep or scarlet fever to return after 24 hours and ten days chemo.
Colin W. McKenzie Jr., a former Bennington High School student now based in Pinehurst North Carolina, rose to major and served in Vietnam from July 1965 to July 1966. He earned the Legion of Merit two Republic of Vietnam gallantry crosses with palms an Air Medal oak leaf clusters and more. He is married to Anne with a son and his mother lives in Pinehurst.
The document lists school lunch options for Tuesday to Friday including meals such as Grapefruit juice with grilled cheese and green beans plus fruit and milk on Tuesday and spaghetti with meat sauce on Wednesday. Other days feature turkey pie, mashed potatoes, and spinach, plus pudding, and Friday offers baked beans and cabbage salad with fruit and milk.
New York United Press International reports chic resolutions for 1967 focusing on personal style. Advice covers wardrobe discipline, avoiding fad shopping, quality fabrics, subtle hair changes, skincare, makeup use, balanced diet, and regular daily exercise to achieve a modish, confident look.
Heart disease and arterial conditions accounted for more than half of U S deaths in 1966 according to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Coronary disease rose 4 percent as the national death rate climbed to 9.7 per 1 000 from 9.4 in 1965. Pneumonia influenza and emphysema deaths rose 10 percent due to a flu year. Cancer remained unchanged.
A Burlington article notes only 15 percent of Americans eat a solid breakfast while contrasting global patterns. It describes hearty meals in Norway and the Dutch, simple fare in Greece, and varied breakfasts in Egypt and Equatorial Africa, then argues Americans waste time and miss a nutritious quick morning meal.
Kay Strassburg of the University of Vermont Extension explains how electric blankets differ from regular ones with a heated element running along rows and dual controls. Safety devices include thermostat units and an undersigning seal. Price ranges from 10 to 60 dollars with guarantees of two to five years. Care includes hand washing in warm suds and thorough air drying. dry cleaning can damage wiring.
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