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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1967
Page
3
Assistant Superintendent George A Sleeman outlines modular scheduling as a 15 minute based day with 25 minute modules. The plan allows varied class lengths, independent study, team teaching, and flexible group sizes to better fit program needs and facility use. School times are 8:20 homeroom, 8:30 first class, 2:45 dismissal, with continuation promised.
The library adds many fiction titles from Moore to Greene and Potok with works by Lanham Masur Bernard and Morris and a new mystery London locale. Nonfiction includes Metaxas and Ronchey analyses while juvenile choices feature Tom Swift. Reserve if out.
Industrial Management Club of Bennington met at 7 p.m. to choose a slate of officers for the next IMC meeting on Wednesday May 17. President Maynard W. Grout attended and Gilchrist was named membership chairman for 1967-68 starting October 1. Ladies Night will feature company product displays and plans for next year’s program were discussed.
Moose notes share Friday Happy Hour from 9 to 10 and a regular meeting Wednesday at 8 pm. Arrangements for a May 20 Saturday night dance are under way with announcements to follow. A May 16 public showing at 7 pm screens two Loyal Order of Moose films about Mooseheart Illinois the Child City and Moosehaven showing good works.
Norman Greenberg of Bennington announces a 2025 unit apartment project off South Street rear of 323 South St. expected for fall occupancy. Architect Demic Associates of Stoneham and contractor Nathan Mann Construction Co of Lowell lead the build, mirrored to Colonial Arms on West Main Street.
In New London a dealer offered $1 off for every pound of a customer’s weight. A 287-pound buyer bought a $295 car for $8. The report notes a quirky promotional stunt with a light ending in Florida and Moose lodge activities in Newport New Hampshire. officers were installed and a district degree team performed.
Daniel L. McQuillan president of Tansitor Electronics Inc announces the appointment of D Ralph Whiterell as controller for the tantalum capacitor maker Whiterell brings 15 years in management accounting and has worked at Reed Rolled Thread Die Company and American Optical Company Safety Products Division His duties cover all financial accounting and statistical systems He is a Clark University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate He is a member of the National Association of Accountants and is married with three children.
British medical researchers report birth control pills are not 100 percent safe yet far safer than a busy street crossing. The British Medical Research Council notes about three in 100,000 pill users die from complications, mainly blood clots, versus higher pregnancy mortality and road accident risks. Further long term studies continue to assess clotting risks and safer alternatives.
Gregory Smith a 20 year old Providence College sophomore and class president faces a PC hearing on alleged disruptions caused by his long hair. He refuses to cut his hair, stating he will obtain counsel to fight the charges as supporters advocate on his behalf. Trial set for Thursday.
All Boy Scouts of Bennington and North Bennington are urged to join town efforts with the Bennington Garden Club to clean streets. North Bennington Scouts meet 8 30 a m at the new fire station while Bennington Scouts and Explorers gather at 8 30 a m at the Village Garage. Wear old gloves and bring a burlap bag. adults and older Scouts will load trucks and supervise. The item then shifts to a separate hearing at Providence College involving student Smith, whose disciplinary process draws student protests and an ad hoc petition drive led by Michael Keane from Hartford urging administration to allow defense and trial. A sociology professor George Piperopoulos backs the protests as the case unfolds with a second hearing scheduled for next Thursday. Smith has fasted in protest and received support from students and parents, including a telegram from his father.
Johannesburg reports 25 lions arriving from Britain and the Continent to stock a new game park near the city. An animal trainer has arranged their transport, and the lions will be kept in lairs for weeks before releasing them among local antelope, giraffes, and zebras. The lions’ zoo-bred instincts may face challenges adapting to hoofed dinners rather than bite sized sources.
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