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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1975
Page
5
A long column argues that recognizing gender based fear is essential. It promotes self defense and physical fitness for women, citing Vermont’s rape rate, safe exercise, and local martial arts classes. Readers are invited to share experiences and course leads in Bennington and surrounding areas.
A letter to the editor outlines a plan to address Mt Anthony Union High School problems. It cites large student body causing disconnection, weak student leadership, discipline burden on staff, lack of teacher and student ownership of spaces, and rising vandalism and maintenance costs.
Dr. Oakley M. Frost MATHS board member North Bennington outlines a new student group system for Mt Anthony High School. Groups of about 30 students from all four classes will each have rooms, a homeroom teacher counselor, and a daily study-period meeting. Leadership training, peer leadership, and career guidance materials will be developed. A work gang discipline system, a group tribunal, and a student court will replace detentions, with group officers serving in a student legislative body and a Living course taught through the groups. The plan emphasizes student identity, cross-class mentorship, staff relief through trained upperclassmen, maintenance crews, and annual review by administration.
In a playful interview, columnist Dick West reviews C Howard McToga’s tale Conspiring to Conspiracy the Hand behind the Hands that Held the Daggers which repurposes Caesar’s assassination as an international intrigue. The author jokes that Caesar’s killers were maneuvered by the Cleopatra Intelligence Agency in a satire on modern conspiracy literature.
A 1975 analysis argues Ford will be a formidable candidate despite his critics. It cites three factors: a troubled Democratic Party with Wallace potential walkout, a persistent conservative base seeking effective leadership, and a Congress pushing tax cuts but lax on spending and welfare abuses, suggesting Ford could leverage public concerns if unemployment declines.
In Bennington Vermont the village trustees at their regular meeting decided to sell the village team and all equipment that accompanies the two horses Old Fred and Old Frank. Old Fred will be retained under F Howard Ferguson supervision of the fire alarm system. Chief Game Warden E A Birchard installed Wendall Pike as temporary county warden.
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