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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. This listing notes the newspaper's editorial section and publishing pattern.
Johns Hopkins psychologists studied 148 undergraduates to predict marijuana use. Dr. Hogan's team found 82 percent accuracy distinguishing users from non users among peers at Johns Hopkins and Lehigh. They linked traits like confidence sociability and broad interests with marijuana use while noting caution on interpretation and broader societal factors.
Mt Anthony Union High School hosts an open house to educate parents and teachers about why drugs attract youths. The article urges parental involvement, noting that solving drug use requires addressing root causes and parent responsibility, not just punishment or police action.
Editor notes urge TOPICS traffic control or other means to install a traffic light at Park and County streets and a Mt. Anthony Union High School sidewalk. They report a 15 mph school zone speed limit agreed upon at no cost and call for voluntary student street crossing discipline amid rally attendance estimates of 800 to 1,500 in Montpelier.
A feature examines the Chicago Eight case and Walker's testimony on police tactics during the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests. It questions intent, cross state lines charges, and the broader use of law in a turbulent era, framing Chicago as a microcosm of modern America.
William A. Bischoff of Manchester Mobile Sales urges Vermont readers to question a government backed plan to import 12,000 dollar prefabricated Canada built houses for self help housing in Castleton. He contends American firms could supply FHA approved housing and keep taxpayer money at home, criticizing VISTA and FHA for funding foreign construction.
Herbert G Ogden of Hartland urges wide circulation of Vermont Tax Department data from November 1969 on mobile prefab homes. The study covers 473 mobiles and 1,282 other homes in Berlin, Brattleboro, East Montpelier, Hartland and St. George, showing average property taxes and school costs per home and pupil. It concludes that mobile homes cost towns less per home in taxes than other homes, while housing fewer public school pupils. Ogden criticizes zoning snobbery and urges acceptance of mobile prefab housing.
A Shaftsbury letter argues both Hanoi and Saigon governments share brutal totalitarian power and urges rapid withdrawal of American troops. It questions whether American and Vietnamese bloodshed was justified and condemns using Veterans Day for political gain.
NORTH BENNINGTON columnist criticizes television ads for soap and cereal in harsh terms. He mocks overreliance on chemistry, notes implausible husband and child scenes, and laments shifting focus from sex to science. He praises a few car commercials but admits uncertainty about the brands.
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