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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1968
Page
7
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Kyodo news agency reports Japan will begin construction of its first nuclear powered ship, an 8,300 ton vessel with a projected cost of 30 million dollars. The plan outlines a major step in Japan's maritime capabilities and nuclear tech development.
Fall events include fall elections for Drama Club officers and sophomores initiating freshmen. Hockey and soccer opened with a pep rally. Faculty vs student scrimmages ended in a hockey tie and a soccer win by students. Field hockey remained undefeated. Forensic Club traveled to Burlington for the Vermont Forensic Conference. F.H.A. hosted its Southern District meeting. Mock national race voted Nixon by 100 to 99.
In state elections students favored Democrats amid Lt. Gov. Daley’s school visit. P.A.D. seniors organized campaigns for Nixon Humphrey and Wallace, with posters and a closing assembly where candidate speeches and panels followed. The Thespian Club will stage You Can’t Take It With You December 6 with a large cast and advisors. National Honor Society elected officers and plans fund boxes of holiday notes. Assemblies are scheduled throughout the year to promote speaking and participation, with events listed for November through January.
AMHS announces completion of a long awaited building addition with a large industrial arts room drafting room and two science rooms for physical science and biology chemistry. Several other improvements updated throughout the school. New student teacher Bruce Scott from Castleton is practice teaching in the commercial department.
Falls village board accepts the resignations of Police Sgt Ronald L. Harrison who leaves for East Greenbush police and William J Pat Hennessey after 50 years in the fire department. The board commends both men, plans a souvenir for Hennessey, and calls for bids on new fire hoses while discussing housing project use for Walter A. Wood school property and municipal parking lot funding.
A fire at the H. T. Cushman Mfg. Corp. Water Street plant in North Bennington started when an electric motor in a spray booth burned and ignited lacquer dust. The automatic sprinkler system activated, the blaze was quickly extinguished, and damage was limited to smoke and water with no estimate yet.
The new year opens with 61 students on the Honor Roll. Betsey Moody earns high honors in the senior class. Senior honorees include Sandra Corey Dianne Grout Dianne Cross Katie Elwell Susan James Barbara Macksey Stephanie Mahler Nancy Poulin Barbara Walsh. Junior high honors go to Thomas Geer.
Four male students at Cornell College in Mount Vernon were expelled after disrobing in a classroom to protest the Vietnam War. The college announced Tuesday that the students must submit papers explaining the social and philosophical rationale of their act by the end of the semester.
San Francisco State College shut down by the president after more than a week of violence and disruption. About 350 rock throwing demonstrators clashed with riot police as classes were suspended and talks with deans and faculty began to address campus turmoil sparked by the suspension of Black Panther George Murray.
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