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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The New York Times reports Pepsi Diet Pepsi will carry a secret sugar ingredient. Rival brands Coca Cola and Royal Crown pledge cyclamate free diets in response to a federal ban. The piece notes industry knowledge of cyclamate risks and questions why reformulation lagged until intervention. Dr Michael Sveda, discoverer of cyclamate, is highlighted as an unconcerned gas of the episode.
The piece recounts the discovery of cyclamate sweetness in a lab and traces three decades of cyclamate sales and controversy. It notes government doubts about cancer in high-dose animal tests, critiques of regulation compared to cigarettes, and the rise of alternative sweeteners from Saccharin to Weight Watchers' substitute, highlighting industry lobbying and market responses.
The Nixon administration faces a defeat on long term financing for a 10 billion, 12 year urban transit program. A compromise now obligates 3 billion for public transportation over five years, easing annual appropriations and aligning with Volpe’s plans. The piece notes Kennedy praising the funding strategy as feasible for urban mobility. It then shifts to New York Mets World Series glory and the city’s prior gloom, describing mystic faith rising after the victory and public jubilation among residents and bus drivers.
Russell Baker sardonically catalogs New York’s 1969 70 vibe as Mets fans vow miracles while civic life spirals through absurdities. Taxi fares vanish and public spectacle shifts from peace to pandemonium, ending with a blunt moral that improvement won t last.
Sunderland neighbors recall Sarah Cleg horn of Vermont as she walked Manchester sidewalks after rain and saved earthworms from flooded burrows. Her humane kindness rested on science, noting worms move loam to the surface, drag in leaves, aerate soil, and combat erosion. Winter sleep, dangers from moles and robins, and the worm's life span are described.
Albany reports Mounting pressure on Governor Rockefeller to back Mayor John V. Lindsay in the New York City ballot as Republicans rally behind Lindsay and Sen. John J. Marchi contends. Some aides fear neutrality favors opponents while others see GOP balance and party leadership pressing Rockefeller for renomination in December.
A series of remarks on education hierarchy and family dynamics from scholars and public figures. Prof Eli Ginsberg, Prof Lawrence Lee, Prof Benjamin Schlesinger, and former governor Robert Meyner are cited discussing money from education, generational knowledge, and life plans. The quotes reflect skepticism about myths surrounding higher education and highlight intergenerational perspectives.
In Panama, General Omar Torrijos leads a civilian-leaning provisional government amid hopes of reform and corruption purge. He defends nonalignment with Arab colonial models, criticizes Castro, and signals a pragmatic 50-50 split idea on canal tolls while balancing U.S. interests and Panamanian needs.
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