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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
A nation mourns a president after a Friday shooting and a state funeral on Monday. Media coverage shaped public emotion as the Kennedy family faced tragedy and the nation witnessed a dramatic, fractured weekend marked by public grief and a fatal ending in Dallas.
The Brattleboro Reformer notes a crowded Republican scene with nine named potential candidates including Lieut. Gov. Foote Former Gov. Keyser Former Lieut. Gov. Babcock Rep. MacBride and House Speaker Billings while reporting on national events in Dallas that color the political atmosphere.
In a White House Oval Room interview Kennedy reflects on a surge of anti Kennedy sentiment sweeping parts of the country. He notes fear for safety in Mississippi and recalls the Dallas attack on Adlai Stevenson while expressing disbelief at being a target unlike FDR.
A discussion of right and left in politics contrasts conservative and liberal temperaments. The conservative favors past order, authority, and security, while the liberal pursues change, democracy, and social protection. Personality types, including a father-anchored authority instinct, may influence political leanings, with Hamiltonian conservatives and Jeffersonian liberals illustrating differing visions of government and society.
AP wires review of presidential tenure and mortality notes that 27 of 34 early presidents lived beyond 60, eight died in office, four by assassination. Highlights include Adams 90 years 295 days, Jefferson dying on the 4th of July, Harrison the oldest to die in office, Kennedy 46 as youngest elected and to die, Garfield 49, McKinley 8 days after shot, and pensions for presidential widows since 1958.
Letter to the Editor argues the School Account owes Dorset Town 1324 while the 1962 deficit of over 11000 stems from a 1961 Town Meeting decision to raze the old Dorset Village School. The town manager acted under the Selectmen. the School Board had no control and should not pay. Dorset residents sign the letter. Abner Doolittle farm note and Vermont Historical Society News snippet referenced.
The passage argues that inner personal conflicts shape political behavior and urges recognizing self motivations. It links The Other rebel and brotherhood ideals to liberal politics and presents Jefferson as a model of multifaceted talent who embodies father and mother archetypes. It suggests awareness could shift individuals toward the political middle.
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