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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1974
Page
5
A reflective column on a summer of shouting at children to prevent danger and teach responsibility. The author argues that vocal discipline, though disruptive, helped shape behavior, while noting a wish that future generations recognize quieter wisdom. He ponders fatherhood, media depictions, and the contrast of presidents guided by sons and cats versus daughters and dogs.
The essay argues presidents lack of war-age sons shapes policy, noting Roosevelt to Ford era. It compares warlike instincts with sons and intelligence, and then shifts to dogs versus cats as political companions. Dogs rarely challenge leaders, while cats offer biting honesty, making a cat-loving president preferable to one surrounded by agreeable dogs. Ford’s tenure is considered possible calmer.
An observer notes September’s brisk start in Vermont as harvest festivities and fairs unfold. Autumn is described as the showcase season with students returning to school, cider in the air, and the first fires beginning in hearths while leaves turn. The piece calls September the last brief pause before winter and frames Vermont as entering a brown, mud-season interlude between summer and winter.
Public schools in Bennington begin the 1934-35 year with about 1,000 pupils resuming classes after nearly two months of summer break. Reports note busy Labor Day weekend commerce and local civic moves including rent decontrol and a new medical office opening.
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