Vacations on a Maine Lake and the Train Rhythm
A 1975 meditation on summer escapes in Maine. A raft on a lake frames a vintage train passage, blending natural scenery with reflections on counterculture, technology, and the urge to disconnect. It contrasts two vacation archetypes the Ah Wilderness seeker and the True Beachcomber, then ends with a copyright note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Canada
Innisfree
Wall Street Journal
Kingdom of the Clock
Maine Woods
Thoreau
Christian Science Publishing Society
30 Years Since Atomic Bombs and TV Family Hour Debate
An extended reflection on the lasting guilt of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings contrasts with a TV network dispute over a family hour policy and belly button imagery on The Cher Show. Also notes local events including homing pigeons, a county tennis match, and a baseball manager resignation with historical context from 25 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Cher Bono
CBS
Cher
Sonny Bono
FCC
Family Hour
Brando
Maria Schneider
Paris
Arlington events and national notes in Vermont and beyond
Arlington and Bennington residents support a school tax proposal and observe local elections. Fairdale Farms represents Vermont in a New England contest while John Hamlin wins ribbons at horse shows. A North Bennington vote approves selling a firehouse site. Historical notes cover early police, Singer sewing machine patent, Little Rock school integration, Vietnam raids, and media views on family hour and TV violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamlin
Helicon Farms
Shaftsbury
Stowe
Middlebury
New Amsterdam
America
Isaac Singer
Singer
Boston
Little Rock
Ark
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Contemplating Hiroshima and the Atomic Dread
A reflective piece on the decision to drop atomic bombs, the roles of Truman Stimson Byrnes and Marshall, and the moral and strategic aftermath. It argues the catastrophe reshaped science and policy, cautions against nuclear arms, and urges restraint to preserve humanity's future.
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Hiroshima
United States
Japan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
William D. Douglas
Harry Truman
Truman
Henry L. Stimson
James F. Byrnes
George C. Marshall
Berlin
Europe
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Washington
Thomas Meehan
N.Y
Times News Service
New York
Joe
Kate
Plainfield
Mass
Fred Huntington
Curtis
James Playetis
Paradise Diners
Colonial Home
Lord and Lady Gosford
East Road
Arlington
Parent-Teachers Association
Fairdale Farms
Bennington
State Armory
Florence Towne
Harold Hess
Bellevue
Neb
North Bennington Village
Prospect Street
Pierre Trudeau
Margaret Trudeau
Kate Meehan
Waltons
ABC
NBC
Carol Burnett
Linda Lovelace
Midas
Catamount National Bank
Catamount
North Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
West Dover
Pownal
Vermont
DLC
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