Two Peace Messages From Historic Times
A sober meditation contrasts Sadat’s Jerusalem visit as a bearer of peace with the birth of Jesus the Prince of Peace. The piece cites pre and post Christ sayings by Ikhnaton Buddha Milton Bradley Will Rogers and others on war’s folly and the need for harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadat
Egypt
Jerusalem
Joshua of
Nazareth
Jesus
Prince of
Ikhnaton
Buddha
Marlow
Milton
General Bradley
Will Rogers
Peace as a Choice: From War Critics to a World Without Conflict
A meditation on why war persists and how peace could become a way of life. Leaders push conflict through propaganda for power, while citizens pursue security and adventure. Trust, compromise, and shared virtue are proposed as paths to lasting peace, echoed by Milton and Franklin. The piece links historical figures to a Christmas-era call for Peace on Earth and goodwill to man.
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Hobbes
Thucydides
Syria
Milton
Ben Franklin
Non aggression ritual in Vermont Yankee trust debate
A conservationist argues that public trust in nuclear safety hinges on visible accountability from Vermont Yankee. He cites past incidents, demands honest responses to safety concerns, and criticizes perceived siege mentality and public relations tactics while stressing the need for true safeguards.
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Snelling
Vermont Yankee
Special Review Board
Browns Ferry
Ala
The
Conservation Society
Yankee
Forty Years Ago December 12 1937 Highlights
In 1937, Gov George D Aiken decries off year conventions saying millionaires and professors do not win elections. Stark Looking Back Hose Co holds venison supper with help from Russell OConnell Arthur Dewey and George DesLaurier. Eleven drivers lose licenses for DUI. Lucien Hanks Jr and family sail Dec 27 on the United States from New York as he plans sabbatical in Thailand. Hawks with Cornell aid rice production. Santa answers letters from Eric Peterson and brothers. Bennington tax appeals face fight by BTPA. Col Raymond Murray urges patience. Ben-Mont finances under review while staying open into 1968. Robert M Wilson named Vermont development commissioner candidate. Historic notes include 1901 Atlantic wireless, and 1937 Panay sinking in Yangtze River mistaken identity.
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Lucien M. Hanks Jr
Peter
Toby
Nicky
United States
New York
Bennington Taxpayers and Historic Speeds Quote
A collage notes Maj Charles Yeager breaking speed records in 1953 with the Bell X 1A, Sara Jane Moore’s 1975 plea in a San Francisco court, a thought from Thomas Mann on fighting for opinions, a minister’s daughter asking about God’s guidance, a Modern Maturity quote from Marty Ingaels, and Danny Thomas on Jewish Christmas reflection.
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Maj
Charles Yeager
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
San Francisco
Marty Ingaels
Moses
Danny Thomas
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By Frank L. Oktavec
Shaftsbury
Montesquieu
U.S
Ireland
India
Christ
Longfellow
Dickens
Tennyson
Socrates
Gandhi
Panama Canal
George Washington
Grecia
Bacon
Bill Painter
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
Brattleboro
Townshend
George D. Aiken
Republican Party
Stark
University
Santa Claus
Eric Peterson
David
Stephen
Ben-Mont
Robert M. Wilson
Bennington
Vermont
Atlantic Ocean
Panay
Yangtze River
Nanking
China
Japan
Bennington Taxpayers
Thomas Mann
Finast
Little Red Riding Hood
Alan Morrison
Rotary Club
Medallion Committee
Cae
Schultz Jewelers
Bennington Ford
Atkins & Gould Jewelers
Bennington Cooperative Savings & Loan
Castleton State College
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Fortres
Jacquard
Nichols
Main Street
Bennington, Vermont
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