Right to Object Faces Wartime Morality Debate
A Canberra Times article argues that conscientious objectors evolve from harmless dissenters to respected challengers of war. It notes key moral motivations across political, religious, ethical, and revolutionary lines, and highlights growing civil respect for individual disapproval of specific wars. It cites US Catholic bishops approving conscientious objection and other church bodies taking sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wevonttic
MOL caKy Co Cigpern
National Conference of the
Roman Catholic Bishops In
America
Conscientious Objection and the Call for Peace in War
The text debates obedience to authority versus individual conscience in war. It cites the Nuremberg tribunal on culpability under authority, urges citizens to refuse unjust wars, and notes the growing pacifist sentiment amid weaponry's devastation. Einstein is quoted praising universal conscientious objection as a path to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Albert Einstein
New York
Milk delivery fee sparks Canberra inquiry demand
The ACT Milk Vendors Association seeks urgent action by the Minister for the Interior over a proposed per pint delivery fee claiming it funds salaries for casual helpers. Canberra Consumers Inc backs a milk authority to regulate pricing amid calls for independent investigation into distribution and margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Interior
ACT Milk Vendors’ Association
Canberra Consumers Incorporated
Association
Ehrlersh
Faye
Vendors Association
J. Stutt
Counell of Women
Canberra Consumers Inc
Swat
McEwen weaponizes outside threat in tariff clash
Veteran Country Party Leader Iain McEwen frames a secret plots tactic to weaponize fears of a wealthier deep state. He blasts a Busit Industries Group and a NSW Graziers' Association cell as threats to the party while defending tariff policy and his own political longevity.
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Country Party
Iain McEwen
McEwen
Busit Industries
NSW Graziers' Association
Faderil
Sue
West
Cme
Labor Party
Ts Lof
Sim Garras
Bine
Associated Chambers of Manufactures
Tariff Board
Im Up Yi Them
Twitt Dobale
Mc Bowen
Auther
L. Atkinson
Chaiman
Austrating Tariff Council
B. A. Wright
Monash University
Financial Review
Asaderales
Ily Federal Council
Hale Canberra
Gothier Evler
Councy Party
Victorian Stile Country Party
Australian Wheat Sound
Country “Party
CP Federal
Ralph Huot
Mcrwen
NSW Graziers’ Association
Basia Industries Group
Graziers’ Association
Praiipe
NSW Graziers Intied’ 3
Tne
the Graziers
FM. MacDairmid
McEswen
Land Reforms Drive Feudal Change Across Iraqi Countryside
The slow but deep land reform program in Iraq, started under Kassem and continued by subsequent regimes, aims to dismantle feudal land ownership that once concentrated 70 percent of agricultural land in two percent of families. Officials blame bureaucratic weakness and poor statistics for delays, while cooperatives form to absorb tenant farmers. by 1968–69, 100000 members are projected across about 200 co-ops, yet efficiency remains uncertain amid ongoing reforms.
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Te Kasse
Iraq
Abdu Karin Kassem
Baghdad
Tahrir Square
Kassem
Aref
Ahmed Hassan Bakr
Aprarien Reforms
Kassent
Central Statistics Office
Trag
Cor
Parking Woes Prompt Shorter Time Limit Proposal
A reader letter urges reducing two hour parking to one hour in busy civic blocks to improve turnover and ease finding spaces. The writer notes few spaces near civic areas and questions current enforcement, suggesting targeted one hour limits in key sections.
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Sire
Civie
oUer Pal
Hippasad
Rebel priests and youth education debate
The text notes a clash over contemporary church education with priests and youth ministers. It praises Pontiff education ideals and calls for kinder, selfless approaches to spreading Christian teaching. It laments the loss of Archbishop O Hieo and other pastors, hinting at a suppression of voices.
The Church today says baptism by full immersion earns miracles
A fragmentary note discusses church authority and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, urging obedience to a personal interpretation of scripture. It cites Barbara Willmann and B A Hocking as voices, contrasting Catholic and Protestant rites with a claimed Pentecostal experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warbara
B. A. Hocking
Our man in London praise for High Commissioner Downer
Elizabeth Knowles in London lauds Sir Alexander Downer as a respected High Commissioner. The Canberra Times satire by Alan Fitzgerald is praised for insight yet seen as unjust. Readers are invited to send responses for publication.
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Alan
Fitzgerald
Canberra Times
Fe Golleman
Abel Drainpipe
Auie Bassador
Vane Cpt
Alexander Downer
Alstander
Elizabeth Knowles
London
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