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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1964
Page
20
The Béekeiire Eagle is printed daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company located at 33 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Editorial notes Khrushchev’s Hungary speeches emphasize peace and material gains over revolutionary zeal. He argues communism must satisfy basic needs to endure, appealing to his own people amid Sino-Soviet tensions and Western critique. The piece cautions against militant extremes and notes growing Western and Communist openness to conciliation.
Pittsfield grapples with a rift between the School Committee and its administrators as the Quinn faction pushes for intrusive meddling. The column argues the committee must provide supervision without second guessing staff on hiring or administration while protecting teachers' voices.
The Department of Health Education and Welfare backs federal action after Public Health Service found endrin kills fish in the lower Mississippi River. While human health risk from river water remains low now, officials warn pesticide poisoning is a nationwide problem requiring national policy. Local bans help briefly but cannot curb long term effects. a united federal approach is needed to regulate pesticides across the country.
The notice covers a drive in Great Barrington risking a neon strip, West Stockbridge voting to discontinue regional school study, Elliot L. Richardson praising voluntary health and welfare options, and Pittsfield weighing a $10,000 drug-cost saving by bypassing a state rule as drug costs have doubled since 1955.
Notes recall Berkshire Hills Conference executive director Geary confirming Wall Street Journal figures that summer reservations in New England are about 4 percent ahead. He says Berkshire camps remain in demand with no filling trouble. Also mentions Yale Beinecke Library honor and local youth slang about jalopies, plus political support for a Berkshire mental health center and New York City’s World’s Fair impact on nightlife and horse population trends.
James F Armstrong will sing tenor in The Happy Day at the Colonial Theater in April 2021 for Anti Tuberculosis Association. E P Hunt of Great Barrington unveils a new 48 horsepower six passenger Locomobile. Andrew J Reed aged 83 of Dalton is the longest serving Brotherhood Class teacher and former Dalton YMCA president. Frances Carman named librarian at Stockbridge Library. Mrs Cornelius J Bailey named Hillcrest Hospital Auxiliary Unit chair. Bruce Stevenson of Lee High earns Bobby Powers sportsmanship award from Berkshires Officials Association.
In a bold compare, the author links Dr Louis Leakey s Homo habilis discovery in Tanganyika to shifting Cold War thought. The piece argues Cuba s missile crisis altered the U S Soviet dynamic, ending the classic Cold War balance and ushering a hotter peace era amid ongoing debates about Munich appeasement and nuclear leverage.
Readers praise Mrs. Peabody and activists who confronted racial inequality and urged mercy and nonviolence. A critic calls for federal crossings to curb lawbreaking, while a student seeks the paper policy and editors vow honesty, curiosity, and high editorial standards.
The Dallas crisis after Kennedy's assassination exposed a city plagued by rapid growth, fragmented leadership, and a go it alone ethos. Critics warn surface calm masks deeper social divides and zoning fights, while leaders discuss housing, memorial pace, and duty to community.
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