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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1964
Page
14
The Bethalizé Eagle is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company located on Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Editorial notes Governor Rockefeller pressured a reluctant New York Legislature into repealing price fixing for liquor and minimum distance rules for package stores. It credits his bold stance against a strong liquor lobby, while noting wine regulations remained.
The piece notes Rockefeller backed reform measures weakening liquor package store powers by banning price advertising and closing enforcement gaps. It argues price-fixing would end, benefiting New York consumers with lower quart prices, and reducing graft tied to license issuance. It compares Massachusetts and New York systems and calls for state package stores or stricter competitive rules.
Attorney General Edward W. Brooke urges Congress to reject the Newspaper Code of Ethics bill as vindictive and unconstitutional. The piece notes the bill targets press conduct without addressing radio and TV, cites a Massachusetts guide shaping editor practices, and calls for balanced standards to protect both public right to know and fair trial rights.
Berkshire residents welcome the revival of the Mount Greylock Protective Association to represent local interests in the tramway dispute. The note also praises Lenox National Bank for 75 years of service with only four presidents in its history and quips about the World’s Fair Berkshire pavilion hostesses facing bleak weather.
The Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference led by Carl Carmer fights a proposed power plant at Storm King Mountain and a similar threat across the Hudson. The group urges Interior Department action to set aside the Highlands as a park and warns local threats are part of a national danger. The conference address is 520 Fifth Ave New York City. A Massachusetts elf driving a second-hand car comment from Holyoke Daily Transcript closes the piece.
At a recent AT T annual meeting chairman Frederick R Kappel received praise for a fine year while hecklers pressed him on charity donations citing 10 million dollars. Other items note SS France crossing promos, a feature on Hollywood’s shortest street in Salem Oregon, and a photo in Ast Voices of David Ostrinsky’s Crescendo.
The marriage of Dr Thomas F Flournoy and Miss Carmen B Martinez occurred April 16 at the bride’s parents home in Pittsfield. Martinez family summers in Pittsfield and stays at Maplewood Hotel. notable locals and guests attended as part of the summer colony scene.
A Washington piece reports revived government backing for the Passamaquoddy Quoddy hydroelectric complex on the Maine New Brunswick border. It would link Campobello Deer Moose islands and include 380 kilovolt lines, cutting New England electricity rates by at least 25 percent while facing opposition from Maine utilities.
A collection of letters discusses Plan F Charter implications in Pittsfield with Democrat bias, rail labor bargaining, prayer and God in public life, parental art classes at the Boys' Club, rail service shifts affecting the Indy Speedway, and licensing fairness for local establishments.
Washington reports Gen Curtis LeMay, Air Force chief, publicly opposes government defense policy. LeMay pushes for a 100 megaton bomb and criticizes the nuclear test ban, arguing for greater bomber and missile capacity, linking defense spending to contractor gain. The piece notes past missile-gap debates, CIA reforms, and calls for reconversion to peacetime uses and congressional hearings.
A college dean tells a student to consult a dictionary whenever in doubt, emphasizing simplicity. The student retorts with a humorous mispronunciation, highlighting a spelling mishap and wordplay in a WSJ style quip.
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