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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1965
Page
17
The piece laments rising oyster prices and looming extinction of coastal oyster supplies due to shortsighted resource depletion. It links conservation calls to unchecked development and infrastructure growth, noting a slow shift in public foresight and the critical role of wetlands in sustaining natural resources.
Governor Volpe unveils a far reaching conservation program to shield salt marshes along the Massachusetts coast from fill and sewage dumping. Backed by many groups including the Izaak Walton League, the plan targets the North River and Neponset waterways amid concerns over pollution and habitat loss. The clash mirrors a broader battle over growth, population pressures, and environmental responsibility facing state and federal leaders.
Letters from readers discuss the Berkshire Republican Youth, Schuman on Viet Nam talk, Buckley sources, memorial to Israel Bissell, Patriots' Day reflections, and quotes from Dr I N Jackson and Mare Chagall on culture and art.
Francis J. McGrath of Massachusetts Citizens For Fair Taxes defends Gov Volpe’s limited sales tax for education. He cites official studies and past legislature, argues a combined income and sales tax is progressive, and addresses administrative costs and border issues. He urges broad agreement on a revenue plan to aid state and local needs.
In Cambridge Harvard students held a teach-in protesting Johnson's Vietnam policy. The piece argues conservatives conserve, leftists create, and ponders who has truly driven progress since World War II, citing New Yorker, Time, Baldwin, and King as influences. It questions the teach-in's emphasis on ideas over hard facts about Ho Chi Minh and U.S. power.
President Johnson linked U.S. aims to Geneva 1954 terms while Hanoi insists on those provisions. The piece argues Washington and Hanoi lack credible negotiating positions and warns of diplomatic isolation as the United States pursues an often forceful path toward North Viet Nam.
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