Blatnik Report Spurs Push for Massachusetts Crime Commission Funding
The Blatnik subcommittee’s findings on DPW rights of way for federal highways reveal pervasive graft and collusion, prompting support in the Massachusetts Senate for a $569,000 Crime Commission probe. Critics warn cutting funding would hamper a needed in‑depth investigation into state corruption.
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Blatnik Subcommittee
U.S. House
Massachusetts House
State Crime Commission
State Senate
Massachusetts Crime
Blatnik
State Department of Public Works
Massachusetts
Fee
DPW
Crime Commission
Theodore J. Vaitses
Melrose
State Housing Board
Governor’s Council
Commonwealth
Partisan Nonsense on the Testing Issue
The piece argues that Senator Dirksen risks partisan opposition to the test ban treaty despite broad public support. It dismisses his complaints about East Germany and Cuba as unfounded, noting diplomatic practice allows nonrecognition of regimes yet permits treaties. It urges senators to rise above party politics for humanity’s sake.
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U.S. Senate
Senator Dirksen
Dirksen
Leeward
East Germany
Cuba
North Korea
China
Guantanamo Bay
Senate
Berkshire transit clash and growth in Berkshire County life
In Brief U s residents skeptical of Berkshire Street Railway revival Yellow Coach Lines ready to provide service reduces case to switch franchise. Miss M Louise Ramsdell recalls rail era as Robert E Wheeler notes zoning dangers Tee Rotarians hear about growth and decline. Summer Kean notes Justin Morgan critics rising Berkshire Community College enrollment up with stronger applicant quality.
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Berkshire Street Railway
Berkshires
Yellow Coach Lines
M. Louise Ramsdell
Berkshire
Robert E. Wheeler
Summer Kean
Justin Morgan
Morgan Horse Magazine
Berkshire Community College
Lizzie Borden birthday note and enduring legend
A Washington Post personal column paid note marks Lizzie Borden’s birthday, recalling her 1860 Fall River birth, 1927 death, and notoriety from the infamous ax murders. It notes cultural echoes in theater, dance, and books, and adds a playful reference to a sea port riddle and Paris’ building scrub campaign.
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Washington Post
Lizzie Borden
Ligzit
Fall River
Lizzie Border
Borden
Lizzie
Monte Woolley
Mary Wickes
East
Miss Wickes
Berkshire Playhouse
Agnes de Mille
Looking Back on Early Berkshire Notes and Local Feats
The item recalls 6200 employees on the Stanley Co payroll and Lake Buel swimmers Hazel Hous ey and Elson Barnum finishing two miles in 63 minutes. It notes a 1914 Cadillac model with electric gear shift arriving for Roy S. Bridge, and the death of Joseph Ward Lewis, longtime city clerk and Pittsfield lawyer, at 71. Also mentions Weston’s first automatic telephone answering device for Ward A. McCarthy, South Egremont. and Mrs. Richard De Foort shipping 224 parcels to the British Isles and Europe in 414 years.
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Stanley Co
Lake Buel
Hazel Housey
Elson Barnum
Gibson's
Turner's Landing
Roy S. Bridge
Cadillac Sales Co
Cadillac
Joseph Ward Lewis
Pittsfield
Thomson Place
Great Barrington
Weston
Massachusetts
Ward A. McCarthy
South Egremont
McCarthy
Massachusetts Selective Breeders Association
Richard de Foort
South Lee
British Isles
Europe
Letters to the Editor on Mondo Cane and public taxes
Readers discuss the documentary Mondo Cane and its contrasts among societies, noting Bikini Atoll’s bomb tests and animal cruelty debates. Letters critique state tax relief for Berkshire Downs, government spending, and calls for accountability.
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Eagle
Racing Commission
Berkshire Downs
Gov. Peabody
Senate
Powers
Louis F. Minafra
Broadview
Ter
Pittsfield
Reading encouragement quote from 1960s scholars
The passage cites John Stanaker urging parents to foster early reading and notes that even top students balance books with other activities. It adds a quote by sir Basil Spence on vulgarity in design and mentions National Merit Scholars from 1960.
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John Stanaker
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Perso
Basil Spence
Coventry Cathedral
Miami Beach
Korea headache from weak diplomacy and missteps
The article argues U S diplomacy created a lasting Korea problem. It cites WWII era decisions at Cairo Potsdam and Yalta and the Manchuria issue, blaming Truman and Roosevelt for ceding Manchuria and failing to press China and Korea. It condemns avoidance of direct action in 1950 and criticizes political leaders and media for ignorance while urging realistic diplomacy and defense restraint.
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Korea
Red China
United Nations
Cvst
Berlin
Cairo
Churchill
Roosevelt
Truman
Potsdam
Russia
United States
Manchuria
Yalta Conference
Japan
China
Joe
North Korea
Manchurian
MacArthur
Kennedy
Cuba
Matsu
Quemoy Islands
Communists
Southeast Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
Joe Doakes
Congress
Poole
Gloria Mundi and the Railroads Through Time
Nostalgic reminiscences of a railroad station and train travel trace changes from steam era to modern transit. Memoirist recalls station windows, freight cars, passenger cars, dining and parlor experiences, and shifts to trolleys buses and looming cars. The piece reflects on progress, memory, and the inevitability of change in transportation.
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the Eagle
William 4. Lemon
Raymond Brown
Lennon
New York Evening Express
New York
Bill Lennon
Mr. Brown
M. Louise Ramsdell
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Atoll
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Thomas Dillard Jr
Dalton
Dave
Eric Winberg
Windsor
Fanny Boston
Barkshire Downs
Special Crime Commission
Boston
Iim
Fron
Betty BO Meador
High St
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U.S
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Gloria Mundi
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