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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
16
Daily publication notice states the newspaper is issued by Eagle Publishing Company located on Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts, with Mondays through Saturdays as publication days and Sundays and holidays omitted.
Massachusetts reformers press an initiative to strip the Governor's Council of 900 executive posts and contract powers. The League of Women Voters with the Junior Chamber and Taxpayers Associations seek 63,000 signatures to place the measure before the legislature and, if needed, the 1964 ballot. The piece argues the council blocks reform and endangers good governance by enabling political interference and impunity in appointive power.
The proposed 50 million space research center in Greater Boston faces strong opposition as a pork barrel project aimed at boosting Senator Ted Kennedy. Critics say NASA bowed to White House pressure to favor Massachusetts, though regional support and Boston’s scientific strength may sustain the bid. The controversy tempers praise of Kennedy’s influence with questions about political leverage.
In Brid White the calendar may not deter the Pittsfield Employer Association seeking an across-the-board pay raise. Route 7 travelers will not thank the Connecticut Highway Department for routing traffic through Canaan. SBA support aids Vale Spinning Co. in Berkshire County. New York Central cuts Pittsfield trains to one daily east-west run, while two Beeliners near oblivion struggle to justify existence.
Art notes discuss Ohm Koch’s realism in a Berkshire Museum show with recognizable figures in crowded scenes. It mentions Astrid Mlasen spotting Leo Lerman, local Berkshire residents Nikos Psacharopoulos and Louis McManus, plus memories of Yale and Cleveland museums. The piece weaves in ads, a medical ethics quip about Beethoven, a bumper sticker joke, a Friendly’s ice cream anecdote, Spanish signage due to Cuban refugees, Turnpike fuel cautions, and Frank Lloyd Wright on gadgetry and democracy.
Chester Cuthroys, Lenox graduate, has sold several film scenario ideas to photoplay companies and plans to travel West for inspiration for a major Western picture. Miss Lulu Wands of Berksh ire Life Insurance Co starts selling policies as a side line. Eight hundred people gathered at Union Station to glimpse Shirley Temple during a three minute train stop as she waved to fans. Irene Lambert, director of swimming for women at the Boys' Club, wed James Keegan, Pittsfield Boys' Club superintendent, in Worcester on August 22. Geraldine Sheehan, secretary for the New York Times, and Antoinette Mogavera, Courthouse reporter for The Eagle, depart for Paris and France and England respectively.
North Berkshire awaits a decision on Acvi-Mation's 1.5 million ARA aid request for a highly automated machine tool plant in North Adams. The pending funding comes as Congress reviews ARA authorization amid regional economic hopes tied to Appalachia initiatives and potential cotton subsidy talks. Ted Kennedy and Conte navigate lobbying as White House and SBA reviews shape a final regional aid outcome.
Readers urged to write Congressmen Conte and Senators Saltonstall and Kennedy in support of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1985, arguing for long-range, coordinated programs and shared financing. The page also includes letters critiquing the Profumo affair, praise for George Beebee, notes on corrections to mushroom hunting, praise for a Fresh Air Fund piece, reflections on a Boston Pops concert, and a critique of modern education by Max Rafferty.
President Kennedy considers easing Cold War strains a path to greater liberty for captive peoples in satellite states. West Germany factions debate recognizing East West rapprochement and potential trade pacts, while Bonn resists shifts seen as mutual concessions to Moscow.
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