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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1963
Page
18
The Berkshire Eagle is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company. Based in Pittsfield Massachusetts, it serves the Berkshire region with local news.
Readers are urged to assess the Blatnik subcommittee’s findings on the Massachusetts Public Works Department. The piece questions Commissioner Ricciardi’s accountability for past conditions, noting reforms occurred only after external pressure and stressing that leadership at the top was the report’s target.
The piece critiques a state official’s actions, noting overtime pay, misrepresented credentials, a costly contract to a firm with prior legal trouble, and federal scrutiny. It argues for constitutional reforms to give the governor tighter control over the executive branch and cautions against prolonging a messy, ineffective arrangement.
The Alabama governor vows to ignore the Supreme Court ruling on Bible reading in public schools, signaling another defiant move amid school integration controversy. He supports keeping God in classrooms while opposing racial equality, highlighting perceived inconsistency in Alabama’s political stance.
Berkshire towns weigh sharing costs for Bulllard Park fronting Stockbridge Bowl to create a public beach amid summer crowding. Lee's Bernie Navin voices blunt criticism while regional business groups push cooperative regional efforts. Ward 3 councilman Remo DelGallo urges quick East Street playground land purchase as outer growth accelerates. Curfew discussions arise to address teen activity, with Lee considering stricter rules.
In the International Journal of Religious Education, Norman M. Lobsenz notes that childhood is rushed by modern schedules. He observes eight year olds juggling clubs, tutoring, theater trips, and various lessons, with a friend noting a Friday slot for play between activities.
At Old Chatham New York the Shaker Museum Festival showcased seven pieces by George Kra fina of Chatham Center in his public debut. The event also features wide-ranging notes from David Wood and Amy Bess Miller on topics from Lizzie Borden to postal ZIP codes and regional cultural figures.
Citizens on two North Adams streets took matters into their own hands last week tearing up and leveling sections of road and moving dirt from a nearby bank to fill hollows making travel passable. Peter Lavigne of Hinsdale lost 23 chickens to hawks. Elizabeth C. Downing, linked with the Institute of Pacific Relations in Shanghai, has returned to Stockbridge and stays with Miss Heanor Sparks. John P. Reddy elected second vice president of the Massachusetts Conference of Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers. Edgar B. Stern of New Orleans bought a home on East Street, Lenox. daughter of Julius Rosenwald, he is noted for New Orleans musical circles. J. Gordon McArthur, longtime Pittsfield Cemetery superintendent, died in Rosen, California. he retired in 1940.
Peter Potomac reflects on the thaw in Cold War tensions since the Vienna talks between Kennedy and Khrushchev. He cites a shift toward social warmth, Averell Harriman’s tougher stance, and symbolic gestures as signs of improved relations while noting the ongoing debate over a nuclear test ban and 90 day resumption notices.
The piece argues Khrushchev tested Kennedy in Berlin and Cuba, Kennedy stood firm, and Moscow rolled back after Cuba. It links this to a shift in balance of power, a pursued arms treaty, and Kenny O’Donnell’s steely gaze as a strategic bluff against hardliners.
Albert M. Jackson of Becket and Nathan George Horwitt of Lenox exchange letters in The Eagle criticizing Stockbridge selectmen over Bullard Park management. They argue the Bullard will requires park retention in natural state and SBA control, protest lack of town funding, and accuse officials of political maneuvering ahead of the annual meeting.
The piece discusses NATO leaders touring SAC in Omaha, denouncing overkill while highlighting risks of nuclear arms expansion. It covers McGovern and Melman proposing defense cuts to fund schools and jobs, Kennedy space spending, and calls for Congressional reform led by Senator Clifford Case to prevent legislative stalling.
A young American missionary in Africa is recalled to the southern United States to assist his home church with its integration program. On the eve of leaving the Dark Continent he overhears his youngest son's bedtime prayer, Goodbye God Tomorrow we are going to America.
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