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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
14
The Berks ire Eagle publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from Eagle Publishing Company located on Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Editorial notes that Negro demonstrators in New York and other cities used sleep-ins and sit-ins to dramatize discrimination in construction apprenticeships. A plan, backed by unions, employers, and Secretary Wirtz, creates local joint committees to judge applicants on qualifications and allows impartial appeal reviews, aiming to end racial bias in apprenticeship admissions.
President Kennedys effort to reduce high school dropouts is an emergency action. He has urged local action and allocated funds as surveys show 300000 potential returnees may drop out, while 700000 who rejoin will still quit before graduation. Education leaders stress root causes in early grades and the need for broader, sustained effort beyond a single campaign.
A Berkshire roundup includes quirky quotes about pangrams and local curiosities from Park Square corn to Ted Shawn in Florida. It notes a Lenox police questioning of a music critic, Yankee magazine ads, Old Farmer’s Almanac publisher Robb Sagendorph, a dye of shade trees’ value, city theater picks, a Memphis teacher joke, monarch butterflies, and a remark on real friends.
Roy G. Pierce of the U S Department of Agriculture under state forester Frank Rune reports chestnut trees in Western Massachusetts suffering increasing blight with 175 towns reporting trouble. Forty residents attend the annual City Farm inspection organized by A M Shaw featuring music a baseball game and a homestyle supper. In Williamstown hail smashes two dozen windows. Goodyear blimp Puritan visits Pittsfield delivering rides for officials and GE executives. A Connecticut motorist in Lee District Court is sentenced to 24 days for DUI after a judge asks how to handle lawbreakers entering the state.
Readers rail at Mr Powers racing bill linking gambling to education while urging homeowner aid. A reader requests Aug 17 area event listings and a Berkshire NAACP life membership appeal is noted. A letter discusses Britten War Requiem at Tanglewood with praise, and poet John Ciardi comments on juvenile delinquency and parental responsibility.
Harrisburg reports William W Scranton, 45, governor of Pennsylvania, remains publicly noncommittal on the presidential nomination while facing a GOP split led by Goldwater supporters. He warns against writing off Pennsylvania and the Northeast as convention votes loom. Scranton, seen as a potential favorite son, has battled tax hikes, unemployment, and state costs, yet has attracted business and research growth but needs party unity to avoid a divisive outcome.
Ted Sitawn director of Jacob's Pillow writes about his fight to keep the festival in Becket while using Lee as its mail address. He cites tax issues, accreditation, and public access, urging Becket residents to support the arts and avoid stirring conflict.
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