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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1969
Page
8
The Beckett Eagle is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company at 33 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The Senate moved to audit major military contracts through the General Accounting Office and a 91 to 0 vote imposed strict limits on gas and germ warfare materials including an outright ban on their use in offensive delivery systems. The action, while framed as civilian control, targets defense spending and seeks accountability for multimillion dollar programs amid concerns over cost overruns and military patronage.
August in New England brings sweet corn and home grown tomatoes as the region savors summer flavors. A Vermont writer and food authority, Mrs. Louise Andrews Kent, has died at 83, leaving beloved Mrs Appleyard cookbooks and robust recipes for family meals. The piece highlights corn timing, tomato eating traditions, and garden produce alongside local notes on air service plans, weather aftermath from a thunderstorm, Head Start debates, and a baking contest victory by 80 year old Mrs Ralph Bell of Middlefield.
A Boston Globe opinion argues wives seek paid work after restless civic involvement and boredom at home. It suggests unpaid duties lead to burnout, prompting entry into the labor force for personal and economic reasons and notes Los Angeles may reach 10 million by 1975 with smog concerns.
David Wood of Lenox leads Thursday’s sale of a 19th century Comstock homestead filled with period furniture, phonograph cylinders, and thousands of bottles as descendants settle the estate. The Williams town Summer Theatre marks 16 seasons with $250 productions and 300000 attendees. The whisky rebellion of 1794 is noted as the first U S taxpayers revolt, quelled by Washington. Vacation: when you swap good dollars for bad quarters.
A series of letters from Northampton and Pittsfield argues drugs are a symptom, not a cause, of living problems. They urge stronger community programs, schools, YMCAs, and drug education centers, plus group support like Alcoholics Anonymous. The writers stress personal freedom, responsibility, and proactive, creative alternatives to drug use. MICHAEL GROVER, Norrthampton, and Nath an Marks of Pittsfield contribute.
In a Wall Street Journal analysis, supporters and critics clash over drawing negative inferences from a senator’s use of the Fifth Amendment in the Kennedy Chappaquiddick case. The piece traces legal precedent, including statements by Justice Douglas, Kernedy, and historical debates on privilege, and contrasts such inferences with corporate analogies.
The Rev James V Harnahan, a Pittsfield native, was appointed rector of St Peter's Church West Stockbridge to succeed the late Rev James Maher. Miss Ida J Anstead of New York City was named head of the House of Morcy. Berkshire notes include retirements, contests and engagements. Lorraine Hansberry spent the weekend at Festival House Lenox.
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