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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1965
Page
18
Publication line states daily edition except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company at 33 Eagle Street Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The piece questions the John son administration’s push for Viet Nam policy consensus and discusses Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge remarks about keeping U S forces in South Viet Nam despite a South Vietnamese request to withdraw. It notes political risk, coup dynamics, and the administration’s reluctance to acknowledge potential changes while defending its stance as protecting SAIGON.
Analyzed debate over the Area Redevelopment Act and its failure to produce jobs in distressed regions. Northern Berkshire’s $60,000 recreation survey by Technical Planning Associates in 1954 is cited as competent yet underutilized, blamed on local officials not acting. The piece argues such studies matter only if followed by action and fundraising.
Planning Board reviews Coltsville area sign restrictions amid calls from several establishments for leniency. The piece notes the sign ordinance appears liberal and that the study could shape future policy in Pittsfield.
The column decries polluted air in New York and nationwide. It blames greed and apathy for industrial pollution dumped into the atmosphere and notes the lack of immediate profitable incentives to clean air. It jokes about smoking two packs and the dare of breathing polluted air.
Notes report the Fenn Street demolition scene as crews salvage slates for the Becket Grange Hall roof with Mrs Avery Holmes Spencer and son Leonard aiding while contractor activity and a bulldozer proceed. The Berkshire History Society contact is 2-1793. Myra Kinch to perform in New York. light items on TV guides and early 1960s media notes.
Obituary notes Henry Nelson Merry 80 dies at 76 Lincoln St. he joined at 17 as a drummer boy with the 49th Regiment and later served with the 61st Massachusetts. Local dental examiners include G Brickett Blaisdell Harold L Gregory William P Street. Ten years prior Emma Gatewood began Appalachian Trail hike at Mt Oglethorpe to Mt Katahdin averaging 17 miles daily. Captain Eric Luckert of Thailand return to Alford soon.
A reader urges action in Boston to protect Mt Greylock habitat from a tramway and deforest threats. Letters then debate Medicare stance, AMA views, Volpe governance, and tax proposals affecting Massachusetts insurers, with Sun, urban renewal, and public works spending arguments.
Richard R. Tenneson argues that true freedom is the theft of it, condemning patriotism used to suppress critique. He urges readers to seek diverse sources on Vietnam and warns against personal attacks that threaten liberty and individual dignity.
In Santiago Chile Cardinal Silva Henriquez argues social reform is the cure for communism and that Frei's land reform housing and health programs are vital. Belgian Jesuit Father Roger Vekemans works in slums and at the Catholic university guiding reform while Vatican politics and population issues touch Chilean policy.
Two Boston women sightseeing in California on a very hot day react to the heat. One complains it never gets this hot in Boston while the other dryly notes they are 3,000 miles from the ocean, highlighting coastal distance as a joke.
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