Editorial irony in nuclear test ban debate
Editorial argues that the risks of ratifying the nuclear test ban treaty fall more on the Soviet Union than the United States. It cites SecDef McNamara saying the pact would strengthen U S advantage, prolonging U S technological supremacy through continued underground testing and delaying Soviet progress.
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Senate
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Defense McNamara
Russia
Cuba
United States
France
Sahara Proving Ground
Africa
Sahara
Pacific
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Overrated Risks In The Nuclear Test Ban Pact
The expert view argues the treaty makes military sense and offers nearly negligible risks while delivering large humanitarian and diplomatic gains. Khrushchev is noted as likely to benefit more militarily, and future arms control deals may bring greater risk and tougher bargaining for the U S. Senate opposition is unlikely to prevail on the vote.
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Khrushchevy
The Medicare Issue Still With Us Three Years On
The Kerr Mills Medical Aid for the Aging program falls short of promises. Coverage varies by state with limited benefits in places like Kentucky. Costs are tax funded, raising objections that it is charity rather than a Social Security program. Congress may reject Medicare if it reopens, but Kerr Mills cannot be deemed adequate.
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John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Washington
Kennedy-Anderson
Congress
Kerr- Mills
Medical Aid
MAA
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Pittsfield
Mrs Elizabeth K Paul May Face Citywide Race
In Brief notes Elizabeth K Paul seeks councilman at large, questioning why no other woman ran citywide in 14 years. Editorial comments urge support after primaries, while Berkshire boating rules cause confusion explained by a state official. North Adams eyes expanded access by plumbing inspector, and local complaints target noisy tractors and mufflers statewide.
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Elizabeth K. Paul
Pittsfield
State Division of Motor Boats
Berkshire
North Adams
Comment Which Varmint Spilled the Beans
Boston Herald defends Rep. John T. Tynan South Boston while accusing unnamed legislators of leaking notes about a secret caucus on reform of the legislative image and about the $2 pay raise. The piece questions whistleblowers and public exposure of lawmakers' plans.
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John T. Tynan
South Boston
Local Briefs Highlight Bar Exam Triumphs and Marital News
Walter J. Donovan of Atty. Charles H. Wright’s office has passed the state bar exam. Janet Lamont Anderson of 10% Lyman Street wed Paul Clark Beaman at First Methodist Church. Olin Downes spoke at Berkshire Museum on classical works. Robert G. Ayers named superintendent of Omaha Home for Boys. Mrs. Dawes Bicknell, 80, of Dalton died at her Gloucester summer home. born in Cummington, descendant of Plymouth governor Thomas Prince.
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Walter J. Donovan
Atty
Charles H. Wright
Janet Lamont Anderson
Alfred V. Anderson
Lyman Street
First Methodist
Paul Clark Beaman
Robert G. (Dutch) Ayers
Robert Ayers
Day St
Omaha
Neb
Benjamin H. Dawes Bicknell
North St
Dalton
Gloucester
Marcia Dawes
Cummington
Thomas Prince
Plymouth Colony
Pigeon letters playful notes and town anecdotes
Local column blends light gossip and cultural notes. Ralph Milette from Pittsfield writes about Santa Barbara pigeons admiring sea gulls near the beach eight blocks from town center. A playful tease about a Gina Rosa clue circulates. Joan White in Berkshire Playhouse’s The Corn Is Green earns praise and a loaned desk chair. Memorial Hall and Lee Congregational Church histories noted with construction costs.
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Ralph Milette
Pittsfield
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ray
Art Ayers
Ralph
Carla
Marino
Cheshire Road
North Street
Love
Gina
Gina Rosa
Charles Kimberly
Joan White
Berkshire Playhouse
Eva le Gallienne
Playhouse
Palm Beach
New York
Radio City
Moses
Egypt
Bob Darling
Lloyd Evans
United Scenic Artists
New York City
Williamstown
Memorial Hall
Lee's
Main Street
Lee Congregational Church
Gary Graffman
South Mountain
New York Times
Lincalater
Civil Rights March on Washington Aims for Broad Participation
Berkshire County NAACP and area groups organize a peaceful March on Washington to urge civil rights legislation. A bus is chartered leaving Pittsfield Aug 28 at 11 p.m. with a $10 round trip fare, extended signups to Aug 22, donations welcome, and invitations to diverse religious civic and patriotic groups to participate.
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the Eagle
Berkshire County
NAACP
Washington
Pittsfield
What the Beef Is All About Editorial to the Editor
A reader cites an Iron Age editorial on civil rights, noting its cautious stance and urging equal economic opportunity for colored people. The letter-writer, Samuel Sass, argues that both North and South reveal hypocrisy and that real progress comes from ability and opportunity, not color.
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THE
EAGLE
Iron Age
Tom Campbell
Samuel Sass
Crane Ave
Pittsfield
Ple
Tams
South
North
Dropouts funding ignores elementary roots, argues dean
Eugene S. Wilson, Dean of Admissions at Anherst College, criticizes Kennedy's $250,000 dropout program for focusing on big city high schools. He urges investment in elementary education, noting early attitudes toward school life shape later outcomes and calling for studies of younger students showing early discontent and maladjustment.
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Kennedy
Stuent
Fife
Eugene S. Wilson
Antherst Collere
Red Chevy Driver To the Editor of Stockbridge
The driver of a red 63 Chevrolet convertible struck and killed a dog on Church Street in Stockbridge Monday night. The writer urges the driver to stop and check for the animal’s welfare and to drive more safely to protect other pets.
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Red Chevy Driver
Tt Ragle
Church Street
Stockbridge
Timothy Soule
Yale Court
Secrecy fuels debate over testing treaty in Washington
In a heated discussion on a test ban, secrecy obscures facts about nuclear weapons, while senators warn that opaque handling fuels fantasy. The piece notes the difficulty of Cuba or others reaching warhead capability, cites France and China tests, and urges clear, official facts in Senate hearings to dispel mystification.
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Everett Mc.Kinley Dirksen Ofinois
United States
Cuba
Senate
Fish with flies joke sparkles in vacation tale
In a playful exchange the returning vacationer recalls fishing with flies while a friend jokes about the craft. The Wall Street Journal notes the light banter as they recount fishing, camping, dining, and sleeping with the flies during the trip, highlighting humor in travel reminiscence.
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Fies
Wall Street Journal
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