Editorials A Minor Problem for Berkshire Harrier
An editorial counters President Nixon’s transport plan, noting Pittsfield will lose public transit on Sundays holidays and evenings after 6 30 p m. It discusses the nation crisis in transit, cites aging trolley memory, subsidy limits, and questions the impact of federal money on Berkshire County transit and mass transit decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Congress
Pittsfield
Berkshire County
New York
Manhattan
Lindsay
ICC
Berkshire
Woodstock verdict and a generation’s reckoning
Bethel scene prompts reflection on youth culture as 1969 Woodstock crowd swelled to hundreds of thousands. Three deaths and many injuries marred the weekend while promoters planned for 50,000 daily. Observers note generational gaps, risk, and the lasting claim, Woodstock: I was there.
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Bethel
N.Y
Florida
Tanglewood
In Brief Decline of Mass Transit Weighs on Local Roads
The item notes Penn Central train discontinuances through Pittsfield, shifting focus to buses and ongoing declines in mass transit. It mentions Yellow Coach Lines, Dalton-Hinsdale Bus Line schedule curtailments, and Clark-Aiken Co. of Lee relocation rumors laid to rest. It also reports William Wirtz’s Amherst College trusteeship, Shultz as a summer resident of Cummington, and Nuciforo’s take on a Worcester toll road vote and DPW skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Central
Pittsfield
Dalton-Hinsdale
Clark-Aiken Co
Lee
William Wirtz
Amherst College
Western Massachusetts
George P. Shultz
Cummington
Nuciforo
Worcester County
State Department of Public Works
DPW
Framingham
ICC
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Kevin J. Gregoire
USAF
Sheppard Afb
Texas
the Eagle
Eagle
Association of Business and Commerce
Kaplans
Joyce
ABC
Charles M
Weeks I
Yellow Coach Lines, Inc
Peck's Road
Opinion on Seeking Goals Beyond Reach in Society
Adolf A. Berle argues at a New York conference that American society must proclaim ideals beyond its current realization. He says great teaching admits this truth and that government rests on pursuing higher goals. The social studies department should frame history as the record of painful efforts to reach beyond present levels and continue seeking higher aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf A. Berle
Tew
Columbia University
New York
Social Studies Department
Looking Back on Pittsfield News and Local Highlights
The town marks a patrolman injured in an arrest, long service resignations at Hinsdale rationing and selectman posts, church anniversaries at New Marlboro Southfield and Hartsville, Patti Brothers Barbers win in a Businessmen's Softball League clash, a fashion show commentator from Mademoiselle, a GE tool design award, andTom Carey’s 55 years of local mail delivery by horse and buggy amid possible railroad station closure.
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Archie L. Boudreau
Hinsdale Rationing Board
Pittsfield
New Marlboro
Southfield
Hartsville Church
Quinto Patti
Patti Brothers Barbers
Boston & Albany Railroad
Deming Field
Astrid Hagenguth
J. H. Hagénguth
Boylston St
Mademoiselle Magazine
England Brothers’ College
Leon T. Poplaski
Cheshire
Tom Carey
Stockbridge
New Haven Railroad
Skull music at Tanglewood shatters disbelief
Sam Brylawski of Washington, D C, demonstrated head percussion in the Berkshire Music Center office at Tanglewood, producing tunes by clenching fists shaping his mouth and striking his skull decoding requests like Get Me to the Church on Time. He notes a two octave skull scale and plans to expand with new pieces. He has appeared on Baltimore television and radio and works at the center.
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Berkshire Music Center
Tanglewood
Music Center
Sam
Sam Brylawski
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Letters Coincidences and Dying Trains
Reader letters challenge Penn Central for canceling trains 404 and 405 citing 83 percent ridership drop since 1961 and 14 month outages. Arguments compare past connections, labor costs, capital and maintenance, predicting a net loss and loss of service, plus a bus contract dispute and nuclear power poll.
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York
Wall
ICC
Touring Berkshire History Tours Highlight Local Mayhem
Berkshire County Historical Society hosts Wednesday tours from Pittsfield to Stockbridge visiting Mission House Naumkeag Old Corner House Red Lion Inn and Daniel Chester French studio. Led by Donald Smith and William Pierson, the group ranged from teens to 92 and included Mrs Mary A Seitz of Ardsley New York.
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Berkshire County
Berkshire County Historical Society
Pittsfield
Stockbridge
Norman Rockwell
Red Lion Inn
Daniel Chester French
Donald Smith
The
Historical Society
William Pierson
Williams College
Society
Hidiana
Texas
Mary A. Seitz
Euclid Ave
Ardsley
N.Y
Editor Letters on Lee bypass and public funds
A reader argues the Lee bypass is an expensive stopgap not part of a regional plan, warning it will shift traffic from the Turnpike into Laurel Street and burden taxpayers. The letter compares it to Lenox, cites state and federal funding doubts, and suggests a broader Route 7 20 integration would justify the project.
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George DD. Aiken
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Sen
Aiken
National Coal Board
Public Health Service
Lamna Gerrish
North
Bennington
the Eagle
Lee
Eagle
Lenox
Laurel Street
Cranshaw Keeps Doors Open Despite Going Out of Business Signs
The joke centers on KLr Cranshaw who displayed must vacate and closing sale signs yet continued to prosper. He later admits to a friend he faces a dilemma as his son graduates next month and wonders how to handle the next step. The friend suggests buying him a store and letting him go out of business himself.
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Klr. Cranshaw
Wall Street Journal
Stennis Fights Back As Experts Scrutinize Pentagon Budget
Washington Star columnist Mary McGrory notes Sen John Stennis faces a rising wave of opposition to the Pentagon budget. A group called Members of Congress for Peace Through Law, led by Bradford Morse and formerly funded by a foundation, questions military programs and demands tighter GAO oversight. Stennis seeks restraint amid criticism from Proxmire Fulbright and Hatfield, while Defense Secretary Laird defends the administration stance.
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William Proxmire
Dwis
Pentagon
Stennis
Bradford Morse
R-Mass
Senate
House
Henry Meyer
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Like Mind
J. W. Fulbright
Proxmire
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
Democrats
Raymond Schweiker
R-Pa
General Accounting Office
Thomas Wagleton
D-Mo
Eagleton
GAO
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Armed Services Committee
Laird
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Central Railroad
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ABC and
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Great Barrington
David F. Barr
Sal West St
Helen L. Fillio
Park St
Milton Bass
Jory
Milton
Ferris
North St
Hugh Hefner
Playboy
California
MR. Mum
Tiger
Sen. Stennis
Mary McGrory
Washington
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Miss McGrory
Washington Star Columist
William F. Buckley
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