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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1969
Page
7
The notice identifies the Eagle Publishing Company at 43 Cagle Street Pittsfield Massachusetts and states publication of daily editions except Sundays and holidays.
Boston lawmakers bury the stadium plan amid promoter claims and tax worries. Tom Yawkey, Fenway Park’s owner, resists leaving the Red Sox, while critics note Boston’s strong financial district skepticism and a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling against public funding for pro sports. A 1970 revival is anticipated with stricter fiscal commitments.
Judge Clement Haynsworth’s U S Supreme Court nomination draws polarized views from church leaders and legal figures. Critics warn strict constructionism risks rigidity, while supporters tout qualifications. The piece notes reactions from Dean Robert Drinan, Duke and Warren era contrasts, and touches on Berkshire Community College course offerings and local politics including Dukakis’s gubernatorial bid and the Governor’s Council debate.
Harold P. Koenig, president of Ecological Science Corp, argues at the New York stockholders meeting that current thermal pollution practices rely on large natural draft cooling towers. He contends heat waste harms ecology and air moisture, causing fog and icing, and cites Phoenix and Sheffield as examples of impractical solutions.
Fifty years ago James W. Linnehan son of Mr and Mrs William W Linnehan received a Pershing citation for exceptional gallantry in the Tryon sector France on September 18 1918 The Rev Walter Beckwith is now vicar of St Martins Church and will live with his mother in Dalton while serving Grace Church Twenty five years ago Ruth Sing resigned as Berkshire Branch agent in charge at the New England Home for Title Wanderers to pursue a masters degree at the University of Michigan Sergeant Bennie Olendey of the Marauders 15th Artillery on a 20 day furlough from the Mediterranean He is at home in Housatonic Ephraim A Roy of St Albans VT has been appointed superintendent of the Prudential Life Insurance Co in Pittsfield and Berkshire County succeeding Harold Tabor who transferred to Waterbury CT Ten years ago Blayne Peltier married Peter Sears Doherty at St Marks Church William Tate GE transformer department manufacturing engineering supervisor named publicity chairman for the October Community Chest drive and Helen Kozchak won the Berkshire Hills Country Club weekly women s tournament
Mr and Mrs Kenneth G Kirchner of Hinsdale share a dramatic letter from their son Airman Paul Kirchner medic at Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam. He recounts a Viet Cong surprise attack on 6th Air Force Hospital, recalls hospitals set up, no sleep for 48 hours, many killed, and prays for his safety. Also notes a curious river scene, color plaques on freight cars via coded system, a new outdoor carpet at City Savings Bank, Conte's district visitors, and a quip about WWII ending besides a warning on apologizing to win arguments with wives.
Readers debate Mayor Butler housing evictions and welfare spending, wildlife safety near Lake Mansfield, and campus youth conduct. Letters criticize municipal policy, urge responsible action on nuclear power, and recount a Boston Public Garden encounter with a rude officer.
Letters to the editor argue that accepting the lowest bid for school transportation reduces taxpayer burden while criticizing the process. Names referenced include Elizabeth P. Prindle and Frances DeGroat, urging bids reflect competence, insurance, and proper specifications amid Pittsfield and Berkshire contexts.
A quoted speech from Rev. Evin Gallagher, chairman of the Irish Council of Churches, urges Catholics and Protestants to avoid panic and pursue orderly action. Lawrence Lee of the University of Pittsburgh lectures, warning of tyrants forcing slaves, amid fears of persecution in Ulster.
The piece reflects a London view of Britain’s complex love hate with the United States amid a global cultural shift. It notes tourist booms, hippie protests near Piccadilly Circus, and whether Britain can maintain civility while relinquishing empire. It also lauds the BBC Civilization series and discusses enduring US power and Britain’s uneasy, intertwined relationship.
A Winsted Citizen joke catches a young bachelor recounting a date where his mother questioned his intentions at the door. He recalls the moment the mother began probing as he entered, and the twist comes when a girl upstairs rejects him, saying she isn’t the one.
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