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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
8
Publication name Eagle Press appears with a daily issue schedule noting no edition on Sundays or holidays. The text places Eagle Publishing Company on Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The editorial argues federal aid leverage spurred integration in the South, noting about 40 percent of formerly all white schools will enroll Black students next academic year. It credits Nixon era Civil Rights Act funding power, warns against relaxing HEW guidelines, and upholds enforcement of desegregation as essential.
The Schermerhorn estate in Lenox lists rare liquors including 26 Sherry bottles from 1856 and 26 Old Antique rum from 1847. Pittsfield figures Sgt. Nils Hagstrom 26 visits home after 31 months in Asia, Walfrid Victoreen 36 years in teaching, and Edgar Stern 73 dies in Utah with ties to Dillard University and Tuskegee. Allan Bonney to join J R Nissen Co after GE departure.
An editorial notes industry “backstage pressure” shaping regulatory appointments. It cites the Nixon era move to block Dr. John Adriani, Tulane surgeon and pharmacology expert, from leading the FDA Bureau of Medicine after pharma pressure deemed his generic-name drug stance too risky for industry profits. The piece credits Adriani’s stance as public-spirited and condemns officials’ compliance with power politics.
Mack Landis recalls his Sunday trek to Bethel New York for the famous pop music event. He describes parked cars littering roads, 500000 attendees sleeping in cars and tents, mud from three hours of rain, and stolen old cars along Route 104. Police handled the crowd with courtesy while visitors faced refunds and crowding.
Yesterday's allocation of Hancock's 24 racing days to Bill Veeck's Suffolk Downs stirs up politics and law. A new eight family apartment permit signals lakefront access for some. Notch Brook Cascade underwrites private steps to spur public funding. Sit-in at the mayor's office sparks ongoing action. Violations notices prepared for substandard buildings show progress. Berkshire records ten accidental deaths in a week, a troubling tally.
Steel production in the week ended Aug 16 rose to 2.58 million net tons from 2.032 million a year earlier. Third quarter shipments are expected to reach a record 23.5 million tons as demand remains strong, with mills warning of possible delivery delays due to heavy orders, while exports to non-US markets lag behind.
A set of letters in The Eagle criticizes nurse aides at Geri Care Nursing Home in Washington for minimal care standards, questions state care requirements, and links patient welfare to stock concerns. Separate notes urge better street resurfacing in Pittsfield, question turtle killing ethics, and discuss welfare reform proposals and federal aid, with commentary from Alfred B. Lewis and others.
Polly Bradley of the Massachusetts Audubon Society argues in her Back-Yard Frontier column for a bill to protect endangered species by prohibiting interstate shipment and imports of animals and products. She notes adults often dismiss wildlife value, while children grasp the need to preserve diverse creatures like polar bears, walruses, and whales, and urges readers to reconnect with their inner child to understand conservation.
Robert C. Tyson, chairman of U S Steel's finance committee, calls tax cuts the kindest cut of all in a public statement. He argues reduced taxes would boost industry investment and job growth.
A White House observer notes enduring anti-Soviet comment in unexpected places and cites dissidents and exiled journalists. The piece highlights petitions by six political prisoners, brutal punishments in Soviet camps, and grim assessments of Soviet liberalization. It quotes observers in France and the US and ends with a quip from Farmers Almanac.
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