Editorial says U.S. missteps in South Vietnam hurt by clumsy diplomacy
The piece criticizes Washington for amateur Machiavellian tactics in Vietnam, arguing the plan to spark a coup via a State Department pronouncement backfired. It notes Saigon’s generals denying U.S. claims about Buddhist attacks and calls for steadier, clearer policy without tangled strings.
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South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Washington
State Department
Diem
U.S
Saigon
Pittsfield Notes Mixed Local Happenings Across City
W Bolande traveled from Stephentown to Pittsfield over Potter Mountain in Berkshire County. Elmer Adams, famed for violin work, performs tonight at the White Tree Inn. Walter S Marsden sends a miniature elephant to Charles R Alberti. About 9 000 students will join Pittsfield schools this fall. Charles K Parker to address Rotary at the Sheraton Hotel on The Korean Story. Francis J Hank Connors honored at Berkshire Restaurant farewell dinner.
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R, W. Bolande
Bridgeport (Conn
Pittsfield
Stephentown
N.Y
Potter Mountain
Berkshire County
Elmer Adams
White Tree Inn
Walter S. Marsden
Democratic City Committee
Charles R. Alberti
Republican City Committee
Marsden
Edward J. Russell
Charles K. Parker
Far East
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Francis J
Hank) Connors
Sua
PHS
Colgate University
Berkshire
Cash in Space Debated as Astronauts Seek Private Pay
A Life magazine deal to pay astronauts $100,000 a year for personal spaceflight stories raises ethical questions about private gain while in uniform. Critics say such contracts could affect space program management and erode public esteem for heroism.
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Life Magazine
Life
John W. Finney
New York Times
Washington Bureau
South
Free Trade Quotas in US Japan Cotton Talks
The United States and Japan reach a quota agreement on cotton textiles, limiting increases in 1963 and 1964 despite Geneva talks. Employers say the restriction protects US textile makers while Japan argues rising wages and costly US cotton affect trade balance. The dispute highlights how liberal trade ideals collide with domestic economic realities.
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United States
Japan
Geneva
United
U.S
In Brief Representative Curtiss Defends Reapportionment Views
Representative Sid Curtiss of Shefield supports the nonpartisan commission to redraw Berkshire County legislative districts amid concerns of Democratic influence. Councilman Ernest C. St Peter rebuts painting City Hall, urging practical upkeep for a long haul. Rev Ellis J Holt’s move to Waterville Maine will be a homecoming for him but a loss to Pittsfield. Pittsfield schools Russell School and Morewood need renovations and a safe heating system, forcing students to other buildings until work is completed.
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Sid Curtiss
Sheffield
Commission
Berkshire County
Ernest C. St. Peter
Ellis J. Holt
First Baptist Church
Waterville
Maine
Pittsfield
Russell School
Morewood
FINE FETTLE NOTES AND VETERAN FOOTNOTES
Atty Francis co R LaGrotteria, Pittsfield candidate, claims at least a 50 50 chance to win. He lives in Joseph Dragone’s East Street house, once a mayoral hopeful, now in a former Conte office. Also notes on farmers, air travel, and assorted local quips.
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Fine Fettle
Francisco R. LaGrotteria
Pittsfield
Joseph Dragone
East Street
Silvio Conte
Small World Department
Eagle
Arthur Myers
The
Athenaeum
Paris
Morley Callaghan
Mary Jane Gross
Philip C. Wallwork
New York Times
Freud
Letters to the Eagle bracketed by local readers on events
Readers discuss a range of issues from a Pittsfield bus breakdown and fair vandalism to criticisms of a book review and political pressure. Letters express concern over negative reporting, gratitude for NAACP trip organizers, garden vandalism, and reactions to a comics critique and Massachusetts politics. Names include Herbert R. Gloot, William J. Powers, Ruth Kirchner, Mrs L. Reidemann, Alfred V. Simo, and Frank J. Zee.
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Eagle
Ruth Kirchner
Churchill St
Pittsfield
THE
Myers
L. Reidemann
Appleton Ave
Humor tale from county judge and a cabin fight
A county judge, on his way to court, hears loud quarrels from a sharecropper's cabin. A boy on the stoop says Pa and ma are fighting, and when asked who his father is, the boy replies that they are arguing about that very question. Julian Van Winkle in an Old Fitzgerald Distillery edition.
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Julian van Winkle
Grange championing charity and community work
Ronald T. Scace, Master of Pittsfield Grange No. 14, argues the Grange is a vital charity and national service group. He cites support for Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, finger-exercise balls to hospitals, Sears Roebuck Foundation prizes, and a vast history of scholarships, land grant bills, and rural programs.
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Grange
Arthritis and
Berkshire Granges
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Granges
U.S
Peace Corps
Guatemala
Ronald T., Scace
Pittsfield Grange
West St
Pittsfield
Washington Civil Rights March Unites Diverse Crowd
The Washington rights march drew a vast, patient crowd from across the nation. Leaders like John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr. spoke as expectations and fears about civil rights legislation were weighed, with focus on jobs and FEPC provisions.
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Walter Reuther
United Aulo Workers
Washington Monument
Martin Luther King Jr
America
King
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Frank J. Zee
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George Wallace
Alabama
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