Snowmobile use and regulation debate grows in Massachusetts
Snowmobiles doubled last year on state forest and park trails and are expected to double again. The rise in use crosses onto back roads and fields. Massachusetts contemplates snowmobile registration via amendment to General Laws with fees for owners and dealers and fines for violations. The piece discusses space limits, land ownership, and the need for more park staff, funds, and rules to curb wildlife disruption and environment impact.
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Mtt
Greylock
Rockwell
Massachusetts
Great Northwest
Berkshire
State Division of Forests and Parks
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Berkshire County
Savoy
Mountain
Beartown
Pittsfield
Mt. Washington
Franklin County
Hawley State Forest
Letters scotch the boycott to the editor
A Berkshire resident criticizes the GE strike and AFL-CIO boycott, urging silent refusals by consumers to undermine retailers who stock GE products. The letter argues boycotts threaten local service and warranties, and cites potential harms to small Pittsfield businesses and their communities.
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Berkshires
Afl-Cio
William F. Cripps
Rockland Drive
Pittsfield
Three Views on GE Strike Picketing in Western MA
Letters discuss the GE strike and picket lines at ply appliance and hardware stores with union shop contracts. Authors object to boycotts and urge union leaders to seek dialogue, while a writer reflects on the picket line scene and the workers' push for better conditions as an expression of liberty and protest.
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Massachusetts
Gerald ¥. Doyle
Pittsfield Central Labor Council
GE Employe
Freedom of Speech And 2 Strong Mayor
Letters defend Mayor Butler, public rights, and zoning debates in Pittsfield. Wayne Cheverier refutes racial prejudice claims amid housing concerns while Philip Bingley cautions about citizen apathy amid perceived communist threats.
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the Eagle
Peter Arles
Donald Butler
Pittsfield
Butler
Osceola
John F. Connors
Oswald Ave
Astral plots touch U.S. draft talks in 1972 op
In a satirical exchange reported by the New York Times News Service, President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss a draft system tied to astrology as they mock the idea of coordinated horoscopes guiding military planning. The dialogue jokes about Tuesday as a bad fighting day and remaining astrologically influenced in Vietnam strategy.
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Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
Kissinger
Joint Chiefs of State
Army
Mars
Capricorn
Jupiter
Pluto
Henry
United States
Mme. Cagliostro
Joint Chiefs
FBI
Venus
Hermes
Mme. Cagliostra
BOQ
Army Astrology
Scorptos
Scorpios
Aries
Orion
Atreus
New York Times
Nixon Polarization Tactics Estranged from Unity Aim
Nixon pursues polarizing rhetoric under Agnew while expanding a counteroffensive against antiwar dissent. David Ginsburg argues the administration seeks to liquidate old debts and craft new currency by dividing, not uniting, the nation. He notes shifts in racial tensions from big cities to small towns and institutions like police and unions as the real battlegrounds, urging true unity on core issues such as schools, housing, crime, and costs.
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Washington
Agnew
Nixon
David Ginsburg
Pittsburgh
Brown
Board of Education
America
Martin Luther King
Ginsburg
Pentagon
Frightening Pace of Pet Animal Influence
Kathleen Szasz argues in Petism that humans increasingly anthropomorphize pets, replacing human constants with animals to seek control and escape into a nonhuman community, a shift she sees as threatening human existence.
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Kathleen Szasz
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
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Pittsfield Jong
Wayne M. Cheverier
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Middlefield
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