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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1969
Page
9
Daily publication by Eagle Publishing Company at 33 Eagle Street Pittsfield Massachusetts operates every day except Sundays and holidays ensuring continuous local coverage and notices.
Editorial notes that January 1 outcomes place most young men aged 19 to 26 in varying states of relief or anxiety as the draft lottery becomes real. Top third find certainty and relief, bottom third face two years of service, middle third await further fate amid views the lottery is a fairer system.
The piece notes the lottery replaces an arbitrary system but highlights ongoing inequities. It cites persistent occupational deferments, lack of legal counsel for registrants, rigid conscientious objector rules, and uneven local boards. Congress may act early next year. Nixon’s volunteer army plan has limited support.
Washington reports say progress against inflation is uncertain like the Vietnam conflict. Milton Friedman predicts a mild to deep recession due to Federal Reserve mismanagement, while others foresee only a slowdown or inflation lingering through 1970. President Nixon faces a wait‑and‑see economy ahead of the election.
Consultant Robert J. M. Matteson argues against the county paying a share of a county government study, predicting it would push for major restructuring and question why a branch should fund its own disruption. The piece notes Berkshire UNICEF collections rising with low overhead and flags large city budget requests after trimming. It questions the legitimacy of unpermitted construction citing the Somerset Avenue fire station as a recent example.
George B. Gordon reflects on a West River Valley Development Association session in Townshend about snowmobiles. Opt. Pred Graves of the Vermont State Police outlined the machine and showed a manufacturer film with dramatic racing. Residents questioned noise and nocturnal passes, while Gordon jokes about no open season. The piece foresees snowmobiles changing rural quiet each winter and hints at landowner concerns and future enforcement limits.
A Harvard University Press reissue of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward 2000 1887 imagines a future Boston with vast markets retirement age 45 pneumatic tubes mechanized warehouses and universal education The piece notes Bellamy's predictions of credit cards centralized music broadcasts and utopian social credit while recounting his life and other writings and a local anecdote about a soggy day on North Adams Main Street plus a historic quote from Gov George Briggs about civic kindness
Looking Back notes Democrats met to set a slate for city offices. Michael Quinn would be city clerk at 1000 dollars yearly and Michael L. Elsener city solicitor at 1000 dollars. Robert Tillotson, 59, longtime county commissioner, died at his Lenox home after 20 years in office. He supported Berkshire County projects that created many jobs during downturns. Dorothy Milne chairs St Stephen’s snow carnival with Winthrop Gutmann Virginia Roth Lillian Francesc Virginia Roberts Muriel Pringle and Jacqueline Murphy assisting. Sophia Widomski, 77 Center St Lee, awarded 500 scholarship from Famous Artists School Westport Conn for a three year correspondence course in commercial art to pursue greeting-card work. Eagle’s All Berkshire football team members include Bruce Walcott Dave Giddings captain 1980 Bill Seely Ray Woitkowski George Gari-Valtis Pittsfield High Dan Barzowskas St Joe’s Pittsfield Dick Brighenti Lee Mike Deligan Gary Glazebrook Ralph Robinson Adams Pete Wright Bill Vareschi Drury honorary Captain Stan Zaleski Dayton
Readers criticize the AFL CIO boycott of GE products and weigh the impact on merchants and GE jobs. They argue for balanced action and question calls for consumer patronage of competitors. A second letter discusses shrinking Massachusetts House representation and the push for town meeting governance, urging voter awareness and reform. A closing editorial reflects on Song My and Hiroshima casualties to compare public outrage over wartime atrocities.
Readers discuss war casualties and costs, evaluating Vietnam in context of auto deaths, disability pensions, and military spending. The piece argues for balanced policy, warns against abrupt withdrawals, notes economic risks, and stresses war’s moral impact. Included are quotes from K. Hirschmann and Dick Gregory, plus public letters from Dale Pinkham and Elizabeth USS.
In New York observers assess Spiro Agnew as rising in popularity beside Nixon. Time magazine notes he is not a racist or demagogue yet hints at growing influence. The piece compares Agnew to historic leaders, cites Nixon as realistic about challenges, and predicts close scrutiny of their dynamic.
An elderly woman angrily tells a young doctor she is not all right, asserting she was in failing health before he was born, highlighting a sharp clash over medical diagnosis.
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