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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1969
Page
8
Daily publication detail states the Eagle Publishing Company operates at 33 Eagle Street, Pittsfield Massachusetts, excluding Sundays and holidays.
Editorial notes Governor Sargents 10 year 23 000 housing unit per year program with a new state construction agency, aimed at replacing 3000 units annually destroyed for highways and public use. It argues flexibility local needs, reduces HUD red tape, and contrasts Pittsfields dire housing history with potential state led relief, urging a strong local push for legislative approval. It closes with a moral on acts of kindness from strangers aiding a dog in Saugus.
Weekend GE proposal and union counterproposal spurred optimistic talk of a strike settlement, but facts show stalemate remains. Construct Inc in Great Barrington pursues housing projects aided by Farmers Home Administration funding, while Dalton faces rising taxes. Conte battles U.S. military aid to Nationalist China amid lingering China lobby controversy.
An Opinion piece notes UMass students form a group to push the university out of federal research funding and military ties. It recalls MIT tenure disputes tied to Vietnam views, echoes McCarthy era tensions, and questions academic freedom amid campus antiwar activism.
A Windsor Christmas piece celebrates local tree harvests with Sturtevant family noted for award winning Balsam and spruce displays. Readers also debate GE strikes, urging cooler bargaining, return to work, and warning about economic harm and cross picket disruption.
New officers named for the Electric Service Club include William KE Belland as president Fred Treat as vice president Edward Dittman as treasurer and Dora Shay as secretary A Philathea class organized at First Baptist Church with Mrs George Clark president and Miss Gladys Ramsey vice president Miss Flora White teacher Mrs Henry M Richardson spoke to Pom eroy PTA on LWV education study results The Pittsfield Post welcomed its first WAC veteran Miss Louise Ungewitter and William Henry Baker will retire after 45 years as Pittsfield trainmaster for the Boston & Albany Railroad Thornton Percival a 14 year old Boy Scout of Stockbridge is pictured for immortality on a four cent Boy Scouts stamp to be issued Feb 8 in Washington D C Robert M Shepardson of Madison NJ has been elected vice president of Esso Export Corp
A Pittsfield reader criticizes the City Council and Planning Board over the Dec 4 hearing on proposed rezoning near Melbourne Road and Lebanon Avenue. She cites an expanded plan despite a 7-4 vote against the prior recommendation, questions who benefits, and praises several council members. The letter also recalls 1950s Showboat era music memory by Martha Todd.
The editor recalls Gifford Symes, architectural engineer from Pittsfield, who warned the Mt Greylock war memorial tower would not endure severe weather. The letter laments that a beautiful memorial now faces destruction, signed by Mrs. Clytie P. Nichols of 51 Holmes Road.
Frank C. Dawson of Dalton American Legion Post 155 reports flags at the Coltsville Corners memorial have been replaced after Kevin E. Murphy criticized conditions in a December 1 letter. The Post assisted though outside its jurisdiction and praises the editor’s response. Additional letters appear on the opposite page.
In New York, critics of Mr. Agnew's network TV criticisms face a debate over alleged anti Semitism. James Reston’s letter and ensuing commentary are examined as not proof of anti Semitism, but as misused charges. The piece warns against inflaming bias and mislabeling critics.
An elderly farmer, offered a ride by two motorists in a new air conditioned car, plans to go work in his tobacco field but after a short trip says the cooler weather makes him decide to return home to butcher hogs instead. The tale, from the American Legion Magazine, ends with his decision.
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