Editorial: Sullivan's plan to fix school inequities
Dr. Neil V. Sullivan presses for "educare" to share Massachusetts school funding among local, state, and federal levels. He notes Brookline spends 1138 per pupil while Hudson spends 434, highlighting vast disparities. While federal aid and budget fights impede change, the piece urges expanding state support and reforming aid formulas to reduce local reliance and uplift poorer communities.
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Boston
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Commonwealth
A New Patron For the Arts
Richard Nixon proposes Congress double the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities budget to 40 million dollars for next year. He argues stronger funding can expand arts to communities nationwide and enrich cultural life despite tight budgets. He cautions against misused funds and notes difficulty in measuring artistic impact.
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Water under Berkshire hills prompts call to action
Speakers before the Berkshire panel on public environment urge rapid exploration of water sources citing abundant underground supplies. Critics note Dr. Benjamin Spock’s Williams College talk lacked concrete remedies, while a Adams taxpayers official floats licensing pets as a revenue idea.
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Williams College
Adams Taxpayers Association
Opinion: Siege at General Electric Highlights Wage Standstill
The New York Times notes a four week GE strike as a national barometer for Nixon era wage and price controls. With consumer prices rising, unions seek offsets while arbitration under White House guidance appears the only way to avoid a prolonged test of economic policy and Taft Hartley procedures need review.
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Travel agency founder recalls 1928 landmark opening
Mary Terrell recalls opening her travel agency in 1928 at the Wendell Hotel site now Berkshire Common. She represented American Airlines as air travel emerged, noting no hijackings in 1929 and that most travel was rail or steamship. The Berkshire Travel Agency later ran under the Kearseys from 1958.
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Wendell
Berkshire Common
Napoleon Campbell
Your
American Airlines
Walter Kearseys
Berkshire Travel Agency
Mildred Wallace
Boston
Beetle Bailey
The
Eagle
Red Cross
Mort Walker
Elligerent
Snorkel
Letters War Isn't Clean To the Editor
A navy veteran writes to THE EAGLE protesting inflammatory Vietnam atrocity claims and urges Congress to record his letter, arguing war is inherently brutal and citing past battles. He defends military necessity, criticizes press amplification, and calls for fair accountability or withdrawal from the war.
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Vietnam War Debate Letters and Local Reactions
Readers weigh in on Vietnam atrocity debates and wartime ethics. Letters from Paul Reynolds and Alexander Groves probe policy, legality, and moral responsibility, while other comments request completing a local band tribute and question past coverage.
Since You Came Home song and local notes from war era
Copies of the after the war song Since You Came Home by Edith Jackson are on sale at Escher's music store. The music was written by Leo Friedman. Harold J. Munson, missing in action in France since Nov. 13, served with Company K under Patton's Army. Ruth Brooker of New Lebanon, Syracuse University senior, named among 10 leaders for Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges 1944-45. Also notes include a decade-ago item on Charles Fowler resigning High Fidelity and local honors for Frederick W. Lord and other recognitions.
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Worthington St
The
North American Music, Co
Chicago
Escher
Leo Friedman
Dreamland
Harold J. Munson
Eagle Dinotype
Isadora Munson
Dalton
France
Company K
North Adams
Patton
Aid Army
Ruth Brooker
Edward E. Brooker
New Lebanon
Syracuse’ University
Charles Fowler
High Fidelity Magazine
Great Barrington
High Fidelity
Frederick W. Lord of
Food for Strikers and Tax Money Critics
A reader defends spending on needy strikers while denouncing government research spending on odd projects. Another letter questions a church social action Cadre and warns a pastor against unsworn accusations, urging sworn testimony in a pending New York case.
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New Lebanon Congregational Church
Cadre
Valley
New York
New Lebanon
John J. Carpinello
Milton Eisenhower as Voice of Reason in Violence Debate
Milton S Eisenhower chairs the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence as it analyzes campus unrest with calm scholarship. The foreword warns the reports reflect scholarship, not official views, and urge reforms to campus governance and greater student input.
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Washington
National Commission On the
Nother
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Water on my knees joke stumps doctor at three
A patient repeatedly calls a doctor at three a.m. declaring water on the knees. The doctor snaps back with a sharp pun, advising the patient to wear pumps. The quip reflects a brisk humor column style from the Wall Street Journal.
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Wall Street Journal
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Sang My
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