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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1969
Page
7
Published daily except Sunday and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company at Eagle Street in Puisfield Massachusetts.
The Democratic State Committee chose the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus for the 1970 state convention, aiming to curb past rowdiness and vote-buying allegations. Proponents say the academic setting will lend dignity, deter freebie room buys, and possibly set a nationwide trend toward sober deliberation among nominees.
The Senate blocked the administration's Southern strategy in a vote that replaced the 1965 Voting Rights Act with a broader bill. The proposed changes would require Justice Department action on any discriminatory voting law changes, risking legal hurdles and undoing decades of gains for African American suffrage. Nearly a million Southern Blacks had gained the vote under the 1965 Act, and supporters argue the original language should remain intact.
Looking Back 54 Years Ago highlights Pittsfield native James Trudentative receiving the Medaille dOr from the King of Belgium for guiding the royal train through Massachusetts. Gen Joseph Stillwell, who attended grammar school in Great Barrington, visited the Berkshires with Mrs Stillwell and honeymooned at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge. A stag party in New Boston featured five Pittsfield men and notable weight figures. Also noted are a Berkshire claims supervisor appointment for Richard E Leavenworth at Servite Insurance and long-serving Austen Riggs Center staff honored in Stockbridge with decades of service.
The column recounts a 1950s Williamsville auction of the Comstock homestead by David H. Wood and features a letter from Rev. Charles T. Brown of Bucksport Maine, a Perry Comstock descendant, reflecting on his childhood in Williamsville Stockbridge trolley memories and life in the Berkshire hills with aging transit details. It notes a famed jail escape by Boss Tweed in 1875 and mentions the Echo of New Lebanon missing its weekly issue due to a new Ravena press, ending with a reflection on hosting guests.
Readers from Pittsfield to Reading challenge Vietnam policy. Clyde Charles argues against U.S. support for South Vietnam, condemning bombing and My Lai. Arthur J. Barbe backs immediate withdrawal as restoration of common sense. James Tooley links protest to peace, while Neal Brilliant condemns atrocity propaganda and calls for legal reform or withdrawal.
Buckley recalls Laos amid Vietnam War as a impoverished nation of 2.5 million, its eastern half under North Vietnamese control, with daily losses of soldiers. He notes illiteracy, language barriers, U.S. aid, and Lao pilots flying dangerous missions to defend their country while contemplating the uncertain future.
Representative McBride urges a state lease deadline for Saddieball development, arguing the DNR bears blame for delay though any binding limit could allow lessee power. The forecast predicts heavy snow aiding ski operators and a potential white Christmas. Five councilmen met at a Dunkin Donuts to pick a City Council president, echoing an old Democratic faction once called the Bathtub Trust, now the Doughmit and Coffee Trust.
The piece argues Americans will not excuse the My Lai massacre if proven true and will demand swift punishment. It notes initial disbelief gave way to shame and calls for full fact gathering before judgment. The column also cites a Hartford Courant forecast about mobile homes and lemon quotes from other sources.
Parade quotes a parishioner praising a reverend with a blunt remark and a sharp rejoinder about restrained praise. The exchange highlights humor in church discourse and a hefty collection plate wager.
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