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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
19
The piece analyzes price stability in the United States over 92 years, noting rare periods of cost and purchasing power stability. It cites inflation after World War II and the Korean conflict, shows 1963 purchasing power declines, and argues that recent years experienced near stability with mild 1 percent annual CPI changes and creeping dollar erosion.
John Bellamy Taylor, a GE research engineer from 1903 to 1936, died at his home at age 88. He helped create equipment to make sound visible and light audible and drew international attention in 1931 when a dirigible over Schenectady was made to produce music by a beam of light. He also pioneered sound movies.
The article credits Richard M. Bissell with opening Soviet openness after 1960, linking his role in U2 development to a secret reconnaissance satellite program and the shift in Cold War balance. It notes his 1960 achievements and praises his public service as he steps into private life.
In a reflective reminiscence, the writer celebrates John F Kennedy as a vibrant ideal for youth and a capable leader who balanced learning charm and courage. He lauds Kennedy’s public service, honesty at crises like Bay of Pigs, and mature self critique, while noting the world’s grief and the need to continue his work. The piece also credits Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy for loyalty to religion and family, and recalls Burns’s biographical notes.
Hugh Carleton Greene, director general of the BBC, recalls yielding to colleagues labeled subversive anarchists to stage That Was the Week That Was and then bowing to fascist pressure to remove it.
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