Romance on the Rails in Sixties Train Travel
Tessful travel column notes railroading woes as two lines halt for buses, a timetable omission hides a train, and dispatchers resist selling tickets. Yet many riders praise trains as scenic, relaxing transport. Enthusiasts chase steam excursions, ignoring diesel weariness, while private cars crowd events near Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
De-Witt Clinton
Charleston
Tom Thumb
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Pittsfield
Penn Central
East Street
Richard Snyder
Lakeville
Conn
Tye
Northern Pacific
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Berkshire Week in Review Reflects Snow and Strikes
Berkshire Week in Review notes a heavy snow event blanketing the region with 15 inches Monday and 12 to 18 inches Friday, halting travel and closing offices for a long Christmas weekend. It covers GE union votes rejecting a contract, looming strike action, NLRB settlement on picketing, a bank holdup arrest, business deals, public notices and staffing changes across Pittsfield and western Massachusetts communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshires
Sprague
NLRB
Boston
Pittsfield
James T. Matles
Hudson Falls
Letter to the Editor warns of systemic oppression and seeks Black empowerment
William C. Ross Jr writes from Park Forest IL claiming Americans ignore oppression of Black and minority groups. He argues police and welfare actions resemble lynching, condemns gerrymandering, high minority deaths in war, unemployment, and cites Blue Ribbon commissions as dangerous. He predicts continued struggle for independence and vows collective action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
South
Welfare Department
Southeast Asia
William C. Ross Jr
McCarthy Road
Park Forest
Hostility and the GE Strike Debate Letters
Readers debate the GE strike, weighing fear and pressure on workers who want to return to work against strike activists. Gerald F. Ely argues for dignity, fair wages, and future security, claiming GE profits can fund improvements while Kirkpatrick questions motive and fear.
Auden ideas inspire critical views from Jarrell and others
The passage cites Randall Jarrell critiquing Auden as exposing ideas that resemble brown paper parcels sent secretly to the War Department in emergencies, contrasted with Jarrell’s “Third Book of Criticism.” James Coss argues society must educate natural winners and losers alike, while Mayor Richard C. Lee reflects on persistent urban problems since 1940s, noting they remain evident in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auden
War Department
Randall Jarrel
W. H. Auden
Jarrell
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
James Coss
Saturday Review
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York State
Buffalo
Penn Central Railroad
Hudson River
Niagara Falls
Albany
Railroad Union
Red Skelton
Vincennes
Berkshire Week In Review
Jerry Sklar
Ken Whitmore, Inc
Pittsfield Company
Peter G. Francese
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Arthur C. McGill
William &. Flynn
Francese
PHA
William B. Palmer
Roy F. Brown
First Agricultural National Bank
West Street
Joseph David Williams II
Wood Ave
Killeen
North Adams
General Cable Corp
Northern Berkshire Industrial Development Corp
S. Rocco Scullary
Richard
Clement
Scullary
E. Burton Keirstead
Richmond
Pittsfield-Richmond
Virginia
Louis J. Carapreso
Dawes Avenue
Dalton
Berkshire
Edward K. Sluthworth
Peru
Weston Hampshire Welfare Service
Rosemary C. Crsier
Anthony W. Romeo
Lenox
David N. Lane
Emil A. Prystas
Richard F. Giroux
Adams
Wilfred Langlois
BMC
Warren M. Lowry
Williamstown
Jones
Beloit Corp
Techno Systems
Princeton
Richard £. Noel
Worth Adams
Gene H. Head
Long Island
Walter N. Borg
South Egremont
Massachusetts Advisory Commission On Vocational Education
Ralph H. Shamblen
New Lebanon
N.Y
Columbia County Federation of Sportsmen
John Patterson
Gallatin
Richard Glady
Northern Berkshire Emergency Communication Club
Joseph Koscinski
Thomas Kennedy
Housatonic
Norman Rockwell
Stockbridge
Israel
Look Magazine
Alan Cutler
Pittsfield High
Robert C. Betters
Taconic High
Louis Green Post
Jewish War Veterans
Louis L
Tion
Hampton and Clark
Black Panther Party
Eldridge Cleaver
Bobby Seale
THE
EAGLE
C. W. Kirkpatrick
Fair Share
General Electric
Gerald F. Ely
North St
Ralph Conroy
Luke Johns
Deanery
Springfield
Luke
Jimmy Boyles
Pearl
Jimmy
Bignose
Joe Concula
Second Street
Bing Crosby
North Street
Wales
Dylan Thomas
Quonsett and Curley
Miss Lorrainne
Gilson
Hinchley
Richard C. Lee
New Haven
Torrington
BO SO
Stevenson & Co., Inc
Mass
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!