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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1969
Page
6
An original Massachusetts daily joins 25 others in adopting the 1963 Bar-Press Guide. The move aims to preserve press freedom, protect individual rights, and sustain the presumption of innocence in reporting.
A Wall Street Journal critique of optimistic 1959 forecasts for 1970s and beyond. It notes failed Vietnam risk predictions, civil rights and campus unrest misses, and two main causes: straight-line thinking and over optimism. It cites Life magazine's 1959 1975 predictions as still pending.
A Raskin column sparked talk that GE s Boulware policy was dead but observers note the claim is exaggerated. The revised offer still leaves the three year package ambiguous and unions reject it while GE reiterates take it or leave it. The strike at GE drags into month three, with hindsight suggesting a coordinated exit might have helped.
Two months after Adams Selectman Ewart Callahan proposed a joint Pittsfield and North Berkshire meeting on highways and sewage, signs of life remain. Williamstown officials showed interest, Pittsfield Mayor Butler favors a session, and Council President Scelsi plans to follow up after year’s start. A snowy January looks likely with storms already shaping memory.
Massachusetts showed unusually low Wallace support in 1968, even as many cities and towns favored the Alabama governor. Public Document 43 offers data, with especially notable votes in Mount Washington and Dorchester, highlighting local demographics, paternalism, and anti-welfare sentiment as possible factors.
Frances Perkins served as labor secretary under FDR and industrial commissioner for Gov. Alfred E. Smith. The biography by Matthew Josephson and Hannah Josephson draws on Perkins papers to illuminate her work for women and children in industry. The book notes Perkins’s proposed life of Smith, her death, and the authors’ background in biographical works.
This biography advocates for Al Smith beyond the caricature of a flamboyant East Side figure. It highlights his life from childhood to his governance, noting his education, legislative work, and respect from peers like Charles Evans Hughes and George W. Wickersham. It portrays him as a persuasive speaker and capable reform governor.
The piece blends nostalgia on hiding places from old homes and cars with a sweeping reflection on Al Smith and Tammany politics. It traces memory clues from hidden bottles to factory era reforms, Shifting to Smith’s battles with machine politics, labor reforms, radio era outreach, and eventual opposition to the New Deal.
New York report surveys 1969 religious unrest across major Christian groups. it notes declines in attendance and rising protests, shifting belief crises, and a broader spiritual revival outside traditional churches. analysts weigh if these trends presage renewal or prolonged decline amid social upheaval.
Dave Barry notes a humorous exchange about a shirt described as pleated. The second man explains the appearance comes from his wife’s ironing, not actual pleats, delivering a light domestic joke.
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