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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1963
Page
14
Brief publisher imprint states the newspaper published daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company located on Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The piece argues Goldwater’s attack on Johnson’s holiday session use of arm twisting to push the foreign aid bill is weak politically. It asserts presidents must both propose and dispose, using all tools from patronage to public appeals, to move Congress. Johnson’s recent tactics offer a hopeful sign, though success remains uncertain.
The American Jewish Committee accuses top utilities of bias against Jews in recruitment and promotions. The AJC notes unwritten rules and a discriminatory climate that exclude Jewish executives, urging awareness and education rather than coercion to foster true opportunity and talent use.
Daily publication of New Haven and Boston Albany train timetables in The Eagle's classified section may help. The Pittsfield City Council approves half hour parking on part of North Street to aid downtown shopping and towns the self amortizing municipal lot program. Professor James M. Burns of Williams College discusses Congress on Meet the Press. Cold weather and snow boost ski and resort activity though patches warn of more snow needed. The town reports a grounded woman and borrowed car and girdle amid college kids at home.
Distressing holiday misfortunes of a Pittsfield banker unfold from New York Idlewild to home with car trouble a flat tire and a frigid house. Notes reveal Maggie Howard's stage link and a NY understudy role. Quips cover Schwartzs toy store F.A.Q. jokes and seasonal trivia on pets matches and moon names.
A Museum era reminiscence recalls Mrs Myra Campbell painter who once studied in New York. William Cullen Bryant once sat for a crayon portrait in her studio. Browning praised Misa Dawes, noting Carlyle’s wife as unattractive. Hancock Town Hall marked Elmer Maynard's golden anniversary. Miss Jeannette Chiu of Lanesboro to enter Houghton College for missionary education after Moody Bible Institute background.
Washington coverage notes vested interests in grain storage and export credits tied to wheat sales to the Soviet bloc, with Mundt Halleck and Aiken weighing farm subsidies, meat imports, and nonagricultural exports amid defense and shipyard cutbacks. The piece cites Vermont Senator Aiken, Rep Conte, and several Western lawmakers as they push for overseas markets and reform of price supports.
Republican strategists weigh Nixon against Henry Cabot Lodge for the 1964 presidential nod. Nixon emerges as a free agent with planned speeches and overseas trips while Lodge faces party resistance over Vietnam and past roles. Eisenhower’s view remains cautious, and primary dynamics favor Nixon if Goldwater or Rockefeller falter.
Letters to the Eagle recall a 10 generation town gathering at dawn in First Church, Congregational to pledge help for youth and community. Margaret Hall invites readers to join the lineal descendant meeting at 7 a.m. on New Year’s day.
Two women rest on adjacent cots at a Red Cross center as a nurse hails a weary young housewife for donating her eighth pint, earning the title Gallon Donor. The other woman jokes about volunteering while lying down, reflecting light humor from Catholic Digest.
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