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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1970
Page
8
The Eagle Publishing Company lists Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts as the publishing address for its daily newspaper operation except Sundays and holidays.
Editorial argues federal aid distribution to Pittsfield and similar towns is undercut by state level decisions led by Walter Markham. It endorses comprehensive high schools over separate vocational plants and urges a prompt, thorough investigation of Markham’s discretionary power to ensure fair taxpaying communities receive appropriate funds.
The piece argues Judge Carswell is a mediocre pick for the Supreme Court, noting his obscure record, past white supremacist stance, and lack of demonstrable legal genius. It compares the nomination process to Hagansworth, urging caution despite likely confirmation.
The state plans to burn banned persistent pesticides collected at Pittsfield State Forest in a high temperature incinerator, presenting a disposal option deemed safer than ocean entombment or deep underground storage for other wastes. Representative Greenberg questions safety of Wellington Arms apartment access on Route 20 in Lenox, opposing the hill crest junction due to visibility concerns despite state expert assurances. Old customs linger as city elections may be held in schools to cope with space limits, prompting debate over education disruption and voter access. Surplus-food center expansion in North Berkshire may reflect GE strike fallout, aiding the poor as GE workers return to jobs while welfare recipients gain access to food assistance.
The Christian Science Monitor notes Florence remains pedestrian friendly yet faces auto hazard. Italian authorities recently decided to ban all auto traffic in the old city after debates in a unique policy move amid Florence’s Renaissance sites.
Years Ago The Berkshire Wellesley Club met at 28 Reed Street with Mrs. Rising presiding in Mrs. Giddings absence. Twenty five years ago Louise Ballhausen Sutherland and Alyce Fraleigh performed a music program at the Women’s Club with Mrs. Mendel in charge. Pittsfield YMCA’s 58th annual meeting awarded pins to Rev. H. Elliott Chaffee G. Fred Lincks and Lois D. Shipton, with Shipton receiving the gold studded pin, the first woman honored since 1926. Ten years ago Dr. Powers was named a director on a university food technology research project at Georgia. Thayer Whiting of Laneshora earned a Massachusetts Purebred Dairy Cattle Association citation for her 4-H dairy achievements and serves as secretary-treasurer of the Berkshire County Holstein-Friesian Cattle Club.
Local reminiscences recount Orchard Street School’s demolition plan tied to Mercer School. Carl Straitman recalls attending 1901 04 and a sealed copper time capsule wall plaque to be opened in 2004. The column also shares bicycle memories, family history inquiries, and birding tips.
Richard W. Paul, Councilman at Large, argues the Eagle housing series lacks objectivity. He questions responsibility for low income housing shortages, mayoral silence, PHA inactivity, and race in rezoning, urging unbiased reporting and a concrete plan for replacement housing.
Berkshire County parents and educators seek solutions to drugs beyond education. The Bether Project, led by Joanna and Doug Purvis, offers a 24 hour helpline and a community center with students, doctors, and a lawyer backing it. The program works with people, not against them, and needs public financial and volunteer support. Cathi Oakes.
Letter to the Eagle editor praises White House guard uniforms and questions presidential attire. The writer jokes about Nixon and Harold Wilson, suggests George Washington era wigs, and imagines historical costumes for the U. S. leadership.
A reader chides sports writers for voting Lou Boudreau into Cooperstown while denying Ralph Kiner, arguing Kiner’s seven NL homer title runs and All-Star victories merit inclusion. The letter urges fan voting and criticizes press influence. Another letter condemns wartime protests linked to Vietnam and condemns Song My massacre as justified, urging Americans to come home.
Washington argues wage price controls may be the sole method to halt inflation. Nixon vetoed a 19.7 billion HEW bill seen as political theater while critics warn price rises from steel auto and other sectors feed the spiral.
In a New York Times book review Christopher Lefmann Haupt summarizes Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hulls theory of hierarchy. The Peter Principle posits that employees rise to their level of incompetence as they are promoted beyond their capabilities.
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