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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1970
Page
9
Publication statement for a daily newspaper issued by Eagle Publishing Company located on Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts with a standard schedule excluding Sundays and holidays.
An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety report tests 1969 Ford, Chevrolet, Plymouth and Rambler Ambassador at low speeds, showing high repair costs and weak bumpers. The piece argues for ruggedness over styling to cut premiums and urges insurance reform, noting industry awakening to responsibility despite opposition.
GE argues foreign competition threatens U S industry as a multidecade labor dispute lingers. A 2.9 million kilowatt unit to be built in Charleston, manufactured in Switzerland, while unions in Schenectady and Syracuse vote to strike. Unemployment benefits of 63 dollars a week surface for seven weeks’ layoff, fueling debate over state relief and employer funded funds in Massachusetts.
A survey of New England town meetings notes efforts to attract voters with live music and dialogue on social issues. The column recalls endorsements of products by celebrities with 1904 Coca Cola bottle art featuring Lillian Russell and other figures, plus a nod to Julia Ward Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic debut in 1862 Atlantic Monthly.
Fire Chief W C Shepard plans to have ex Alderman John T Stare return the city bought firehorses to the central fire station. Horses will haul apparatus to outlying points unreachable by motor engines.
A letter-writer urges politicians to fulfill promises on pollution in the 1970s while criticizing party lines. The piece contrasts Republicans and Democrats racing for credit with citizen concerns over polluted rivers and rising costs, calling for real action over political sport.
New York letters weigh in on Nicholas Johnson's push to reform U S television using FCC power. Johnson argues law lacks licensee property rights while critics worry about upheaval, pay TV, and how public interest is defined amid past fairness standards.
A young girl driver cried that the crash was her fault, but a Replicatan passenger reassured her that the other party was equally blameworthy. No injuries were reported in the two car collision.
A fragment from a Springfield Union piece recalls D N Toohey and Saul Phinney. It criticizes excessive wording in opinion columns and mocks reprinted material from yesterday's Times. The letter, signed A J RETTLE at 128 Partridge Rd, comments on pollution, foreign professors, and Amishworthy driving.
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