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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1970
Page
7
The newspaper notes it is among the original 26 dailies in Massachusetts to adopt the Bar-Press Guide of 1963, aimed at preserving press freedom, protecting individual rights, and upholding the presumption of innocence.
The piece opposes the National Timber Supply Act citing its bias toward maximum logging that would threaten wilderness and multiple-use goals. It also advocates Governor Sargent’s plan to cut per diem special justices, urges district court consolidation, and criticizes political delay, arguing reform is overdue and politically viable.
A Boston legislature confronts campus and social demonstrations as it weighs civil disobedience versus law. The piece argues strikers, protesters, and school prayer cases reveal a bias toward justifying acts outside the law while condemning others. It cites Gov. Wallace, Lynn GE strike disruption, Leyden prayer case, and Sen. Fonseca on school prayer.
The controversy over federal financing for the Early Childhood Development Center and the West Side community school reveals a lag in city efforts to build a community school. Mayor Butler is urged to name the Community School Planning Commission to restore credibility. Superintendent Whalen’s March-April school inspections aim to bridge admin and campus communities, while reading workshop for elementary principals signals evolving educational leadership.
Peter Matthiessen’s Cesar Chavez biography depicts a small man shaping a nation. It traces farm worker misery, corporate buyouts, pesticide harms, and interunion tensions, praising Chavez while acknowledging complex forces and ethical compromises.
Bracker Barrell Cornwall discusses the fate of old structures and the appeal of decay. He laments rapid replacement of aging barns, iron furnaces, and roadside relics, imagining a gardened ruin sanctuary with mossy stones and quiet benches as a personal cathedral of the past. He recalls Kent’s ancient furnace and muses on preserving Americana monuments.
A reader blasts Ed Farrell for a fire report at Ida and Johns on Route 20 as superficial theater while another praises the same story as skillful writing. Contributors debate drug policy, cable TV woes, and repetitive Westerns, urging drastic action and cleaner programming.
A Midwest based Iowa housewife author, June Parker Goldman, offers 26 short chapters in To Touch the Sky. The book blends homely incidents with sermons style insight, emphasizing meaningful relationships with God and love as core ethics. Goldman’s diverse heritage and simple religious experience are highlighted through vivid vignettes and reflective commentary.
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