Open house at Springside Park Greenhouse praised
In Pittsfield during a snowy Sunday visitors toured the open house of the Greenhouse Group at Springside Park on Upper North Street. The group of 40 members, guided by Carl Dearne of Sugar Hill Nurseries, drew crowds appreciating the horticultural lesson and philosophy on growing plants.
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Richmond
Springside Park
Upper North Street
Pittsfield
Department of Parks and Recreation
Carl Dearne
Sugar Hill Nurseries
Dalton
February Gardens Greenhouse Class Demands More Space and Enthusiastic Helpers
A community greenhouse program teaches weekly cultivation skills from soil preparation to pest control. Members progress from perlite to bench space, growing tomatoes, primroses and a diverse plant display under heat limits. Retired volunteers water daily while a junior group assists visitors. The main challenge is space, with plans to expand as funds allow.
Ribicoff's statewide race policy shift signals a turning point
Washington insight on Sen. Ribicoff's desegregation stance frames race as a central urban policy issue. He links the dual city divide to the nation’s long fight over schooling, urging a broad urban strategy beyond Southern desegregation.
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Washington
Abe Ribicoff
Senate
Ribicoff
Supreme Court
Kerner Commission
Eisenhower Commission
Sen. Ribicoff
Connecticut
John Stennis
Mississippi
Stennis
United States
Illinois
Schoos
North
Chicago
Los Angeles
Baltimore
St. Louis
Sen
Commission
White House
Jacob Javits
New York
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Red
Sun Monitored To Protect Astronauts
California Institute of Technology scientists say new instruments on a 350 foot tower telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory will daily scan the sun and measure flareups more quickly and accurately. Better data should improve predictions of solar flares and atomic particle hazards to astronauts in space.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Institute
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Letters Raise Dogs Vex Readers and Civic Friction
A Hinsdale reader cites a vicious German shepherd kept as protection that injures a cat and endangers children, urging stricter laws. Windsor residents debate licensing, pollution, and fair treatment, while a Hinsdale concert praise note and a Pittsfield sheet drive appeal share space in this Eagle issue.
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Vel
Clifford Westcott
Holmes Road
Hinsdale
A Long Way Baby To The Editor Of The Eagle
Paul A Reynolds of Middletown Conn criticizes cigarette advertising and secondhand smoke in a letter to the editor. He argues tobacco marketing gendered image harms women and pollution at home, urging awareness and debate at public meetings.
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East Windsor
the Eagle
Africa
Brazl
South America
East Pakistan
Mennonite Relief Center
Ephrata
Bernard G. Auge
Kittridge Road
Pittsfield
Henri L. Merriam
Connecticut Ave
New York State
John
Paul A. Reynolds
Maple Shade Road
Middletown
Conn
Changing England The Modern House of Lords Is a Stylish Patronage Pit
An American visitor to the House of Lords notes its diverse makeup under Prime Minister Wilson who grants life peerages to reward loyalty. The piece explores how peerages could reshape politics with examples from presidents to poets and scientists, questioning tradition and merit. It contrasts US prestige with Britain’s hereditary and life peerage system, musing on potential implications for leadership and culture.
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Mt. Everett Regional High School
Myron Wartella
John Gulotta
Tim Pat
Pam Buck
Harry J. Ball
Southfield
House of Lords
Harold Wilson
Lords
Kennedy
FBI
Viscount Montgomery
Alamein
Johnson
Westmoreland
Wellington
Britain
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Nixon
California
Max Rafferty
Pat
Clambakes as Social Rituals Beyond Food
A reflection on clambakes as community events that resolve grievances welcome newcomers and reaffirm shared values, likened to tribal harvest rituals dating to Bacchus. The piece cites quotes from John Fisher and Edwuard N. Ericson and Barry Adelman on tax deductions and evolving gender presentation.
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Bacchus
John Fisher
Harper's Magazine
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Clapp Park
Washington Insight
By Joseph Kraft
New York City
Sun
Robert C. Flynn
Crane Road
Windsor
Mr. Everett Concert
Betty Crocker
General Mills
Philippines
Eagle
John J. Dineen Jr
Hillside Drive
East Longmeadow
Zeyre
Beppe Stove
Dalton Ave
Main St
Berrington
England
By Anthony Lewis
London
Prince Charles
Wilson
Moynihan
South Carolina
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Lowell
Benjamin Spock
George Kennan
Vietnam
Dean Acheson
Norman Mailer
William F. Buckley
New York Times News Service
Edwuard N. Ericson
National Ski Patral
Ski Patral
Barry Adelman
The
Chicago Journalism Review
House of
Chalsh
Spring Street
Williamstown
KitchenAid
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