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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1964
Page
14
Publication info states it is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing at 33 Egle Street in Pittsfeld Massachusetts.
Editorial notes the United Nations Security Council may curb growing Cyprus tensions threatening to widen into war. It argues UN peacekeeping is first priority, then resolving Greek Turkish claims on the island. The piece warns any flare could draw Britain, Greece, and Turkey into a broader conflict.
U Thant urges an international peacekeeping force backed by Britain Greece Turkey and the Cypriot government to halt Turkish Greek clashes. If ordered, the force would deter further troop deployments and allow negotiations to proceed on Greek Turkish community claims amid ongoing debate over the UNs value.
Great Barrington residents challenge a drive in theater permit on Stockbridge Road, signaling a prolonged dispute likely to reach courts. The debate highlights limits of zoning bylaw adaptability and the need for careful site placement to protect neighborhoods while acknowledging legitimate entertainment and industry.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged private citizen action against firms trading with Castro while warning against official sanctions. The column argues such private boycotts mislead abroad, annoy allies, and set a dangerous precedent, noting Commerce Secretary Hodges linked private action to foreign policy through threats against wheat shipments.
Turnouts at Great Barrington and Dalton annual meetings were 89 and 113 voters, offering modest support for town meeting democracy. Bertram Druker backs Tramway Authority studies before any Mt Greylock tramway elections. Mrs Ethel Perault, longtime Pittsfield public education advocate, has died. West Stockbridge voters approve acquiring Shaker mill dam from Western Mass Electric, aiming to transform the pond into a community asset.
Notes recount a Boston area crime with two elderly victims, Henry Reed and Blanche M. Reed, killed in a Webster Avenue shack. A clairvoyant woman described the killer after a long probe. her testimony matched a known suspect, but detectives dismissed it and no killer was ever found.
A Geneva from Boston datelined Swiss Daily reports Pittsfield Massachusetts officials have declared against the tango and barred dances resembling it at the annual charity ball with police support. Five hundred attend Susan B Anthony birthday tribute in New York.
Readers weigh the Mt Greylock Tramway impact against heritage and natural resources. Correspondence covers Udall's book quotes, Goldwater debate coverage, airport advertising, Hinsdale youth center funding, and a broad view of public discourse with notices and quotes.
A critical profile argues Lyndon B. Johnson speaks boldly on domestic policy while softening abroad. It contrasts his aggressive home stance with cautious, evasive remarks on foreign issues, labeling him a roaster at home and a squeaker abroad. It notes liberal critics’ reactions and outlines Johnson’s evolving public image.
Nathan George Horwitt argues at Lenox hearing for a joint Stockbridge Lenox zoning plan to shield Route 7 from commercial creep. He cites a 1960 Stockbridge report proposing development clusters and state legislation to curb strip development along the scenic highway.
Humor column recounts a widow’s tale after her husband, a tugboat skipper who could not read or swim, drowned. He left twenty thousand and one hundred dollars, prompting bemused sympathy as the widow reflects on the ironic fortune.
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