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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1970
Page
8
This Massachusetts daily, one of the original 26 that year, adopts the Bar-Press Guide in 1963 to preserve press freedom protect individual rights and sustain the presumption of innocence.
An editorial argues against direct state subsidies to private colleges in Massachusetts. It notes constitutional and cost hurdles, potential for inequitable distribution, and risk of political influence on admissions. The piece favors indirect funding through increased need-based scholarships over public subsidies to private institutions.
The New York Better Business Bureau president told a Plaza Hotel executives conference that consumer organizations harass business, a claim rebutted by a House subcommittee member and Betty Furness. The exchange highlights rising consumer influence and industry resistance as shoppers grow more informed and skeptical.
In Brief notes the Association of Business and Commerce backs a county ecological commission, but Berkshire already has the Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission and Berkshire Natural Resources Council handling pollution coordination. William P. Warner wins a selectman seat after five years of effort in Egremont as voters grow wary of school budgets. Adams lime plant dust draws attention as officials embrace antipollution sentiment.
A Crown Point Press edition lists Mens and Times of the Revolution by Elkanah Watson as a 1968 soft cover 3.50 and hard cover 7.50 title. Photo offset printing expands access to long out of print works, offering exact duplicates of originals with fresher durability. The series promises readers and historians a window into past journals and diaries once confined to libraries.
The piece surveys Elkanah Watson and his memoirs, praising his vanguard travel and influence. It notes his Pittsfield years shaping the Berkshire Agricultural Society, his journeys from Plymouth to Georgia, and his stance as a critical observer-activist who helped fuse patriotism with practical reform.
Stefan Lorant of Lenox questions editors on a Lincoln quotation printed on Lincoln's birth day. He cites archives and a 1949 Abraham Lincoln Quarterly article, alleges rightwing groups miscredited Boeteker's axioms as Lincoln’s, connects to McCarthy era propaganda, and urges a direct answer to whether the quote is genuine.
Boston legislators clash over reducing the House from 240 to 160, arguing it could fuel challenger campaigns and bias public opinion. The piece notes MBTA area representation, constitutional voting rights debates, and opposition from key groups including AFL-CIO, teachers, farm bureau, and the police association. It also highlights candidates White and Bellotti backing ballot placement.
A Vatican driven battle over clerical celibacy divides the Roman Catholic Church. Conservatives push for total retention, while Swiss Austrian and German theologians and several priests seek dialogue or optional celibacy. Pope Paul enforces firm stance, warning against concessions, amid dwindling vocations and rising dissent. Potential outcomes range from renewed devotion to a synodal reform or a church schism.
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