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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1970
Page
7
Daily publication by Eagle Publishing Company at 33 Eagle Street Pittsfield Massachusetts appears as the standard masthead line for the local paper with no additional narrative facts provided.
The Defense Department bypassed Congress by declaring surplus F104 Starfighter jets for Taiwan, undermining the failed Sikes Phantom amendment. The move prompts questions about executive power to reclassify military equipment for foreign aid without new appropriations or hearings.
Economist Pierre Rinfret urged a government freeze on new credit cards amid high interest rates and inflation. He warned that expanding credit while trying to curb demand worsens the squeeze, drawing pushback from Interbank Credit Association officials who called the idea uninformed.
In Great Barrington a speeding car struck a snow bank and vaulted 123 feet in the air, a stunt likened to the Wright brothers flight. The same issue notes praise for the Governor's Advisory Commission on Open Space and Recreation and criticizes the Pittsfield Housing Authority amid claims of a "long list of calculated blunders."
Ada Louise Huxtable argues public housing failures mark the era's era of urban ruin. She says design must evolve beyond mere aesthetics to tackle costly, entrenched bureaucratic and industry practices while housing production lags behind massive future needs.
Notes recount a visit to the Albert Schweitzer Friendship House in Great Barrington to view a two hour color film on Dr Schweitzer life and work. Erica Anderson, Oscar winning photographer and founder, explains funding from donations and aims to expand with a library and workshops. It opened in June 1967 and has since welcomed 15 000 visitors. A separate editorial recalls Roosevelt's four freedoms and Rockwell’s painting, plus a tire safety reminder from the Automobile Association.
The Rev Hugh Gordon Ross spoke on The Life of Robert Burns Tuesday at the Fortnightly Club with An thony Reese singing three Scottish numbers accompanied by Mrs. G W Barret. Payson BE Peirce led the program.
A Pittsfield reader laments noisy snowmobiles infringing on property, urging protection and licensing reform. A separate letter argues for Esperanto as a universal language taught in schools, citing global usefulness and a TV course from North Adams State College. The page also covers critique of GE strikes and calls for honest unions and management, urging a productive, fair workplace.
Paul A Reynolds of Middletown Conn pens a letter criticizing U S policy in Vietnam. He argues the government backs down on sacrifices and bleeds Americans at home and abroad through puppet warfare. He condemns militarism and urges redirecting production to domestic needs and humanitarian efforts.
A critique of efforts to subsidize New York City subway riders arguing the subsidy is a political shell game. It notes the higher welfare and defense spending under Johnson, the TWU stance in an election year, and the paradox of subsidizing five million riders who pay multiple taxes.
A harried reservation clerk endures a shrill angry call from a woman insisting on a seat to New York. He repeats the policy and offers to notify her of any cancellation if she provides her name and photo number, while she storms at the idea. The scene unfolds with a polite final touch as the caller persists.
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