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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1970
Page
8
Daily newspaper published by Eagle Publishing Company at 93 Eagle Street Pittsfield Massachusetts except Sundays and holidays.
Editorial argues Nixon uses Republican leeway to ease tensions with Communist China. It notes travel and goods restrictions easing and Beijing resuming Warsaw talks, stressing the move signals a first, modest step toward real relations while acknowledging China’s motives and Moscow’s reaction.
The piece discusses rising hospital costs driven by labor wages, advanced medical equipment, and insurer rules. It notes nurses lack strong unions, hospitals operate 24/7, and patients may overuse inpatient care. It argues public scrutiny is needed to curb abuse and control expenses near one hundred dollars per day.
The Urban Coalition first proposed an assistant community developer post in a Barbara Sard report from 1968. Sard, age 21, studied Pittsfield for the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. the report appeared in The Eagle on November 8, 1968, offering a hard look at the city’s social ills.
In Christianity and Crisis James Kuhn notes GE’s stubborn stance toward unions, while Paul Jennings welds IUE unity to bargain. If workers back the company or strike, public verdicts on Boulwareism will rise. GE aims to serve mutual interests, a rare breadth for labor and management.
John Francis Gannon of Holy Cross chosen superintendent of Pittsfield schools. Pittsfield area built 1919 costs estimated at 1,429,000. Berkshire Lumber Co mill logged 1,394,000 feet of spruce lumber on Peru timberland. Lawrence R. Kimple begins Lions Club presidency. Earl Proper leads operetta Ruddi gore at Pittsfield High School Feb 1 and 2. Hinsdale Church marks 150th anniversary with summer ceremonies. Almon P. Culver re-elected National Mahaiwe Bank president. Clement Farrell chairs Catholic Youth Center membership drive. George L. Munson wins YMCA holiday chess title by defeating Edward Kgotski.
Massachusetts Baptists magazine opens the year with a two page Berkshire Association feature titled Baptists Abound in the Berkshire Hills. The piece by Clarissa Koehler includes autumn photos of Cheshire and Great Barrington churches, Pittsfield congregations, and local groups. It notes urban fringe links to New York City and Boston perceptions of the Berkshires. The issue also notes a best selling dictionary and satirical remarks on success and politics.
Readers debate the ethics of high school sportsmanship after a girls’ altercation at a regional basketball game. The letter-writers critique Life magazine caption errors about Chicago riot imagery and My Lai coverage, urging trust in courts and free idea exchange.
A GE strike letters debate discusses picketing aims as informing the public versus intimidation, salaries of strikers per week, productivity versus real wages, and criticism of antiunion views. Contributors include James W. Jackson and Albert M. Pisani from Pittsfield and Lee.
The passage cites Alexis Lichine criticizing restaurant wine markups of 300 to 400 percent and dubious shippers. It notes curtoos as more effective than print due to universal understanding, with a quote from U Thant on the power of simple messages.
A columnist reports on Professor John Kenneth Galbraith and Gloria Steinem hosting a December meeting to back a purge of Democrats over Vietnam. The aim is to corral pro and antiwar stances, urging anti-Vietnam campaigns and fund-raising to disrupt Congress in 1971, with a provocative call to install an ABM center in Cambridge.
A late arriving guest finds a seat near the head where a goose is being carved. He quips that he is to sit by the goose and quickly clarifies to say the roasted one, of course, in a light exchange reported by Canner's Weekly.
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