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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1964
Page
14
The notice states publication occurs every day except Sundays and holidays by 1 Eagle Publishing Company located at 33 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The Hancock Raceway bankruptcy and Berkshire Downs mystery put Monday’s state Racing Commission hearing under scrutiny. The editorial urges Attorney General Brooke to act as the public’s legal representative, demanding thorough scrutiny of Berkshire Downs and Hancock Raceway details, including president Salvatore A. Rizzo and foreclosure actions. Berkshire residents will judge Brooke by his assistant’s performance at the hearing.
Washington Star discusses a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry by Drs Jules Golden Reuben Silver and Nathan Mandel. It finds well adjusted men and wives tend to stay well adjusted and that a dull but stable life is common, prompting reflections on psychiatry’s future and possible new “shuttle” approaches to adjusting life.
Notes recount Violette Verdu and Edward Villella in a Balanchine Pas de Deux at Jacob’s Pillow, with seven sold out performances. A Worcester-bound trucker fights a snowstorm, two blocked cars and a driveway misunderstanding on Route 20. A blizzard prompts Albany Medical Center to shelter eight visitors overnight, offering meals and care.
A compendium of letters discusses county party slates, capital punishment debate, a kind stranger in a blizzard, responses to earlier columns, and public concern about newspaper delivery timing. Names include William J. Toner Bertha Howard Stephen Gilman Helen Wallace and Robert Renaud among others.
Chief Justice Earl Warren, a decade into his tenure, stood at the center of landmark rulings including Brown v Board and faced fierce criticism from opponents who accused the court of leniency toward communism. He declined a presidential commission to investigate the Kennedy assassination, then agreed to chair it after a candid discussion, while continuing to guide the court through a period of rapid social change.
The text attacks Barry Goldwater for dismissing war on poverty and blaming poverty on low intelligence and ambition. It argues his NY Economic Club speech as political weaponry to rally against Democratic policies. It notes the paradox of a GOP boogeyman used to scare voters and the need for humanitarian responsibility.
The Boy Scout county council reaffirms its decision to remove the former North District commissioner, ending a damaging internal conflict in the North Adams area. Berkshhire Festival plans for next summer expand with 32 new works at Tanglewood under Erich Leinsdorf. A Lee post office site offers central access and ample parking, while river cleanup and canal infill along the Housatonic could open western business land for development and boost post facility value.
Richard Bard of Last Chance invites for a social and dance at Washburns Hall Lenox Dale after his marriage to Miss Mary Girardy of Lenox Dale. Gentlemen fifty cents, ladies free. Clara Dikeman 92 celebrates birthday by preparing a rug for President Wilson. Esther and Friend Kierstead wrote the Pittsfield High School alma mater for graduation. Arno Werner sails to Leipzig Germany for three months study. Mercury hits 17 below, unofficial 32 below at Pleasant Valley Sanctuary Lenox. Carmen Scanzo Clifford appears on WRGB Comedy Hour and stars in Here Comes the Girls. Daughter of Inez Scanzo of Florida formerly Pittsfield.
The letter argues that the Bible records crimes and demons yet does not approve them, likening editorial restraint to God’s stance. It cites George D. Owen’s praise of scripture from Christianity Today and urged readers to read study and digest its teachings to awaken the best in them.
Rev Nehemiah Boynton Hit, minister of First Congregational Church Stockbridge, addresses readers in a letter about Bible quotations and double standards in response to Jan 14 remarks in The Eagle.
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