Editorial: Guarding Against a Rainy Day in Unemployment Reform
The piece argues President Nixon's plan to expand unemployment compensation to about 4.8 million more workers, including nonprofit and small firm employees and farm workers, while raising the wage base and banning compensation for striking workers. It notes a major omission of federal minimums causing state disparities, urging a unified standard to avoid underfunded benefits and undercut income maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Congress
Ers
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Taconic misnomer and art world notes at Berkshire
Reader notes explore Pittsfield Taconic High naming origins linking to a misattributed taconite ore myth. It covers Berkshire Museum curator Bartlett Hendricks correcting the geology tale, then shifts to Tanglewood press photo guides for visiting artists and a Fireside Theatre deal for William Gibson’s play A Cry of Players. Additional items touch on Jay C. Rosenfeld’s column quip and a note from the American Dental Association about rising dental school enrollment. A bird glide claim ends the summary.
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Pittsfield
Berkshires
Taconic Range
Bartlett Hendricks
Berkshire Museum
Forest Hills
Tanglewood
William Gibson
Fireside Theatre
Garden City
N.Y
Stockbridge
Variety
Wall Street Journal
Jay C. Rosenfeld
Elsie the Jersey Cow Faces a Changing Dairy World
The article rails at butterfat terms and recalls Elsie’s iconic image at Hancock Shaker Village. It notes Elsie’s beauty and the shift in Borden’s product line toward non dairy items, questioning whether the fence keeps consumers out or keeps Elsie in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Hancock
Borden Company
Borden’s
Mello
Borden
Urban projects and renewal plans spark local debate
In Brief notes discuss a day care center proposed for Francis Avenue and Division Street with strong support from Urban Coalition. Also covered are Wojtkowski's bill for more Berkshire camping sites, Adams Chamber of Commerce nerves over a large urban renewal tract, and Berkshire Medical Center's cobalt 60 unit clarification to avoid confusion about radioactivity.
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Francis Avenue
Division Street
Wojtkowski
Berkshires
Adams Chamber
BMC
Senator Kennedy and Hamburger Hill Debate
The editorial weighs Senator Edward Kennedy's questions about the Hamburger Hill casualties in Vietnam. It defends his willingness to challenge military tactics while noting critics call him foolish. It argues the mood of the majority should not dictate war wisdom or the necessity of killing.
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Edward Kennedy
Vietnam
Hamburger Hill
Tennyson
Sen. Kennedy
Looking Back From Years Ago In Milford Area News
Miss Jean MacGregor Turn bull was appointed missionary to Turkey by the American Board of Foreign Missions representing the First Congregational Church. Helen Daignault 42 Third St. sworn into the Women's Army Corps on her 20th birthday. Her brother T Sgt Rich ard J Daignault received the Air Medal for aerial photography in the Italian theater after nine months abroad. Ray Dorey Pittsfield swing jazz figure to join Gene Krupa's band as vocalist. Sgt William J Keegan retires from police after 42 years. James M Burt of Lee Berkshires only Congressional Medal of Honor winner profiled in Boston Globe. New Marlboro township five villages to celebrate 200th anniversary of incorporation as a district this weekend. Elihu Burtritt favorite son of New Marlboro, 224 years in existence, blacksmith who learned multiple languages and edited the Christian Citizen in Worcester.
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Jean MacGregor Turnbull
Turkey
American Board of Foreign Missions
First Congregational Church
Helen Daignault
Third St
Women’s Army Corps
Richard J. Daignault
Ray Dorey
Pittsfield
Gene Krupa
WBRIC
Benny Goodman
William J. Keegan
James M. Burt
Lee
Berkshire
Boston
Christian Citizen
Worcester
Reginald Marsh Cartoons On Show In New York
Reginald Marsh’s drawings are on display at City Center Gallery West 5th Street as part of a 25th anniversary tribute. The exhibit features 106 works, many caricaturing vaudeville stars like Gallagher & Shean, Ethel Waters, Fritzi Scheff, Eva Tanguay, and Houdini, with Marsh praised as a pictorial poet laureate of New York sidewalks by Edward Freehafer. Marsh, born in Paris, studied at the Art Students League, never had formal art lessons, and died after a heart attack in 1954 at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington.
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New York City
New York
Reginald Marsh
City Center
West $5Th Street
Marsh
William Benton
Connecticut
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Yale
Palace
Hippodrome Vaudeville
New York Nets
Wall Street
Paris
National Academy At al
Keith
Hippodrome
Ann Penonington
Gilda Gray
Gallagher & Shean
Marx Brothers
Marc Connelly
al Jolson
Ruth Draper
Sopnie Tucker
Ethel Waters
Nora Bayes
George M. Cahan
George Gershwin
Fritzi Scheff
Victor Herbert
Eva ‘Tanguay
Keith’s
Whitney, Modern Museum
Met
Aster
Art Students League
John Sloan
George Luks
Edward Freehafer
New York Public Library
Nework
Bowery
Coney Island
Greenwich Village
la Giardia
Jersey
Europe
Hogarth
London
Damiel
John Steuart Curry
Rubens
Picasso
Henry Meyer
Manhattan
Union Square
Dorset
Letters to the Editor Tradesmen at GE
The letter writer criticizes Pittsfield GE for portraying the skilled trades walkout as a wage issue pre negotiations. He cites lost apprentices, higher wages at rival firms, and nonregistered programs. He urges fair upgradings and better treatment for GE tradesmen, noting nurse salaries rise elsewhere. Edmund J Germanowski signs.
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THE
EAGLE
Pittsfield
Sprague
Massachusetts
Ge's
Ralph Froio
Pittsfield GE
Ray of Hope to the Editor in The Hagle
A reader praises the return of the first soldiers from Vietnam and contrasts it with those yet to depart. The writer hopes for balance where no one goes over and no one returns, noting a hopeful sign from the administration and signing as Rita Bp Samboruk of Laurel Street Lee.
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Ray of Hope
the Hagle
Vietnam
Rita BP
Samboruk
Laurel St. Lee
Veeck Eyes Youth At Suffolk Downs Leadership Move
Bill Veeck, new Suffolk Downs president, says bring in young riders to develop new players while noting public interest in racing, as Dr Doviadis cites urban population shifts. A private secretary applicant boasts foot race speed, interviewer refocuses on office duties during work hours.
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Bill Veeck
Suffolk Downs
East Boston
American Legion Magazine
Can Man Survive Exhibits Quiet Alarm At NYC Museum
A review of the American Museum of Natural History hundredth anniversary exhibit Can Man Survive outlines stark images of pollution and population growth. It notes industrial fumes and river waste, calls for federal and state action on water and air cleanup, and cites budgets and cost estimates as insufficient to avert ecological decline. The piece closes with a biting allegory on environmental guilt and a quip about a dogs exempt status.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Hgures
Washington
Federal Water Pollution Central Administration
Department of Interior
Walter Hickel
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
New York State
Pennsylvania
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
National Center For Air Pollution Control
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Animals of the Earth
Tom
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Buster Keaton
Jimmy Savo
Amos & Andy
Houdini
Victor Moore
Ben Bernie
Cliff Edwards
Ike
Paul’ Whiteman
Rita Hayworth
W. C. Fields
Prof
Eustace McGaggle
Charlie Chaplin
John Carroll
Old Chatham
Carroll
Edmund J, Germanowski
Lucille
the Eagle
Melbourne Road
West Pittsfield
League of Women Voters
Hagle
Scelsi
Donnybrook
Barkerville
Fay M. Renzi
Pittafield
TRE Eagle
North Vietnam
England
United States
Clarench Dohoney
Burbank St
Constantinos Doviadis
Athens
Marquis Childs
Asia
Latin America
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