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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1969
Page
1
U S officers review a contingency plan used when Lyndon Johnson visited Cam Ranh Bay, awaiting any possible Nixon stop. Most think Nixon will not pass through Southeast Asia without visiting the war zone, amid troop withdrawals and ongoing combat actions across Vietnam.
The four year consultant report calls for state takeover of local roads, growth in road mileage from 2488 to 4267 miles and 291 more expressway miles. It projects travel rising 74 percent to 37 billion miles by 1990 and outlines funding via fuel tax, fees, excise tax shifts and highway bonds. Decision awaits review by planning agencies and communities.
U S Senator Thomas McIntyre will reveal Monday how he plans to vote on the Safeguard ABM proposal if stalled compromise talks fail. He is one of two undecided senators, with the rest split 49-49, leaving either side with a potential edge and Agnew to break a tie. McIntyre has urged alternatives to a simple yes or no, proposing radar and computers at two sites with delayed missiles, as part of ongoing Armed Services debate.
In Madrid Franco’s designate Juan Carlos and his father Don Juan de Borbón clash over who should inherit Spain. The prince mails a contrite letter, the elder silent, while cabinet ministers push to secure Franco’s endorsement and shape a post Franco regime. The feud centers on monarchy versus reform and the danger of political upheaval.
Dr. Sterling H. Tracy Pulitzer Prize winner and Belknap College dean of Liberal Arts died Friday at 71 after collapsing at the college library. He authored many Fireside Chats for President Roosevelt and taught at Yale Columbia Georgetown East Carolina State.
Kennedy speaks from his family home describing grief fear and shock after the accident. He pleads guilty to leaving the scene and outlines his attempt to rescue Miss Kopechine while swimming from Martha's Vineyard to Edgartown. He questions as yet unresolved why others did not call authorities and whether to resign from the Senate.
A Federal Trade Commission report accuses supermarkets of pushing higher grocery bills on the poor while diverting game prize money to affluent suburbs. It cites Safeway distribution noting 43 top prizes of $1,000 in the Washington area in 1966, with only two in D C. The study says city shoppers face pricier groceries as stores offer fewer weekly specials and compete less in urban areas.
The text suggests Franco may abdicate within a year or so and crown Juan Carlos as king. It notes interest in refurbishing a palace in Palma de Mallorca as a retirement place. It argues the succession is likely to be slow, with Franco, at 76, delegating little and retaining power.
Chicago reports the insurance sector leads U S revenues with about 66 billion dollars in annual premiums for accident health life and liability coverage. Life insurance exceeds 28 billion, fire and auto coverage nearly 24 billion, and private health policies for under 45 about 14 billion.
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