Fears on U S higher education funding and student unrest
The Beehive Eagle editorial notes John W. Gardner’s worries about higher education’s future amid alienation. It cites $1.57 billion in private contributions last year, a rise from 1967, as colleges face funding pressures. Congress debates a bill to cut federal aid to campuses not certifying compliance with anti riot laws, while campuses contend with funding gaps.
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U.S
Council For Financial Aid To Education
University of Massachusetts
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Ivy still green as campus disruption tests rules
The piece argues for restrained enforcement on campus discipline, noting institutions oppose congressional control and student radicals may use clashes to advance aims. It highlights alumni funding as a stabilizing factor and links unrest to the draft and Vietnam war timeline under Nixon.
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Congress
Students For
Democratic
Williams College
Nixon
HEW Spooks and Security Caps Lock Careers
HEW uses McCarthy era security fears to bar qualified doctors and scientists from non sensitive posts and advisory panels. Henry S. Kahn, Harvard MD, blocked for an anti war demo and for backing a Du Bois memorial draws Senate Brooke scrutiny. Policy, not safety, drives the bans, says Science magazine, echoing calls for Nixon and Secretary Firth to act.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Science
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National Institutes of Health
Indian Health Service
Berkshire
Henry S. Kahn
Harvard Medical School
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Medical School
Edward Brooke
Brooke
du Bois
Great Barrington
Defense Department
Congress
Nixon
Firth
Sunday golf and tennis banned at Pittsfield club
Cummings C Chesney, president of the Country Club of Pittsfield, announced no golf or tennis will be played on Sunday to be fair to boys barred from baseball on Sundays. The 25 Years Ago item notes several local figures, including Naval Academy plebe Joseph P. Tagliente and Dalton athlete Carl B. Williams, with updates on bank staff, a travel group led by Dom Ciuffreda, and a local golf medal winner Mrs. Raymond Koshlick.
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Pittsfield
Joseph P. Tagliente
Naval Reserve Training Corps
North Street
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Carl B. Williams
Dalton High
Ithaca
Bennington
England
American Red Cross
Ithaca College
Pittsfield Electrics
Three Rivers
Robert H. Bolza
City Savings Bank
John R. Tobey
Margaret Pallock
Bolza
Insurance
Raymond J. Librizzi
Eagle
GEAA
London
Europe
Dom Ciuffreda
Raymond Koshlick
Dalton
Berkshire Hills Country Club
Public participation in Berkshire planning and school hiring
In Brief notes the state DPW’s resistance to public input on transportation planning contrasts with federal rules to involve the public in highway projects. It also spotlights local moves to broaden School Department decision making, a new principals screening plan at Crane School, an Optimist Club forming a Berkshires soap box derby chapter, and a July weather drought quip.
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State Department of Public Works
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
DPW
Federal Highway Administration
Thomas J. Whalen
Crane School
Berkshires
Optimist
The Cat and the Fiddle and Moon Music Vision
Isaac Stern comments in the New York Times on lunar exploration and bringing music to the moon. He recalls Mariner 1, recounts watching the launch while practicing Beethoven, and imagines concerts on the moon as part of a broader cultural dream.
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Isaac Stern
New York Times
Moon
Alexander Zakin
Shara
Cukes
Zakin
Apollo 11 and the moon debate across a wary public
A reader reply section defends the moon landing while recounting household woes and appliance frustrations. The letter lauds Apollo 11 as a government gain despite the naysayers, then shifts to Massachusetts Civil Defense naming this year’s hurricane list and a historical note about the 1798 Sedition Act.
Letters on Moon Flight Show Sparks Debate on Space Power
Readers in New York and Ellenville challenge lunar program costs and NASA oversight. Gerrit Van Deth argues space tech should be international and civilian controlled to avoid militarization, while Nathan Pressman links moon budget to domestic hunger and endorses socialist solutions. Both voices urge fiscal restraint and wiser use of science.
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Vietnam
U.S
NASA
Henry Jerkins
Brevard County
Florida
Brevard
Philadelphia
Socialist Labor Party
Nathan Pressman
Catherine St
Ellenville
N.Y
Reactions to Kennedy crash aid draw warm reader letters
A flood of Massachusetts readers debate Kennedy drunken driving case and its lighter penalty versus manslaughter. Letters praise the H M S Eagle crew for blood donations and celebrate local efforts like the Early Childhood Development Center.
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Kennedy
Rockefeller
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
Yoney
Stafford
West Chatham
Every Man a Voter And The Limits Of Voting
A compact critique argues that while voting is essential, universal suffrage should be tempered by qualifications. It warns against routine rituals that diminish the solemn act, laments poll taxes and literacy tests, and mocks proposals to vote by telephone as hyperdemocratic excess. The piece cites AT&T and a Wall Street Journal anecdote to underscore voter fatigue and manipulation risks.
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United States
At&t
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