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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1969
Page
7
The Berkeiré Eagle is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company at 33 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The North Street beautification plan envisions widening sidewalks to 36 feet at pedestrian plazas, trees, heating amenities, new street signs and crosswalks, and six plazas from Park Square to St Joseph’s Church. Estimated cost ranges from 1.2 to 1.5 million, with funding ideas including grants, parking revenue, private gifts, and frontage assessments. Public support is sought before pursuing financing.
John W Lederle resigns as president of the University of Massachusetts Amherst after a 10 year term marked by tripled enrollment at Amherst and Boston branches, a fiscal autonomy bill, and 70 new buildings. He will teach political science next, amid political pressures and campus activism.
Proponents of sex education cheer Dalton’s Berkshire pilot as the first formal course in public schools. The program gains parental acceptance amid nationwide criticism, aided by the area League of Women Voters backing the cause.
The late Percival P. Baxter left 200000 acres of unspoiled wilderness crowned by Maine’s Katahdin. He personally bought the mountain and donated Baxter State Park to Maine to be held in trust for posterity, urging preservation as urban areas encroach. His lifelong work as a conservationist underscores nature as mankind’s most precious heritage.
Dr Edward Magner North Street dentist led dental surgery at the Home for Crippled Children. Police Patrolman Michael Fahey seeks pension due to ill health after 1891 appointment by Mayor Hibbard. Marian Messer to wed John Heaton at St Ann Lenox June 22. Jane Howard named editor in chief at Pittsfield Highs Student Pen. Gloria Goldsmith and Paul Perry retire as magazine editors for 1943 44. Dorothy Canning Miller honored with degree at Smith College and serves as museum curator in New York. Laura Bole and Gary Tabor graduate with honors from Duke University. Chick Moxon at Pontoosuc CC shoots first hole in one in 39 years.
A Pittsfield column rounds up local curiosities and anecdotes. It revisits Root and Roof jeweler history from the 1860s, mentions a Father’s Day card from Hawaii via Editions Ltd., notes David McLain’s ballet chair role and Dance Magazine piece, responds to a reader’s Park Square criticism, and ends with light quotes and a June 15 1752 Franklin experiment note alongside today’s car down payments.
In Hillsdale New York Rev Dean Hopper and staff operate Kinsman Hall a drug rehab center for young people despite an unenforced local ordinance. The program emphasizes group discipline open houses personal accountability and peer reporting to prevent drug use while staff remain unpaid and fund-raising comes from local donors.
Washington commentary argues Nelson Rockefeller’s aloofness and wealth shaped the New York mayoral race. It links his reluctance to back Lindsay or support Maychi to tensions within the Republican Party. The piece notes Rockefeller’s ambitious fourth-term bid, the Conservatives’ rising strength, and compares New York politics to California’s Reagan era repression.
A humorous note from Family Weekly quotes a gossip warning she can only share one-time information. The line plays on secrecy and amusement, highlighting a coy disclosure style typical of light feature columns.
Readers urge ending U S involvement in Asian conflicts and focus on domestic issues. One writer calls for abolishing unemployment compensation and welfare, proposing federal work and training corps with pay above poverty level. Another suggests federal family funds during illness.
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