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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
9
The Berkehard Eagle is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company at 43 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The Senate approved a resolution claiming to express the sense of Congress that troops or funds should not be committed without explicit congressional approval. The piece argues the measure is symbolic, nonbinding, and reflects rising opposition to global policing. It cites past crises, Eisenhower’s caution, and labels the stance as a form of new isolationism.
Westbrook Pegler is profiled as a curmudgeon whose sharp political and social satire shaped a left of center page era. The piece recalls his clashes with Roosevelt aides, his evolution toward right-leaning venom, and his court battles with peers, alongside mentions of Broun Ruark Reston and Gallico. It notes contemporaries and a Berkshire congressional trip memory, then shifts to brief local notes on public service reforms and a school space study. It closes with reflections on political reform, civil service, and local governance.
An unsigned opinion column praises a battery powered Ferrous metal detector called Friskem. It claims to detect iron by sensing earth magnetic disturbances and can be used as a cane or worn under a sleeve to frisk women without a matron. It notes higher city costs for newspapers than for Friskem.
The May issue of the Posse Gymnasium Journal in Boston offers a tribute to William Thaddeus Strong son of Rev Edward Strong former pastor of South Congregational Church. It notes his diplomatic studies in Vienna service as chargé d affaires in Vienna travels in Africa and Europe and later professorship of langues at Yale and in Boston.
Eric Stoane and Eric Hatch launched July 4 1983 to revive bell ringing across the United States on Independence Day. The project, first aired on radio in 1962, calls for bells to chime at 2 p.m. for four minutes coast to coast. The effort cites historical notes on the Declaration and the Liberty Bell, and ties to anti-American sentiment debates. The New York City Ballet and Metropolitan Opera actions highlight broader cultural responses to national events.
Letters describe the Junior Choir Festival at Tanglewood sponsored by the Berkshire chapter of the American Guild of Organists. More than 600 children performed under Harry Rubinstein, with help from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and local volunteers. the event drew over 3,000 attendees and celebrated a vacation-season highlight.
A businessman enters an upscale restaurant and, shocked by the prices, asks a waiter if there is a second menu for people not on an expense account. The quip highlights dealSense of corporate expense norms.
A Pittsfield reader criticizes a mimeographed “The Graduate” pamphlet distributed at PHS graduation. The writer denounces antiwar leaflets as nihilistic, defends Nixon and U S policies, questions student protests, and warns against subversive conspiracy labels while citing media coverage of demonstrations. The letter ends with a署 Peters Nikitas address.
A long report claims the FBI tap on Martin Luther King Jr's line ran for two years tied to Cassius Clay case. It discusses Kennedy Katzenbach Hoover motivations, King's privacy, and calls for a congressional investigation into wiretapping and public trust.
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