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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1965
Page
18
The document states a daily publication schedule excluding Sundays and holidays. It lists Eagle Publishing Company at 43 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts as the publisher.
The piece condemns Governor Volpe for not reappointing Rev. Robert J. McEwen as chairman of the state Consumers' Council. It praises McEwen as dedicated and effective, notes the council’s achievements in lowering phone rates and exposing consumer scams, and argues his removal would undermine Volpe’s nonpartisan leadership image amid recent dismissals. The editorial urges preserving McEwen.
The U S Supreme Court lets stand a 550000 libel award to John Henry Faulk against Aware Inc, signaling restraint on character assassination groups. Senator Kuchel, cleared by evidence, sues his accusers as four men face conspiracy charges, highlighting a fight against extremist smear tactics and defense of free thought.
In Brief notes remember Allen J Hill who served nearly thirty years in Dalton schools as principal and superintendent and proposed the Wahconah Regional District. The column also cites a walkie talkie boost for Republicans in Lee and discusses the Great Barrington dump issue and a John H Callahan critique of President Carey.
In a Boston Globe column Victor O Jones explains the NY power struggle between Mayor Wagner and Bobby Kennedy over Assembly leadership. He notes the term Lulu stands for a unaccounted expense allowance and recalls Al Smith’s knack for concise speech, shaping political jargon despite education limits.
Postmaster E H Eames hosts an exhibition of grasshoppers at his Washington store. Ernest Schulze reports them hopping about in the warm sun near his home. The piece notes springlike activity and local curiosity.
Notes and Footnotes recounts a Great Barrington couple’s golden wedding party tale and a gilt Christmas tree mishap. It mentions a dealer find, theft of the outdoor tree, and a repurposed left over. Also notes an Eagle newspaper boy, a Stockbridge deed, and quirky items from ghost Realty in Devon to a 1935 transcontinental call between Wilson and Bell.
The article argues that Dwight Eisenhower’s annual Saturday Evening Post piece shows Republicans rallying with a practical action program. It emphasizes a bottom-up approach, limited central power, and shared costs while pledging to address welfare, education, and civil rights without eroding individual rights.
Readers respond to editorials and local governance debates. Richard Paul, Lenox residents, and Pittsfield figures discuss school funding, regionalization, and educational leadership. The letters criticize misstatements, defend local control, and call for clear policy on centralization and school committees.
Washington editors argue the Viet Nam war facts are blurred by military spin and selective briefings. The Pentagon funds tours for reporters, while officials clash with Saigon correspondents over what the public truly knows about South Vietnam’s ground reality and casualties.
Quote from Craig of the Colorado Empire-Conurier notes that keeping a secret from certain people is as hard as smuggling daylight past a rooster, a lighthearted regional humor remark.
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