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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1964
Page
18
Published every day except Sundays and holidays by 1 Eagle Publishing Company at 33 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The piece argues CORE demonstrations in New York, including a Triborough Bridge sitdown, risk public resentment and hinder civil rights legislation. Senator Hubert Humphrey cautions that blocking traffic and disrupting the public diminishes support for reform, urging peaceful, lawful channels for expression.
The AAA leaders at the Eastern conference fault auto makers for treating safety as optional. They argue Detroit markets speed and style while safety features remain limited, and urge federal regulation to enforce uniform safety standards so manufacturers can improve car design without losing competitive edge.
The Interstate Commerce Commission moved quickly to grant Yellow Coach Lines permission to run Pittsfield to New York City daily, ensuring no service gaps. The League of Women Voters will study Massachusetts municipal charters with focus on Pittsfield changes, promising research without bias. Lee High defeated Pittsfield High to win the Berkshire County interscholastic title, with Lee showing stronger margins away and at home. The region marks the end of skiing season and the start of maple syrup runs this weekend.
The piece critiques folk music's rise in power and fashion under President Johnson and Segni, noting long-haired groups, blazers, and two finger-snapping boys. It mocks purveyors of misery, radio and TV saturation, and a TV advertiser plot, suggesting odd fakery in the era's folk fad.
Through the Board of Trade effort Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co of Boston makers of Sunshine Biscuits opens a branch at 112 Columbus Ave. The Farrell Building on North Street adds to new business and apartment structures on Main Street. Dr M T Cavanaugh begins another year on the Board of Health after long service on the Great Barrington School Committee. Capt and Mrs Joseph A Bulger of Langley Field Va are parents of a son born March 3. Mrs Bulger is Hazel Fillion daughter of Madame Mae Fillion of 35 Pomeroy Ave. Capt Bulger is son of John Bulger of 34 Howard St and serves with the 80th Service Squadron. Ann M Parsons of Lanesboro crowned Mount Greylock Ski Club queen at annual ball. crown given by last year's queen Molly Potochnik. William Gibson of Stockbridge publishes first novel The Cobweb. Patrolman Earl H Borden elected president of the Pittsfield Police Association succeeding James Farry.
A collage of vignettes from a newspaper page. Personal notes on Kennedy films, a Florida vacationer’s weather remarks, Fair management deadlines, Lincoln eyeglass cost, tax cost humor, a patent for a tray clamp, a phantom dog sighting at Dalton’s town meeting, and brief cultural notes on the Clarement Quartet, canning seeds, and ancient coinage with a Buddhist symbol.
Central Berkshire residents helped gather more than 125 000 signatures in support of H 3000 to limit the Governor's Council's powers. A hearing before the State Administration Committee is scheduled for March 16 at 10 a.m. in Gardner Auditorium, State House. Citizens are urged to attend or write to committee members and Berkshire legislators.
Capitol Hill faces apathy as New Hampshire primary looms with Kennedy as possible Democratic write-in. Retirements surge in the House, while several Republicans and Democrats in Massachusetts and nearby districts maneuver around convention costs and district needs.
The Kennedy era push to fix legal inequities yields a federal public defender bill. It provides court appointed counsel for those who cannot pay, with caps on fees and a shift away from overreliance on unpaid, part time defenders. The measure follows Gideon v. Wainwright and seeks to lessen bail and trial disadvantages for the poor while highlighting systemic injustice.
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