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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1964
Page
18
The Eagle Publishing Company of 33 Eagle Street Pittsfield Massachusetts publishes daily except Sundays and holidays, indicating a regular newspaper operation and distribution schedule for the region.
An ethics question surrounds Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge who guided New Hampshire write in strategists via his son George Lodge. The piece argues his dual role risks a conflict of interest and urges resignation or dropping presidential ambitions to preserve nonpartisan foreign policy.
A column argues Massachusetts real estate taxes are high but offset by lighter state taxes. It compares New York and Massachusetts tax burdens, notes the role of state aid, and suggests raising state taxes to fund more aid. It credits Governor Peabody’s program as a potential path to reduce local taxes.
Representative Turner fails to curb motor vehicle registrar powers while opposition rises. A proposed University of Massachusetts medical school aims to spread talent across Berkshire and Springfield regions. Suppression of the Mount Greylock tramway study hurts public debate. Pittsfield earns federal status as a substantial unemployment area amid GE cutbacks, underscoring the challenge of diversified industrial growth.
Berkshire town notes include Pittsfield High School seniors photographed by MacBeth. Engineering legend George Westinghouse dies in New York at 68 after illness at his son’s Lenox home. GE reports 1938 earnings average 1694, up from 1953. Berkshire finalists in American Legion oratorical contest named and two Lenox students, Miss Marjorie Roy and Miss Betty Sullivan, among finalists. Engagement announced for Elizabeth G Cameron of Pelham to Rev Albert L Seely of Northampton. Cameron and Seely held Oberlin-in-China scholarships and taught at Ming Hsien schools.
A letter from Reid Besserer, once YMCA boys work secretary in Pittsfield, invites former participants to reconnect for a reunion or newsletter. He lists his Lakeport New Hampshire address and asks recipients to drop him a line. The note sits among wider clippings on public life and technology.
The Washington Post article questions if members of Congress should hold reserve military commissions amid constitutional bans. It cites numbers in each service, notes potential vacancies, and argues Congress should force a choice between military rank and legislative duties to avoid conflicts of interest. It also muses on whether such ties aid or hinder military independence, suggesting a formal rule to separate careers.
A reader protests a Feb 1 Post Office move removing mailing time stamps, arguing it harms elections and business. Other letters critique Gov Clarkson style council power and Massa politics, urge House Bill 3000, and call for cleaner governance.
In the New Hampshire primary analysis, Gov. William Scranton emerges as the most viable GOP compromise to unite a divided party for the San Francisco convention. The piece notes his relative unknowns to be framed by mass communication and contrasts him with Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and other figures while tracing the candidates' fortunes and the impact of Goldwater's stance on party dynamics.
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