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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1965
Page
20
The Berksiore Eagle is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company located at 33 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The New York Legislature unanimously approved a 1.7 billion program to fight water pollution. It extends aid to municipalities and industries, funds sewage treatment plants, and offers tax relief and federal reimbursement plans. Governor Rockefeller backs increased federal grants and sees cleaner rivers as a joint effort.
A 1960s policy analysis argues Title VI of the Civil Rights Act ties federal school aid to desegregation, with Keppel's rules promising faster integration. By 1967 68, aid hinges on full 12 grade integration, mostly impacting poverty-rich districts in the Deep South, pressuring Southern districts to comply or risk loss of funds.
Richmond Pond and Southfield New Marlboro blaze risks urge cigarette caution as green growth awaits rain to fill reservoirs. Citizens Scholarship Foundation applications rise to 180 from 117, grants still about 30, reducing individual odds to roughly one in six. Berkshire medical symposia Portland reinforce tri town regional school plan for Great Barrington Stockbridge West Stockbridge ahead of town meetings next month.
Maurice K. Goddard, head of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, warns at the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference that humans are part of nature and must respect ecological limits. He urges wildlife experts to forecast a threatened species’ future and predict consequences if habitat and resources fail.
Notes from G Albert Sauer of Miami recounts a Dominican Republic phone cut off and praises Johnson for action against Bosch's revolutionaries while accusing Castro money and arms of fueling the crisis. Also mentions car exhaust fix and a humorous draft on the War on Poverty. Includes Louise Sweeney lion tamer piece and varied historical musings.
Joseph Kenney of this city, veteran catcher for Notre Dame, tops the team in five games with a .500 batting average. From our Sandisfield correspondent there is talk of a minister from Sears Roebuck & Co if no local candidate appears. The Eagle series recalls Horace Greeley receiving Tribune support from a Lee mill in 1841 as the paper began. Albert W. Wood’s Music Store marks 75 years with roses, while Capt. Russell B. Allen announces his sister Mildred H. Allen’s engagement to Lucien Algner of Great Barrington.
The 13th century shaped the Middle Ages with Rome Florence and a fractured Italy. Dante Alighieri born 1265 in Florence, banished by rivals, spent 17 years wandering before dying in Ravenna in 1321. He wrote La Vita Nuova and La Divina Commedia in Tuscan, guided by Virgil and Beatrice through Inferno Purgatorio and Paradiso. The work explores human striving, free will, and divine revelation, praising a strong church and a unified state. Dante’s influence endures through translations, studies, and quotes from Carlyle to T S Eliot.
Readers comment on using DDT against Dutch Elm disease and propose safer methods. A Massachusetts political critique accuses Edward Brooke of national ambitions, urging a stance on civil disobedience. Also notes a Pittsfield book sale and Smith College Scholarships aiding Berkshire County residents.
Washington debates the next crisis abroad with Latin America poised between stability and upheaval. Officials warn that U S intervention risks guiding Castroite plots, while the United Nations and OAS face strain. The piece cites Viet Nam, Suez, and Budapest to warn against unilateral action and urges strengthening regional bodies.
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