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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1969
Page
3
Connecticut public opinion shows Senator Thomas J. Dodd facing trouble with under 32 percent favoring re election and only 37 percent of Democrats supporting another run. Republicans disapprove by about three to one. Hartford.
The Most Rev Edwin R Broderick was installed as the eighth bishop of the Albany Diocese in a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception attended by 14 visiting bishops and 16 other denominations clergy along with the bishop’s mother, drawing about 1500 worshippers. Separate Albany notes report two area school districts rejecting budgets and Shenendehowa passing a 7.7 million plan by eight votes, plus a state education official blocking a superintendent's suspension of two teachers over hair length.
Springfield and Holyoke developers request Planning Board approval to build a 10 unit mobile home park on 20 floodprone acres. They plan dikes to hold back Connecticut River floods. city engineer cautions water could back up into sewers and basins even if dikes hold.
North Berkshire report on Williamstown special town meeting at Mitchell School gym 7 30 pm to approve a 500000 bond for an interceptor sewer system and weigh a regional plan linking with North Adams and Clarksburg with potential savings of up to 1.1 million for three towns while Williamstown funds a separate design. Preschool Diagnostic Center Advocated in North Adams. Williams poll finds 83 percent want more women transfer students. majority say they add little to learning.
In Zap North Dakota martial law was imposed as about 2000 college-age youths, some from Toronto and Florida, were evicted by National Guardsmen after a destructive zap-in spree that damaged storefronts, the auditorium, and a soft drink machine. Mayor Norman Fuchs said 100 to 150 were responsible. Police and public order were stressed as repairs were planned. The town's pastor urged forgiveness and stewardship in the wake of the Friday night events.
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