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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1969
Page
7
Publication note states daily edition except Sundays and holidays published by Eagle Publishing Company at 34 Eagle Street Pittsfield MA, outlining regular business schedule and printing operations.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy urged trimming NASA funding to a modest, orderly space program and diverting money to poverty and pollution relief despite Apollo 10’s moon voyage. He argued lunar success reduces the justification for costly manned deep space missions, a view echoed by scientists and public opinion.
The Florida legislature passed ratification just after Mothers Day, enabling the nationwide adoption of women's suffrage. The piece notes Florida’s late entry amid Palm Beach development, Cape Kennedy, and notable local figures, while recalling broader 19th Amendment history and related civic themes.
Opinion notes Gov Ronald Reagan unsettled by talk of S J Hayakawa running for office. Polls suggest Hayakawa wins sympathy with students and could challenge Sen George Murphy or Max Rafferty. The piece ponders West Coast attitudes and cites Gore Vidal lines about political life.
Paul E Burbank son of James A Burbank of 42 Lexington Pkwy a Pittsfield High class of 14 graduate starred in the Wesleyan NYU track meet winning the 220 yard dash and 120 yard hurdles. Robert R Briggs a Pittsfield trombone player son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Briggs 30 First St has won a 1944 45 season contract with the National Symphony Orchestra. Leads in Tish a St Josephs High three act play were Katherine Wincek and Lawrence Reddy. Dwight E Jones of E D Jones Corp received the civic award of the South Congregational Church Brotherhood. Dr Franklin M Foote of Pelham NY named Connecticut state health commissioner by Gov Ribicoff. Suzanne Plouffe designed the Berkshire Garden Club poster for its May 23 plant sale.
Travelers Insurance publishes Alcoholocaust detailing how alcohol contributes to 25,000 deaths and 800,000 crashes annually in the U.S. with 45,200 traffic fatalities last year. It notes that a dead driver cannot be tested and urges caution amid rising travel on poorly engineered roads. The report cites Department of Transportation data and stresses the dangers of drinking drivers.
A William Earl Du Bois memorial park proposal prompts Letters to the Editor praising the project and contrasting support from Pro Du Bois readers in California with East Coast backing, while other readers critique local traffic and nostalgia for Berkshire landmarks and Kulda’s.
A shelless bald eagle egg found on the Lake Superior shore supports scientists’ warning that persistent pesticides like DDT thin eggshells. Researchers Led by Wurster and Hickey showed postwar eggs are 20 percent lighter, linking DDT to impaired calcium for shells and potential extinction risks.
Buckley argues trustees should act when normal authority fails and courts step in to restore order. He cites Harvard as a case where police and judges enforced trespass and notes courts may increasingly handle campus peace, shaping campus governance and civil rights intervention. He questions liberal reactions to judiciary-led order.
An author known for conservative views addressed a women’s club on today’s motion pictures. He railing against trashy plots, joking about a mistress, a society girl in Greenwich Village, and a teenage girl running off with a friend of her father. A woman asked, Where’s it playing.
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