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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
9
A brief note states the publication runs daily except Sundays and holidays from Eagle Publishing Company located on Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Editorial argues Judge Warren E Burger, backed by Dirksen Eastland and Thurmond, could steady a liberal Supreme Court without reversing its gains. Burger's integrity and non political stance are praised, though his influence limited as one of nine justices. He may calm controversy while guiding the court through post Fortas dynamics.
The long time Massachusetts political figure Frankie Kelly pitches a national sweepstakes after lackluster New Hampshire and New York results. He urges the President to back a nationwide lottery to boost tax receipts and fund social aims.
A letter questions the Urban Coalition slogan Give a damn while newspapers note no real shock in mild swearing. The piece critiques School Department spending rules, inflation fears in a 3.7 million building plan, Lenox wing bids, North Adams dump burning costs, and calls for policy changes and halt to burn disposal per health director Dr. Edmond Larkin.
Opinion piece from Ellsworth, Maine argues that nearly a hundred Blue Hill high school boys and Maritime Academy students helped extinguish brush fires last week. It condemns broad generalizations about youth from campus disturbances and warns that reactions harm all young people, including Black youth, by reducing employment opportunities.
Looking Back Years Ago recalls Hampton Institute’s 50th anniversary in Hampton Virginia with former President William Howard Taft as chairman of the board of trustees and Rev James E Gregg installed as new president. The report also notes Charles T Masterson unveiling Pittsfield sketches, and a Berkshire event with the Souther Berkshire Choral Society at Williams College.
The tale centers on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field and frontier judge David Terry. After Terry attacked Field in a California railroad car, Deputy U.S. Marshal Neagle shot Terry dead to protect Field. Neagle and Field faced murder charges, which were dropped and later cleared, with Joseph H. Choate defending Neagle.
Readers reply to De Gaulle resignation with mixed feelings and harsh critique of media. Albert A. Vinatier recalls WWI losses and condemns calls for German recognition. K. Wallace Fish Jr questions dog license bias and pet complaints. William Kudlate urges Memorial Day reverence over ad emphasis. Cynthia M. Pease criticizes holiday date changes. James J. Smith praises positive local leadership. Anthony R. Talarico urges ABM support with Kennedy and Brooke. Additional letters continue on the facing page.
Bennet Cerf writes in Brattleboro Reformer that the Puritan urge to assume worst about Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas overlooks motives beyond money. He argues the base fear risks stifling independent judges and suggests modest remedies, noting Fortas’s return of funds and defending his overall conduct.
Harold W. Felton argues for a dedicated memorial to Elizabeth Freeman known as Mum Bett in Stockbridge and the Berkshires. He recalls her role as an early Massachusetts slave who won freedom under the 1780 constitution, her service as a nurse, and high praise from Harriet Martineau Catharine Sedgwick and other contemporaries. He notes her grave in Stockbridge and says a lasting memorial honors her courage and loyalty.
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