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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1969
Page
8
Public notice states the publication runs daily except Sundays and holidays, issued by Eagle Publishing Company located at 13 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Editorial examines Professor Arthur L. Jensen of Berkeley whose Harvard Educational Review piece argues heredity may influence learning patterns and IQ scores. The piece notes campus radicals attack him, pressuring his dismissal. it defends academic freedom amid the controversy over genetics, environment, and education.
The piece notes low turnout for boxing at Oak n' Spruce featuring world light heavyweight champ Bob Foster against Andy Kendall amid a swing in public interest. It recalls Archie Moore in 1935 and remarks on Berkshire training camps and event timing for TV. It also covers regional issues from utilities meetings to rail service, Memorial Day timing, and a push for Du Bois memorial ideas including Francis James Child burial in Stockbridge.
The column notes 100 millionth meter vehicle on American highways amid 83 million passenger cars and 17 million trucks. It argues one vehicle per two people reflects urbanization. It urges mass transit, better city highways, and channelized intersections as cars outpace highway building. The essay warns that if trends continue, a new piece will fix the jigsaw: nothing could move.
Willian McCarthy a 14 year old St Joseph's School student proposed Tallies. Judges were George Hannum Charles Richardson and Louis Cummings. Many Pittsfield residents attended Springfield to hear Enrico Caruso. Alfred M Castello retires after 57 years in Great Barrington.
The page surveys the Shaker colony at Shakertown Kentucky, funded by a $2 million federal loan aiding restoration of eight of twenty five buildings, run by a nonprofit with guest rooms and a dining hall. It recalls Massachusetts history on the 1776 memorial to a new constitution and mentions a glassware gift, moon exploration views, Kevin McCarthy’s advocacy, International Pickle Week May 22 to 41, and a doctor’s waiting room quip about dying a natural death.
Mrs K W Hudelston of Pittsfield objects to a proposed punishment based method in Head Start. She warns poker chip rewards risk bribery and potential abuse if a class aide is a parent. She argues income does not determine a child's behavior and urges safer, more meaningful approaches.
Letters from readers reminisce about a 1960s patent, a Prescott Arizona move, and praise for The Eagle while urging public higher education funding and Berkshire conservation activism through community involvement.
The Berkshires drew 300 riders for the Berk shire International Trials on May 17 and 18 at the Middlefield fairgrounds with spectators from Little Rock to Baltimore. Area motels and Lions Club volunteers supported the weekend as police were not hired and no incidents occurred. The Middlefield community welcomed the event and looks forward to next year.
Washington reports critique of Nixon hunger program as inadequate while a farm bloc pushes a milk aid bill amid bureaucratic barriers. It highlights misused subsidies, county by county disparities, and political maneuvers involving Rep. Paul Findley and Sen. George McGovern in addressing malnutrition during abundant surplus.
A young mother with three children at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge laments the cold rain and says she does not know what to dress the children in. A nearby woman suggests she just put on a geranium, turning a grim moment into light humor.
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