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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1969
Page
8
The Eagle Publishing Company announces a daily newspaper edition published at 33 Eagle Street in Pittsfield Massachusetts with operations excluding Sundays and holidays. The notice outlines standard publishing schedule and address details for readers and advertisers.
The piece weighs two views of Samuel W. Yorty’s snap-back mayoral win in Los Angeles. One side notes Thomas Bradley’s 46 percent share in a city with 18 percent Black population. The opposing view recalls Yorty’s past terms as marked by vendettas and prejudices, contrasting with his Quaker lineage.
Sam Yorty rode a hostile race based closing message and warned that electing his rival would turn Los Angeles into one big campus. Reagan’s image suffered among elite groups, while Yorty gained broad white backlash support in an 80 percent turnout. The result may inflame campus and ghetto confrontations rather than calm them.
U S Fidelity and Guarantee Co of Baltimore relocates its Northeast regional accounting and statistics office from New York City to Pittsfield. The renovated Ontario Street building will house 15 to 20 workers, mostly women, with part time options for mothers. The move boosts local employment with minimal disruption.
Dalton debates a 3.7 million regional school construction proposal as officials prepare to answer telephoned questions ahead of Monday's crucial decision. Voters show strong interest, with fears the rejection could trigger a costly revival. Nearby commentary cites Memorial Day norms and nuclear worries shaping regional sentiment.
Chet Huntley discusses Secretary Romney's AFL-CIO Building Trades Department speech. Romney urged productivity gains and relaxation of restrictive practices, including limits on bricklayers and Negro apprentices. He noted wage increases rising from 12 cents to 49 1/2 cents an hour. critics warned of inflation and slow housing construction.
Miss Rose Bell and Ernest M. Andrews win roles in the photoplay A Romance of Pittsfield to be filmed locally. The Red Lion Inn opens its 171st season, tracing a 1773 tavern and 1896 rebuilt building once lacking en suite facilities.
Dr. Wendell G. Ahern, Pittsfield, discusses the nonprofit Massachusetts Dental Service Corp that would prepaid dental costs similar to Blue Cross. The plan aims to enroll at least half of Massachusetts 3,000 dentists, start in Boston area this year, with Berkshire County dentists supportive. Initial coverage for groups of 200, expanding to individuals later. Berkshires to see full rollout in 2-3 years.
Readers debate age cohorts and integrity with a mock defense of prior generations. Bernice Wing defends youth, while David Cooper critiques censorship and politics on TV. Fred G. Crane Jr explains regional school bond issues, and Alfred Baker Lewis condemns wage exploitation of Charleston hospital workers.
Marquis Childs reports from Cambridge on Harvard unrest during Memorial Day weekend, the 4 a.m. police action ending a sit-in in University Hall, and the threat to Commencement Day. He notes campus alienation, student radicalism, and clashes with veterans amid sunlit scenes on Boston Common and Cambridge Common.
GEORGE V. DOULLLET argues that Fortas’s downfall stems from linked power and money pressures in a system where ethics are eroded by payola. The piece contrasts Fortas with Dodd, contending Fortas’s resignation marks reform, while questioning past appointments and conflicts of interest and urging reevaluation of Supreme Court ethics.
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