Lenox Veterans Day Reveres Young Civil War Generals
A Berkshire memory piece recalls youthful generals from the Civil War era, focusing on Lenox figures Francis Channing Barlow and William Bartlett. It notes Barlow’s feats at Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania and his postwar career, and juxtaposes their bravery with the romantic soldier stereotype.
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Francis W. Palfrey
Bartlett
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Barlow
Gettysburg
Grant
Bruce Catton
Appomattox
Lee
Appomattox Creek
Berkshire Week in Review Highlights Local Civic Changes
Federal mediators push to restart New York talks as GE strike lingers into its third week. Welfare officials estimate 700 strikers’ families on public aid with up to 2000 more qualified if the walkout lasts into 1970. Pittsfield observes Veterans Day with parades and Memorial Park rites. a October Moratorium candlelight march on North Street draws about 200 opponents of the Vietnam War. Lenox plans its first major zoning revision since 1964 to allow limited apartment reentries with permits. An 18 year old Pittsfield General Hospital orderly faces assault charges in an 82 year old patient’s death. Regional sewage survey plans expand as Williamstown’s river cleanup deadline is pushed back. Local officials are elected, honored, or resigning in Berkshire communities, with numerous appointments in business, religion, and education sectors.
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Barlow
New York
Ellen Shaw
Lenox
Sunnybank
Walker Street
Harvard
Grant
Pittsfield
Vietnam
North Street
Park Square
Letters to the Editor on Welfare and Strike Debate
Readers discuss welfare strain from GE strikes and criticize antiunion rhetoric. They defend union support funds, call out welfare cheats, and question management behavior. Other letters praise an area school, critique a government study, and note Betty Crocker coupon drives for a Philippine cattle project.
Open house plan conflict at Pomeroy and Crosby Junior High
Donald Flynn reports both schools host open-house conferences on the same date. He and his wife cannot attend daytime sessions or both evenings. he works full time and seeks suggestions to attend with children enrolled at both schools. He provides 47 South Merriam Street, Pittsfield.
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Pomeroy
Crosby
Donald P. Flynn
South Merriam St
Pittsfield
McGovern Advocates Unity Amid Music and Politics
Senator George McGovern addresses the American Psychological Association convention urging affirmations from diverse sources. He highlights the community’s youth in music and radical politics and references Americans sharing flag decals as signs of national discourse and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McGovern
D-S.d
American Psychological Association
Underground wiring gains traction in West Stockbridge
West Stockbridge weighs undergrounding utility lines as MEC and NET push for buried cables. Town leaders seek legal clarity to require underground extensions on Pixley Hill while engineers warn of costs and technical hurdles, yet esthetic goals drive gradual shifts toward buried systems.
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Massachusetts Electric
MEC
New England Telephone
NET
Times
John Keresey
West Stockbridge
Pixley Hill
Keresey
Frank Marin
John McPhillips
Mann
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