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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1969
Page
9
The Beeksi Eagle is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by 4 Eagle Publishing Company. It lists address at 53 Eagle Street, Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Editorial analyzes the Massachusetts 6th district special election where Michael Harrington defeated Saltonstall, signaling voter pushback on Nixon and Vietnam policies. The piece notes Harrington's appeal, Saltonstall's Nixon ties, and broader implications for Nixon’s political standing amid national Democratic wins.
The Atomic Energy Commission proceeds with a one megaton underground blast at Amchitka in the Aleutians despite protests from scientists conservationists and three Western states and two friendly nations. Critics warn of quakes tidal waves and ecological damage affecting Alaska Canada Japan Hawaii and the U S West Coast while Congress voices dismay. The AEC defends the tests as vital to national security and continues its expansion of nuclear development ignoring public concerns.
In a brief round up, J Laramie’s denunciation before the Great Barrington Selectmen signals a tough line on obscenity cases and a potential boost for the New Leaf paper. Voter indifference in five wards followed a dull mayoral race. Pittsfield expands a tutorial program for low income families with aid from five schools. Jubilee urban renewal proceeds toward 23 low cost turnkey housing units after earlier red tape, with construction possible within a month.
The Martinsburg report recalls a 92-year-old driver causing havoc at a service station. No one was hurt, but the car wrecked a grease jack and more, underscoring concerns that aging drivers may be unsafe. The piece advocates periodic testing to revoke driving privileges for those no longer fit to drive.
Democratic winners in Tuesday’s primaries include District Attorney Thomas Maher of Holyoke, state senators Alfred Brouthers of Pittsfield and De Witt De Wolf of Chester, and representatives William Broderick Thomas Flaherty of North Adams, Frank Witheauper of Adams, Jeremiah Linnehan, James Rosenthal, and John Stokes of Pittsfield.
A collection of quirky newspaper blurbs recounts Stockbridge Police Chief William Ogbanein playing himself in the Alice’s Restaurant film, his post interview nerves, and a wary town reaction. Other items cite FBI comments on youth crime, GE Plastics’ ad tie ins with Bob and Ray, and a 1938 Munich pact recalling failed peace efforts.
Howard F. Johnson argues against continued U S involvement in Vietnam and urges withdrawal to spare lives and funds. A second writer defends materialism via medicine and education funding, while Marion Manning appeals for Joan Mills to return to weekly columns. A third letter criticizes Taconic High School roof design and water ponding, urging proper roof pitch after a $7 million project.
Humor Lady Opal Brooke-Popham, elected chairman of the Quan tock Staghounds in Somerset last month, resigned yesterday from an RSPCA officer post. She said the two roles were incompatible but would remain an associate member.
The letter accuses teachers of indoctrinating teens with pro communist statements and false Vietnam narratives. It cites Mao’s executions, Soviet collective farming, and flight from communism, urging balanced teaching and warning against half truths in public schools. Carl A. Klyser petitions readers to seek full truth.
Samuel B Gould of State University of New York contrasts baseball and football arguing spectatorship is weak. He notes his father avoided games and fires a vivid critique of campus culture likening it to a game farm without keepers and with fences down.
New York column discusses Sen. Charles Goodell’s proposal to withdraw all U.S. troops from South Vietnam by 1 January 1971 and questions the president's commander in chief powers. It notes support from figures like Mayor John Lindsay and debates constitutional limits, with comment from James Reston and reflections on Fulbright and Schlesinger.
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