Editorial Cold Water for Olympus on Olympic Fund Raising
Editorial questions the push for National Olympic Week and private donations to fund U S athletes for Rome. It rebuts patriotic duty rhetoric, notes Pierre de Coubertin founded the games to foster international goodwill, and argues athletic merit is not national. It warns money cannot avert Cold War tensions and urges viewing the Olympics as individual contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Olympic Association
Rome
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Russia
United States
China
Red China
Burt
Secretary Benson's Political Longevity
A Washington observer notes that Secretary of Labor Ezra Taft Benson trails John Foster Dulles in mileage while serving in office in his final year. Benson, a 1953 Cabinet survivor, has faced calls for his scalp yet remains, aided by agriculture's relative prosperity. He backs flexible price supports, and a soil bank extension, promising less government interference despite farmer ire.
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Washington
Labor
Ezra Taft Benson
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Benson
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Smith College President Urges Women to Complete Education
Dr Thomas C Mendenhall sixth president of Smith College denounces early marriage among students as a national disgrace. He urges women to finish college pursue careers before homemaking and childrearing, challenging traditional roles and Hollywood fantasies while noting modern economic realities.
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Smith
Hollywood
Dr. Mendenhall
In Brief From City Beat And Community News
A 101 percent rise in the Community Chest pledge from St. Luke's Hospital highlights employer charity funds. Sympathy to Police Chief Calman on vacation troubles. The League of Women Voters offered its nonpartisan forum for all four Ward 1 and 2 School Committee candidates. 327 new voters registered Wednesday night, a strong but not record figure in a subdued municipal campaign. A bus company and union dispute appears headed to court. A beatnik references a transient lifestyle and a quip about in-laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
Calman
League of Women Voters
Local Pittsfield notes from early 1900s city life
Three candidates for chauf feurs exam named Frank Siringo Raymond W Belcher and Bryan J Dexheimer. A sewer line work from Wilson Street to Pontoosuic schoolhouse. A horse owned by C C Henry ran away on Secomi Street. Joseph Meehan halted it at Fenn Street. A real fire drill followed a waste basket fire at Pomery School. Mayor Alien H. Bagg examined 1908 Henry Valentine land tract ownership, half to West heirs and half to ex Mayor Harry G. West. Edward J. McDonald endorsed by Jeffersonian Club. Art Fox Jr. starred in Worcester Academy 19 12 win over Dean Academy.
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City Hall
Frank Siringo
New York
Lenox
Raymond W. Belcher
Bryan J. Dexheimer
Pittsfield
Wilson Street
Pontoosuic School House
C. C. Henry
Secomi Street
Joseph Meehan
Fenn Street
Pomery School
Alien H. Bagg
Henry €. Valentine
West Pittsfield
Bagg
John C. West
Harry G. West
Edward J. McDonald
Jeffersonian Club
Art Fox Jr
Worchester Academy
Dean Academy
Notes and Footnotes on wild horses and Berkshires
Satirical column notes Sen Saltonstall's visit and a colleague's bid to kill a western wild horse bill. It also recalls National Geographic Hawaii coverage, a Ward 5 primaries prize draw, price is right pun, a Borland book teaser, Masselox in South Mountain concert, and a garbled stamp collecting riff framing local chatter.
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Sen. Saltonstall
Pittsfield
Washington
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
National Geographic Magazine
Hawaii
Damiel Phillips
Dan
Phillips
Ronald la Beau
Fred Bohlman
Bill Cullen
Williamstown
Berkshires
Cullen
Letter to the Editor in North Adams on city manager system debate
John C. Hitchcock defends his North Berkshire column against charges of inaccuracy and explains that his aim was to critique the city manager form rather than slur city managers. He argues political apathy contributed to the Blank system overthrow in a light vote two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
James A Hardman Jr
North Berkshire
North Adams
Hardman
John C. Hitchcock
Stetson Road
Williamstown
U.S
Senate
Scientife
No Allegory To the Editor of The Eagle
Reader Mrs Lillian Wagner argues against treating Genesis creation allegory as truth. She asserts man’s body is dust yet endowed with an immortal soul, created in God’s image, and predicts a transformed mortal body at judgment. The letter appears with local notes on the Pittsfield Monarchs Drum and Bugle Corps parade.
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Hugle
Theodore Wallagh
Church of Christ, Scientist
Pittsheid
Mr. Wallach
Gove
Mr. Walla
Lillian Wagner
Walker &J. Lenox
Inet
Pittsfield
Monarchs
Springfeld
Morningside
T Street
Lee Fire Department
Joseph G. Ellensohn Jr
Small Town Games Shortchanged by The Eagle Readers Claim
Richard H. Mauke of Stockbridge writes to protest that his town’s small town sports results are not printed in The Eagle while larger towns like Springfield Union publish theirs. He notes several community members share the concern and asks for accountability.
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THE
EAGLE
Remes
Springfield Union
Wrong Tree and Rampant Killer Poem Mentioned
A reader objects to a reporter portraying Gilbert West in a tree versus housing issue on Satinet Street. The letter accuses misrepresentation and defends focusing on the tree itself. A separate poem snippet titled Running Rampant by Nick Kenny is noted as not to be reprinted, followed by Olive Clark's sign-off.
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Bob Kimball
Gilbert
West
Satinet Street
Hagle
Mr. Kimbal
Mr. West
the Eagle
Nick Kenny
New York Mirror
Olive Clark
Albatross Slaughter Sparks Navy Controversy at Midway
Letter from T. TK. Frelinghuysen of Princeton condemns U S Navy actions at Midway Island killing Laysan albatrosses. He cites Roosevelt preservation efforts and a five year plan to wipe out the species, noting adult birds return to breed in November and urging protection over alleged safety concerns. He argues no nation may obliterate a noble life for aviation needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
U.S. Navy
Navy
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
T. TK. Frelinghuysen
Prospect
Princeton
N.J
Lee Comes Through To the Editor of THE EAGLE
A Red Cross Blood Program representative thanks donors and workers in Lee for exceeding the October 5 blood drive quota after prior slumps in volunteers. Mrs. Catharine S. Forman signs the letter.
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Lee
THE
EAGLE
Red Cross
Catharine S. Forman
Quotes on newspapers and money from early 20th century figures
Marshall Field Jr of the Chicago Daily News says newspapers are squeezed and profit would push him toward TV, while Hxgens P Bertin notes a simple cup of cotter aids towns more than a fancy boulevard. reflects era views on media and urban development.
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Marshall. Field Jr
Chicago Daily News
Hxgens P. Bertin
The
Pennsylvania School Journal
Washington Talks on Nuclear Testing in Crucial Spring
Washington gears for October 27 when the three nuclear powers resume negotiations in Geneva on a permanent test ban with inspections. A failure could widen the nuclear club and push China and France toward atomic capability, heightening global tension.
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Washington
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Geneva
Nucipar Club
France
China
Waton
Russia
Formosa
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Olympus
Marietta
Ohio
Eugie
Hal Borland
Hunle
Borland
Milton Glaser
William Masselox
South Mountain
Town Hall
Howard Taubman
New York Times
Mr. Taubman
Masselon
Masselos
Perrine Avey Plisfield
Richard H. Mauke
Stockbridge
Mariner
Marquis Childa
Sahara
United Nations General Assembly
Moscow
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