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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1969
Page
8
The Bookstore Eagle is a daily paper except Sundays and holidays, issued by Eagle Publishing Company. It lists address at 33 Eagle Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and operates under standard publication practices of small local press.
The piece warns that a GE strike looms as negotiations fail and neither side yields. It argues the dispute harms the public, shareholders, workers, and local businesses while predicting a lengthy stoppage unless mutual rationality prevails. Local guidance seeks lawful picketing to avoid a repeat of 1960 disturbances.
Senate hearings on corruption in service clubs reach Vietnam where billions are spent. Reports describe payoffs to officers from slot-machine figures and offshore deposits in Swiss and German banks. The piece links graft to war, notes coverups and calls for thorough inquiries, while also touching local politics and regional cooperation ideas.
National Observer notes that Woodstock promoters John Roberts and Joe Rosenman, after buying out Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld, plan to profit from a Warner Bros film and Atlantic Records soundtrack. Experts expect a two hour Woodstock film to gross over ten million, with profits potentially reaching one million for the duo. sound track sales could exceed one million copies.
Berkshire men played well in weekend college football games. Danny Martin of Pittsfield and Syr acuse fullback scored touchdowns. Walter Zink of Pittsfield kicked two conversions for Amherst in a win over Trinity. Ray Watkins of Dalton scored twice for Colgate against Cornell. Robert Hibbard of Pittsfield starred at half for Williams in defeating Columbia.
Ca tharine Plummer Welsh of Pittsfield now in Oakland shares notes on the first paperback edition of her novel All About Brother Bird Doubleday & Co 1966 hardcover. The piece cites levitating monk Brother Bird and muses on film potential while sprinkling assorted anecdotes and safety cautions about vacuum bottles and a Vietnam era jab at TV quiz shows.
Readers attack the Butler administration and Pittsfield Housing Authority over late housing plans and a perceived lack of direction. They criticize police staffing at events, praise community figures, and question school committee attendance, while debating Vietnam policy and national leadership.
The piece argues that California’s growth fuels demand to preserve Point Reyes and other seashores as federal budget constraints threaten land purchases. It notes Nixon administration rhetoric contrasted with mid 1970s fiscal limits, and outlines pressures from developers and inflation on conservation efforts.
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