Editorial: It Takes Two To Make a Race
The piece argues Khrushchev’s claim of no space race is good news if true, suggesting a calmer, orderly lunar program by 1970. It critiques a crisis-driven, prestige-driven pursuit and favors aligning NASA beyond mere rivalry, noting Johnson’s defence of space funding and human needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Walter Lippmann
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Congress
NASA
Boston
Johnson
Linus Pauling
Earth
Kremlin
Donna M. Waugh
Elizabeth Paul
Loran Little
Noreen St
Wwittsfield
Playing Politics With the River in Pittsfield Campaign
The Pittsfield mayoral race centers on river pollution talk but the dispute is largely political theater. The Eagle notes the campaign distorts events about the Housatonic cleanup, credits ongoing sewer and treatment work, and urges recognizing steady progress while avoiding politicizing the issue.
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Pittsfield
Housatonic
Haughey
Dillon
Alabama
Robert E. Jones
House Natural Resources and Power
Worthen H. Taylor
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Pittsfield-Dalton
Crane & Company
Dalton
The
Eagle
Hal Borland
Borland
Robert B. Dillon
Housatonic River
Dwight E. Jones
Hometown Reporter Robert Shuffleton Retired Yet Active
Sumner Kean profiles Robert A Shuffleton Banner country correspondent for 56 years covering East Arlington Now 84 retired as a town barber since 1954 but continues as correspondent He recalls the biggest story as a bean supper and notes the life of a country reporter includes quirky items from gas chamber rentals to old bank clock junking and local color
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentlington
Eagle Companion
Sumner Kean
Robert A. Shuffleton
Banner
East Arlington
Smith
United Rent-Alls
Pittsfield National Bank
Pittsfield Junk Co
Utah
California Gulf
Bernard G
Bunny) O'Shea
Eagle
Vermont
American Friends Service Committee
Pittsfield
Looking Back 50 Years Ago In Lenox News
James Barnes travels to the Cape region of South Africa with Cherry Kearton, noted moving picture photographer. Joseph Pybus wins first prize at Lenox Horticultural Society show for a 19 pound Melton Cumbersome grape bunch from a two year stem. Harold Duffin, Lenox military aide, urged reelection of Dist Atty Moriarty at Hinsdale rally. Pittsfield CCC camp of 200 to move to Warwick for three months for forest fire work. Senator Morse of Oregon spoke at Pittsfield High School as part of the Freedom Forum series and praised The Berkshire Eagle as a free press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Barnes
John S. Barnes
Lenox
Cape
South Africa
Cherry Kearton
Joseph Pybus
Tor Court
Warren M. Salisbury
Lenox Horticultural Society
Melton Constable
Harold J. Duffin
James M. Curley
Hinsdale
Thomas F. Moriarty
Springfield
Pittsfield
CCC
Warwick
Wayne L. Morse
Oregon
Pittsfield High School
The
Unitarian Church
Berkshire Eagle
Lincoln
Cain
GE Pittsfield layoffs amid defense phase-out pattern
Capitol Hill discussions between GE management labor groups and senators focus on averting Pittsfield layoffs tied to Polaris backlog and Navy ordnance needs. Officials seek Pentagon NASA and overseas orders, while weighing broader defense program effects and long term GE plant viability.
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Capitol Hill
Pittsfield
U.S
Pittsfield Works
Conte
GE Ordnance
Congress
Ralph Cordiner
Military and Space Agency
Boston
Lynn
Earth
Outer
Space
Pentagon
NASA
Kennedy
Pittsfield Area
Letters Plot Old Folks Housing and River Cleanups
A reader urges converting vacant Bradford block land into a two story home for seniors with ground floor use and upper floor tenements near North Street shops. Dwight F. Jones, Pittsfield Sewer Commission, defends Housatonic River cleanup efforts and urges finishing waste treatments before river recreation. Other letters critique urban renewal queries, express views on mayoral candidates, and discuss civic projects and female leadership.
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Bradford
Senior Citizens Center
North Street
Henry J. Champagne
Francis Ave
Pittsfield
Dwight F&, Jones
Moon Launch Site in Mississippi Transforms Bald Pine Woods
The Picayune Chronicle notes NASA’s Saturn V testing center rising in Mississippi, with 141,400 acres acquired and 1,700 jobs. Dredging, canal work, and a 880 foot long lock under Navy Captain Fortune mark a monumental shift as Stage One and Two boosters move by barge from California and Pearl River to Bay St. Louis area. The project reflects national pride amid Mississippi’s racial tensions, with Gov. Barnett and Rachel Phillips weighing federal power.
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Defense Industries
Congress
Uncle Sam
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
California
San Francisco
Tulsa
Okla
Houston
Tex
Orlando
Fla
Mississippi
Piney Woods
Outer Space
Picayune
Bay St. Louis
Wake Island
Pacific
Seal Beach
Panama Canal
Gulf of Mexico
Army Corps of Engineers
Pearl River
Navy
William Fortune
NASA
Moon
Venus
Ross Barnett
Gulfport
Rachel Phillips
Captain Fortune
Cape Canaveral
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Eagle Publishing Company
Eagle Street
Pittsfield, M
Mr. Khrushchev
Mount Washington
Maude Adams
New York
James Barrie
Pester Pan
Washington
Westinghouse
Polaris
Silvio O. Conte
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Everet
United Aircraft
Pratt & Whitney
Hartford
Schenectady
Senate
Pennsylvania
Joseph S. Clark
Oldsters
the Eagle
the Fagle
Mousatonic
Salisbury
Stone
U. S
New Jersey
Harold A. Cooper
Fenn St. Pittsfield
Barry
Rocky
Romney
Scranton
John M. Bailey
Marquis Childs
Miss
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