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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1969

Page

17

Cities Group Backs Nixon On Revenue Sharing

Colorado Springs AP reporters note cities groups support Nixon administration welfare and revenue sharing plans, aligning with federal goals over governors of industrial states. At the National Governors Conference, mayors press for no strings attached funds while some leaders caution about package conditions. Hippies in Milwaukee stage a soap powder prank at a lake park fountain after a Sunday rally ends with police.

Colorado Springs Colo Spiro T. Agnew Daniel Evans Washington Nixon Jack Maltester U.S. Conference of Mayors Richard J. Hughes New Jersey San Leandro Calif Congress George Romney Milwaukee Wis Lake-Frenk Park

Leyden Sets New Effort For Prayer

Leyden Massachusetts board resumes efforts to allow voluntary classroom prayer with guidelines permitting optional participation by students and staff. The measure, approved unanimously, lets teachers or pupils leave the room if they choose, ensuring no compulsory prayer and no stigma for participants.

Leyden Mass Massachusetts Neil Sullivan Gerald McCarthy

Pearson obituary recalls four decades of exposure and conflict

Washington AP tribute details Drew Pearson, famed columnist of The Washington Merry-Go-Round, who clashed with Presidents Roosevelt Truman and McCarthy, died at 71 after a heart attack at his Maryland farm. The piece notes his quaker patience, Friendship Train drive, marriages, survivors Ellen Arnold and Tyler Abell, and a memorial at Washington National Cathedral.

Washington (Ap Drew Pearson Washington Pearson Maryland Jack Anderson Senate Thomas J. Dodd D-Conn Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Roosevelt Cordell Hull Russia Truman Sen Joseph R France Italy Andrew Russell Pearson Evanston Ill Virgin Islands Swarthmore College Pennsylvania Baltimore Sun Robert S. Allen Allen Felicia Gta Eleanor Cissy Patterson Washington Times Herald Luvie Moore

Communist Party USA marks 50th year without fanfare

The Communist Party USA quietly marked its 30th anniversary yesterday while still seeking a working-class revolution in America. Editors noted the party’s long internal strife, historic splits, and later unity in 1921 and 1940, with broadcasts from Tokyo and Moscow praising its resilience and Marxist stance.

New York Times News Service New York Communist Party U.S.A America The Daily World Worker Moscow American Federation of Labor Communist Party of America AFL Tokyo North Vietnam North Korea American Communist Party Socialist Party Louis Fraina Jay Lovestone Bertram Wolfe Chicago Communist Labor Party John Reed Benjamin Gitlow Blue Island Ave Communist International

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