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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1963
Page
14
UPI analysis outlines the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, the Diem Nhu crackdown, and U.S. alarm over the regime. Washington weighs aid cuts and political change as Kennedy defends continued involvement while acknowledging the Nguyens’ grip. Calls grow for Diem to curb Nhu, with Lodge pressed to assert leadership.
Sources say the Ngo government’s actions against Buddhists have left Vietnam politically isolated, hurting U.S. war aims and prestige in Asia. Nhu moves to calm the United States may include conciliatory gestures and surface reforms as Saigon returns to a tense normal. Pagodas are being repaired and priests and students released amid a broader crackdown.
City council votes 7 to 4 to keep the Planning Board at five members despite pushes by Remo DelGallo and others to add councilors and an assessor. The meeting also ordered Conway Construction Co to repair Morningview Drive amid debate over performance bond releases and street acceptance procedures for city maintenance and accountability.
A list of sixteen sponsors was released for the Richard Dow fund benefit dinner in Sheffield to aid the Dow family after a long hospitalization. Dinner will be served at 1 and 3 at Mount Everett cafeteria with proceeds from the turkey dinner supporting medical expenses.
Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department members will meet at 7 at the firehouse. The group will remove the snow fence around the horse show at the fairgrounds and then conduct a business meeting.
Hinsdale Lions Club drew about 400 residents for a sunny debut featuring 100 horses in multiple classes. Profits near 700 dollars will be shared by the Lions Club and show promoters. Winners included Misty Hills Stable entries in several divisions and Mary Hallenbeck riding Dun Stable's Bribie Path Hacks.
The city council passed a final reading ordinance requiring pool permits for permanent pools, fencing requirements, and life saving items at pools to prevent accidents. The measure was proposed by Ward 1 Councilman Ernest G. St. Peter and received council support after earlier veto concerns.
City Council censured Police Chief Thomas H. Calnan for not attending traffic commission meetings in three years. Mayor Haughey had appointed him to a commission position, but the council tabled action after a ward member demanded talks with the mayor and chief. Several commissions faced quorums and scheduling issues, while confirmation of other mayoral appointees proceeded.
The Housatonic Congregational Church invites all women to attend the Pilgrim Benevolent Society meeting tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. at the Manse. Church officials report the deacons and deaconesses will also meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Miss Carolyn J. Kinne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Kinne of Hart Street, graduated September 5 from the Hartford School of Radiography and has taken a position at Hartford Hospital.
Masses begin this Sunday at Corpus Christi Church Housatonic with services Sundays at 8 and 10 am Novena at 7 pm The church school opens Sept 22 at 9 45 am Dwight B McCormick has returned to Arlington W Va after visiting his father Thomas McCormack on Main Street
Hinsdale officials report the Cleveland Reservoir spillway design is settled but flooding remains on the highway near the spillway. The town asks Pittsfield Water Commissioners to divert reservoir funds to install a larger culvert. John Burbank seeks a legal opinion on using reservoir money for the highway. John N. Musgrove has joined the Navy and reports to Great Lakes. Hinsdale’s share of county costs this year is 187 dollars, about three dollars of the tax rate. Hinsdale Grange postpones Sunday turkey shoots until October due to fair season.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Grahn Jr of this town plan a dinner party to mark their 30th wedding anniversary They wed Sept 12 1933 at the First Congregational Church Their son Airman J C Oscar D Grahn serves with the Air Force in North Dakota William Tollner of Cleveland Ohio visits his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs D W Von Brennan for two weeks Nearby Mr and Mrs Henry D Granger and family of Cheshire Conn spend the weekend with Mrs Granger's parents Mr and Mrs George L Peck in Egremont Plain Road
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