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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1963
Page
18
The Breckshire Eagle is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company. Located on Eagle Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
The administration's tax cut plan, totaling 11 billion, clears Ways and Means but faces a straight party line vote. With several measures queued, Republicans resist restricting amendments, delaying action for a month or more. Economists warn of a recession next year, and Kennedy calls the plan recession insurance amid broader tax reform resistance. Industrialists largely back the approach, yet ties to other bills hinder immediate enactment.
Congress debates pairing tax cuts with spending limits to balance the deficit. Administration argues reduced taxes boost revenue and growth, while conservatives demand a balanced budget yearly. If Congress blocks the plan, the tax cut may be doomed and the measure could face a rough path on the House floor and Senate.
Berkshire residents await a special Stockbridge town meeting next Thursday to choose one of four school construction plans ranging from 600,000 to 950,000 dollars to relieve overcrowded classrooms. The 950,000 dollar option for a new high school is endorsed as best by the survey committee and School Committee, with other plans viewed as budget compromises.
A Grinnell Herald-Register report covers California animal husbandry professor Humbert Heitman Jr. testing standup feeding for hogs led by Sam the Ham. Trials show ham meat share rising over 5 percent, with future testing planned before a general recommendation. The aim is healthier, meatier hams benefiting farmers and consumers.
William J. Nye of Lee, a long serving agent with New York New Haven Hartford Railroad since 1875, documented as one of the three oldest station agents. Dan Crawford, noted Central Africa missionary, to speak at First Baptist Church Wednesday. Pittsfield High School’s Student’s Pen, founded 1883, begins 45th year with Robert C. Moore editor in chief and Rema Zola business manager. Caroline Parker Smith, poet and Congo article contributor, dies in Hartford. John T. Parsons of Lenox, WBRK manager, becomes WMGT TV manager at Greylock Broadcasting Co. Walter Kearsey to succeed him. Leon Podolsky announces appoint ment of Detie T Burns as assistant to president and office manager for combined operations.
A collage of short items runs through local notes including a mishap with a beauty parlor misdial to a vet, a misread fair pavilion sign, a TV shaped cookie jar at Sheffield Pottery, and a creditor letter prank. Also mentions a Ballad for Eimshire, a Pinkerton guarded Shaker display, rising museum attendance, New Zealand social spending, a British TV record player, and Polio Sabin vaccines in Kentucky.
Richard Twining Jr of Grand Forks AFB ND argues for equal opportunity and against racial discrimination while urging civility and God guidance as steps toward civil rights reform. Marjorie Kennedy of Lenox questions Morris School expansion and a new high school, and J R Gross of Iowa critiques Kennedy’s stance on foreign aid and Kennedy’s past votes.
A city newspaper reporter visits a friend who runs a small country weekly. The editor jokes that in a town where everyone knows what everyone does, people still read the paper to learn who has been caught at it.
Richard F. Turner of Nacogdoches Texas writes to protest delayed pay from BCC North Adams State College summer session. He details unpaid wages up to $1,000, cites bureaucratic red tape and threats of bankruptcy while awaiting Texas teaching start, and argues for accountability beyond state delays. He notes no bitterness toward BCC and frames the letter as a principled defense of teacher rights.
A Washington opinion piece argues the United States risks repeating French errors in Indochina. It recalls Parisian choices from 1946 to Dien Bien Phu, noting Bao Dai, Ho Chi Minh, and Geneva’s partition as costly outcomes. It warns De Gaulle’s stance and U.S. aid may echo a failed colonial dynamic.
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