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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1969
Page
10
Daily publication by Eagle Publishing Company at 33 Eagle Street Pittsfield Massachusetts, issued each day excluding Sundays and holidays.
Secretary Finch defends Nixon desegregation plans amid criticism of relying on court orders. The Civil Rights Act Title VI and federal funding leverage shape the debate, with Justice routing slower yet more reliable outcomes. Critics warn Southern politics and Hesburgh led critique may endanger Finch and other liberal voices in the cabinet.
The Selective Service system, while flawed, has unintentionally relieved a national teacher shortage as draft deferments push men into teaching. Higher pay and organized unions now attract more male recruits from top colleges, improving caliber and balancing gender dominance in classrooms. Many may stay after draft age, benefiting education even amid the war.
In Brief reports contractor Annie Bishop transforms a condemned Adams tenement into orderly apartments, earning praise from Adams Selectmen. The Carl L. Smiths win Pittsfield Home Beautification for a plant filled backyard at 173 Eleanor Road. The Wahconah Regional High School hydrant policy draws fire as Chief Reid notes winter risks. Taconic High School losses highlight the School Committee's plan to hire weekend protective service after $1,000 in tools are stolen in three weeks.
In talks with IUE GE defends anti compulsion policy arguing union shop would not improve operations. GE highlights long record of good relations, low strikes, and broad worker satisfaction with extensive company communication. The IUE urges a union shop as fair, but GE maintains it should not be imposed for members’ benefit or dues income.
A dismayed Joan Mills confirms her Friday Eagle column is ending after five years. The note recalls her first piece on Christmas Eve 1963 and the enduring appeal of See Mother Run, now archived in Digest requests. The column also mentions a garden show daisy with an orange center, a dentist replacing office equipment for charity, and light musings on weddings and grog lore.
A compiled glimpse recalls Stanley Benton joining B D Jones Co in Brooklyn, Lt Paul Dana’s German cannon capture for Williams College, and Robert Jones Jr returning from England as Coca Cola Bottling Co president. Alfred Persip, first WWI colored enlistee, donates blood. Pittsfield Legion election sees John Rabiner defeat Harald Goeney.
Two letters respond to Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee policy on distributing literature. Gladys Manus condemns the process and the First Amendment implications, while Judy Ebbs defends cautious speech limits and school control over student publications.
Washington notes the post Kennedy era reshapes Democratic odds as Muskie gains momentum. Ed Muskie emerges as a calmer, more defined candidate. A wary party seeks defined policy lines and a broader national image beyond the Kennedy shadow and Chappaquiddick aftermath.
Robert M. Boland argues the Pittsfield Art League Show reveals rigid taste and a bias toward modernism. He praises originality in work by Bonnie Portnoy, Evelyn Hart, Sister Mary Florence, and Evelyn LeClair while urging judges to assess media use, technique, and overall intention rather than chasing trends.
Office bulletin board joke from Reader's Digest portrays a fiery quip about exiting work with reckless abandon at quitting time, humorously framing daily scenes as a blaze. The quip uses a common office setting to lampoon overzealous departures at day’s end.
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