Editorial condemns Beacon Hill credit pledge on Greylock tramway
Massachusetts readers are urged to view with outrage a stealthy amendment to the Greylock Reservation hunting bill that pledges state credit for tramway bonds. The piece accuses Senator John J. Beadles and Governor Furcolo of bypassing open debate and deceiving Berkshire and state taxpayers who would bear the financial risk. It cites 1957 opposition by private investors and criticizes Berkshire lawmakers for silent vote maneuvers and a lack of public disclosure to constituents.
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Massachusetts
Greylock Reservation
Mount Greylock
Boston
John J. Beadles
Furcolo
Robert P. Cramer
Williamstown
Cramer
Senate Journal
Berkshire
House
Steel and the Nation Face a Delayed Strike Settlement
The steel industry rejects President Eisenhower's nongovernmental board offer, signaling a likely Taft-Hartley injunction next month. An 80 day period could resume production and boost orders through Christmas, benefiting industry more than workers. This stance draws public interest and questions of fairness.
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Eisenhower
Mitchell
Washington
Hats Off to UCS On Whole Man Medical Research Drive
In Brief notes praise UCS for a $5,000 starter allocation toward whole man based medical research, signaling public impatience with splinter drives. Banking expands as City Savings Bank branches into Allendale, proving local bank access is good business alongside Agricultural National Bank and Berkshire Trust ventures. Hinsdale honors Flora Amede after 40 years as Kittredge School principal, showing loyalty in teaching is still celebrated. Senator Cramer criticizes pork barrel framing while noting a lack of his $82,500 amendment for Berkshire County in the state capital outlay bill.
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UCS
City Savings Bank
Allendale
Agricultural National Bank
Berkshire Trust
Hinsdale
Flora Amede
Kittredge
Cramer
Senate
Berkshire County
Comment on Challenging Classes For the Brighties
The Dallas Times Herald argues public schools must push all students harder not just the gifted. It notes Dallas early on adopted special classes for bright students and plans to broaden advanced math for gifted seniors to raise national leadership. It warns foreign students observe easy US schooling and calls for rigorous study across the student body.
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Dallas
United States
Memories and milestones from Pittsfield past events
In a Lenox Avenue home four generations share life while Berkshire cattle move via Pittsfield to Littleton for tuberculin testing. The Colonial Theater opened six years ago by Sullivan Brothers. A Berkshire official is named conciliation commissioner. Warren Preble earns National Hi-V scholarship at Springfield College. Pittsfield Speech School to reopen its tenth season.
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Lenox Ave
Mary A. Church
Cornelius Adriance
Adriance
John Corkhill Jr
Corkhill
Grace Corkhill
Sullivan Brothers
North Adams
Jacob Gimlich
Columbus Avenue
W. L. Genzmer
Mildred Pauline Gimiich
Asa Lloyd Briggs
Leverett Briggs
Ashaway
R.I
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Littleton
Warren L. Preble
Elliott M. Preble
Noriti St
Springfield College
Katherine Isabel Black
South St
Notes and Footnotes in Local column items mix social scenes
A collage of brief notes describes a protest over Esso souvenirs tied to fuel purchases, IBM offering babysitting costs for employee families, Shapiro Motors showcasing 196 Dodge cars in Worcester, a doctor at South Mountain Family Music Day, council bus talks featuring Bernard Murphy and John Fraser, and other local items. Also mentions weather forecasts, television demonstrations, and a novel unfinished by Owen Johnson.
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Esso
IBM
Shapiro Motors
Worcester
Dodge
National Guard
U.S
William Mills
Berkshire Playhouse
Stockbridge
South Mountain
Ben FE. Cole Jr
Bernard Murphy
John Fraser
Fraor
Murphy
Eagle
Hal Borland
George Bulgarclli
George
Convention Hall
Atlantic City
Bob Hope
Letters to the Editor on Greylock Politics and School Space
Readers in Berkshire County dispute political influence on Greylock Reservation appointments. They cite the commission’s bipartisan history and argue for merit over party, noting local governance and residency rules. The letter also questions kindergarten closures and space for 105 children, urging space in churches or fire stations rather than a regional school. A third reader notes Socialist Labor booth plans at New Jersey State Fair.
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Arthur Robinson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Arthur M. Robinson
Greylock Reservation
Berkshire County
Boston
Greylock
Quarfel
Iself
Marie R. Heinz
Williamstown
The
Eagle
New Jersey
Socialis Labor Party
New York
N.Y
Pittsfield
Nathan Pressman
Ellenville
St Luke's Benefit to Editor of the Eagle
Sister Marie Reparatrice thanks Pittsfield residents for the clothing sale fundraiser aiding St Luke's Hospital. The hospital praises the Auxiliary committee for spirit and support, noting the community’s enthusiasm strengthens hospital service to local health needs.
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St. Luke’s
THE
EAGLE
Sisters of Providence
St. Luke's Hospital
Sister Marie Reparatrice
Lee Kindergarten Ends By School Committee
Parents in Lee faced disruption as the Lee School Committee ends kindergarten classes effective immediately. The Sept. 16 Eagle report notes 105 mothers bought children's clothes in anticipation, and mothers had to arrange private transport at cost, including hiring a taxi for a group from South Lee. the taxi operator incurred extra insurance expenses, all blamed on the belated decision.
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Lee
Eagle
South Lee
Lee School
Happy Ending to editor letter about dog gift
Pam Ryan thanks readers who offered a new dog after her letter in The Eagle. A cocker spaniel puppy, just over two months old, was donated by the Sheridan Kennel in Glendale. Reed St.
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Eagle
Sheridan Kennel
Glendale
Pam Ryan
Our Billion Dollar State Hawaii photographed by Lucien Aigner
Aigner tours Hawaii to showcase its beauty and growth including Ala Moana center and Capehart housing. The piece notes booming tourism, sugar and pineapple trades, rising real estate prices, and a $1 2 billion economy per Newsweek with per capita income of 1821. It warns of potential pitfalls despite strong projected growth.
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Hawaii
Lucien Aigner
Eagle
Paradise
Fifth Avenue
Paris
Ala-Moana
Capehart
Standard O
California
Honolulu
Newsweek
A. 8
Lynes
Great Barrington
Improving Our Schools To the Editor
Alfred Baker Lewis argues the United States must raise education funding and teacher pay to compete with Russia. He notes Russia spends about 15 percent of GNP on education and offers higher teacher salaries, suggesting higher federal aid to secure gifted students and qualified teachers.
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U.S
Derbick
Russia
Alfred Baker Lewis
East 16Th St
New York
N.Y
Surrounded by Symbols Boosts Pontiac 1960 Image
Quotes from Pontiac executives and public figures address how rising American wealth shapes car styling and government welfare views. James Farley distinguishes citizen support for government, while Salvadore Dali claims artistic genius.
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Pontiac
EH. Knudson
Khrushchevs Washington Visit Signals Soviet Drive
Khrushchev in a blunt National Press Club talk presents a fanatically persistent Soviet leader boasting of space and missile feats while pressing for a peace that guarantees a global communist advance. He paints a high productivity, high tech society where propaganda meets hard reality, warning America of a long term strategic challenge.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
National Press Club
Press Club
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Russia
West
America
Aging Musial Meets the Boyish Kennedy in Milwaukee
Stan Musial and John F Kennedy met by chance at a Milwaukee hotel entrance. The Milwaukee Journal framed the moment as irony in attitudes toward age, noting aging Musial at 38 meeting a youthful Kennedy at 42.
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Stan Musial
John F. Kennedy
United States
Milwaukee
The
Milwaukee Journal
America
Musial
Kennedy
Boston Globe
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Robert Underwood Johnson
City Personnel Department
Owen Johnson
Richard V. Happel
Bui
the Eagle
Lee Fire Department
Gregory Guzzo
SLP Literatureditor of the Eagle
Reed St
Nf Ie Eagle
James A. Farley
Salvadore Dali
Cociig
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Hungary
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Vyascheslav P. Yelyutin
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