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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
18
Stockbridge residents at a special meeting endorsed a new high school, ending a decade of space shortages and internal dispute. Voters rejected other warrant articles to concentrate on the ambitious plan, signaling strong support and unity. The school survey committee earned praise for guiding the town to a practical construction proposal.
An analysis dispels the myth that the very rich are vanishing or overtaxed. IRS data show tens of thousands with dividend income over 50 000 and nearly 400 with incomes above 1 million, while many employ legal methods to reduce tax burdens. The piece argues millionaires remain numerous and wealth has grown with government.
The first of three polio vaccine feedings using Sabin oral vaccine will be held Sunday in Pittsfield Dalton and Lee. The campaign, sponsored by the Berkshire District Medical Society, urges large turnout as the vaccine offers lifelong immunity and requires no needles.
A column mixes local notes from Mt. Hope Farm in Williamstown about closing the farm store and gifting shop, selling the mansion’s future, and a Lenox Hill Hospital inheritance. It also mentions a Worth Adams industrial shell building, MIT metallurgy displays, and a plan for instant Army barracks. Other items include a Benedict-era theft of alligators and Pittsfield Town Players archival gaps.
Letters laud CBS In ternational Zone with Alistair Cooke as UN observer. Berkshire Chapter of the American Association for the United Nations endorses the program. Other readers discuss civil rights, race, and community efforts, urging unity and equal opportunity amid ongoing national tensions.
Washington analysis argues the segregation conflict harms national standing and policy progress. It cites Birmingham bombing, Senate gridlock on civil rights and tax cuts, growth of radical right, party fragmentation risks, and erosion of law and order, while noting Northern efforts to curb segregation differ in vigor.
A witty Wall Street Journal line suggests a drastic cure for crime by having the government run illicit activity, framing a provocative critique of law enforcement and private crime economies. The remark satirically questions effectiveness of private crime versus state control.
The 43rd annual reunion of the 37th Massachusetts Volunteers was held in Springfield on the 49th anniversary of the Battle of Winchester. A new building at the West Pittsfield tuberculosis camp opens this afternoon, funded by a $7,500 gift from A. A. Sprague. Local families and school events are mentioned alongside fair winners and ribbon awards at Barrington Fair.
Allan C. Boschen urges reconsideration of arms economics after hearing Seymour Melman on disarmament. He argues war spending harms economy and that defense cuts should transfer capital to private enterprise. He calls for retrenchment and invites readers to obtain Melman’s address and copies.
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