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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1969
Page
7
Massachusetts newspapers adopt the 1963 Bar-Press Guide to protect press freedom individual rights and the presumption of innocence, aligning with the state’s early group of 26 dailies.
The House approved a constitutional amendment for direct presidential elections by 839 to 70, far beyond a two-thirds threshold. It argues direct election would replace the Electoral College, while noting risks of fraud, nationwide recounts, and the challenge of Senate approval and state ratification.
A New York judge lamented the practice of issuing unsolicited credit cards after a convict was sentenced for buying $50,000 in goods with stolen cards. The piece critiques mass mailings by banks and others, notes rising stolen-card prices, and questions inflationary effects on the economy. It also touches on public figures and local policy concerns, including day care expansion and highway bypass criticism.
Jacques Barzun argues in The American University that the modern era has transformed higher education into a research driven, public demand responding system. He claims the shift from teaching to research damaged unity of knowledge and left students adrift, dismissing the era’s colleges as increasingly parochial and misdirected.
Frederick Rudolph, Mark Hopkins Professor at Williams College, argues that Barzun misreads American higher education. He defends the university’s plural purposes from Civil War origins to present, noting democracy, public service, and research shape a diverse, vital system rather than a nostalgia for aristocratic aims.
A reader questions Health Commissioner Stein over a Sept 16 Eagle report noting bacteria in an unidentified city district water sample. The letter urges disclosure of the affected area, contending public safety requires clarity, while Stein maintains the condition is not dangerous and no household precautions are needed.
Fundamentalist Protestants begin shifting toward liberal social policies on race peace and poverty while preserving core doctrines. A 4700-member, six-day United States Congress on Evangelism across denominations signals a new evangelical ecumenism focusing on social action, not new organizations, with leaders citing racial tension youth pressure and heritage broadening evangelical reach.
Church officials and parishioners remain deadlocked over installing air conditioning in the parsonage as they anticipate the minister’s sermon on the bulletin board titled Withered Thou Goest. The Wall Street Journal notes the topic signals ongoing tensions between humor and practicality.
The National Labor Relations Board faces eight months of contract talks with its Professional Employes Union. A session ended bitterly after an NLRB official allegedly told the unionists it was the board's charity that allowed some to stay employed, a remark cast as a personal grievance rather than a policy shift.
Beacon Hill weekly reports Mossy Donahue seeks young voter appeal with a maximum exposure strategy. He stresses environment, higher education, labor realities, and anti drug measures while acknowledging youth distrust of past Democratic achievements and labor ties.
William M. Bennett, former California public utilities commissioner and leader of a drive against large pipeline interests, argues that corporate management’s primary legal duty is to maximize profits for stockholders, challenging any nonproductive expenditure such as pollution controls.
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