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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1969
Page
7
Publication notice states the paper is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Eagle Publishing Company located at 33 Eagle Street, Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The piece condemns the handling of the Green Beret case as a worldwide propaganda windfall for detractors. It argues the Army bungled the affair by exposing a murdered Vietnamese civilian agent and internal divisions, forced to retreat as the CIA blocks testimony, blaming an ongoing pattern of CIA interference in major U.S. operations.
The piece criticizes CIA ties to the Green Berets amid the Thai murder case, notes government bungling, inflation harms, and endorses Nixon's plan to raise Social Security cost-of-living protections. It argues for an immediate 10 percent benefit boost and higher $1,800 exemption, urging Congress to act to ensure fair treatment for beneficiaries.
Weatherman George J Bulgarellis forecast of faster color change helps Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce as the Fall Foliage Festival runs ahead. Police warn all night parking illegal signaling winter concerns while talks on police outreach and public dialogue draw attention to improving community relations.
In the Wall Street Journal piece Thomas J. Bray argues that black protest groups seek control over union hiring. He notes contractors rely on unions for referrals and certified journeymen cards limit workers’ mobility and wages. He cites clannish unions, generational membership, and strict apprenticeship standards as barriers, with quotes from Nate Smith and a humorous Construction Digest aside.
Looking Back 3 Years Ago Rev. Janeway Gordon recalls a sermon by World War chaplain Rev. John Handler on The Creedless Church. Lenox School for Boys reopened with Rev. G Gardney Monks as headmaster after leave. Walter A. Clark acted interim head. Three new teachers joined the faculty Hugo Reay Randall Norton and Paul Akin. Dr. Margaret Schilling, daughter of Dr. Raymond Schilling, graduated Albany Medical College ten years ago. Louise Sweeney met Princess Beatrix at Albany ball during the Hudson Champlain Festival. Beatrix admired a photo of Sweeney as a four-year-old. Beatrix asked to keep the picture and shook hands with Sweeney. Walt Stugger and Mrs Frank Paddock won Berkshire County doubles tennis championship for the second time in three years.
Francis Condron of Gaithersburg mailed a 1903 Aspinwall Hotel brochure from Lenox Massachusetts to the local history files. The four story 400 room fireproof frame structure burned in April 1931 while being prepared for summer reopening, causing about a million dollars in losses. The article notes architectural details and the hotel’s glamorous past.
Readers debate over overpopulation math and land limits, critique a tax bill loophole and mining taxes, recall a Berkshire hotel farewell, and share a travel license annoyance in Europe. A reader praises the Eagle’s evolving stance and a columnist notes the paper’s shift toward public concern.
A Stockbridge School letter argues youths lack clarity on Vietnam’s causes and the war’s purpose. It condemns political justifications, recalls past rhetoric, and calls for a nationwide Oct. 15 protest and a 9 a.m. teach-in to educate students about the dubious nature of the conflict.
Sen George McGovern argues that youth use of psychotropic drugs mirrors alcohol in adults and urges laws to reflect this reality. He condemns jail terms for marijuana as hypocritical. David Brower announces a new environmental political action group to combat “cirrhosis of the environment.”
Buckley argues for aggressive drug policy including mandatory urinalysis and detention for addicts, cites Rockefeller era programs and ACLU opposition, uses Milton Friedman and Harlem anecdotes to frame addiction as a contagion, and urges state quarantine powers while debating medical versus civil rights concerns.
A father berates his teenage daughter for not speaking during a phone call, asking why she had not spoken for half an hour. She replies that she was told to hold the phone because her friend was having dinner, a humorous Family Weekly anecdote.
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