North Adams Transcript (Newspaper) - November 16, 1978, North Adams, Massachusetts YEAR 61 NORTH NOVEMBER 16,1978 28 PAGES tannery may MICHAEL E. BURKE Transcript company known as the Berkshire Tanning Corp. has proposed opening a leather tanning factory in the closed R.J. Widen Co. plant on Ashton owners of the Warner L. Smith of Williamstown and Heinz Keller of Wednesday night received permission to send discharge from the tanning process into the Hoosac Water Quality District wastewater treatment Smith said today he cannot announce a date for opening nor predict the number of jobs the proposed new industry will He said all of these items are factors in delicate commissioners and the state Division of Water Pollution Control have agreed to permit the proposed enterprise to send its discharge to for processing under limits similar to those required of the old Widen J. Dupuis of the water pollution control division advised the commission that discharge from the Widen tannery was included in the design of the wastewater treatment which became operational in November 1976. state and commissioners approved accepting discharge from the tannery provided the discharge is for pH sulfite oil and grease removal and some removal of Smith told commissioners he will use already existing facilities at the Ashton Avenue factories to daily effluent can total no more than 300,000 gallons per day and can carry no more than 1,250 pounds of biochemical oxygen demand and 750 pounds of total suspended Smith said negotiations involve state and federal sources but he did not detail Smith told commissioners the Berkshire Tanning Corp. will contract for services within 90 days of its acquisition of the Ashton Avenue Smith said he believed advanced publicity on the details of the new enterprise would jeopardize Smith was formerly vice president and treasurer of R.J. Widen Co. until that company ceased operations in 1976. He then served as plant for the Seton Leather Company which operated the Ashton Avenue plant until June 1978. Keller was most recently vice president and general manager of Granite State Leathers a He is a native of Germany where his family was in the leather according to IDC principles also said they owe a debt of gratitude to local agencies and government officials for help in starting the They singled out Mayor Richard C. Lamb and Gordon C. executive director of the Lane accompanied Mr. Smith and Mr. Keller to many trips to Boston to meet with state and private Gasland stations to in Transcript photographer Randy perfect union with his was this weekend as he hovered in the air suspended in motion by the camera of currents around Mt. Stations here are out of gasoline and at least until the beginning of the according to two station managers E. manager of the Gasland station on State said he received word from his superiors at Good Hope Industries based in that his station will close He said they told him he will be closed at least until early 1979. manager of the Gasland station on River Street also said today the station will close this She did not want to be say they're out of of the word from corporate Gentes said Gasland prices at the pump have increased five cents per gallon in the past The River Street dealer reported a four cent A 63.9 cent per gallon current price was being quoted for regular manager of the Gasland on Columbia Street in said today that his station will not close but will be open only from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through price there is now 63.9 cents per gallon for regular but it go up again this The price already reflects a recent two-cent he has closed all of its stations in but has refused to accept telephone calls from according to the Associated of regular gasoline in western Massachusetts reportedly have increased five cents per gallon since last Friday on orders from corporate headquarters in p. 14 need changes in Mideast - Faced with a virtual deadlock in Mideast peace President Carter said today the Camp David agreements might have to be modified to complete a peace treaty between Egypt and a breakfast meeting with Carter said he was disappointed that the negotiations had become He said that initially he had expected the two sides could reach agreement a very few now more than a month are snagged over a dispute over Palestinians and a handful of other met in midmorning with Egyptian Vice President Hosni who was delivering President Anwar Sadat's response to an American compromise proposal for overcoming the Palestinian idea of the U.S. be to link the treaty to moves to establish Palestinian autonomy on the West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza sides are acting in good Carter he Egypt and Israel are interpreting the frameworks reached at Camp David in September to their own best One set a basis for an the other the groundwork for negotiating the Palestinian reach Carter a few cases it might be necessary to modify the Camp David president called the talks a frustrating The differences between the he are but significant politically and See p. 14 plane found on Maine six-state air and ground search for a missing airplane from Maine ended Wednesday when the aircraft and six bodies were found on a mountainside in 12 miles from the New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol officers and a cadet from Harriman Airport were ready to board a search plane bound for Main the downed passenger plane was reported spotted by a Maine Wildlife official from a conducted extensive searches since early The plane had taken off from and was overdue at flight path would have taken the plane over the Greenfield Local CAP officials participated in the planes from New York state Monday flew line searches the Berkshires in case the plane had according to George F. commander of the local CAP Elmer Potter and Barbara two CAP and Cadet Shawn were deployed Wednesday in Turners New York's central search when word came of the Maine and federal today were trying to determine the cause of the crash of the plane that went down in remote woods of western plane carried a 22-year-old pilot and five who were en route from Canada to It burned upon impact when it crashed into Plumbago Mountain in apparently some time officials identified by friends and were Peter 22, the of St. New Thomas 35, believed to be from New p. 14 students walk out of Hoosac DAVID VALLETTE Transcript with parents of students who walked out of classes Wednesday at Hoosac Valley High School began this morning with disciplinary action promised for the 111 students who walkout was staged just after classes ended about 10:40 a.m. when a group of students collected in the hallway with complaints about insufficient heat students were eventually locked out of the building after attempts to get them to return failed and they began to disturb classes from school officials They will not be allowed back until after their individual conferences are of the parents have complained that they were not notified about the walkout and and ' also that their children must stay school until a conference can be Adams mother said the earliest appointment she could get was Tuesday She called it punishment before trial and said the missed classes can't be made Her son was refused entrance this she mother from Savoy was irate that her son and said she drove him back after he told her of the lockout only to admittance to principal William J. students refused the request of Vice Principal Thomas Condron to return to the Attempts to talk students out of leaving proved The students walked away from the building to the grandstands at the football council officers also tried to convince the students to go back p. 14 die in air Sri Lanka 200 Indonesian pilgrims en Toute home from Mecca were killed in the crash of a chartered Icelandic airliner while landing at the Colombo airport in a severe the Embassy said - Hospital spokesmen said there more than 60 The jetliner was to refuel in this island nation off the tip of India then fly on to the of East It crashed about a mile short of the runway just before plowed up 400 jards of coconut broke three sections and burst into Saudi Arabian government clerk Amir said he was looking out from his window as the plane made its I saw the wing hit he ihe plane rolled violently and I heard a I looked around for my wife and saw her wedged in the People around were I low 20s. mostly rain high 40. my wife out when I saw the first His wife was hospitalized with serious Airlines said there were 246 passengers and 13 airline aboard eight crew members and five flying as Five of the airline nationalities of the crew members were not immediately but the airline said no Americans were aboard the The Indonesian Embassy here said today the death toll stood at 199 and all the dead were passes all understanding how anybody at all could have come after a wreck like said one surveying the of charred and twisted of the survivors walked from the crash site to the Ambulances took them to a nearby air force hospital or to the Ngumbo about 20 miles to the mid-day police and air force personnel cutting through the smoldering wreckage had recovered almost 100 Many victims were still strapped in their of the four engines were torn off and hurled far from the impact Brightly colored Moslem prayer other belongings and bodies littered the angry at city bills could total A soccer TV of the late Bernard Bullett gather around a table to discuss plans for a Saturday on station to benefit the Bucky Bullett Memorial The fund will establish scholarships at local high schools and purchase a permanent monument to Mr. Around are Frank Costa of Richard retired Joseph Hoosac Valley athletic John Mt. Greylock athletic Joseph chairman of the Friends of Bucky Bullett and Arlon Nelson of
