North Adams Transcript (Newspaper) - December 15, 1978, North Adams, Massachusetts DECEMBER 15,1978 PAGES reject treaty Schneider and Center party Thursday at the First United Methodist Walsh signal the coming of Christmas with their shift trumpets at the Community Day - The Israeli Cabinet today endorsed Prime Minister Menachem Begin's rejection of Egypt's new peace Israel Radio despite U.S. pressure for their and his top aides told Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance Thursday they rejected the modifications in the proposed peace treaty which Vance brought from One Israeli official said they were left Cairo for his shuttle effort having failed to wrap up an accord by the Dec. 17 target set two months ago at Camp officials said Begin was confident a treaty would be signed after more negotiation and considered the target date proposals from President Anwar Sadat which Begin turned down would transfer Egyptian demands rejected earlier by Israel from the treaty itself to letters attached to the treaty as Post reported that the Cabinet was prepared to be flexible on several of the outstanding points it was unwilling to accept the Egyptian demands as Vance presented demand most opposed by the Israelis was for a guarantee of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of the Jordan River by the end of 1979. The while insisting that they will give the Palestinians contend that a deadline would give the Egyptians a pretext for voiding the treaty if there were unavoidable Carter said in an ABC-TV interview that he and his aides done all we could and will continue to do all we can in spite of setbacks and disappointments and frustrations and decision is primarily in the hands now of the Israeli Carter was obvious from the president's comments that he felt not Egypt should change its Transcript Staff NORTH ADAMS - know you'll put this money to good Bob adviser to the White House Council at the middle school wrote to the Santa council members raised for the Santa Fund Friday by running a Christmas bingo game at the Mr. Scrivens said the had a good time and yet were also able to do something for someone other than was one of the many new donations received totaling over fund now stands at slightly over or more than 70 percent toward the unofficial goal of departments of Sprague Electric Co. sent in their contributions accounting for Tlie research center gave the receiving and incoming corporate and industrial QAR and the control the sales 1^.56; field the department 2481, first and department 2481, in memory of Mary Kiel received by Evelyn contributors Aviation 25.00 the people in the Research is selected OS acting CHARLES HELMAN Transcript F. Ceddia was named acting president of North Adams State College by the trustee of the state college system President James T. Amsler leaves Jan. 14 to head Ceddia has held increasingly important administrative posts at the school since appointed assistant director of admissions in 1970. He is executive accepted the job with the provision that le will return to his position as executive vice president when a permanent successor is chosen for Dr. decision not to be an active candidate for the presidency was disappointing to some at the Dr. Amsler had said he would recommend his top administrator for the permanent Marc E. president of the NASC faculty said many faculty would also have supported for the permanent Goldstein also caled the procedures approved by the trustees to search for the next NASC and unfortunately bad urged James T. chancellor of the state and George chairman of the to include faculty representatives on a search the trustees wUl solicit nominations for the NASC presidency from the college community as well as no or administrators from the school will be directly included in the screening and search commitment to a national search came after pressure was exerted by federal affirmative action officers who want women and blacks to be is a break from the practice in the past several years of choosing administrators from within the system without a formal search at the national p. 14 has offer for East PETER G Transcript Staff NORTH ADAMS - Mayor Richard C. Lamb is preparing to offer a new proposal for downtown renewal that will call on East Bay Development Corp. to beef up its Main Street shopping center plan in exchange for city improvement of other facilities in the central business Lamb said Thursday he is proposal for the whole downtown that will probably include the offer of a trade with East Bay calling for a more Street shopping center in return for city improvement of downtown facilities that would complement the mayor said the proposal is still in the formative so he is not yet ready to reveal details of the trade-off he may he indicated the trade might include construction of a parking deck somewhere in the central business district in return for expansion of East Bay's Main Street Lamb said he has not of the proposal with James T. East Bay's vice president of marketing and he said he notified Mr. Chadwick Tuesday that he is putting together such a told him that I hoped they will be open to these he said of his conversation with the development company Bay proposes to build an 84,232 shopping center on the city's Main Street urban p. 14 Moslems attack Iran - Shiite Moslem fanatics attacked a Pepsi-Cola plant and other businesses and homes belonging to Bahai sect members in southern and 40 of the mob were killed soldiers whose homes were among those informed sources reported local photos on p. 6 sources said scores of the Moslems were an army corporal was killed and his family fled with hundreds of other Bahais to a nearby mountain village for refuge and that scores of attackers were attack on the affluent occurred Thursday in the Shiraz suburb of Among the homes set ablaze were those of a former army intelligence chief and several noncommissioned the sources has been the scene of frequent demonstrations against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi since violence erupted against his rule in there are only about 700,000 Bahais in they have always played a prominent role in economic and military This has been a sore point with the leaders of the Shiite to which most of Iran's 34 million people and in the early stages of their campaign against the shah's Westernization they put pressure on him to dismiss Bahais in influential an attempt to pacify the the shah replaced bank several generals and the president of Iran retired Gen. All Mohammad Khademi later committed suicide because of accusations he misappropriated Iran Air the government But members of his family said he was assassinated by unknown sheriff for county faces challenging and incoming 11.00 5.00 29.56 10.00 5.00 10.00 Electric Co. industrial Electric Electric Sprague Electric Adams Sons of Italy A. Sprague CHARLES HELMAN Transcript years of deterioration and there is a faint light of hope shining for the 108-year-old Berkshire County Jail and House of Correction in the person of Carmen C. Berkshire's County's new Mr. Massimiano will not be officially sworn in by Gov. Michael A. Dukakis until Dec. 27, the former chief probation officer of the Berkshire County Superior Court is already on the facing a seemingly endless series of takes over a 30-man staff which supervises 75 Since deputy jail master Henry Como died in the county jail has been a ship without a sheriff John D. Courtney of had little to do with operation of the leaving the prison employees to cope with the task as best they jail is the focal point of a suit filed in federal court by Western Massachusetts Legal Services on behalf of the It charges the old Victorian building is a fire and health that prisoners receive inadequate medical and that there is insufficient access to a law jail has been cited by several state agencies for non-compliance with penal despair at the painted blue and green brick the wooden tiers and the plaster that is chipping in But considering its the jail is relatively Mr. Massimiano a far cry from modern institutions such as the Worcester County constructed only Electric and Mary Shields Mr. and Mrs. Rocco and Dorothy Trimarchi Norman and Pauline Trottier - In lieu of Christmas cards to memory of Bernard from his parents 4n lieu of local Christmas Santa p. 14 meeting to raise oil 2 persons attend first CDC girls Hoosac Valley 12 TV News 18,19 the local institution is kept and is in better shape than some overcrowded jail Massimiano pledges to make major improvements in the facility if he is given the necessary funds and support by the Berkshire County said he would ask a firm specializing in prison lock systems to propose a way to automate the double locks on cell doors that pose a fire Cells are locked both individually and In case of a cells have to be unlocked one by hate to be locked into one of those cells if a real blaze broke Mr. Massimiano have been regular minor fires in the brick cell but no Injuries have Mr. Massimiano said he would institute a plan for fire drills and an evacuation route that would be adhered to at all would also install screens to make it impossible for inmates on the upper tiers to fall over the iron Only some of the tiers are screened county commissioners want to a new jail and have continues with 8) The low 20. partly metal cup and clothing hang by a cell door at the County The at which is used to cover the is against the rules but the regulation is not strictly enforced to allow inmates some privacy when using the
