Council trims ten thousand from school budget
City Council cut 10 000 from the 1964 School Department budget, reducing the bus tickets line from 80 000 to 70 000 on an 8 2 vote. Legal questions loom as City Solicitor Reder will rule before Friday's final approval, with School Committee and state education officials weighing in on authority and potential litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remo del Gallo
George A. Purnell Jr
Raymond FE. Crew John H. Rice
Edwin E. Reder
Recter
James J. Scullary
Joluz J. Quinn
Quinn
Reynolds
Edward L. Dobbins
Dobbins
Owen D. Kiernan
Department
State Department of Education
Pittsfield
Births in Pittsfield area and beyond
Birth notices report multiple newborns today and yesterday. Families listed include Pittsfield couples Mr and Mrs Harry J Berti Cheshire a son. Francis Meezy-Wor 75 Woodlawn Ave a daughter. Edward F Sla ter 31 Pinehurst Ave a daughter. Richard L Sanderson Cheshire a daughter yesterday. Peter J Cullen Dalton a son. John W Roberts 59 Elizabeth St a son. Lester W Coons Canaan NY a daughter yesterday. St Luke s Mrs Paul Gould 31 Brown St a daughter yesterday. At San Juan PR W S Naval Hospital a son for Pfc Eugene T Brady and Mrs Brady former Gloria Guzzo. Grandmother is Mrs Jacob H Sauer born 2%4 Francis Ave. Brady is a Marine. Port Forest IL Mrs R Karl Heye 122 Indian Wood Blvd a daughter yesterday at Ingalls Hospital Harvey IL. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Francis E Douglas 37 Buel St and Mrs and Mrs Gus D Heye 306 New Lenox Rd. The couple have another daughter and a son.
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Pfc
Eugene T Brady
San Juan
P.R
W.S. Naval Hospital
Brady
Gloria Guzzo
William Guzac
Onota St
Jacob H. Sauer
Francis Ave
R. Karl Heye
Indian Wood Blvd
Port Forest
Ill
Ingalls Hospital
Harvey, Ill
Francis E. Douglas
Buel Sr
Gus D. Heye
New Lenox Road
Disaster Flag Mixup At Pittsfield Legion Post
A flag hoisted upside down at the Pittsfield American Legion post headquarters on Wendell Avenue caused brief alarms. The upside down display signaled distress but was a mistake by a club employee, who corrected the error after answering calls. The incident did not reflect an actual disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
American Legion
White Tree Club
Wendell Avenue
Mayor Receives A Kindergartner With Influence
Twenty four Tucker School kindergartners visited Mayor Dillon in City Hall Annex. The youngsters call him Grampa as his grandson Joey Yannone attends the class. Miss Dorothy Palmer taught the field trip. Mrs Elliott Ward, PTA president, attended. Joey presented a key to the city. the mayor showed a box of about a dozen dozen lollipops.
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Tucker School
Elliott Ward
Tucker School Pta
Joey
Dillon
Librizzi
Joey Vannone
Dillona
Dorothy Palmer
Passover Observance Nears Climax
Orthodox and Conservative Jews observe final days of Passover Friday and Saturday with special services at Congregation Knesses Israel on Wendell Avenue and Linden Street. Temple Anshe Amunim begins at 5 15 tomorrow for the seventh day with a Friday Yizkor service at 11. Rabbi Sanford ID Shawblatt Cantor Roberts Alberts plus other officials lead services. children attend junior congregation and temple school events.
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Congregation
Knesses Israel
Wendell Avenue
Sanford Id, Shawblatt
Roberts Albert
Linden Street
Morris R. Fuhrman
Kehath Winfarz
Temple Anshe Amunim
Harold I. Salzmann
Mordecai Bauman
Jacob Aaronson
The
Temple Religious School
Release of Mrs Daniels To Be Asked by Dist Atty
The Berkshire County case notes Ruth Lee Daniels of Lenox Dale held since December 27 as a material witness in the death of her two year old daughter will be sought for release by the district attorney when the county court session opens Monday. The request hinges on serving a parole violation warrant and her possible necessity in trials linked to Robert P. Moulthrop. The list of cases includes 14 slated for Grand Jury review and 16 defendants bound over from District Court on 53 offenses mainly breaking and entering with some morals offenses. other defendants include forgery, auto theft, drunken driving, and statutory rape charges.
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Ruth Lee Daniels
Lenox Dale
District Attorney's
Berkshire County Superior Court
Asst. Dist. Atty
William R. Flynn
Moulthrop
Grand Jury
Mer JL
George E. Baker
North Adams
Clarksburg
John W. Buttery
Weston
Ronald Bixby
Pittsfield
Reginald Cooper l
David M. Hill
Sylvester Bason
James I.sprowson
Berkshire County Long Range Highway Plan Lacks Funding
John D P Warner of the state Department of Public Works announced Berkshire County receives only 124000 of about 85 million in the 1964 highway program. The funds cover engineering work on three future projects including Route 8 at Hodges Crossing North Adams and Route 43 in Hancock. A public hearing in Pittsfield April 36 seeks local input to shape an integrated plan.
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John DP. Warner
State Department of Public Works
Berkshire County
Gov. Peabody
Berkshires
Hodges Crossing
North Adams
Sandisfield
Hancock
Pittsfield
North Junior High School
Warner
Bershire County
Bershires
Coltsville Corriers
Dalton
Sen. Kennedy
Construction Permits Rise in March Totals
March saw twenty eight construction permits issued by Building Inspector William A. Mandell totaling 174 030 dollars, up from February 53 800 dollars. The prior year March 1963 recorded twelve permits totaling 495 000 dollars, including 400 000 for Temple Anshe Ang.
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William A. Mandell
Anshe Ang
Wuildingss
Surplus Clothing Sale Planned After Palm Sunday Drive
Clothing gathered in the Palm Sunday drive for the St. Vincent de Paul Store will be sold to the public tomorrow. Michael Sheehan announces the store distributes clothing to the needy and now offers more than 19 tons of surplus.
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St. Vincent de Paul
Michael Sheehan
Ice-Out Derby at Pontaossuc Lake Canceled
Ice-out derby at Pontaosuc Lake is canceled for this year at General Electric. In prior years a pool among employees predicted the ice-out day, but participation grew too large. The record shows ice-outs occurred on April Fool’s Day in 1936 and 1948, with earliest on March 26 in 1913 and latest on April 30 in 1940. complete records exist from 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontaosuc Lake
General Electric Co
School Officials Ponder New PHS Plan Cost, Capacity
Pittsfield officials debate a $1.9 million Capital Outlay plan to build a comprehensive high school with eventual 1,500 pupil capacity. Supt Reynolds argues for essential core facilities for expansion to 3,500, citing rising costs and comparisons to Mount Greylock and Crosby Junior high. Quinn voices surprise at the recommendation amid Pittsfield’s financial strain, urging delay for economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Reynolds
Reynolds
John H. Fisher
Crosby Junior High
Crosby
John J. Quinn
Pittsfield
Quinn
School System Praised by Dr. Chichakly
Dr. Mark Chichakly of 193 Wendell Ave praised the Pittsfield school system in a letter to Asst. Supt. Lincoln D. Lynch. He and his family moved from Wayland and found the local system as strong as Wayland or any area they have known, with his son and daughter in local elementary schools.
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Mark Chichakly
Wendell Ave
Chichakly
Wayland
Pittsfield
Wayland Or Any Other Area We Have Known.” Dr. Chichakly
Supt
Lincoln _D. Lynch
GE Plans $35 Million Erie Plant Expansion
General Electric will invest 35 million dollars over the next three years at its Erie Pennsylvania plant to add new equipment tools and modernize facilities. A company spokesman cites the improving business climate in Pennsylvania and notes the state unemployment compensation revisions as a factor in expanding at Erie. The plant, founded in 1910, currently employs 7 323 workers and produces locomotives generators DC motors and auxiliary motors for missiles.
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New York
General Electric Co
Erie
Pennsylvania
Gov. Scranton
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Purnell
Harry J. Berti Cheshire
Francis Meezy- Wor
Woodlawn Ave
Edward F. Slater
Pinehurst Ave
Richard L. Sanderson
Cheshire
Peter J. Cullen
John W. Roberts
Elizabeth St
Lester W. Coons
Canaan, N.Y
St. Luke’s
Paul Gould
Brown St
DPW
By A. A. Michelson
Springfield - Holyoke
Worcester
North Shore
South Shore
Boston
Revere
Cambridge
Berkshire Roofing and Insulation Co
Dial
Harry Vincent
Little Cinema
Adv
Dalton Ave
Ruth Ridhe
Clinton Avenue
Culligan Water Conditioning
Lenox
Marino & Grizey
Penguin
Advy
Carl
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