Fresh Air Children to Return to Berkshire Hills
Ninety five New York City's East Harlem and Puerto Rican youths aged 5 to 11 are slated to visit the Berkshires July 9 to July 23 under the Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund. Mrs Norton, chair of the Pittsfield Area Council of Churches Friendly Town, asks local hosts to help accommodate five additional children to avoid disappointing them. Longer stays possible if hosts desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
East Hirrem
Herkshires
Hianley H. Norton
Pittsfield Area
Pittsfield
Herald-Tribune Fresh Air Fund
East Harlem
Berkshires
Norton
Gerard V. Conway
Alvin Kass
Donald K. Niger
Conway
Mayor Explores Police Commission Idea in City Charter Debate
Boston area notes report Mayor Dillon supports exploring a police commission as a charter change study group considers reforms. The envisioned board would oversee the Police Department, consist of three to five unpaid members, and require charter modification to establish authority shift from the mayor. The proposal emerges amid charter study discussions.
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Dillon
Spe
Berkshire Downs racing license hearings hinge on finances
The Racing Commission weighs Berkshire Downs license amid reports of $500,000 in unsecured debts and a $9,000 cash balance. A 24 day season and a $35,000 bond are discussed as conditions, with Berkshire County Fair showing a deficit of about $18,000. The Committee of 1,000 lawyers urged substantial deposits before licensing.
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Berkshire Downs
Racing Commission
George Washington Vivino
New York
Leo J. Madden
Wellesley
Grover T. O'Brien
Chicopee
Paul F. Walsh
New Bedford
Walgatt
Madden
Vivino
Dario
Lincoln Downs
Rhode Island
Berkshire County Fair
Berkshire County Fair Association
Straleau Reappointment To Mt Everett Hits Snag
Governor Peabody’s reappointment of William G. Straleau to the Mount Everett Reservation Commission is tabled after Democratic opposition in Great Barrington. Edward J. Tierney of Pittsfield is favored for the state Board of Fisheries and Game, with ongoing discussions and party support noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Sullivan
Springfield
Democratic Town Committee of
Great Barrington
William G. Straleau
Sheffield
Mount Everett Reservation Commission
Edward J. Tierney
Pittsfield
State Board of Fisheries and Game
Lawrence A. Barbieri
Gov. Peabody
Tierney
Governor's Council
Patrick #. Callaghan
Fittsfield
Sullivan
Gov
Peabody
Strabean
Straleau
William F. Barrett Jr
Carl J. Chiaretto
Washington
Democratic Town Committee
Donald J. Graham
Mount Everett
Thomas J. Graham
Arlos
Arles
Dillon Briefed On Long Range DPW Projects
Mayor Dillon was briefed Friday on the city’s long range public works needs at a session with Public Works Commissioner John F. Daniels and John J. Donna, chairman of the Capital Outlay Committee. The backlog of capital outlay projects totals 2.7 million. Dillon could not estimate this year’s capital outlay request.
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Dillon
John F. Daniels
John J. Donna
DPW
Councillor Sullivan Vermont Bas To Be Feted April 26 Schedule Issued In Plainfield
A reception for Governor's Councillor Raymond F. Sullivan will be held Sunday April 26 at 5 p.m. at Plainfield Villa Plainfield. The event is open to all friends of Sullivan and will feature a smorgasbord supper. Vermont Transit Lines announces their spring schedule effective April 26 with Daylight Saving Time. daily departures to Bennington Manchester Rutland Middlebury Burlington and Montreal move to 2 10 p.m. from 2 45 p.m.
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Sullivan
Vermont
Plainfield
Raymond F. Sullivan
Plainfield Villa
Warren Carver
Democratic Town Committee of
Plainville
Carver
Vermont Transit Lines
A. C. Wolcott
Bennington
Manchester
Rutland
Middlebury
Burnington
Montreal
Sheffield Plays Schedule by Friendly Union
The Sheffield Friendly Union schedules two plays by Mount Everett Regional School drama clubs next Friday at 8 in Dewey Memorial Hall. The Senior High group, directed by Miss Virginia Lea Stowe, performs A Ghost in the House by Helen Louise Miller with a listed cast. The junior high club presents No body Sleeps by Guernsey Le Pelly. seventh graders comprise the cast, directed by Mrs. Janice Keefner. Public welcome.
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Friendly Union
Sheffield
Sheffield Friendly Union
Mount Everett
Dewey Memorial Hall
Virginia Lea Stowe
Helen Louise Miller
George Crockett
Anna Meyer
Carla Tullar
Carol Stevens
Martha Brewer
Guernsey le Pelly
Penny Funk
Barbara McNamara
Debra Kelsey
Rose Wright
Patti Irvine
Irene Klein
Susan Ruska
Janice Keefner
Historic Ring Stolen in Boston
AP reports jewelry valued at about $10,000 stolen from two show cases in the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. The ring is said to have belonged to the wife of John Hancock, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Police sought leads Friday night.
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Boston
John Hancock
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
French A-Tests To Be Discussed
New Zealand Prime Minister Keith J Holyoake will meet French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville next week to discuss proposed French nuclear tests in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
N.Z
Pacific
New Zealand
Keith J. Holyoake
Maurice Couve de Murgille
City Council weighs 60 items including high school plan
City Council meets Tuesday to hear Mayor Dillon’s bid for a 12 member high school building commission led by Roger Wellington and to confirm the panel. The agenda includes 180000 for employee raises, 14469 for Berkshire Athenaeum, and an auditing committee proposal for economy. Two hearings target storage licenses for Berkshire Contractors at 360 Columbus Ave and Grossman Distribution Centers at 1277 East St.
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Dillon
Roger W. Wellington
Dilton
Berkshire Athenaeum
Joseph S. Scelsi
Berkshire Contractors, Inc
Columbus Ave
Grossman Distribution Centers, Inc
East
Hinckley Reelected VFW Auxiliary President In Meeting
Mrs Kenneth L Hinckley was reelected president of the Lt Join N Truden Auxiliary of Post 448 Veterans of Foreign Wars at the post home. Officers named included Mrs Edward Dubiski senior vice president and Mrs Christopher J Martini junior vice president. Re elected were Mrs Alphonse F Barbarotta conductor and Mrs Samuel B Greene chaplain. Four delegates to the Hyannis Port convention were named with alternates also selected and district officers to be elected in May.
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Kenneth L. Hinckley
Join N. Truden
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post Home
Edward Dubiski
Christopher J. Martini
Albert Prentiss
David Sperlonga
Alphonse F. Barbarotta
Samuel B. Greene
Florence Melle
Henry Como
Dorothy Tifft
John A. Spagnuolo
Mary Starsiak
Edward W. Lutz
John J. Breen
Stanley Knysh
Hyannis Port
Dubiski
Barbarotta
Arthur F. Brassard
George T. Delaney
Breen
Knysh
Charles J. Simonelli
Joseph Liverseidge Jr
Francis J. Briggs
Barbarosta
Lutz
Starsiak
Brassard
Martini
Carlo C. DeLuce
William J. Todd
Bernard M. Croteau
Delaney
Tifft
Spagnuolo
Edgar W. Phelps
Funerals for Mrs Stockley Brundage Fleming and more
Funeral notices outline services for Mrs Mary B Brundage Mrs Walter J Stockley and Mr Bernard B Fleming of Middlefield with High Mass Requiem at St Josephs Church and burial at St Josephs Cemetery Bearers include multiple surnames and a Becket American Legion firing squad will perform taps at North Beckett Cemetery
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Walter J. Stockley
Bendvenga
St. Joseph’s Church
Raymond A. Lanoue
John H. McDonnell
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Beavers
Robert E. and
James R. Stockley Jr
John J. Provenzano
James F. Blache
Joseph Bilotta Jr
Louis F. Bigelow Jr
Ane suneVar
Willam
FB. Fanning Sr
Condron
St. Mark’s Church
Thomas Finn
Frederick G. Dion
Edward D. Shea
Father Dion
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Eugene Quirk
Charles Mougin
John and
Walter Sitzman
James R. Clary
Frank Moynihan
Mary B. Brundage
Francis Ave
St. Joseph's Church
Thomas F. Curran
John J. McDonnell
Father McDonnell
Stanley Milievski
Raymond A. Ferrarin
Joseph Burton Jr
William Moesley
Robert Burnick
Frank E. Brundage
Bernard B. Fleming
Middlefield
St. Patrick’s Church
Hinsdale
Joseph F. Holland
Becket American Legion
Edward E.murray
Kenneth R. Gillette
Arthur L. Johnson
Frank M. Carl
Lynn Brooks
J. Walter Ferris
Francis W. Lane
Roland A. Daigle
John Moore
Charles H. Willey
John H. Meiers
Robert Garceau
North Becket Cemetery
Holland
Roger Gillette
Legion Post
K. R. Gillette
Yugoslavia Cuts Army Service to Eighteen Months
Belgrade AP Yugoslav Cabinet approves a bill reducing compulsory army service from 24 months to 18 months while naval service remains at 24 months. The change affects conscripts and military training across the country with no change to naval obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Beyond the Class Session Panel At Morningside Baptist
A Monday evening panel at Morningside Baptist Church discusses beyond the class session during a workers conference at 7 30. Mrs John Van Lund Lenox presents the parent viewpoint alongside community leader Robert Thomason and Prof Donald Lathrop Berkshire Community College teacher perspective. An informal Q&A follows. Devotions led by Mr and Mrs John A Ackley with refreshments by Mrs Herbert E Passler and Mrs Joe G Stitt Jr. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morningside Baptist Church
John van Lund
Lenox
Robert Thomason
Donald Lathrop
Berkshire Community College
Robert W. Frisch
Church Board of Education
Airman Kerichenko reassigned after jet engine course
Airman Kerichenko, son of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Kerichenko of 72 Winship Ave, is reassigned to Charleston AFB South Carolina after graduating from the U S Air Force jet engine mechanics course at Sheppard AFB Texas He was trained in inspection repair and assembly of jet and turbo propeller engines He attended Pittsfield High School and entered the Air Force in October 1963 Airman Carrigan graduates and is assigned to a TAC unit as an Air Force photographer after completing NCO Preparatory School at Shaw AFB South Carolina He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Carrigan of 257 Peck's Road and is a St Joseph's High School graduate from Pittsfield
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John R. Kerichenko
Nicholas Kerichenko
Winship Ave
Charleston Afb
S. C
U.S. Air Force
Sheppard, Afb
Texas
Kerichenko
Pittsfield High School
Air Force
Carrigan
J.C. James J. Carrigan
William J. Carrigan
Peck’s' Road
Shaw Afb
S.C
Tactical Air Command
St. Joseph's High School
Pittsfield
Youths Reject Plan To Lower Voting Age In Boston
Delegates at the 17th annual Student Government Day rejected Gov Endicott Peabody's proposal to lower the voting age to 18. About 450 delegates, paired with state officials, also rejected bills banning liquor advertising and regulating offensive advertising. A merit rating bill for motor vehicle insurance passed overwhelmingly.
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Boston
UPI
Endicoitt
Eabody
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Joe
David Casey
Peck’s Road
Onota Lake Causeway
Mt. Everett
Peter G. Arlos
Democratic City Committee
Bracknell
Tunis
Bedkie
New High School Commission
K. EL. Hinckley
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Walia F. Fanning Sr
Wae
Morningside Baptist
Te Sloe
Chonan
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Dow
Sterling Department
Kahl
J.F. Kahl Co. Registered Jeweler
American Gem Society
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