Litano calls unity session of GE unions
Albert I Litano, resuming IUE Local presidency at GE, urged a unity session including UE and other GE locals. He wants immediate meetings of conference boards and local unions to press for coordinated or consolidated negotiations before 1966, and rejects a merger with UAW while backing Jennings.
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Litano
The
General Electri¢ Co
Albert I. Litano
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
the Eagle
United Electrical Workers Union
WWE
1UE
IVE
Pittsfield
Joseph J. LaCasse
Tnday
Lilano
Eagle
Carey
Better Roofs for Less and Berkshire Roofing Co Ad
A collage of ads promoting roofing services by Berkshire Roofing Co and others. Includes Better Roofs for Less Al Gaviorno, Connor Pharmacy contact numbers, Leaky Roof repairs by Carl Harry Vincent, aluminum siding with DX-12 surface, and Red Sox transportation via Yellow Coach Lines. Also notes Donovans Top Soil, Ashmere Lake Casino season opening, and John Galletly's Orch advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Harry Vincent
Berkshire Roofing Co
Dial
Harry Vincent
Ashmere Lake
Hinsdale
John Galletly
Orch
Adv
End of Onota Lake Pumping Planned Friday Night
Public Works Commissioner John F. Daniels orders the end of Onota Lake pumping after Friday afternoon shift as rainfall improves city water. The lake has served since last fall as an emergency supply and pumping will run until week end to offset water used to flush supply mains. Silt build up in mains due to months of taw water will be flushed later this year. usual flushing of distribution mains will not occur.
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Public Works
John F. Daniels
Onota Lake
Daniels
Eagle Honored For Record of Delivery Trucks
The American Publishers Association and the International Circulation Managers Association awarded The Berkshire Eagle a certificate of merit for operating its delivery trucks accident free over 2,19 miles in 196? The mileage reflects Eagle trucks only, not the 150,000 miles by 14 independent drivers delivering about 2,600 Eagles daily. Eagle drivers Feagle list Harold Blair Paul Lasch William Curley Joseph Amerio James Campagna Martin Glendon Jr. received cash bonuses for every accident free quarter.
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American Publishers Association
International Circulation Managers Association
Berkshire Eagle
Joseph Caneilla
Eagle
Feagle
Harold Blair
Paul Lasch
William Curley
Joseph Amerio
James Campagna
Martin Glendon Jr
Mr. Cancilla
Parents Nights Set At St. Josephs High School
St Josephs High hosts two parents nights on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9. Families with last names A through M attend Wednesday, while names N through Z come Thursday. Parents are urged to arrive promptly and bring any requested materials.
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St. Joseph’s High
St. Joseph’s High School
Pittsfield Capital Plan Faces Delays and Weak Oversight
City master plan from 1962 highlighted a six year capital program for projects over a million dollars. While sewer expansion and fire station work advance, crucial items like a new high school, city hall, and downtown renewal lag. The Capital Outlay Committee is ineffective, bypassed, and meets irregularly, hindering orderly progress as the Shade Tree Commission prepares to plant 150 young trees in the coming days.
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Pittsfield
Cleveland
Pittsfield Plans More Trees Citywide Initiative
Pittsfield expands its tree program aiming to plant nearly 2 500 since the commission began in 1987. About 2 65 trees annually since 1964 through a plan to replace dead trees and beautify barren streets, with 10 varieties mostly along residential areas.
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Commission
Harvey Lake
Dick L. Boyce
Berkshire County Extension Service
Kingsley R. Fall
Shade Tree Commission
Public Works
John F. Daniels
Downtown Association
North Street
Pro-Jennings slate wins Local 255 delegate posts
A pro Jennings slate won a decisive victory at IUE Local 255 GE Pittsfield meeting installing Alberto Lilano as president. Delegates elected to the GE Conference Board and New England District Council. Other officials pledged support for Jennings after Carey loss. Local 255 plans a $100 weekly contribution to Local 191 in Rome Georgia amid a three week strike.
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Jennings
LUE
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Whicch
Alberto Lilano
Joseph J. LaCasse
Lilano
Paul J. Jennings
James B. Carey
Reunion
New England
Francis
Hank) Barber
Robert Scott
K. John Sykes
Gerald F. Doyle
Sykes
Doyle
LaCasse
Litano Forces
IUE
Bridgeport
Frank Russa
Michael Frazzita
John Simeno
Litano
John H. Callahan
Schenectady
Local 255
Callahan
the Eagle
Leo Jandreau
Carey
International Union
Jandreau
George V. DiPalazzo
Rome
Hammond Urges Letter Drive Against Mt Greylock Tramway
Sen George D Hammond urged opponents of the Mt Greylock tramway to write Senate Ways and Means Committee members to support abolition of the Mt Greylock Tramway Authority. The bill, backed by the Mt Greylock Protective Association, seeks to end the tramway plan amid broad organizational endorsements and a large supporter base.
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Mt. Greylock
George D. Hammond
R-Westfield
Senate
Ways and Means
Sen. Hammond
Ways and
James F. Burke
Mary L. Fonseca
Charles V. Horan
Mario Antana
James P. Burak
Wart ¥ Della Russo
William X. Wall
Dennis L. McKenna
John F. Parker
Charles A. Bisbee Jr
Lenox Native Promoted by GE in Bridgeport
Roger J. Rollet of Mortigan HL a Lenox native has been promoted by General Electric Co to manager of the accessory equipment business section in Bridgeport Conn He is a Lenox High School graduate who joined GE in 1936 via the apprentice toolmaker course He has served in Morrison since 1956 most recently as manager of manufacturing for the appliance control division The section makes switches cords and other accessories for GE and other firms Prior to Morrison he was superintendent and manufacturing specialist for the GE electrical instrument section in West Lynn He also served as plant superintendent of GE's meter department in Somersworth NH He is married with five children.
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Roger J. Rollet
Mortigan
Lenox
General Electric Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Rollet
Lenox High School
Morrison
West Lynn
Somersworth
N.H
Pilot Critically Hurt In Cheshire Seaplane Crash
Richard A. Balakier, 29, of Chicopee, a student pilot, remained in critical condition at W. B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital Adams after a solo flight seaplane crash at Cheshire. He had landed on and taken off from Hoosac possibly during the mishap.
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Euston
Richard A. Balakier
Chicopee
Jenks Road
Cheshire
Northeast Airmotive Corp
Agawam
Ayotte
Albert Griswold
Balakier
Mie
Connecticut River
Solomon Cole
Richard P. Ceili
Pittsfield
Uproar at Cranwell School Said to Be Hoax
Cranwell School officials say reports of a student demonstration in the dining hall were a hoax. They note a senior weekend cancellation stemmed from vacation schedule changes rather than a real protest. A caller named Andrew O'Connor was identified as not presently at the school, with possible misidentification by a past graduate.
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LENOX
Cranwell School
Jesuit Secondary
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Andrew O'Connor
Andrew Sr. O'Connor
Larchmont
N.Y
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Thomas
Morton
U.S. Department of Labor
Oday
Springfield
UIE
United Automobile Workers
Internaional Association of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American
GE Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Labor Department
al Gaviorno
Connor Pharmacy
West Housatanic Street
Red Sox
Yellow Coach Lines
Donovan's
Merriam Street
City Hall
By Edward K. Shanahan
Maurice of
Union
District 7
Pittsburgh
Hammond
Cranwell
Mac
Antonio Ayotle
Ayotle
Nancy Cole
Berkshire Curtain Shop
Judy
Claire
Brighton Three-O
Fran
Hathaway's
Hathaway
Madras
Dacron
North St
Summer St
Hickey Freeman and
Hart Schaffner Ke Marx
Arrow Shirts
Florsheim
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