War Between Russia and China Foreseen by Newspaperman
Newspaperman Harrison Salisbury warned at Hon. Valley Regional High School that rapid China population growth and persistent Communist rivalry with the Soviet Union could spark a Sino Soviet war. He cited China’s looming one billion people by 1970 and possible expansion into Burma and border areas, warning there are no bystanders in a nuclear conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls Village
Conn
China
Soviet Union
Harrison Salisbury
Moscow
United Press
New York Times
Salisbury
Hon. Satanic Valley
Opinions Unlimited
West
Lenin
Stalin
Trotsky
Mr. Salisbury
Russia
United States
India
Chiang Kaishek
Burma
Aly. Salisbury
France
Cadet Wary to Receive ROTC Award at Gannon
In Erie Pennsylvania Cadet Edmund F Wary a freshman from Pittsfield Mass is among 33 cadets at Gannon College ROTC Brigade who will receive awards at ROTC awards day Tuesday The award from the Chicago Tribune recognizes achievement and proficiency in military science Wary a 1963 graduate of St Josephs High School is the son of Mr and Mrs Edmund Wary of West Housatonic Street Pittsfield He heads the freshman student council at Gannon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Edmund F. Wary
Piusfield
Mass
Gannon College
Wary
Chicago Tribune
St. Joseph’s High School
Edmund Wary
West Housatonic St. Pittsfield
Gannon
Police Briefs Reported Illness and Property Thefts
The ambulance carried Charlotte Robinston to St Luke s Hospital after she fell ill at 3 Westchester Ave. She was admitted. William Cripps reported his $18 battery charger stolen Saturday night. Mrs George Houghtaling said the rear window of her station wagon was broken at 295 West St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Robinston
Westchester Ave
St. Luke's Hospital
William Cripps
Lebanon Ave
George Houghtaling
West St
St Luke's Alumni To Honor 14 Members
St Luke's Hospital Alumni Association plans a dinner at Lenox House honoring 14 members all Pittsfield or nearby residents, plus guests from the 194 nursing class. Honoraries include the first president and several registered nurses. reservations are urged with committee chairs Therese Cote and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital Alumni Association
Lenox House
Helen Delaney Mullen
Mary Gaul
Anna Curry Magner
Irene Magner
Cecelia Kenny Murphy
Mary Healy Murphy
Elizabeth O’brien
Gertrude M. Sullivan
Pittsfield
Elizabeth Ward Cowbizy
Lenox
Delia Connolly Kipp
San Diego
Calif
Helen Ruane
Great Barrington
Johanna Morrissey
Cecilia Remillard
Mary Powers
North Adams
St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
Stanley Serafin
Phillip Janchuk
Therese
Cote
Charter party inaugurates Pittsfield BPW Club
More than 100 attendees filled the White Tree Club Saturday for the charter ceremony of the Pittsfield Business and Professional Women’s Club. Miss Mabel Cheyne led officers, received the charter from Eleanor T. AM Harvey, with Dr. K Frances Scott giving the address on What BPW Means to Me.
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Mitchell New Bpw
Mabel Cheyne
White Free Club
K. Frances Scott
Northampton
New
Pittsfield
BPW
Scott
Cheyne
Laura E. Kelley
Amherst
Kelley
Hampshire Bpw Club
Mildred Sundstrom
Dillion
Reynolds
Donahue Praises Peabody Record At Berkshire Dinner
Sen Maurice A Donahue of Holyoke after succeeding to the state Senate presidency spoke at the Young Democratic Club of Berkshire County dinner in the Highland Restaurant. He cited two years of Gov Peabodys accomplishments and praised the tax relief plan for local real estate taxpayers while noting initial lack of support from municipal interests. The event honored Mrs Mary B Renzi named Democrat of the Year by the club with more than 150 in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice A. Donahue
Holyoke
State Senate
Gov
Peabody
Senate
Young Democratic Club
Berkshire County
Highland Restaurant
Mary B. Renzi
Chile
Winthrop
Sen. Donative
Gov. Peabody
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Donahue
Gov, Peabody
Massachusetts
Deputy Bartels resigns over Tammany tactics in Berkshire County
John W. Bartels of Dalton, a longtime deputy sheriff and 1962 Republican candidate for sheriff, resigns citing use of “Tammany Hall” style tactics by deputies. He objects to a Paul letter urging support for Callahan against Wojtkowski, not authorized by the Berkshire County Deputy Sheriffs Association. Bartels says he does not fear the Callahan Wojtkowski race and seeks support for Francis W. Perry for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bartels
Dalloti
Bartels
John D. Courtney Jr
Democratic State Committee
Richard Paul
Courtney
Lawrence A
Bucky) Callahan
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
State Committee
Paul
Berkshire County Deputy Sheriffs Association
Tammany Hall
Francis W. Perry
Duxbury
Parking Lot Site Clarified Near Wahconah and Park Streets
Pittsfield General suggests a hospital area parking lot on hospital land at Wahconah and Park. Councilman Butler notes two land fronts lie on Wahconah Street and Park Street with a section just north of National Supply Co. The National Supply Co. property is not involved and remains in business.
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Pittsfield General
Wahconah
Park Streets
Donald G. Butler
Public Safety Committee
Wahconah Street
Park Street
National Supply Co
Tax relief debate and local tax funding tensions
The Eagle reports mixed views on property tax relief and funding methods. Donahue critiques sales tax as a vehicle that often shifts the burden. he supports Governor Peabody’s income tax approach and Ted Kennedy backs Peabody’s nomination. The legislature aims for an early prorogation, with a recent social event marking outgoing president Condron’s tenure and a plaque presentation.
Package Store Clerk Fined $50 For Sale to Minor
Elderly Thomas Drennan of 20 Gordon St an employee of Curtin's Package Store on West Street pleaded not guilty to selling alcohol to a minor. He was found guilty by Judge Frank W Cimini but received a light penalty due to the store's good record, crowded conditions, and the minor's age appearance. Drennan was represented by Atty Samuel Landa.
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Thomas Drennan
Gordon St
Curtin
West Street
Frank W. Cimini
Drennan
Atty, Samuel Landa
Youth Fined Forty Dollars For Double Speeding
Thomas Webster an 18 year old of 1287 North Street was fined 40 dollars after being cited twice for speeding on the same day. He pleaded guilty to both counts with Officers Vincent and Stankiewicz testifying. In the Snake Will and Dalton Avenue 35 to 40 mile zones he was clocked at 30 to 40 and 53 to miles per hour earning 15 and 25 dollar fines respectively.
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Thomas Webster
North St
Merton J. Vincent
Webster
Snake Will
South Street
Stanley Stankiewicz
Young Webster
Dalton Avent
Police Investigate Windsor Port Home Breaks in Pittsfield
Pittsfield state police investigate house break ins in Windsor and Port, with theft of furnishings including lamps clocks and tables. Officials release few details as incidents are under investigation.
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Pittsfield
Windsor
Port
Miss Ina Rennie Honored At GE Milestone
Miss Ina Rennie completed 25 years with General Electric Co serving as secretary to Gene R. Peterson general manager of the ordnance department. She received a bracelet emblem and a plaque in the celebration last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Rennie
General Electric Co
Gene R. Peterson
GE Ordnance Department
Slammed Door At Cafe Costs Customer 71
In Lee a cafe patron faced charges after slamming a door at the Pine Glen Dase in Glendale Saturday night, breaking the door. Richard H. Ostrander, 23, of Mill Street, Lee, admitted drunkenness, disturbing the peace and malicious destruction of property. Judge Jona J. Dwyer fined $15 on the first count and $25 on each of the others and ordered restitution for repairs.
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Lee
Jona J. Dwyer
Stockbridge
William J. Obanhein
Richard H. Ostrander
Mill Street
Pine Glen Dase
Glendale
Ostrander
Dwyer
Democratic Coffee Hour Aids Fanning and Callahan
About 200 men and women at Green Acres Cheshire attended a Democratic fundraiser for Kathleen Fanning and Lawrence Callahan. Speakers urged Democrats to vote, with remarks by Mrs. Fanning, Mr. Callahan, and local officials. Callahan clarified he was a Pittsfield coordinator for Ted Kennedy, not county coordinator.
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Green Acres
Cheshire
Democratic State Committee
Kathleen
Kit) Fanning
State Committee
Lawrence (Bucky) Callahan
Berkshire County
Snndicott Peabody
Jean Darragh
County’ Commission
Matthew Collins
Fanning
Callahan
Alec Strzepek
Adams Democratic Town Committee
William H. Shaw
James Cleary
North Adams
Thomas Callahan
Ray Urbano
Williamstown
Democratic Town Committee
Charles Natslev
Sherrif Paul
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Pittsfield
Dalton Woman Hurt in Crash
A Dalton woman, Ethel H. Sanford, 70, was hospitalized Sunday after her car rear-ended a halted vehicle on Pittsfield Road near Holmes Road at about 5:30 pm. Sanford suffered facial injuries and was taken to Berkshire Medical Center. The stopped car belonged to Ethel Collins of Pittsfield, who pulled over for a flat tire. both vehicles were cleared from the scene and Lenox firefighters cleaned up spilled gasoline.
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LENOX
Dalton
Pittsfield Road
Holmes Road
Ethel H. Sanford
Springside Dr
Pittsfield General Hospital
Bond
Ethel Collins
Hungerford St. Pittsfield
Settlement in two North Adams and Springfield crash cases
Superior Court actions arising from flood work in North Adams were settled out of court with no party favored. Maxymillian Inc. sued Carlo Bianchi Co. over two concrete mixer rack accidents on May 23 and June 3 1960 while hauling concrete for flood walls. A separate Swistak versus Harrington Jr case in Springfield for 6000 remains unresolved in disclosure.
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ACM
North Adams
Maxymillian, Inc
Adams
Carlo Bianchi, Co., Inc
Framingham
Plainlift
Hoosic River
Maxymillian
Bianchi
John Swistak
Ernest W. Harrington Jr
West Springfield
Springfeld
Young Driver Penalized in Hit Run Cases
David J. Jefferson, 30, of 34 Brown St., was fined 50 dollars and given a suspended jail term in district court after two hit and run accidents the same night. Jean E. Gromacki, 36, of 34 Weller Ave., was fined 400 dollars on two counts of allowing Jefferson to operate a car. Police traced the car to Bartlet Ave after both incidents early April 19. LaPlante, injured in the first crash, was hospitalized four days. Judge Cimini warned Jefferson that leaving the scene merits jail and cited a fatal hit-run case.
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David J. Jefferson
Brown St
Jean E. Gromacki
Weller Ave
Jefferson
Robert S. LaPlante
Longview Terrace
First
Fenn Streets
LaPlante
Wendell Avenue
Frank W. Cimini
Tefferson
Atty
Donald Shaker
Cimini
Appraisers differ sharply in Berkshire land damage case
In the first jury tried land damage case of Berkshire County's spring sitting, appraisers estimated the land loss at $14,000 and up. Clarence Doheney valued the Canaan Valley Sporting Club land at $15,000 for flood control easement. State appraisers Rowson and Collins put 11 acres at $1,580 and $1,700. past president Koneazny estimated $20,000 for the flood basin. Both Doheney and Koneazny said the easement halves the land's value. About 32 acres with the club house remains outside the basin. The Blackberry River watershed project awaits funding.
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Superior Court
Berkshire County
Clarence Doheney
Lee
Canaan Valley Sporting Club
John F. Rowson
Hartford
Conn
David Collins
Hazardville
John J. Koneazny
Sheffield
Sporting Club
Doheney
Koneasny
Chib
City Glass Contract Awarded to Pittsburgh Plate Glass
After talks with Mayor Dillon, Alderman Donald Farr announced Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. secure the city window glass contract. Berkshire Plate Glass Co. was the sole other bidder. The city will buy at least 3400 dollars of glass during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald BE. Farr
Dillon
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Berkshire Plate Glass Co
Obituaries on Opposite Page Noted in 1 2 Note
The page indicates that obituary items for Bradway Mrs Irving Ellis James Garia and Alexis N are not on this page but appear on the opposite page unless otherwise stated.
Solemn Requiem Masses for Local Obituaries
Funeral services were held for Edward M. Connally at Sacred Heart Church with a solemn high mass. burial followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery as clergy and local figures attended. Separate services for Thomas E. MacCormack of Housatonic and William Zorzanella of West Stockbridge took place at Corpus Christi and St Patrick's churches respectively, with graves at Green Lawn Cemetery and St. Patrick's Cemetery. Bearers included local residents from Housatonic, West Stockbridge, and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Connally
Sacred Heart Church
Henry MM. Burke
Joseph A. Coffey
Thomas M. Courtney
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Mather Ayers
Edwin M. Duefur
Robert C. Boleng
Edward L. Hoyle
William J. McMahon
Paul W. Langer
Gene L. Wise
Thomas E. MacCormack
Housatonic
Corpus Christi Church
Thomas
Hanrahan
Greenlawn Cemetery
Francis Barry
Paul M. Baumann
Daniel A. Kennedy
Irwin F. Lord
John J. Stickles
Leon W. Hunt
William Zorzanella
West Stockbridge
St. Patrick‘s Church
John Curtain
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Father Curtin
Domenic Guarda
Joseph V. Sinico
Samuel Piernpan
Angelo S. Balestra
Joseph C. Sinica
Richmond
Thomas McNeive
Pittsfield
Jewish War Veterans To Install Officers at Center Meeting
Louis Green post Jewish War Veterans schedules meeting at the Jewish Community Center tonight. Election and installation of officers will take place.
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Louis Green Post
Jewish Community Center
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Herbert Brucker
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Hartford Courant
Lawrence Kk. Miller
Berkshire Eagle
William F. Dougherty
Waterbury Republican
Bryce Clemon
Connesicut Life
St. Luke’s
Sasa North
BPW Club
Sen
Croses
Deas
John Bartels
the Eagle
Sen. Kennedy
Edward M
Kennedy
Boston
House
Thomas M. Condron
Sheerin
Condron
Peru
Windsor Break
Miss Rennie
City Glass
Pittsburgh
Edward M. Connaily
L. B. Burke
William McAuliffe
James Lahey
Joseph Harrity
James McAndrews
Jehan J. Ayers
Ordnance Department
Denver
Columbia Council
Knights of Columbus of
Berkshire County Savings Bank
Rock OF Ages
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