Market rallies for third straight day on Wall Street
New York stocks rose for a third consecutive session with the Dow Jones average finishing up 11.12 at 826.59 as volume topped 15 million shares. Advances hit 4,183 against 248 declines, with Crown Cork & Seal and Revco DS making new yearly highs and institutions returning to active trading.
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New York
Borden
New York Stock Exchange
Crown Cork & Seal
Revco DS
Associated Press of Stock
American Stock Exchange
Berkshire County 4-H Fair set for Aug 15 and 16
The 28th Berkshire County 4-H Fair will run August 15 and 16 at Berkshire Downs Racetrack in North Adams. Prize money totals 2200 for agricultural awards and about 500 for nonagricultural awards. Activities include cattle exhibits, clothing, home economics displays, square dance, pony rides, horse show, and contests such as milking and tractor driving. Entries close August 8. Stephen Jayko of Cheshire is president of the 4-H Fair Association, with several officers and committees listed.
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Berkshire County
Berkshire Downs
Nlancock
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Thomas BE
Noyes
Stephen Jayko
Cheshire
4H Fair Association
Rose Marie Briefman
Pittsfield
Raymond Mercier
Stockbridge
Janet LeFebvre
Candice Leining
City weighs water rights purchase for Onota Lake balance
Over 70 residents petition City Council to buy Berkshire Co water rights at Onota Lake to restore lake level. They cite dam repairs and hardship for swimmers and property owners. federal aid and a $75,000 sale price are being explored with Berkshire Natural Resources Council. Lee Diefendorf calls for hearing on Morningside Fire Station move to new site on Dalton Avenue. he argues most calls are nearby and moving costs of $200,000 would waste taxpayer money.
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Onota Lake
Berkshire Co
Berkshire Woolen
Berkshire Natural Resources Council
Lee
Diefendorf
Worthen St
Morningside
Tyler Street
Dalton’ Avenue
Butler
Air Force brief: Tec Sgt James Moctor Jr arrives in Okinawa
U S Air Force Tec Sgt James Moctor Jr son of Mrs Bondi Comalli 1419 Danforth Ave arrives for duty at Okina Air Station Okinawa He previously served at St Albans AFB VT He is a 1954 Pittsfield High School graduate His wife Patricia daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry J O Connor of Long Beach CA is noted Another note: Thomas C Fitzgerald son of Mr and Mrs Thomas C Fitzgerald 207 Francis Ave promoted to sergeant in the U S Air Force Sgt Witzgerald sanitation specialist at Fairchild AFB WA assigned to Strategic Air Command He is a 1987 graduate of St Josephs Catholic Central High School
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U.S. Air Force
James 4. Moctor Jr
Bondi Comalli
Danforth i Ave
Okina Air Station
Okinawa
Hector
Pacific Air Forces
St. Albans Air Force Station
Pittsfield High School
Patricia
Harry J. O’connor
Belmont Ave
Long Beach
Calif
Thomas C. Fitzgerald
Francis Ave
Witzgerald
Fairchild Afb
Wash
Strategic Air Command
St. Joseph's Catholic Central High School
Numerous Pittsfield Churches Announce Sunday Services
A composite listing of Pittsfield area churches with service times and pastors. Catholic and Orthodox parishes, Protestant congregations, and stray prayer groups are shown with Masses, Sunday schools, worship hours, and weekly meeting times across dozens of streets and buildings.
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AM Sealy’ Church
Louis J. Zuilont
Assemblies of God
Calvary Bible Church
Philiip Herrick
Berishtra Church of God In Christ
Deway Ave
James Willams
Berkshire
Insurance risk when passengers share cost on trips
An ABA public service piece notes that accepting passenger payments for a car trip can void liability coverage if the policy defines passengers for hire. Courts have split, but formal arrangements may trigger noncoverage. Check policy language before sharing costs to avoid lacking an insurance umbrella.
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Florida
Representative interdealer quotations at 2:30 p.m.
NASD reports interdealer quotations around 2 30 p m with prices not including retail mark up markdown or commission.
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NASD
Church School Opening Monday at First Methodist
A two week church school session sponsored by First Methodist and First Baptist will start Monday at First Methodist. Kindergarten through sixth grade classes run daily from 9:15 to 11:45 a.m. Activities include songs games field trips crafts and Bible stories.
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First Methodist
First Baptist
Girl Scout Camp Bus Schedule Announced for Pittsfield Lanesboro
The schedule lists Bus 12 departing at 8:25 from Pecks Road and Highland Avenue with a sequence of stops in Lanesboro Berkshire Village and nearby venues. Campers must be at stops on Monday with lunch health card handbook cup swimsuit cap towel. Bus returns from Camp Marion White at about 4:30 p.m.
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Pittsfield
Lanesboro
Pecks Road
Highland Avenue
Nonamie
Berkshire Village
St. Francis Church
Morningside Drive
Williams Street
Bushey Road
Sacred Heart
St. Teresa's Church
Plunkett School
West Street
Miriam Street
Camp Marion White
Police Brief on Tackle Box Theft
Gerard I. Daviau of 152 Wahcanah Street reported Thursday a theft from his station wagon on Fourth Street. A fishing tackle box and gear valued at $25 were taken. a boy was seen walking away from the vehicle with the box.
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Gerard I’. Daviau
Wahcanah St
Fourth Street
Maine Claims Artist Lacks Right Rocks
Maine Sea & Shore Fisheries Commissioner Ronald W. Green says a 60 by 12 foot mural for the Seafood Festival in Rockland, by Robert Penny of Rockport, Mass., will not be accepted or paid unless extensive changes are made. He notes the work resembles Rockport and does not depict a Maine coast scene as contracted, and required repainting to satisfaction before payment.
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Augusta
Maine
Ronald W. Green
Rockland
Robert Penny
Rockport
Mass
Green
Maine Coast
Rock- Port
Pittsfield Parks and Recreation Schedule Summary
Pittsfield Parks presents a summer schedule with supervised swimming from noon to four, beach and pool access at Oneta Pentaesuc and Crane Springside, plus picnic facilities, fishing for children under fourteen, and zoo and observatory programs. Daily events include a Springside cotor contest, party and craft activities, sport tournaments, and themed gatherings across Abby Lodge Williams Root Todw Lakewood Hallam Highland Burbank venues.
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Pentaesuc
Springside
Onete
Springside Observatory
Coalite
Deming
Allin Heights
Abby Lodge
Williams
Holstein Club Annual Show Set for Aug 9 at Ratti Farm
The 11th Berkshire Black and White Show, sponsored by the Berkshire Holstein Club, will be held Aug 9 at Silvio V. Ratti’s farm, 270 Fort Hill Ave. Entries due next Tuesday to Mrs. Rotti. Judge is Osborne C. West of Hartsbrook Farm. 19 classes offer $275 in prize money plus ribbons and the Amy Wing Memorial award for the best animal owned and bred by the exhibitor. Refreshments available.
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Berkshire
Berkshire Holstein Club
Silvio V. Ratti
Fort Hill Ave
Ratti
Osborne C. West
Hartsbrook Farm
Hadley
Mrs Amos To Discuss New Day Care Center
Dorothy Amos, director of a new day care service opening at 43 Francis Ave next fall, will be interviewed by Caral A. Lively, UCS radio director, and WBRK on Monday at 11 10. The Early Childhood Development Center aims to help underprivileged children compete with peers when they enter public schools and will serve welfare mothers' children and retarded children.
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Dorothy Amos
Francis Ave
Caral A. Lively
UCS
WBRK
Scout Camp Barbecue Open to Public Saturday Aug 24
Chesterfield Scout Reservation announces an open pit western style barbecue on the final day of the 1969 camp season. Merton K. Batchelder of Conway will lead a volunteer crew cooking on revolving spits. Admission by advance reservation. tickets at the Chesterfield Scout Reservation, the Scout Service Center in Dalton, or through district executives. Plans aim to host over 700 attendees and include a special all camper show to illustrate reservation operation and camp benefits.
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Chesterfield
Harold W. Spanier
Great Trails Council
Boy Scouts of America
Merton K. Batchelder
Conway
Franklin County
Batchelder
Spanier
Scout Service Center
Dalton
Walter C. Pratt
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Ford
Karen Kittlar
Canning
Debery Cook
Linda
Therrien
Miss Brielman
Peter Wilk
Charles Sturtevant
Silvio Rotti
Fred Hansen Jy
Ann
Betty Iwanowiccz
Beatrice Dragan
Terry Hansen
Bardon
Keith Cook
Bonnie Leary
Russell Funk
Neil Oleson
Lois Ann Leonard
Steven Quimby
Lawrence Rotti
Donald Ziegler
Webb
Mary Ellen Wilk
Linda Rotti
Robert Balawender
Harold LeFebvre
Russell Gurney
Cecelia Maston
Craig Cook
Christopher Brielman
City Hall
Calvary Apostolic
Granite Hall
E. Housatonic St
James A. Slater
Christian Center
Epworth Mission
Christian Science
Wendell Ave
South St
Church of Christ
Linden St
LaMar Clarke
Christian Assembly
Wills St
Herd of Jesus Christ of tatter-Oxy
Ulrich Gay
South
Pilgrity Holmaas
Elm St
Dorothy Straight
First English Pentecostal Mission
John Pilgrim Memorial
F. A. Gibson
Sun
Dudney
Breeze
Mornday
First United Methodist
Aehorah's Witnesses
Willliam F. Ellis
Morningside Baptist Church
Carrol A. Turner
Mount Carmel
Joseph H. Fellin
Halingss
P.m
Young People's
Salvation Meeting
St. Charles
John 4. Foley
Danial L. Gl
A. James Thompson
St. Francis
Leonard &. Burke
Joseph Pashin
John's
Greylock Terrace
George Hnatyshak
St Joseph's
Thomas F. Curran
John H. Macdonnell
Joseph P. Marchese
Raymond A. Lanove
St Mark's
Msgr
Joseph }. Johnson
Frederick G. Dian
Don A. Roach
St. Martin’s
Andrew F. Wisesemann
St. Mary's
Catholic
Eugene F. Marshall
D.B
Marry A. Driscoll
Timothy J. Mal- Ishan
John Francis. Egan
Masset
St. Nicholas
Alexander Wladimirsky
Sir Stephen’s
Andrew F. Wissemann
Cortland R. Pusey
Donald F. Chamberlain
Walter O. Carlson
Teresa‘s
Ohn P. Lucey
F. Henry Sullivan
Columbus
Chiren School
South Congregational
Harold c. Iriswetl Jr
First Church
South Church
Seventh-day Adventist
Leonard Westehal
Trinity United Methodist
James W. Knorr
Unitarian Church
KH. Ve. Katka
Tlan's Evangelionl Lutheran
First St. Manning
David Dean
Berkshire Christian College
A Dee
Kembie St
Rt. 7
Tenax
Grace Church Congregational
George Cheatele
Gordon Divinitty
Wenham
Maas
Williams ST
Ember Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Berkshire Bank and Trust
First Agricultural National Bank
Pittsfield National Bank
Berkshire Gas Co
Aiken Chemical
Northeast Utilities
Tye
First Albany Corp
North St
Berkshire Growth Fund
Berkshire Capital Fund
Holstein Club
Mrs. Amos
United States
New England
Winmar Industries, Inc
Lenox
Mack
ACK
Exeyre
North Aeal
Pittsfield Supply
Pittsfield-Jjalton
Dutton Ave
Newell
Carrier
H. B. Foster, Inc
Bridge St. Great Barrington
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