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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1969
Page
9
Lee Berkshire bureau reports two liquor licenses held in abeyance by the Selectmen for Rossi's Restaurant will be released to applicants. The board will notify attorney Maurice Lerner before opening seasonal club and annual beer and wine licenses tied to the planned expansion, halted after Anthony Rossi's death and a nearby clothing store opening.
United Community Fund goal for 1970 is 44000, an increase of 4000 over 1969, with budget committee boosting support for several Lee agencies including Family and Children Service and the YMCA. Official kickoff not set. local committee to meet in September to plan the campaign.
After an informal hearing on Route 20 bypass plans the Lee board pledged to press the state Department of Public Works for a firm commitment. They favor a full bypass running southeast along the Housatonic River from Taurel Street to Housatonic Street near the Turnpike interchange.
Peru neighbors day will be held Sunday at the First Church of Christ Congregational. A dinner runs from noon to 2 and church services follow at 2 80.
Berkshire Gas Co faced a setback as the Selectmen denied a permit for a St Marys Avenue gas line until Stockbridge Road is repaired. The dip is now blamed on an electric conduit installed by Western Mass Electric Co, not a gas line. Berkshire Gas was permitted to proceed, and WMEC was ordered to fix Stockbridge Road before further permits.
Selectmen reversed a plan to convert School Street to one way after six residents protested. The board will seek state DPW verification of the current no parking signs on both sides, aim to make them more visible, and enforce the parking ban. Andre Jaouen urged keeping the street as is while Mario Tristany spoke for residents. DPW approval for a one way plan was to be sought after prior discussions on traffic improvements.
The Church of the American Martyrs plans a census Sunday to count parishioners. Rev. Frederick J. Moore, pastor of the new Lanesboro Catholic parish, asks any uncontacted parishioners to contact him at St. Mary of the Assumption rectory in Cheshire or Mrs. William Kinna of Lanesboro.
Dalton officials report complaints about reduced dump hours from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday with Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. The Sanitary Landfill Committee had proposed one evening weekly opening, but the selectmen did not implement it and will re examine the idea. A meeting tonight will interview candidates for the vacant full time police position. Decals for dump entry are being ordered and may not arrive until early next week. Officials may issue a beer and wine license notice and call for applications.
Merlen C. Levering associate pastor of First Methodist Church in Pittsfield will preach Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Unit er Methodist Church. Levering serves on the Pittsfield Area Council of Churches executive committee and chairs the Central Berkshire Clergy Association ad hoc committee. He participates in housing work and ecumenical activities. Mrs. Edward Vella of 29 Tennyson Ave. Pittsfield won a 16K television set at the American Legion event last night.
The Washington Peer family gathering at Park Road Sunderland drew 32 attendees. The oldest guest was 88 year old Ida Peer of Dalton and the youngest was 1-year-old John Cleveland, great grandson of Mrs. Peer. Theodore Peer and Roger Peltier were chosen to arrange the 1970 reunion.
North Berkshire Williamstown reports the School Building Committee weighing a proposal for a new elementary school after a prior Dalton reject and an earlier 3.2 million plan. The panel previously failed to win approval for a 3.2 million project to serve 500 students.
Connecticut News item reports Edward White Jr of the New Haven Housing Authority urging the federal government to drop all limits on aid for low rent public housing and to expand construction and operating assistance. He cites a 3,100 unit deficit and outmoded size and recreation restrictions.
In Schenectady two GE plants faced walkouts by IUE Local 301 Atomic Energy Division members from Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Niskayuna and the Kessel ring plant in West Milton. Workers protested the removal of trained checkers who tested protective rubber gloves for radioactivity, saying the new system forces workers to test themselves, creating a safety hazard. GE called the change more effective and noted the walkout coincides with ongoing national contract talks.
Massachusetts plant at Rowe is offline as 38 fuel assemblies, half load, are replaced for the first time since 1966. Since 1940 operation, it has generated about 10 billion kilowatt hours, a world record for a single reactor. AMHERST UMass Education School gets 152000 grant for phase two of teacher training program feasibility study to test methods developed earlier.
Windsor Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approves transferring a three year bus contract from Earl Co. Scott to Carl A. Wallin of Hinsdale for the final year. Scott has transported Windsor high school students to Wahconah Regional in Dalton for 15 years. The next year will include seventh and eighth graders to Dalton. The regional district gains kindergarten through 12th grade jurisdiction this year. Reserve fund transfers of 12.90 for insurance and 7.20 for surveying costs were approved by the Finance Committee on Tuesday.
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