Housing Protest Nears City Hall Urging Mayor’s Action
Antipoverty groups led by the OCA plan another sit in at 4 30 P M if Mayor Butler’s report fails to satisfy demands for housing improvements. They accuse welfare officials of evasion while Butler and Welfare Director Stack trade blame over rising housing shortages and demolitions dating back to 1955.
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Butler
Logie
Park Square
City Hall
Armora LaCosse
Eagle
Stack
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Charles H. Hodecker
PHA
Hodecker
Victory Hill
City Infirmary
Pickwick Hotel
Bradford Block
Welfare
Joseph Guitian
Guilian
Heart Department
Action For Opportunity
AFO
Pittsfield
Antipoverty Agency
Red Feather House
Wendell Ave
Charles Bunnell
Urban Coalition
Richard Lipez
Draft Information Group Forms In Berkshire County
A Berkshire County group named the Berkshire County Draft Information Service will run a two day training for draft counselors on Aug 30 and 31 at the barn on the Fred Lord property Ice Glen Road Stockbridge. Led by Miss Jane Kreps and Clifford Perkins the group aims to open a draft information service center in Pittsfield to provide details on alternatives to military service. Call Miss Kreps at the Lenox Book Store for more information.
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Berkshire County
Draft Information Service
Fred Lord
Ice Glen Road
Stockbridge
Jane Kreps
West Street
Lenox
Clifford Perkins
Church St
Pittsfield
Kreps
Perkins
American Friends Service Committee
Miss Kreps
Berkshire Community College
Births Reported At Berkshire Medical Center And Beyond
Mr and Mrs John Pedretti Chester welcomed a daughter Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Henry Biegel Dalton welcomed a son yesterday. At other hospitals Mr and Mrs Larry Bates Sierra Madre California welcomed a daughter Mercedes born August 12. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Benjamin Bates Richmond and Mr and Mrs William Curtis Great Barrington.
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Berkshire Medical Center
John Pedretti
Chester
Henry Biegel
Dalton
Larry Bates
Sierra Madre
Calif
Mercedes
Benjamin Bates
Richmond
William Curtis
Great Barrington
Lake Day Closure Affects All City Playgrounds
All 22 city playgrounds close at noon tomorrow to allow leaders and assistants to attend Lake Day at Pontoosue. Crane and Springside wading goals also close. Lake Day includes a picnic lunch with awards to winning teams and outstanding athletes after games. Participation requires permission slips.
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Pontoosue
Crane
Springside
Dukakis Signers Invite Leaders to Berkshire Reception
Four of Berkshire County's five Democratic state Reps signed an invitation to a Sunday reception for Rep. Michael C. Dukakis candidate for lieutenant governor. The Lenox House in Lenox hosts a 7 p.m. event with refreshments as Dukakis and Sen. Beryl Cohen vie for the nomination.
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Berkshire County
State House of Representatives
Michael C. Dukakis
D-Brookline
Lenox House
Pittsfield Road
Lenox
Dukakis
Massachusetts
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Joel S. Greenberg
Pittsfield
Frank J. Matranga
North Adams
Anthony P. McBride
Adams
William J. Kitterman
Anthony T. Abuisi
William J. Brown
Lee
James J. Casey
John B. Lawton Jr
Williamstown
Hugh C. Cowhig
Leo E. Mahoney
Robert J. Donelan
Monterey
Robert G. Guidi
Great Barrington
Peter S. Menard
Windsor
Eugene Talbot
Stockbridge
Rep
Beryl Cohen
Brookline
Joint PTA Organization Forming in Pittsfield
An organizational meeting for Pittsfield public school parents groups is set for tonight at 7 30 in Union Federal community rooms. All PTAs and PTOs are invited to send reps as they plan a confederation of independent groups to act on school system problems while potentially keeping state and national affiliations. Supt Whalen and Mrs. Crane will attend. the plan includes a biweekly parent advisory committee.
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Pittsfield
Union Federal
PTA
PTO
George B. Crane
Crane
Pto’s
Sehants
Thomas J. Whalen
Whalen
Taconic High Opens on Staggered Schedule
Taconic High School will open week after next with sophomores on Sept 3 juniors Sept 4 and seniors Sept 5 as a staggered start plan approved by the School Committee. Full sessions begin Sept 8 with no hot lunches during opening days.
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Taconic High
Taconic High School
Whalen
State Department of Education
James T. Goggins
High School Commission
State Department Ofducation
Ex City Man Honored for Ryukyu Service
Stanley Carpenter former Pittsfield resident and U S Foreign Service officer received the Distinguished Civilian Service award at a ceremony in Sukiran for leading the Ryukyu Islands civil administration since 1967. He will become executive director of the European bureau of the State Department in Washington on Sept. 8.
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Ryukyu Islands
Stanley S. Carpenter
Pittsfield
Sukivar
James B. Lamperts
Amy Staley
Stanley
Carpenter
Pacific
U.S. Army
Sukiran
Marjorie
Eleanor Carpenter
Dalton Ave
Robert Thompson
Brown St
U.S. Foreign Service
Department of State
Washington, D.C
James B. Lampert
Stanley R. Resor
Okinawa
U.S
Japan
PIS Graduate
Boston
Pillffeld High School
Wheaton (1) College
University of Ilinois
Philippines
Foreign Service
Kobe
Tokyo
London
England
Copenhagen
Denmark
The
State Departmen’s Office of Personnel
McBride backs move to end Governor's Council
Rep Anthony J McBride of Adams joins a bipartisan push to abolish the Governor's Council. The Organizing Committee to Abolish the Governor's Council, chaired by Rep Richard P Daly, plans a press conference to spell out aims after the council rejected Gov Sargents appointment of Walter J Skinner to the Superior Court. Others in the group include Reps Creedon Read and Abbotts.
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Rep. McBride
Governor’s Council
Anthony J. McBride
Dadams
House
Richard P. Daly
Wellesley
The
Boston Herald
Sargent
Walter J. Skinner
Superior Court
Skinner
McBride
Governor's Council
Robert $. Creedon
Brockton
Harry A
Read
Sandwich
William S. Abbott
Artington
Congress
Local Girl, 5, Struck by Car
Taurie Ann Mackey, 4, of 30 Lombard Street was struck by a car on that street last night about 10:20. Police report says she was thrown 15 feet and is treated at Pittsfield General for contusions and abrasions. Driver Maryann G. Renz of 337 Columbus Avenue said sun glare blinded her and she did not see the child.
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Taurie Ann Mackey
Lombard
Pittsfield
BMC
Maryann G. Renz
Columbus Ave
Local Ads and Events Listings from Eagle Area
Multiple small ads and notices: Eagle Construction and Wojtkowski Bros. sewer and water connections with phone numbers. Hand Metons sale at Simon's Food Center. Rotinimikhe Farm Antiques yard sale at 073 Barker Rd with hours. WE Allen Hotel Moby Dick Lounge featuring Dave Sime and The Country Travelers on Thursdays and Sundays. Glendale Rest Rte 183 dinner and dancing with The Octaves. Maplewood Fabrics Fashion Show on Sat Aug 23 with two shows 11 to 2 and 50 handmade outfits.
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Tag Sale Rotinimikhe Farm Antiques
Barker Rd
Maplewood Fabrics
Fulham Renamed To DNR Board
Gov. Sargent reappoints Thomas A. Fulham to the state Board of Natural Resources where he has served since 1934. Fulham of Wellesley has chaired the board for most of its 15 years as a former Boston fish plant head and is the sole original member remaining. The board oversees the Department of Natural Resources and sets policies.
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Gov. Sargent
State Board of Natural Resources
Thomas A. Fulham
Wellesley
Fulham
Boston
Frederick G. Ronnie Taylor
Crane Jr
Dalton
Edgewood
Donald B
Tittsfield-Lenox Road
Miller
Richmond
Board of Natural Resources
Department of Natural Resources
Secu Brook Club Feature With Bob Knapp Organ Recital
The Secu Brook Club in Lanesboro hosts Friday and Saturday evening events featuring Bob Knapp at the organ, presenting a winding program of live music and entertainment for local patrons.
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Secu Brook Club
Lanesboro
Bob Knapp
Kusik Assures Farmers on Effects of Ordinance
Berkshire farmers fear gains from the new zoning proposal will end their livelihoods. consultant Charles Kusik said farms will operate without conforming-use limits. only post enactment farms face stricter rules and zoning board approval. Planning Board heard concerns from Waller Epstein and local residents about multifamily zones and garden apartments.
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Charles Kusik
Iis
Kusik
Zoning Board of Appeals
Planning Board
Waller Epstein
East Street
Berkshire Warm Bureau
Peek
Treud
Peck's Road
Hancock Road
Patricia Langinette
Cascade- Churchill Street
Pittsfield Park Approves Upgrading Wahoonah Park
Pittsfield Park Commissioners authorize Park Supt Vincent Hebert to obtain a price tag for improvements urged by the Pittsfield Berkshire Red Sox to keep the team in Pittsfield. Preliminary studies call for six 100-foot steel towers, new tents, and a full infield upgrade to meet Double A and Triple A standards. Hebert aims for a rough estimate by late afternoon in June for a meeting with the Red Sox Advisory Commission of the Association of Business and Commerce MINTER.
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Pittsfield Park
Vincent
Hebert
Pittsfield-Berkshire
Stebert
Red Sox
Kentucky Fried Chicken opens near Onota Lake
Local listing shows a Kentucky Fried Chicken venue near Onota Lake operating seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m with advertised hours.
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Onota Lake
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By Grier Horner
PTA Organization
Pittsfield High
Taconic
Ryukyu
By A. A. Michelson
Eagle Construction Inc
Wojtkowski Bros
Dial
Simon’s Food Center
Glendale
Rte
Pine Glen
Pam
DNR Board
Go Tse Fem
Tanau
House OF
Mood
North Street
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