Heating system bid set for Monument Mountain greenhouse
Great Barrington School Committee selected Barrington Electric Co to install an oil or electric heating unit at Monument Mountain Regional High School greenhouse and plant science center. Low bid was $6,587, with three other bids ranging from $7,140 to $9,875.
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Great Barrington
Barrington Electric Co
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Pittsfield Pipers
Howard O’brien
M. T. Cavanaugh
State Bureau of Vocational Education
Driver Fined In Fatal Crash Enters Appeal
GREAT BARRINGTON A truck driver in a fatal turnpike crash June 29 was fined 270 dollars in Southern Berkshire District Court. Marion P. Sebastian 57 of Dubuque Iowa pleaded not guilty to all charges while two Holyoke youths had charges dismissed. Sebastian faced driving to endanger illegal U turn and failure to use care in turning. Christine Nadeau 19 Holyoke was killed in the West Stockbridge crash. Sebastian plans a jury trial. Peter Skei 18 Blue Hill Road was fined 25 dollars for speeding.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire
Holyoke
Marion P. Sebastian
Dubuque
Iowa
Massachusetts
West Stockbridge
Christine Nadeau
Thomas M. Raos
William Zeilinsky
Carleton Stillings
Westfield Barracks
Zeilinsky
Roos
Sebastian
Miss Nadeau
Stillings
Peter Skei
Blue Hill Road
Insurance Tab In Storm Seen At $100 Million
NEW YORK AP Insurance claims from Hurricane Camille are projected near 100 million. Mississippi and Alabama face over 80 million, Louisiana about 18 million, Florida under 300 thousand. About 85 percent covers fixed properties. rest covers ships, cargoes, marine facilities, autos, and other property.
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New York
Insurance Information Institute
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Murk Family to Sing at Baptist Church
The Murk Family Musicale sponsored by First Baptist Church in Stephentown N Y August 29 at 7 30 p m features Mr and Mrs James Mark and their five children Beverly Jeanne 15 Billy Jim 14 Becky Joy 12 Brenda Jan 10 and Barby Jeanne 8 with Betty Bowman as accompanist The family performs secular and sacred works and has appeared across the United States on television LPs and with the Wheaton Youth Symphony
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Stephentown
N.Y
Murk
Betty Bowman
Wheaton
Car Crash injures man on Massachusetts Turnpike near Stockbridge
Westfield state police report Martin F. Nicholas, 42, of Southwick was treated at St Luke's unit after his eastbound car struck a stopped vehicle on the Turnpike at the 7 mile marker. He suffered two fractured ribs and other injuries. the driver of the other car remains unidentified. Trooper James P. Cloran investigates. Tag sale notice follows.
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Nicholas
Lee
James P. Cloran
Lanesboro volunteers to compete in field day Sunday
Lanesboro New York muster team from Lanesboro Mass, champions of the New England muster event, will compete Sunday in a field day sponsored by S W Pitt Hose Company of the Latham Fire Department. The contest at noon, off Route 9 north of Latham Traffic Circle, follows Central Drill Team of New York rules with association judges. The Lanesboro team and its auxiliary have shown strong scores in Rensselaer County and New England events this summer. See also Sunday School Picnic at Federated Church Saturday at Windsor Jambs with dishes provided. cars depart church at 10 30 a m.
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Latham
N.Y
Lanesboro
Mass
New England
S.W. Pitt Hose Company
Latham Fire Department
J.M. Fields
Route 9
Central Drill Team of
New York
Rensselaer County
Dalton Man Named Marketing Manager At Sprague Electric
North Adams Lawrence T. May of Dalton is appointed to the new operations marketing manager special components at Sprague Electric Co. since 1964 he has held sales engineering roles. He previously worked with Amperex Electronics Tungsel Alien DuMont Mendelson. He is a Newark College of Engineering graduate.
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North Adams
Lawrence T. May
Dalton
Sprague Electric Co
May
Sprague Electric
Sprague
Amperex Electronics Corp
Tungsel Electric, Inc
Alien B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc
Mendelson Speedgun Co
Newark
N.J
The
Newark College of Engineering
Cheshire Rod and Gun Club Clambake Set for Aug 31
Cheshire The Rod and Gun Club announces its annual clambake on Sunday August 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at George Nowak’s grove on Notch Road. Roy H. Malloy is general chairman with activities including horseshoe pitching and many games. Tickets available from Larry Toporewski R V Wood Everett Randall Matthew Opanrowski Frank Jyrk Calvin Kelsan and Malloy.
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Cheshire
Rod & Gun Club
George Nowak
Notch Road
Roy H. Malloy
Larry Toporewski
R. V. Wood
Everett Randall
Matthew Oparowski
Frank Jyrk
Calvin Kelsan
Malloy
Adams North top Che shire Youngsters in round robin game
Adams North defeated Che shire Youngsters 5 to 0 in a round robin game. Winning pitcher Timothy Markland. Losing pitcher Kim Shorey. Adams North recorded nine wins seven hits two earned runs and six errors. Another game is scheduled tonight with the local team facing the loser of the Adams South Williamstown clash.
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Cheshire
Adams North
Cheshire Youngsters
Timothy Markland
Kim Shorey
Adams
Skull of Ancestor to Man Found in Tanzanian Gorge
Washington reports Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania yielded the most complete skull of Homo habilis, an East African ancestor to modern man. Discovered by Peter Nzube, the specimen is heavily crushed and encased in lime. it may illuminate relations among early hominids and traces evolution toward Homo erectus and modern humans.
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Tanzanian
New York Times
Washington
Olduvai Gorge
Tanzania
East Africa
Mary Leakey
National Geographic Society
Louis 5. B. Leakey
Mary
Olduvai
Peter Nzube
Leakeys
Nzube
Zinjanthropus
Java
China
Leakey
Hanoi Ponders Trial of U S Airmen
A North Vietnamese lawyer said Hanoi has not decided under which law to try captured American pilots. Nguyen Van Tuy, director of the lawyers association, noted the pilots are not Vietnamese and thus cannot be tried under Vietnam’s penal code for the moment.
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Tokyo
Nguyen van Tuy
North Vietnam
Lawyers Association
Berkshire Hills Votes to Keep Kindergarten at St Peters Center
Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee approved a 6 to 2 vote to continue using St. Peters Center for kindergarten classes for another year. The move costs $4,000, with Supt. George P. Lane praising the facility and speaker Joseph J. Barry Jr. noting the parish council’s support. Opponents called the plan a waste of money and urged evaluating the Dewey School alternative. A dozen kindergarten mothers at the meeting favored continuing the center’s use.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire Hills
St. Peter's Center
George P. Lane
Lane
St. Peter's Church
Joseph J. Barry Jr
Dewey
Baciington
Barry
John Hassett
Robert Guidi
Walter Atwood
Atwood
Guidi
Lenaghan Named To $12,500 Post
Cle tus A Lenaghan principal of Dewey School and federal program coordinator for the Berkshire Hills Regional School District was named district director of special education at a salary of 12500 a year. Norman Boyer will become Dewey School principal in addition to district elementary coordinator, remaining at 13200 until a salary subcommittee recommendation.
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Barrington
Cletus A. Lenaghan
Dewey
Berkshire Hills
Norman Boyer
Boyer
State Department of Education
Lenaghan
Board OKs additional auto mechanics instructor
GREAT BARRINGTON The Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee unanimously approved hiring a second automotive mechanics teacher for Monument Mountain Regional High School's vocational program. Walter J Markham praised the move while noting state funding supports the program with phased reimbursements and a salary up to 7500 dollars for a non teaching veteran.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire Hills
Monument Mountain
Walter J.markham
State Bureau of Vocational Education
George P. Lane
Markham
Monument Mountain Regional High School
State Department of Education
Lane
Massachusetts Electric Buys Uranium for Yankee Plant
Yankee Atomic Electric Co. will acquire 3,006.00 dollars worth of uranium from the Atomic Energy Commission to fuel its nuclear power station in Massachusetts. The agreement, announced Wednesday, lets Yankee take ownership of uranium presently leased from the commission.
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ROWE
Yankee Atomic Electric Co
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Yankee
AEC
Commission
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