Del Gallo says housing crisis demands action in Pittsfield
Mayoral hopeful Remo Del Gallo told a VFW Hall rally the city faces housing crisis proportions with only costly or substandard units available. He urged a city bond plan with HUD to build housing and reduce red tape, and touted collaboration with the Urban Coalition, bankers, and the Pittsfield Housing Authority to tackle the shortage.
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Remo del Gallo
VFW Hall
Linden Street
del Gallo
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Urban Coalition
Bankers
Pittsfield
Butler
Welfare Department
Welfare
Antipoverty
Action For Opportunity
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Bunt
Housing Authority
Tare
Jubilee
Powell Talks Drug Problem and Education Plan for City
Russell G. Powell, candidate for Ward 1 councilman, says drugs are a top city issue not raised by other seekers. He supports outpatient and inpatient treatment centers, a state wide health program on drugs alcohol and sex taught in schools, parent and child education, an understaffed police force hampering drug cases, and notes a fall drug clinic supported by United Community Services and a $25 000 state grant as a positive step though funding is often cut by the legislature.
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Russell G. Powell
Lenox Ave
Powell
United Community Services
20 Kindergarten Openings Listed by Follow Through
The School Department announces 20 federally aided Follow Through kindergarten openings. Eligible families may sign up via director David J. Flood at 224 Eleanor Road. Openings begin with a three day St. Mark's School demonstration, then classes at St. Mark's and Tucker School. Tokens reward learning, parent aides assist, six week parent terms paid at 1.60 per hour.
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David J. Flood
Flood
Eleanor Road
St. Mark's School
St. Mark's
Tucker School
Mabel Hamilton
Dewey Ave
Barbara Eisenbud
Lenox
van Sickle
Stockbridge
Patricia DeWitt
Division St
Jane Hand
Bay State Road
Myrna Martin
Washington Ave
Aure Na Walsh
Hinsdale
Trenton
Ruth Wood
Tucker
Wilson promoted to accounting supervisor at First Agricultural Bank
Gordon B. Wilson of Pittsfield has been named accounting supervisor at First Agricultural National Bank. A Navy veteran, former Pinsfield police officer, and Pittsfield High School graduate, Wilson will oversee cost identification and financial analysis across 11 offices. He studied in Albany and lives with his wife and four children.
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Gordon B. Wilson
First Agricultural National Bank
Gardner IL. Brown
Wilson
Pinsfield
Pittsfield
U.S. Navy
Albany
N.Y
Hea
Stewart Burns Faces Jail Fight for Antiwar Stand
Stewart Burns prepares for possible imprisonment over his antiwar stance as his wife Sally backs the decision. The couple, married in California, join a larger movement of draft resisters amid rising federal cases. Professor Burns weighs pacifism’s reach beyond the United States while his son urges a global campaign starting in the United States.
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Burns
The
Eagle
Stewart
United States
Russia
China
West
Sally
Institute and Resistance
Burng
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cang
Blair Named GE Plant Manager in West Kittanning Pa
Lloyd S Blair 52 of Hancock Towd Williamstown will head a new GE heat treatment plant in West Kittanning Pa the 45000 square foot facility aims to employ about 25 when full in early 1970 Blair a 28 year GE veteran has led planning for Kit tanning plant and will start September 1 He is active in Williamstown affairs and holds multiple local posts.
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Lloyd S. Blair
Hancock Toad
Williamstown
General Electric
West Kittanning
Blair
Pittsfield
Holyoke
Williams College
Harris
Gerald Doyle
Dobbins Seeks Re-Election To City Council Ward 4
Edward L. Dobbins of LL Colt Road seeks a fourth term as Ward 4 councilman. A longtime public official and chief legal counsel for GE power distribution, he touts a pro housing record, notes past votes on zoning and development, and lists involvement with civic groups and Swarthmore College and University of Michigan educations. He is married with three daughters.
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del Gallo
GEAA
Joseph S&s. Seelsi
Lee
Diefendon
Ernest G. St. Peter
Scelsi
St. Peter
Diefendorf
St. Peter's
Edward L. Dovbins
LL Colt Road
Dobbins
Joel 5
Sun Oil Co
Center Street
Ile
Mill Street
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Deering Street
General Electric Power Distribution Division
Remo del Gallo
Joseph S. Scelsi
Public Safety Committee
Swarthmore College
University of Michigan
Shape Ross
Executive Airlines Shifts NY Terminal to LaGuardia
Executive Airlines will relocate its New York terminal operations from the Butler Aviation Building to the American Airlines complex at LaGuardia Field. Joseph C. Whitney, president of Iexecutive, announced an agreement with American Airlines to streamline check in and baggage handling for New York to Pittsfield and New YorkMaancia flights. Executive will drop the Yankee name and operate as Executive, Greylock Airways, with Executive as the fixed base operator in Pittsfield.
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Executive Airlines
New York
Butler
Pittsfield
Boston
Whitney
Executive
Greylock Airways
Dime Days Begin At Library Lawn Sale
Dime days begin tomorrow at the Berkshire Athenaeum outdoor bookstalls on Bank Row in front of the public library. Sponsored by Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum, items include hundreds of adult fiction and nonfiction volumes, some children's books, encyclopedias, magazines, and phonograph records priced at 10 cents, or two for a dime. Sales run Friday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to noon.
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Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum
Bank Row
Fire Briefs at Elm Street and Hazel Place
At 11:87 a.m. a lawn mower caught fire and was quickly extinguished with a hand extinguisher. At 7:56 p.m. a rubbish fire in a cellar of a vacant house at 411 Hazel Place, owned by Petricca Construction Co., was put out with a booster line. one center beam scorched.
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Elm St
Hazel Place
Petricca Construction Co
Nurses Aides Tighten Picket Line at Mapleview
Washington reports nurses aides at Mapleview Nursing Home formed a tight picket line after a meeting with Dr. Sidney Nathans of Geri-Care. AFI-CIO organizer Sean Harris led the action, blocking Valley View staff and threatening broader lines. Atty. Richard Gelinas urged restraint as supplies faced delays and concerns grew about patient care and future consolidation.
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Pearl Young
Nathans
Tie
Balch
Mrs. Young
Miss Gallant
Atty
Simons
Harris
Mapleview
Joseph Furlong
Anne Alilol
Mapleview Nursing Home
Washington
Leon L. Harris
Boston
United Hospital Workers
Valley View
Lenox
Geri-Care Corp
Lovars Lane
Sidney Nathans
Geri-Care, Inc
Sean Harris
Afi-Cio
Gerl-Care
John DeAngelus
Richard Gelinas
Atty. Gelinas
Minerals Display At Union Federal Bank Exhibit
Union Federal Savings hosts a minerals display this week in the lobby. Mrs John FR Woodason of Lanesboro arranged the exhibit and demonstrations on culling minerals stones and jewelry making. The display features more than 1 500 specimens from the Woodason collection.
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Union Federal Savings
John FR. Woodason
Lanesboro
Union Federal
Woodason
School Bus Contract Ready For Signing
A contract for busing schoolchildren between the School Department and Berkshire Gray Ling Inc is set for signing. The deal requires filing with the Registry of Motor Vehicles for license plates on 40 buses. Gray Line reports 25 buses on hand and 15 arriving by Saturday.
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Berkshire Gray Ling, Inc
Boston
Alan P. Caplan
Gray Line
del Virgilio
Caplan
GMC
Ford
Chevrolet
George Mulligan
Feneral
Mulligan
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Agricultural National Bank
Philip E. Henry
Anken Products
Philip TE. Hensy
Sherwood Drive
General Photo Products Co
Frederick C. Forsgard
Hensy
Tulsa
Okla
Henry
University of Oklahoma
Graham
Stewart Burns
Sally Barons
California
Miss Baez
David Harris
U.S
Oakland
U.S. News and World Report
Prof. Burns
Pennsylvania
Williamstown Saving Bank
Williamstown Rotary Club
South Williamstown Community Association
Prudential Committee
South Williamstown Volunteer Fire Company
Louisa MacDonald
North Haven
Conn
Stanley
Douglas
David
Cynthia) Stacking
Ashford Lake
Cann
Hebrew School
Pittsfield Community Hebrew School
Chaim Witkowski
Lloyd, Blair
Edward L. Dobbins
Nyy
Treyiew
Llarris
W. Housstonk
St. Pittsfield
Calvert
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