Entrance Exam For State Police Scheduled Jan 29
Applications for the Massachusetts State Police written examination will be available at state police barracks and headquarters in Boston beginning Monday. The last filing date is Sunday midnight January 9. The exam will be held January 29 with testing sites in Springfield for west of Worcester residents and in Boston for others. Successful candidates enter a recruit selection program culminating in training at the State Police Academy in Framingham.
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Uniformed Branch
Massachusetts State Police
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Leo L. Laughlin
National Guard
Springfield
Worcester County
Commonwealth Armory
State Police Academy
Framingham
Hospitals Report From Pittsfield and Vicinity
A juvenile involved in a one vehicle crash on Tamarack Road will face Registry of Motor Vehicles action. The youth’s truck struck a utility pole. passenger Paul Laviolette was treated for a lip laceration at St Luke’s Hospital. A missing black French purse reported near St Luke’s Hospital held personal papers. Christmas card thefts totaled $12 from State Road in Lanesboro with two bags stolen from a car on First Street.
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Tamarack Road
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Paul Laviolette
St. Luke’s Hospital
Claudie Condron
Gamwell Ave
Howard Phelps
State Road
Lanesboro
First Street
Mississippi Is a Foreign Country Night Conversation
A narrator stays in a Mississippi house and hears Mrs. H describe fear, hospitality, and racism as she recalls her daughter Cora in jail, Ben Collins the chief, and displaced expectations. The dialogue reveals tensions between whites and Blacks, hope for change, and the narrator’s conflicted feelings about belonging and race. The moment ends with Mississippi feeling cold, scary, warm, and finally understandable in its complexity.
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Hamburg
Cora
Ben Collins
Oliver
Chicago
Mrs. H
Dr. Henry
Mississippi
Winter Sports Equipment Sale Ends Tonight
Approximately 6200 dollars of used merchandise has sold in a three day winter sports equipment sale led by Co chairman George Maynard. Friday was slow with 700 dollars in sales at 68 West St. The store opens this morning until 6 p.m. Bargain prices will apply on skis, skates and other items final day. Checks and unsold items may be picked up Monday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The winter sports committee retains 20 percent of sales.
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Cochairman
George Maynard
Maynard
West St
Borke Named District Manager For Chicago Corp
Jason I. Borke of 458 Pomeroy Ave has been named district manager for Field Enterprises Educational Corp of Chicago. Field Enterprises, publisher of World Book Encyclopedia and Childcraft, is linked to the Marshall Field family holdings. Burke, a local graduate, has ties to Carr Hardware and owns Crestwood Nursing Home in Lenox. married to Lilyan Carr with two children.
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Jason I. Borke
Pomeroy Ave
Field Enterprises Educational Corp
Chicago
Field Enterprises
Marshall Field
Childcraft
Mr. Burke
Carr Hardware and Supply Co
Crestwood
Lenox
Lilyan Carr
Pittsfield
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Fred & Fahey
Unicorns
Mr. Fahey
P.m
Ann’s
Wahcensh St
Finast
Elmer I. Gage
Lee
Clifford E. Madden
West St. Frederick
Hillcrest
Christine Skorput
Walter Skorput
West Stockbridge
Viz. Luke's
Edith Mara
Onota St
William F. Fitzgerald
South St
Teresa Pollizzaro
Alice Cormier
Hinsdale
First National Store
S&h
North St
Riseberg’s
Ora
Wilson
King Bacon
New York
Tom
Borke
Chicago Corp
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Berkshire Oil Heat Council Inc
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