New Haven Railroad Maintenance Criticized by PUC
Hartford Connecticut AP The State Public Utilities Commission says the New Haven Railroad shows a continual downward trend in maintenance of passenger equipment. The report notes coaches are kept operable only by removing others from service, causing crowding and passenger inconvenience. It cites 42 percent of locomotives inspected were defective, well above the national average of 103 percent, while the railroad bought three new diesel electric locomotives and delivered 15 to ease power shortages.
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New Englanders To See Echo Nine Times This Week
NASA released a timetable for Echo, the balloon satellite, outlining nine visible passes over New England. Each day lists times, visibility levels, and paths from north to northeast, with Springfield Pittsfield Montpelier Burlington and Batten area among spots noted for certain passes.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Pittsfield
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Montpelier
Burlington
Hancock Christmas Party at Central School
About 40 attended the American Legion and Auxiliary Christmas gathering at Hancock Central School. Mrs. Kenneth Conklin and Mrs. Richard MacDonald supervised games while Mrs. Perry G. Whitman led piano and carols. A grab bag and refreshments followed.
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Hancock Central School
Kenneth Conklin
Richard MacDonald
Perry G. Whitman
Williamstown Summer Theater Budget Committee Formed
A budget committee was created by Louis Rudnick chairing the Williamstown Theater Foundation to draft operating and capital budgets for the Williamstown Summer Theater. Members include Nikos Psacharapoulos Irwin Shainman and George Oestreich with Rudnick ex officio. The panel reports at the January annual meeting when the board will decide the theater’s future amid a 62 percent attendance for 1960, up 4 percent from last year but 6 percent below expectations.
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Williamstown
Louis Rudnick
Williamstown Theater Foundation, Inc
Nikos Psacharapoulos
Irwin Shainman
George Oestreich
Rudnick
Music Mountain Plans 1961 Season in Falls Village
In Falls Village the Music Mountain board outlined the 1961 summer schedule with area chairmen named and a membership letter approved. The Berkshire Quartet, in residence at Indiana University for winter teaching, has performed on campus in Bloomington and at Gary and South Bend, with two Chicago Fine Arts Quartet appearances invited. UNICEF sale cards raise 135 dollars for the Litchfield County Tuberculosis Association.
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St Charles H N To Have Day Of Recollection
The St Charles H N Society will hold a day of recollection Sunday at 7 PM at St Charles Church. Rev Gregory Smith of Williamstown will lead two conferences with confessions and religious exercises available. Mass will include a body communion at 8 PM, followed by a corned beef and cabbage dinner in the school auditorium. About 50 reservations are in, with 130 seeking to attend last month. men must RSVP in the coming days.
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Williamstown
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Civil Defense Heads To Hear Area Director
Berkshire County civil defense directors will hear a talk by Area 4 Director Robert Boulay tonight at 7 30 in Redfield School Boulay oversees five Western Massachusetts counties and will show new civil defense films.
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Berkshire County Civil Defense
Area 4
Robert Boulay
Redfield School
Boulay
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