Court appointments in Massachusetts need reform
South Berkshire Weekly weighs in on the row over district court judges in Massachusetts. The piece argues politics taints appointments, erodes respect for law, and calls for civil service style exams and a constitutional convention to remove politics from judicial selections. It notes benefits of proximity, salary schedules, and near Boston influence on outcomes.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Fawyers
Bar Associations
Alabama Court Overturns Year Old Quickie Divorce
A Birmingham judge nullified a Dec 2 1959 divorce between Irene A Gray of Minnesota and Clifton W Gray Jr of New Jersey after ruling it was obtained through fraud and residency avoidance. The ruling follows criticism that Alabama residency requirements are lax in divorce cases, prompting repeated reversals in Birmingham.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
APJ
Equity Court
Robert C. Giles
Irene A. Gray
Cloquet
Minn
Clifton W. Gray Jr
North Bergen
N. J
Resignations and appointments mark Berkshire district courts
Gov. Furcolo announced the resignation of Lee District Court Judge Albert Clark 73 and the appointment of Pittsfield attorney John J. Dwyer to succeed him. The move, seen as abrupt, follows earlier Furcolo district court appointments in Berkshire County. Judge Clark, a Republican, had been appointed by Gov. Bradford with a salary of 4300 a year. Dwyer, chairman of Pittsfield Democratic City Committee, replaces Clark amid GOP expectations that the post would go to a Republican. The fast switch surprised local Republicans.
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State House
Lee District
Albert Clark
Pittsfield
John J. Dwyer
Furcolo
Judge Clark
Bradford
Atty
Dwyer
Democratic City Committee
Berkshire
John J. Barry
Great Barrington
George R. McCormick
Berkshire area mourns multiple deaths and weather woes
Obituaries list Leon C. Leoni and others from Pittsfield and Stockbridge with varied professions including a GE supervisor and a psych researcher. A winter storm dumps eight inches in the Berkshires causing traffic jams and school closings, as a murder trial nears a Christmas break amid snowbound delays.
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Leon C. Leoni
Pittsfield
John D. Lewis
Mill River
David Rapaport
Stockbridge
Austen Riggs Center
Menninger Clinic
Topeka
Kans
Berkshires
Berkshire
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Halls of Justice
By Frank McCarthy
Federal Supreme Court
Berkshire County
Gillett's
Television Service
Dumont
Tel
Fenn Street
S&h
Royal Cleaners
Wahconah St
S. S. Pierce
Pierce
Captain's Chest Brass Chest
New England
Malian Impaired Fonds
Daily Rules
Raymond F. Blosser
Union Commerce Bank of Cleveland
Financial Public Oberations Asociation
George Clark
Charl
PTA
Berkshire Week In Review
A Week
Review
Lee
Navy
Ordnance Department
Ordnance
IUE
Roy F. Brown
John Burbank
Ward 7
John F. Fraser
Patrick F. Callaghan
Pittsfield High
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Bannister
William Lahey
John
Cheshire
Bergain
William
M'Gregor
Pittsfeld
Best
Earl W. Madden
Berkshire Village
Boxer
Mollier
Amassetl
Tantieo
Burbank
George A. McDermott
Heisler
George W. Stannard
Clarence N
Egremont
Keller
Armand G. Valente
Natale
Kelly
Zégarowski
Kirchner
Ars. Atha
Lanesboro
Koza
Dist. Atty
Matthew J. Ryan
Springfield
1Ue Local 255
Woodlawn Avenue
Local 255
Washington
1UF
Berkshire Gas Co
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Massachusetts Public Utilies Commission
Dalton
Janet Thompson Burns
ADAMS
Matthew Ciempa
Sen
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Lenox
Illinois
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Department of Urban Affairs
Aft
Kennedy
West Virginia
Sen. Douglas
Joseph Gwordz
Gwordz
Mary
TWUA
Bennington
Roger Jewett
Northern Berkshire Development Corporation
Tech
P. I. Sullivan
Central Berkshire
Fred B. Spyker
First Congregational Church
Westboro
Edmund W. Noetzel
Silvgio Mastrangelo
Apte Lovat
Theodore R. Sherpey
Albert L. Martin
Edward W. Fitault
Hinsdale
Thomas
Morton
Robert P. Cramer
Berkshire Community College
Thomas E. O'Connell
Gino Rosa
Pittsfield General Hospital
N. Eugene Ditlow
Mnager
Shearson, Hammill & Co
Barry
Johnson
Aigues
Jewett
Berkshire County Industrial Development Commission
William Rhoades
Williams College Economics
North Adams
BCIDC
Tanglewood
Williams College
High Schoo
1958
Douglas
Ho Nois
Pex Douglas
Joseph Guardi
Fender
Famous Brand
Woody
Tyler Street
East ST
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