Pickets End Coldest Day as GE Strike Nears Christmas
GE strike in Pittsfield amid bitter cold as 5 degree temperatures meet 5000 nonunion workers at plant gates. Negotiations in New York yielded no deal, with talks resuming Monday. Union members report $130000 in pre Christmas strike pay, locals 255 234 and 285 distributing $50 $30 and welfare aid to families. Carmel family plans a modest Christmas, relying on strike savings and welfare for a four person household.
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Pittsfield General Electric
New York
International Union of Electrical Workers
Ton
Foley
JUB Local 255
Albert FE. Litano
TUE Ulocal
Carmels
Carmel
Thaksgiving
Santa Foy Fund Nears Ten Thousand Mark
The Eagle Santa Toy Fund has climbed to $9,778.13 with $448.13 added this morning as contributions pour in from across the city. Despite the GE strike, plant employees from plastics, chemical development, GE Ordnance Systems, and power transformer test departments donated amounts including $104.30, $17, $52, and $20 respectively, helping make this year’s fund the greatest yet.
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Plastics Department
Chemical Development
GE/ OS manufacturing
GE Ordnance Systems
Killeen Cites Ordinances on Snow Removal
Police Chief John J. Killeen reminded residents of city snow removal rules. Homeowners must clear sidewalks within six hours after a snowfall except from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. Cars must not be moved into streets and may be towed if they block snow removal between midnight and 7 a.m.
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John J. Killeen
Public Works
Births at Berkshire Medical Center names and homes
Birth notices from Berkshire Medical Center report multiple newborns. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles Le Febvre of 17 Copley Terrace yesterday. a son to Mr and Mrs Henry McIntosh of 53 Briggs Avenue yesterday. a daughter to Mr and Mrs Stanley Pekala Jr of Dryden New York yesterday. a son to Mr and Mrs Kent DeShaw of 53 John Street yesterday. a daughter named Andrea to Mr and Mrs Warren L Preble of Los Angeles California yesterday. a daughter Christ ine Marie to Mr and Mrs Richard J Magner of Dalton on Sunday with grandparents listed in Worcester Pittsfield and Washington DC.
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Berkshire Medical Center
Charles LeFebvre
Copley Ter
Warren L. Preble
Los Angeles
Calif
Andrea
Eliott M. Preble
Worcester
Pittsfield
Uvalde Russell
Washington, DC
Richard J. Magner
Dalton
Christine Marie
Daniel A. Rush
Hast Housatonic St
Sohn P. Magner
Alwood Ive
Scullary Set To Return As School Board Chairman
Rocco Scullary appears certain to replace Richard S. Clement as School Committee chairman when the board organizes for 1970. Clement will not seek a second year and backs Scullary. Swearing in is Jan 5 at 8 p.m. in City Hall.
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Scullary
Rocco Scullary
Richard S. Clement
Clement
City Hall
Basilio Henriques Jr
Anne E. Wojtkowski
Butler
James R. Clary
James W. Collins
Sewlary
Rocky
Collins
Warren Lowry Named Head of Techno Systems in N J
Warren M Lowry resigns from Beloit Corp Jones division in Dalton to become president and chief executive officer of Techno Systems Inc Princeton N J The firm runs a Cambridge England plant making automated turret lathes and plans a U S manufacturing facility Lowry a German native has led the Jones division's industrial equipment department for nine years He is married with two children and will reside in Williamstown with his family.
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Warren M. Lowry
Beloit Corp
Jones
Dalton
Techno Systems, Inc
Princeton
N.J
Cambridge
England
Lowry
United States
Germany
Jones Division
Lowrys
Williamstown
Draftsmen Meetings On Course To Decide Strike Action
Pittsfield GE draftsmen Local 140 and 149 face contract fate as meetings set for tonight at 7 p m and Sunday at 3 p m at the Portuguese American Club to vote on strike acceptance rejection or contract extension The AFTE coalition of 13 unions coordinates nationwide action with GE negotiations ongoing since October across locals including nine AFTE locals and IUE and UE as national partners
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Pittsfield General Electric Draftsmen
Paul H. Rapkowicz
American Federation of Technical Engineers
Winter Street
Rapkowicz
Pittsfield GE
AFTE
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Independent
United Electrical Workers Union
Apte 145
Pittsfield GE Planners
Hudson Falls
Pittsfield
Schenectady
Berkshire Community College to Install TSS/3 Computer
A time sharing computer system, the TSS/3 by Digital Equipment, will arrive at Berkshire Community College for an experimental operation next month. It will provide eight terminals at BCC and eight more in county schools at a cost of 115000 dollars. The college also shares in a GE 115 computer installed last July, funded by a 146020 dollar price, offset by a 24753 dollar donation from General Electric and grants from the Vocational Education Act, the New England regional commission, and other participants.
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Berkshire Community College
Digital Equipment, Inc
Maynard
BCC
General Electric Co
New England Regional Commission
Water Main Break Hits West Housatonic Street
A four inch water main ruptured on West Housatonic Street at 4 am leaving several houses and a self service car wash without water. Water Department crews expected to finish repairs today. The break occurred near the Eaton Paper Co plant.
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West Housatonic Street
Water Department
Eaton Paper Go
Butternut Ski Program for Young Skiers
Butternut offers an eight lesson ski program for children and teens in grades 1 through 12. Sessions are on Fridays or Sundays afternoons and cost 20 dollars. Registration at Butternut in Gt. Barrington or call 328-1052 for details.
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Butternut
Barrington
Last Chance For Timely Yule Card Delivery In Pittsfield
Pittsfield residents must have Christmas cards deposited at the post office by 8 a.m. tomorrow for local delivery on the final carrier run. Postmaster James B. Hamilton says mail placed in street boxes before evening will be included. no street box collections on Christmas Day. Main office and front-box deposits will be dispatched, while street box collections halt.
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Pittsfield
James B. Hamilton
Winter storm to bring 3 to 5 more inches, officials warn
Meteorologist George Bulgarelli said a new winter storm developing overnight is moving rapidly toward the area and could drop three to five inches of lighter, fluffier snow. Yesterday's storm left six inches in Southern Berkshire, 18 inches in North Adams, and 9.4 inches officially in the city. Traffic was tangled with main arteries jammed as highway crews labored 31 hours straight to clear and sand the streets.
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Oe Lipelzzi
George J. Bulgarelli
Berkshire
North Adams
Bulgarelli
Public Works
Gerald S. Doyle
GE Plans No Appeal of NLRB Ruling
GE will not appeal the NLRB ruling settling an informal agreement with local unions over illegal mass picketing at Pittsfield plants. The decision allows the settlement to take immediate effect. If unions fail to honor the peaceful picketing pledge, GE may renew its complaint.
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Pittsfield
General Electric Management
National Labor Relations Board
Edward MM. Dobbins
Dobbins
Atty
George B. Crane
IUE
NLRB
Test Set Jan 17 For Code Inspectors
A civil service examination will be held January 17 to fill four code enforcement inspector posts as part of the city housing upgrading effort. Currently one fulltime man on provisional basis and a group of parttime firemen fill the posts. pay ranges from 128 to 143 dollars weekly. Applications must be received by the state by December 29. Information from the personnel office at City.
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City Hall
New Year's Eve at The Springs Ad
Advertisement promotes Kentucky Fried Chicken party at The Springs with no cover and no minimum, contact 458 3465 for details.
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National Association
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Lucy
Frank Our Babba
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