Northeastern storm snarls travel drains snow into New England
A deep coastal storm paralyzed New England and parts of the Northeast with heavy snow. By morning Pittsfield Airport recorded 10 inches, with another 12 inches predicted and two more inches before ending. Public transit slowed, private fleets worked overtime, and Worcester and Westfield faced emergency measures over plow crews and contracts as the storm moved northeast toward sea.
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New Jersey
George J. Bulgarelli
Pittsfield
Seaboard
Georgia
New England
Great Lakes
New York State
Births at Berkshire Medical Center This Week
Mr and Mrs Hugh Quirk Hinsdale welcome a daughter Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Harry Bovin Dalton welcome a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Paul E Perachi 621 Elm St. welcome a son yesterday.
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Berkshire Medical Center
Hugh Quirk
Hinsdale
Harry Bovin
Dalton
Paul E. Perachi
Elm St
Thieves Steal Coat From Pittsfield General Office
Ethyl Cartier of 137 Ashuelot Street Dalton reported to detectives that between 3 and 6 p.m. yesterday her $3 red corduroy coat was stolen from the Pittsfield General unit of BMC Office.
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Ethyl Cartier
Ashuelot St
Dalton
Pittsfield General Unit
BMC
Rail and Bus Travel Hampered by Storm Delays
Rail and bus travel were hampered by the storm with some trains as much as 114 hours behind schedule and others cancelled, including the Penn Central New York Washington Metroliner morning run. The mid Atlantic states, still digging out after the storm, faced widespread power outages complicating recovery efforts.
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Penn Central
New York- Washington
Alantic
North Adams Transcript Distributes After Storm Delay
North Adams editor James A. Hardman Jr. of the Transcript reported the Friday and Saturday papers could not be distributed due to impassable streets. He noted it was the first time in memory the paper failed to deliver because of weather and promised delivery today.
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North Adams
James A. Hardman Jr
Hardman
Rise in parental involvement at Pittsfield schools
A report by Supt. Thomas J. Whalen details widespread parental participation across Bartlett Pontoosue Davies Tucker and Dawes schools. Mothers serve as library workers reading moms art helpers lunch supervisors and room mothers advancing the federally funded Upgrade project at Rice School with two parent aides per classroom and a college student to reach an 8 to 1 pupil adult ratio.
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Pittsfield
Thomas J. Whalen
Bartlett School
Pontoosue School
Winfred B. Bell
Pontoosue
Davies School
Dawes
Tucker School
Tucker
Christian Center
Rice School
Two Students Named for State House Program
Thomas A. Polidoro of St Josephs High School and Paul LeBeau of Pittsfield High, both seniors, are set to attend Student Government Day at the State House in Boston on April 3. A Fishbowl drawing will assign governor and other officials. Taconic High School will also send a student. THS did not nominate due to late forms. LeBeau is son of Raymond G. LeBeau and 9 Beverly Street. Polidore is son of Frank P. Polidore and 581 East Street.
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Thomas A. Polidoro
St. Joseph’s High School
Paul LeBeau
Pittsfield High
State House
Boston
Paul R. Johann
Taconic High School
THS
LeBeau
Raymond G. LeBeau
Beverly St
Polidore
Frank P. Polidore
East St
Santa Pigott of Newberrys a Pittsfield Christmas fixture
William J. Pigott, 69, has been Pittsfield’s Santa Claus at Newberrys for 23 years, entertaining over 100000 children with an Irish accent. He donates time to Salvation Army, Polish American Club, and the Police Department, and served in WWI with the 16th Irish Division. He came from Tullamore Ireland in 1958, retired from GE in 1963 after 34 years, and remains devoted to townspeople and family including 12 children and 33 grandchildren.
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J. J. Newberry
Santa
William J. Pigott
Parker St
Santa Claus
Pittsfield
Pigott
D. F. Matowitz
Newberry
Newberry's
Tullamore
County Offaly
Ireland
Margaret Grogan
France
Belgium
Germany
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Willian J. Pigott
Federal Surplus Food Distribution Opens in Dalton Next Week
The federal surplus food program will begin in Dalton at 304 North Street with registration at 10 a.m. for welfare clients across old age assistance, aid to dependent children, and general aid. A truck from Springfield will deliver 5,000 pounds of food to Pittsfield first, expanding to South Berkshire and by month’s end serving over 7,000 Berkshire families.
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Fittsfield
South Berkshire
Dalton
Jerome M. Dunn
Holyoke
State Welfare Department
North St
Springfield
Dunn
Hagle
Pittsfield
Berkshire
Massachusetts
Welfare Department
Urban Coalition
Albert A. Bogdan
Bogdan
Joan Mills Authors News in Reader's Digest Feature
Joan Mills of Housatonic, long a Eagle columnist, wrote Just for Fun And Love in the January Reader's Digest. The piece profiles her son Chris delivering about 50 papers in rain, cheerfully greeting customers and animals, while noting that responsibility accompanies enjoyment. Mills has earlier Digest work including a May 1968 First Person award story.
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Joan Mills
Housatonic
Eagle
Reader's Digest
Chris
Miss Bee
Digest
City Government Inaugural Day Set For Jan 5
Pittsfield municipal officers elected last November will be sworn in Monday Jan 5. Mayor Butler and the City Council will take the oath at 10 a.m. in City Hall Council chambers, elect a president, then set seating for 1970 and 1971, adopt parliamentary rules, and hear an inaugural address. School Committee members will also be sworn in and choose a chairman and secretary. Council president appears settled with Joseph S Scelsi. School Committee chairman with St Rocco Scullary. The mayor and School Committee remain as last year. Three new council members join: Philip J Tully Jr Ward 1, William G McLavehin Ward 5, John F Fraser Ward 7.
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Pittsfield
Butler
City Hall
At & P.m
John J. Fitzgerald
Joseph S. Scelsi
St. Rocco Scullary
Richard S. Clement
Philip J. Tully Jn
William G. McLavehlin
John F. Fraser
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