Fees for Special Services Suggested by Council Head
Pittsfield officials discuss charging fees for building plumbing and electrical inspections as well as sewer and garbage services. Council President Dobbin proposes a special commission on tax resources to study revenue sources amid rising real estate taxes. The plan seeks self liquidating fees, referencing past commissions and reports from 1955 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Edward L. Dobbins
Dobbins
Remo del Gallo
Harvey Lake
Mayor Opposes State Welfare Study Proposal
Pittsfield Mayor Del Gallo discussed a potential neutral study of the city Welfare Department. State officials proposed a state run study or private foundation funding as an alternative. He aims to secure private funds and notes retirements may affect timing while affirming the department’s quality.
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State Welfare Department
del Gallo
Pittsfield
Charles Hadecker
Carnegie Foundation
James B. Carson
George B. Reilly
Springfield
State Department
Two Are Graduated From PGH in Medical Technology
Two students at Pittsfield Ford Rockefeller and General Hospital School of Medicine were awarded Medical Technology diplomas this week marking the end of twelve months of hospital laboratory study. Miss Virginia S. Almodal and Miss Consuelo R. Dona, both from the Philippines, will work in Indianapolis at Methodist Hospital and Union Memorial Hospital Ballimore Md respectively. PGH School of Medical Technology will register three new students Monday: Miss Karen L. Koenig Fishkill New York Miss Yul Chung Duksung Women University Seoul Korea and Vinayak K Bhatt Gujarat University India. All admitted with at least three years of college and will take the national Board of Registry exam after four years.
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Pittsfield E Ford
Rockefeller
General Hospital School
Virginia S. Almodal
Consqlacion R. Dona
Philippines
Miss Almodal
Indianapolis
Methodist Hospital
Miss Dona
Union
Board of Registry of Medical Technologists
Probate Notices in Pittsfield and Becket
The will of Christian B Jadatz of Pittsfield filed for probate bequeaths all property to wife Emily F Jadatz. John G Arnold, former Adams coal and oil dealer, leaves an estate valued at 223126 in personal property and 33900 in real estate with securities dominating the holdings. Florence E Crowley of Becket has a will filed for probate. her brother Horace M Crowley of Becket inherits the residue after a special memorandum items are distributed.
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Christian B. Jadatz
Pittsfield
Emily F. Jadatz
John G. Arnold
Adams Coal and Oil
First Agricultural National Bank
Winder
Florence E. Crowley
Becket
Horace Mf. Crowley
Holiday Week at Berkshire Athenaeum Library
The Berkshire Athenaeum hosts a busy holiday crowd as college students and local youths swarm the reference room. Researchers tackle topics from European history to Kennedy era psychology while staff manage crowded tables, quiet requests, and rising non fiction circulation.
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Berkshire Athenaeum
Euston Article Selected for National Journalism Contest
Pittsfield resident Mountfort A. Euston of 38 Crofut Street has a feature on telephone service during the November power blackout chosen to represent Syracuse University School of Journalism in the Hearst Foundation contest. The piece, published in the Daily Orange, was partially used by United Press International. first prize is a $500 scholarship with additional grants for top finalists.
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Euston
Pittsfield
Berkshire Eagle
Syracuse University School of Journalism
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Syracuse Journalism School
Studes
Mountfort A. Euston
Crofut St
Syracuse University Daily Orange
United Press International
New York State
the Eagle
Great Barrington
Lee
Syphilis Trends In New England States Report
A U S Public Health Service report shows infectious syphilis cases per 100000 for fiscal 1964. Massachusetts 3.0 to 6.5, Vermont 0.2 to 2.3, Maine 7 to 1.0, New Hampshire 3.6 to 11, Rhode Island 2.3 to 1.6, Connecticut 5.3 to 4.2, with decreases in two states and increases in four others.
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Atlanta, Ga
Massachusets
Vermont
New England
U.S. Public Health Service
Connecticut
City Employes Unions Prepare for Bargaining Agent Fight
Pittsfield faces a contest between two municipal employee unions to become the sole collective bargaining agent for city workers not in the School Fire or Police departments. A state election overseen by the Labor Relations Commission would decide among the association the federation or no union.
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Pittsfield
Morris Williams
City
Zenophil J. Bleau
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afi-Cio
Volpe
Ee County
Dalton
Williams
State Labor Relations Commission
Association
Federation
Highway Department
Jones Division
Beloit
State
Jack V. Groat
Pittsfield Teachers’ Association
Chicopee
ATL Cio
Pittsfield Federation of Teachers
One Arrested One Hospitalized After Crashes
An Adams man, Matthew F. Stefanski, 46, pleaded not guilty in District Court to wet driving and drunkenness stemming from an East Street crash in which his east bound car hit James J. Buckley, 20 Taylor St. There was extensive damage. Dennis J. Driscoll, 62, of 15 View St, was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital after a two vehicle crash at Tyler and Brown. Catherine Ackley, 4B, of Clark Place, treated at Pittsfield General Hospital and released. Driscoll's chest injury condition listed as good.
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Adams
Matthew F. Stefanski
Clement A. Ferris
George B. Crane
Stefanski
James J. Buckley
Taylor St
Dennis J. Driscoll
View St
St. Luke's Hospital
Tyler and
Brown Streets
Catherine Ackley
Clark Place
Pittsfield General Hospital
Driscoll
PHS Receives New Cooking Equipment for Kitchen Upgrade
Pittsfield High School has installed two convection ovens a vegetable steaming unit and a steam kettle in its cafeteria funded by the School Lunch Office in Boston. Old gas stoves moved to Plunkett School while a bake oven and a steamer were scrapped leaving a dishwasher as the main need reported by Florence C. Hunt.
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Pittsfield High School
Florence C. Hunt
Boston
Yellow Coach Drivers Plan Daily Negotiations
Daily negotiations will be held next week to work out a new contract for Yellow Coach Lines bus drivers before the January 3 deadline. Street Railway Employes Union Local 496, representing 23 Yellow Coach employees, met with company counsel and plans to meet daily if needed to resolve differences. The union seeks a 20 cent hourly wage increase plus enhanced fringe benefits. the company has not yet presented its offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Coach Lines, Inc
Atty
Anthony J. “Huberto
Street Railway
Yellow Coach
Andrew T. Campel
Roberto
Campoli
Early Bird Satellite Pays Its Way
WASHINGTON AP The Communications Satellite Corp Comsat earned 966000 in fees for Early Bird use in Q3 1965 The company in its first quarterly report noted total cash and temporary investments near 188 million as of September 30 It plans two new satellites in 1966 for Atlantic and Pacific commercial service and to support NASA Apollo moonlanding efforts.
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Wastington
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Pacific
Space Agency
Berkshire Convocation to open at Grace Church
The Berkshire Convocation of Episcopal Churchwomen meets at Grace Church on Friday January 7 with Bishop Hatch celebrating Holy Communion. The program includes registration at 9:30, service at 10, dialogue between Rev. Cochran and Rev. Day on I Believe in God or Day, lunch by attendees, and continuation of discussion with adjournment at 2:30.
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Cochran
Mr. Day
Springfield
Worcester
Co-Op Bank Chief slams misleading ads in town
Pittsfield Co-Operative Bank president Sid ney M. Smith warns depositors via a letter against deceptive rate terms in competitor ads. He cites planned and anticipated rates, urging readers to read fine print and compare actual current rates, noting Pittsfield’s 4% annual yield with quarterly compounding.
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Pittsfield
Pittsfield Co-Operative Bank
Sidney M. Smith
Pittsfield Co-Operative Depositors
Pittsfield Co-Operative
Lyons Promoted by Dallas Bank Trust Dept Heading
John Lyons, son of Mrs Helen Southern Lyons and the late Lawrence Lyons, promoted to assistant trust officer in the trust department of Republic National Bank of Dallas. Native of Pittsfield, he served in the U.S. Air Force 1953 to 1960, earning the Air Force Commendation Medal in 1958, and married Edith Grassley in 1958. They reside in Dallas with their 2 year old son.
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John Lyons
Helen Southern Lyons
Lawrence ¥. Lyons
Pittsfield
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Dallas
Tex
Lyons
St. Joseph's High School
St. Michael*s
Winooski
Trust Department
Bank
Edith Grassley
Lawrence
Glenwick Lane
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Hiedal
Real Estate Transfers and a Theft Incident in Chico
Real estate transfers include Edwin G Krell Jr and Ruth Kreil to Isadore Goodman for Elm Street property, Carole Kidney to Ruth McLaughlin for Appleton Avenue, Ruth McLaughlin to Philip Kidney on Appleton Avenue, Olga Dragone to Catarina Frierri and J Christine Barile for Plastics Avenue property, Joseph J and Louis Wehry to Donald Nolan for Kirchner Road land, Dalton Ber Marris Inc to Fred Poplaski for North Street parcel in Dalton, Ruth Parker to Bayard and Joan Davis for Jane at Stockbridge Bowl in Stockbridge. In Chico a construction worker helped two women load a filing cabinet then the cabinet was later reported stolen from a shipment of office equipment.
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Edwin G. Krell Jr
Ruth M. Kreil
Isadore Goodman
Elm Street
Olga Dragone
Catarina Frieri
J. Christine Barile
Plastics Avenue
Joseph J
Louis Wehry
Donald M. and
Pariscilla M. Nolan
Kirchner Road
Dalton
Chico
Calif
UPI
Cincinnati Mayor Drives Eviction for Wheel Cafe Stand
Cincinnati Ohio mayor Walton Bachrach ordered the eviction of Wheel Cafe owner as part of a downtown renewal project. The mayor himself owns the restaurant, linking self interest to the public action in a contentious move.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
UPI
Walton Bachrach
Wheel Cafe
Bachrach
19 Officers Pass Exam for Police Sergeant
The Civil Service office in aston announced that 18 non for Sergeant received successful grades. Five new ser geancies must be filled soon. Disclosures for the Lieutenant and captain exams will likely be made next week. Passing officers listed alphabetically include Edgard Almstead Dan to Baccoli Richard Bazzattini Norman Besselle Edwin Blair Alfred Bramer Lorenzo Briggs Eugene Catalano William Dermody Edmond Ferriter Robert le Jordan Stanley Kobus Benjamin Kulesa William Paris Frank Polidoro Richard Reddy Robert Rozon Francis Savko and Stanley Stankiewicz.
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Civil Service Office
Aston
Civil Service
Edgard D. Almstead
Danto Baccoli
Richard D. Bazzattini
Norman J. Besselle
Edwin J. Blair
Alfred P. Bramer
Lorenzo M. Briggs
Eugene W. Catalano
William M. Dermody
Edmond L. Ferriter
Robert le Jordan
Stanley J. Kobus
Benjamin A. Kulesa
William Paris
Frank P. Polidoro
Richard P. Reddy
Robert Rozon
Francis G. Savko
Stanley Stankiewicz
Post Office Tops Year's Building Permits
Building permits in 1965 reached an estimated 4.9 million, about 1 million above 1964. The year’s largest news item was GE announcing a 31 million construction and modernization program in 1985. September saw 1.7 million in permits including a new post office and Colonial Gardens apartments addition.
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General Electric
William A. Mandell
Colonial Gardens
Leading Space Feat Claimed by Russia
The Soviet Union claimed the top space achievement of 1965 in a Tass yearend review, highlighting Alexei Kro novel walks on March 18 as the No. 1 exploit. It acknowledged a later identical U.S. walk by Edward White and noted the Gemini 6 and 7 rendezvous as another major milestone in space navigation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Alexei Kronov
U.S
Edward White
Gherman Titov
Wallace fractures wrist punching heavy bag in hotel gym
Governor George A Wallace of Alabama, former amateur boxing champion, fractured his right wrist Thursday while slugging a heavy bag in a Miami Beach hotel gym. The wrist was casted for four to five weeks, with an aide saying he likely cannot sign state papers but will otherwise be unhindered.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George A. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Bang Backfires at Cincinnati Grocery Robbery
In Cincinnati Ohio a would be robber acting with a pocket pistol was foiled by store owner Harry Bang who subdued the suspect and recovered 93 dollars. Bang restrained the man until police arrived.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
UPT
Gq Grocery
Harry Bang
Bang
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Lake
Bulgarelli
Raymond L. Haughey
Zarelli
PGH
Margaret A. Gardner
Williamstown
John J. White
Dalton Avenue
Lanesboro
Louis Cimini
Center St
Lyon
Ferris
Gregory £. Ashe
Charles C. Messana
Elizabeth Sr
Joanne Saunders
Memorial Drive
Daniel C. Guachione
Merrill Road
Raymond Lasch
Abbott St
Robert E. Bailot
Cheshire
Friendly
North Street
Probate
Florence x
Crowley Awade
University of Massachusetts
Berkshire Community College
North Adams State College
Syracuse University
Tresley College
Pompeii
Monitor
The
Merrimac
Universiy of
Massachusetts
North Junior High
Pittsfield High
Ecumenical Council
Kennedy
Emile Durkhui
Litetzzt
PHS
London
James Bond
Sean Connery
Connery
Co-Op Bank
Dallas Bank
Carole J. Kidney
Ruth E. McLaughlin
Appleton Avenue
Philip C. Kidney
Ber-Marris, Inc
Fred J. and
Louise A. Poplaski
Ruth E. Parker
Bayard G
Joan W. Davis
Jane
Stockbridge Bowl
Stockbridge
Russia
Governor Wallace
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