Favorite Gun Tale Traces Fox Shotgun’s Decline in Utica Era
James Suttle notes a Fox Sterlingworth 19 gauge at Center Sporting Goods in North Adams. Sav age Arms shifted Fox guns from Philadelphia to Utica and then Chicopee Falls, ending the classic Fox line. Teddy Roosevelt praised the Fox, while Dick Moon recounts exhibition shooters and Doris Moon’s quick trap shooting during a Remington act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Suttle
Jimmy
Whegon
Utica
Savage Arms Co
Philadelphia
Savage Arms
Ansley H. Fox
Dick Moon
Purdy
Boss
Webley & Scott
A. H. Fox
L. C. Smith
Parker Brothers
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Africa
Kermit
Long Island
Brazil
Amazon
William Howard Tait
Doris
Wilbur Cox
Remington’ Arms Co
Cox
GEAA
Pittsfield
Letters on deer, dogs, and inflation in The Eagle
A reader laments a game warden's shooting of two dogs chasing deer, argues deer are not endangered, and criticizes snowmobile disruption and poaching. The letter questions protection motives. Another letter, by Joseph Pizzonia Jr of Pittsfield, criticizes President Nixon's inflation policy and urges new economic theories to avoid a severe recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Leeman
Eagle
M. Brandstein
Richmond Road
Lenox
Nixon
Johnson
Congress
GE Strike Ends After 101 Days as Pittsfield Returns
Berkshire Week in Review reports the GE strike ending after 101 days with union Locals 254 and 255 ratifying a 40 month contract. About 3,000 of 5,760 strikers returned to work. recall of others expected next week amid a dispute over seniority in recall procedures. A fire at Ida & John's Restaurant in Hancock caused $300,000 in losses with 100 firefighters hindered by water shortage. Other items note Mount Washington's town meeting budget, redevelopment proposals for Pittsfield, and civic appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
IUE
Local 255
Ida & John’s
Route 20
Hancock
John Connors
Mount Washington
Vocational Wing Debate Shapes Berkshire Hills Schools
Berkshire Hills Superintendent George P. Lane proposes a 1.2 million vocational wing at Monument Mountain High School to expand education options beyond college paths. Critics favor a regional vocational high school for South Berkshire to improve efficiency, administration, and funding while avoiding inter-district transport issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monument Mountain
George P. Lane
Berkshire
Lenox and
Lee
Berkshire Hills
Monument Mountain High School
South County
Lee - Lenox - Olis - Tyringham
Walter Makham
Lane
Southern Berkshire
Paul McDonald
McDonald
South Berkshire
Jean
Tane
Sheffield
Lenox
George June
Quote warns against abandoning Israel and Jews
Dr William A Wexler president of Bnai F'rish international Jewish service group warns that the United States may be abandoning Israel and that this generation will not permit Jews or Israel to be treated as expendable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
William A. Wexler
B'nai F’rish
International Jewish Service Organization
U.S
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T.R
N.Y
Chicopea Alls
Chicopee
Jiak Peak
Massachusetts
Parkas
FOX Trac
H.P
Kustom, Inc
East St. Cor
Newell
Tao
THE
Joseph Pizzonia Jr
Berkshire Week In Review
Park City Associates
Lancaster
Jubilee
England Brothers
West Street
England
J.C. Penny Co
North Street
J. Alan Ornstein
Forbes & Wallace Department
Ronald A. Stratton
WBEC
United Fund
Lanesboro
Paul R. Bousquet
George A. Bisacca
Louis J. Russo
Berkshire County Heart Fund
Jack Carrell
WGY
WRGB
City Hall
Nrders
Mevor Butler
Nancy J. McIntire
Radcliffe
Williams
Neal W. Welch
Clarksburg
Sprague Electric
Sprague
Neal E. Welch
Williamstown
North Adams Hoosac Savings Bank
Russell C. Bowes Jr
First Agricultural National Bank
North Adams
Neil A. Mendry
Proctor (Vt.) Trust Co
Robert E. Gerner
Hlinsdale
Bowes
Dalton
William J. Bennett
Berkshire Bank & Trust
Donald E. Debacher
Indiana
Popkin Shenian
Ralph W. Busk
Berkshire Medical Center
Benjamin C. Baldwin
Cavey
Wilkinson
Mead Corporation
Hazel St. Cassidy
Registry of Motor Vehicles Office
F. Joseph Clark
Western Mass
Electric
Joel S. Greenberg
William B. Palmer
Butler
Fred D
Pittsfield Dow
Marion T
Lenox Doyle
William S
Pittsfield Ball
Paul A
Karpeck
George W
Great Barrington
Music On Records
Peter N. Foss, R. Ph
U Agner’s
Elm St
Claverack
New York
HA Amer
Joe Ginn
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