Mayor Proposes Check In Check Out Parking System
Pittsfield mayor says current parking costs exceed revenue and urges reform. Traffic Commission would switch large First Street lot from meters to a gate system. auditor notes 1969 traffic expenditures total 281,700 with 159,700 from parking fees and unspecified court fines.
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Pittsfield
Buller
Traffic Commission
First Street
Butler
Anthony W. Sottile
Sottile
Health Dept presses sewer tie-in orders on city properties
Health Department moves against five property owners on North Street South Street and Bank Row for failure to connect to the municipal sewer. Show-cause summonses issued with district court action set for February 20 to decide whether charges will be filed. The probe traced river pollution to old combined storm and sewage lines in downtown. Owners named include Mrs Rose Genovese on South Street and My Best Realty 70 Bank Row.
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The
City Health Department
North Street
South Street
Bank Row
Public Works Department
Sewer Commission
Housatonic
Health Department
Rose Genovese
My Best Realty 70
District Court Dismisses Sibbie Case in Not Guilty Verdict
Cynthia Sibbie of 49 West Housatonic St was found not guilty and her case was dismissed. R. J. Garnish of 44 Dodge Ave pleaded not guilty to operating under the influence driving with no license and drunkenness with case continued to April. Other filings note fines for lacking slicker and speeding and properties on North Street and Hank Row. Pittsfield Housing Authority was summoned but health department says North Street property is in Columbus renewal project though not yet acquired.
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Cynthia Sibbie
West Housatonic St
R. J. Garnish
Dodge Ave
Robert J. Hulland
Cleveland St
Fred J. Wilhelmina
Lenox
Haddad Russon
Hank Row
W. T. Grant
North Street
William 4. Fitzgerald
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Health Department
Columbus
PHA
Multiple Small Fires Reported Across City Sectors
Fire calls logged Monday include a defective dryer at 49 West St at 8:37 a.m. rubbish fire behind stores at 49 North St at 12:01 p.m. smoke complaint from an alley at 32 North St. 5:04 p.m. short in circuit with burned box and wires at 24 Chickering St. 8:12 p.m. water leak at 923 Lenox Ave.
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West St
North St
North St. Alley
Pear
Chickering St
City Native Bound Over in Adams Holdup
Roy J. Martin 31 of Omaha a Pittsfield native was bound over to the Berkshire grand jury for the 1964 Adams jewelry store holdup that netted $10 000 A two hour Adams District Court hearing before Special Justice Benjamin Apkin found sufficient evidence for trial Bail set at 10000 Defense claims mis identification taint from a police photo and lineup caused confusion The suspect returned to Berkshire after a Nebraska stay and was arrested January 21 by state authorities
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Roy J. Martin
Omaha
Neb
Pittsfield
Adams
Benjamin Apkin
North Adams
Adams District Court
Martin
Berkshire
Nebraska
Atty
Arthur Stein
Melvina Remillard
Remillard
Apkin
Obituary of Robert G Daniels Sr 63 of Lanesboro
Robert G Daniels Sr 63 of North Main St Lanesboro died this morning at Pittsfield General unit BMC Born in Pittsfield he moved to Lanesboro 39 years ago He owned Esso Station at 1399 South St until retiring in 1965 He was a member of St Luke s Episcopal Church and Mystic Lodge of Masons He leaves three sons two sets of twin daughters and 11 grandchildren His wife Grace Walton died in 1960 Friends may call at Newton Barnfather Funeral Home Wednesday from to and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Services will be Friday
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Robert G. Daniels Sr
North Main Street
Lanesboro
Pittsfield
Robert G. Oir
George S
William H
John N. Clairmont
California
William E. Christiansen
Wilbur Morris
Cheshire
Salvatore Natara
East Lee
William S. Jr
Hinsdale
Anna Howe
Dalton
Joseph Oscar Gero
Middlefield Road
St. Luke's
BMC
Hancock
Joseph and
Eliza Whitman Gero
Windsor
Crane & Co., Inc
Iil
Gero
St. Patrick’s Church
James A. Matter
William VanOrden
Thompsonville
Conn
Thomas P. Carney
Evelyn Baker
Amherst
Foley
Ernest A. Stoessel
Bayside
Ful
Charlotte M. Stoessel
Ontario St
Bernard Barriere
Parker St
New York City
Mr. Stoessel
Pittsehild High School
Rose Cunningham
Ernest A. Jr
Freeport
William
Hauppauge
L.I
Robert
Kathleen Stoessel
Maryknoll Order
Montero
Bolivia
Regind
Stoessel
Sacred Heart Church
St. Charles’ Cemetery
Farmingdale
S.t
Peter Zackerdonski
Wahconah Heights
St. Luke's Unit
Edgecombe
Lenox
Galacia
Austria
Zackerdonski
Wyandotte Worsted Mills
St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church
John Zackerdonski
Garden Grove
Calif
Michael
Daniel
Peter Zack
Wasylina Nykorchuk
Dwyer Funeral Home
St John's Church
St.Joseph's Cemetery
Civic leader Mrs Ambler of Newington dies at 50
Mrs Jacqueline Palmer Ambler 50 wife of E Curtis Ambler died Friday at Hartford Hospital. a noted civic leader, she chaired and directed for the United Church of Christ and served as moder ator of the UCC Central Association. active in Congregational Church work, she led drives and committees across Hartford and Newington, with survivors including two sons and a daughter. Funeral and memorial gifts to UCC missions or cancer society.
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Newington, Conn
Jacqueline Palmer Ambler
E. Curtis Ambler
Hartford Hospital
John P. Palmer
Tracy B. Ambler
Lee
Mass
UCC Central Association
Newington
Church of Christ, Congregational
Women'’s Fellowship
Hartford
Roger Welles
DAR
Northfield
Beaver College
Curtis P. Ambler
Peabody
Tracy .B. Ambler
Baltimore
Rosalind
Edward D. Wirth dies of heart attack in Southald
Edward D. Wirth of Southald LD nephew of Mrs. Evelyn Bellinger Commonwealth Avenue died February 4 at his home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services were held Saturday in Southald. Wirth, a World War I veteran, spent summers with his aunt here. Survived by wife Mae Sutton of Brooklyn and a brother William Wirth of Southold.
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Hinsdale
Edward D. Wirth
Southald
Evelyn Bellinger
Commonwealth Avenue
Wirth
Mae Sutton
Brooklyn
William Wirth
Southold
Rip Van Winkle City antipoverty petition targets Pittsfield
A 54 name petition circulated by local antipoverty groups accuses Pittsfield of being asleep on housing for 20 years. It is dedicated to City Council President Joseph S Scelsi and cites votes against housing. Signers include Alma Atlas head of Pittsfield Redevelopment Authority Charles F Bunnell and Richard S Lipez. AFO is the parent antipoverty group.
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Pittsfield
Rip van
Alma Atlas
Polish Club Names Winners In Fishing Derby
Prize winners in the annual fishing derby of the Polish Community Club at Richmond Pond were announced. Men’s top finishers were Joseph McCluskey Frank Tarnawa and John Salata Sr. In the youth divisions Karen Santolin Mark Chandler Thomas Chandler and Francis Koldys. John Salata Jr. won for smallest fish. Stephen Stockiey Sr. won the door prize gas powered auger. Ninety two participated.
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Richmond Pond
Joseph McCluskey
Frank E. Tarnawa
John F. Salata
Karen Santolin
Mark Chandler
Thomas Chandler
Francis Koldys
John F. Salata Jr
Stephen J. Stockiey Sr
Danforth Ave
Joel A. Less Named Permanent Sanitation Inspector
Joel A. Less of 4 Superior St is appointed permanent sanitation inspector in the city Health Department after passing a civil service exam to qualify for the post held provisionally since late September. Health commissioner Dr Harold Stein will finalize the appointment upon written confirmation. Less is a 1969 University of Massachusetts graduate, from North Adams high school, and is married to Myla Goodman.
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Joel A. Less
Superior St
Less
Harold Stein
University of Massachusetts
North Adams
Myla Goodman
Pontoosue School Art Show Draws 350 Attendees
About 350 parents and children attended a Pontoosue School art exhibition sponsored by Mothers for Art. Most pupils were represented with mobiles, drawings, and murals. The event runs through February with organizers led by Mrs. Winifred B. Bell and committee chairwoman Mrs. Edward Keegan.
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Pontoosue School
Mothers For Art
Edward Keegan
John Winston
Patricia Smachetti
Charles Peck
Winifred B. Bell
John A. Kreiger
Ruth Daley
Eagle Eye
William Tague
Police training program to run three weeks at Babson College
Norman J. Bessette of Peabody Loree will complete a three week program for police officers at Babson College in Wellesley starting February 20. The Command Training Institute for police officers is a school within a school funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Law Enforcement Administration.
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Norman J. Bessette
Pees Loree
New England
Babson College
Wellesley
Command Training Institute
U.S. Partment of Justice’s Law Enforcement Administration
Police Brief on R. A. Marchetto Injury
R A Marchetto of 35 Kensington Ave was taken to Pittsfield General yesterday for a cut band treated and released.
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R. A. Marchetto
Kensington Ave
Pittsfield
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