Downtown Association opposes Ornstein Jubilee plan
The Downtown Association told city councilmen that the Jubilee renewal plan by J Alan Ornstein is impractical and would freeze out existing retailers. It urged a new plan with local retailers and data driven goals as council debates whether to spend 1.6 million to expand Jubilee and annex North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downtown Association
J. Alan Ornstein
Ornstein
North Street
Oinstein
New York City
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Park City Associates
Lancaster
Scelsi
Association
Association of Business and Commerce
Pittsfiald
Orn- Stein
Benjamin M. England
Ater‘e
England
Forbes, & Wallace
Park City
Raymond E. Crow
Training Offered For Draft Counselors
Berkshire County Draft Formation Service sponsors a three session training series for area residents interested in draft counseling. The first meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Church 175 Wendell Ave. Northampton counselor Frances Crowe leads. March 2 features David and Marion Brown Voluntown Conn. for the Committee for Nonviolent Action. March 9 has Jack Weston UMass professor guiding. Pollock says more counselors are needed and sessions are open to all. Inquiries to Pollock after 5 p.m.
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Berkshire County Draft Formation Service
Unitarian Church
Wendell Ave
Frances Crowe
Northampton
Connecticut Valley
David and
Marion Brown
Voluntown
Jack Weston
University of Massachusetts
Trobert M. Pollock
Lanesboro
Draft Information Service
Berkshire County
Pollock
Eleven arraigned after Sandisfield drug raid
Eleven area residents faced Southern Berkshire District Court arraignments after a Sandisfield raid on a private home. Charges include illegal possession of LSD marijuana and Percodan, plus being present where drugs were kept. Bail set at varying amounts. some defendants remanded, others released. Court dates set for March 3 and March 4.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire County
Connecticut
Berkshire District Court
Sandisfield
Virginia Knapp
Colchester
Conn
Richard T. Patten
Town Hill Road
Donna Z. Jainhhill
Jon Whittaker
North Plain Road
Theodore Dombrowski
Mount Washington
Jeffrey Potter
Windsor, Conn
Martin J. Yakaitis
Robert D.hoyt
Windsor
Robert Konior
Paul L. Lasch
Route 67
Mark Lansing-Jones
Montery
Knapp
Whittaker
Alty
Robert J. Donelan
Dombrowski
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Patten
Lansing-Jones
George BR. McCormick
James RK. Dohaney
Town Hill
Egremont
Monterey
New Marlboro
State Bureau of Narcotics
Samuel Wilber
Southern Berkshire District Court
Emmett J. Shea
Donelan
Berkshire County NAACP Plans Ten Brotherhood Awards Banquet
The Berkshire County NAACP branch will present ten Brotherhood Awards at the Freedom Fund banquet Saturday night at the Holiday Inn Lenox. Recipients include Abigail Dillard for housing work, Walter Wilson for the W E B Du Bois memorial in Great Barrington, Samuel Stevenson for social service in Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, Willard H. Durant for antipoverty work, Richard Lipez and Albert A. Bogdan for roles in Opportunity and Pittsfield Urban Coalition, plus others from Kimberly-Clark Carp. & Connell and additional communities. Clarence Mitchell Jr. will speak and David L. Gunn will MC. a scholarship from North Adams State College will be awarded next year with applications through G Peter Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County
NAACP
Brotherhood
Freedom Fund
Holiday Inn
Lenox
Frank T. Walker
Pittsfield
Abigail Dillard
Walter Wilson
East Chatham
N.Y
W.E. B. du Bois
Great Barrington
Samuel Stevenson
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire
Willard H. Durant
Richard §. Lipez
Action For Opportunity
Albert A. Bogdan
Lee
Walker, Aiken
WBEC
Channel 2 TV
Walker
David L. Gunn
Stockbridge
Clarence M. Mitchell Jr
Washington
North Adams State College
G. Peter Anderson
Union St
North Adams
Kennedy recovering from bacterial pneumonia in Palm Beach
Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts is reported recovering from bacterial pneumonia that has kept him in bed since Friday. Dr. Saul Rotter said Kennedy is on a lot of liquids and looks robust, with a strong constitution as he improves.
State Seeks Bids to Build Mount Washington Fire Tower
Commissioner Arthur W. Brownell of the Department of Natural Resources calls for sealed bids to construct a new fire tower in Mount Washington. Proposals will be opened March 10 at the DNR offices in Boston.
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State
Mount Washington
Arthur W. Brownell
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Boston
Brownell
Housing Action Committee Formed in Pittsfield
Housing Action Committee named to oversee zoning and demonstration efforts. Frank T. Walker of Pittsfield NAACP branch appointed Rev. Richard Coleman of West Stockbridge and Canaan to chair. Lincoln A. Jones named to succeed Abigail Dillard as president of the Rev. Samuel Harrison Nonprofit Housing Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County Naacp
Frank T. Walker
Pittsfield
Naacp Branch
Presidnt
Richard Coleman
West Stockbridge
Canaan
N.Y
Walker
Lincoln A Jones
Abigail Dillard
Samuel Harrison
Housing Corp
Butler appoints two of three chairmen for West Side school
Mayor Butler selects Thomas M. Connolly to head a site committee and Rev Patrick A. Sullivan to chair a program on neighborhood participation for a planned West Side Pittsfield community school. A third chair will lead bricks and mortar work.
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Butler
West Side Community School Unit
Pittsfield
Thomas M. Connolly
Dodge Ave
Patrick A. Sullivan
West Side
Connolly
Father Sullivan
Thomas L. McFalls
United Community Services
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Community School Planning Commission
Tucker and Briggs
GE Lexan to be Made in Japan under New Agreement
General Electric and Nagase & Co. announce a Tokyo agreement for Nagase to manufacture and distribute Lexan in Japan. John F. Welch of GE plastics leads the U S side and H Nagase heads Nagase. Lexan is produced in Mount Vernon Indiana and is distributed in Canada by Canadian GE Ltd and in Australia by Brown and Dureau Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
Japan
Tokyo
John F. Welch
Pittsfield
H. Nagase
Nagase & Co
Nagase
United States
Mount Vernon
Ind
Canada
Canadian
GE Ltd
Australia
Brown & Dureau, Ltd
Burnick Named Permanent Fire Lieutenant in City
Robert W. Burnick has been named a permanent lieutenant in the Fire Department by Mayor Donald G. Butler. Burnick, after 20 years with the department, has served as provisional lieutenant for 18 months and was certified eligible by Civil Service after an examination. The appointment, confirmed by the City Council, marks a new chapter for Lt. and Mrs. Burwick at 21 Sherri Ave, with five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Burnick
Donald G. Butler
Burnick
Burwick
Marita Burke
Sherri Ave
Union Draftsmen Approve 40 Month Pact With GE
Union draftsmen at Pittsfield General Electric plants overwhelmingly ratified a 40 month contract. The vote 156 to 30 at the Portuguese American Club followed retroactive raises Jan 26 and additional increases through the term. The agreement leaves only one Pittsfield GE unit to negotiate before the district settles all local contracts amid nationwide settlements and ongoing strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
General Electric
Paul H. Rapkowitz
American Federation of Technical Engineers
Pittsfield GE
Rapkowitz
Local 145
Local 141
1UPPE
Brow Named President of NARCE Chapter
Robert R. Brow of Dalton was elected president of Pitts field Chapter 428 of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees. John F. Doyle declined renomination. James E. McGill became vice president, Alice M. Richards secretary, Catherine McGill treasurer, with Laura Cooper among the delegates named for the Massachusetts Federation convention in Hyannis on April 11. Brow appointed Alexander Belisle chaplain and others to committees. Mrs Cooper joined the executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Brow
Dalton
Pittsfield
National Association of Retired Civil Employes
NARCE
John F. Doyle
Adams
James E. McGill
Alice M. Richards
Catherine McGill
Massachusetts
Federation of Naace
Sheraton-Hyannis Inn
Hyannis
Brow
McGill
Doyle
Laura Cooper
Edward K. Powers
Michael J. Arpante
Alexander Belisle
Belisle
Laura B. Cooper
Richards
Alexina Lyden
Sunshine
Berkshire Mutual Exceeds Premium Writing Goal
Berkshire Mutual Insurance Co reported premiums written rose by 4.8 million, a 217 percent increase, at its annual policyholders meeting led by president Aaron Goodale Jr. Net income reached 354,167 with assets of 5.5 million and a 1.9 million surplus. New coverages including casualty facilities were introduced, and three officers were promoted while board members were reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Mutual Insureance Co
Aaron Goodale Jr
Wath
Goodale
IHIS
Wiliam B. Palmer
Ernest R. Long
Gerald W. LaVallee
President Goodale
Joseph E. Manly
N. Douglas Morley
Thomas C. Nelson
S. Harley Jones
Severance Sawyer
John R. Tobey
Berkshire Mahal
Association for Blind to Meet March 2
The Berkshire Benevolent Association for the Blind will meet Monday March 4 at the Portuguese American Club at 7 p.m. Girl Scout Troop 192 of St Teresa's Church will provide the program. Miss Beverly Grady and Herbert Sabin will supervise refreshments. A donation from the Central Lions Club of Dalton brings the fund drive to 2205 dollars per final reports.
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Berkshire Benevolent Association For the Blind
At & P.m
St.Teresa's Church
Beverly Grady
Herbert Sabin
Central Lions Club
Dalton
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Fenn St
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Enfield, Conn
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William Fox
Westfield
Nelson Fox
Dracut
Rose Morrison
Beryl Fox
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Harry Dowling
Church St
Anna Dowling
Kennedy Recovering
Housing Action Committee
IUE
AFC
AFO
Shadowbrook
Jesus Seminary
Ife
Rev
Joel Lurtext
Robert W. Burwick
United Auto Workers
GE Housewares
Fort Smith
Ark
International Association of Machinists
GE General Purpose Department
Bloomington
Syracuse
Ramp Department
Circleville
Ohio
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Berkshire Mutual
Ance
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