Renaming Of City Rejected In Pittsfield
Pittsfield rejected a proposed city name change to Rip Van Winkle City after anti poverty groups urged the move to spotlight housing failures. The 54 signers did not speak at the Tuesday night vote. Also announced were Berkshire Pom-Poms 1970 season appointments with Drum Major Edward Slater and others, plus a Berkshire County education hearing supporting bills for special education funding and preschool inclusion.
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Joseph
Scelsi
John J. Fitzgerald
Berkshire Pom
Cavaliers
Imperial
Kathy DeMary
JoAnn Reynolds
Taconic High School
Pam Record
South Junior High School
Berkshire County
House
Senate Committee On Education
Mary Fonseca
Fall River
Andrea F. Nuciforo
Pittsfield
Robert Goulet
Berkshire Area
David Katz
Berkshire
National Society For Autistic Children
John Rock
Rock
Helen MM
Belanger
Lee
Talk Scheduled On Effort To Help Youth
The Rev. Paul Engel of Springfield will speak at a March 12 meeting of the Juvenile Corrections Committee of the League of Women Voters at Union Federal Savings & Loan Association. He will discuss Youth in Trouble and Downey Side aims to provide a wholesome environment and guidance for youths 11 to 21 lacking parental supervision. The committee cites Downey Side as a nonprofit chartered to aid youths through housing, counseling, and self-help, with planning underway for a possible project. Invitations extend to all interested parties.
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Paul Engel
Springfield
Downey Side, Inc
League of Women Voters
Union Federal Savings & Loan Association
Downey Side
James Thompson
St. Charles’ Church
Lois Quinn
Williamstown
Fire crews mop up hazardous gasoline on Columbus Avenue
At 3 44 pm Tuesday firefighters responded to a gasoline spill on Columbus Avenue. They contained and mopped up the hazard, preventing further danger. No injuries were reported.
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Columbus Avenue
Berkshire Medical Center names new credit manager
Joe Oberfield of Hempstead Long Island has been named credit manager at Berkshire Medical Center. The announcement came from Donald Budlong director of fiscal services. Oberfield previously worked two years with Chemical Bank New York area as a Master Charge sales representative and has moved to Glendale. He holds a Hofstra University BBA and completed Sears Roebuck management training, succeeding Robert Phelps.
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Joe Oberfield
Hempstead
Berkshire Medical Center
Donald Budlong
Oberfield
The
Chemical Bank
New York
Glendale
Hofstra University
Sears Roebuck
Robert Phelps
Open House At Berkshire Museum Junior Dept Sunday
Berkshire Museum junior department hosts an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 30 pm. Young visitors will handle a living creatures display including Frederick the starling born last spring, green iguanas black tegus turtles tortoises goldfish gerbils salamanders and Sea aquaria while Thomas G. Smith leads tours and discusses the exhibits.
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Berkshire Museum
Fry
Frederick
Thomas G. Smith
Law Enforcement Contact Numbers and Local Alerts
The notice lists state and municipal police numbers for Pittsfield and Lee barracks. It provides State Police Lee Barracks 243 0600, State Police Pittsfield Barracks 445 55, Pittsfield Police Department 445 4556, and a placeholder Atlas municipal number for local callers. It appears as a concise public safety directory entry.
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Lee Barracks
Pittsfield Barracks
Pittsfield
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Daneil E. Della-Giustina
Massachusetts
Statler-Hilton Hotel
Eyeran House
Cath
Albany
BMC
Hotpoint Appliances
North Street
Dial
R. Monteleone Tile & Carpet CO
Laurel St
Lenox, Hingham, Duxbury, Mass
MT. Carmel, Conn
American Association of Newspaper Representatives
City Savings Bank
Regula
I Tia
of‘ O Daily
Cat EL
NYG
Berkshire Eagle
Belfow
Ambulance Lacy Ambulance Service
Boston
Berkshire Gas Co
Western Mass, Electric Co
Public Works Department
RED Cross
Real Cross
Animals Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Mass
Public Works Dept
Civil, Defense Civil Defense Control Center
Berkshire District Dental Society
Berkshire District Medical Society
District Health Office
Berkshire Mental Health Center
Addiction Alcoholics Anonymous
Public Health Dept
Alcoholium Division
Entennee
McIlgieens
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