Fire Record Thursday Quiet. multiple small flames reported
At 12:62 a.m. Matthews fire at the YMCA 292 North St. Then 1:27 a.m. no fire due to poor draft in chimney 17 19 Church St. At 10:20 a.m. netting under a divan ignited at 46 Reed St when Mrs Mabel Webber lit a match to search for an earring. She extinguished the blaze, and firemen removed the divan outside.
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Mattrews
YMCA
North St
Church St
Reed St
Mabel Webber
Divan
New England Toll Of 1963 Highway Deaths Revealed
The six New England states reported 1,558 highway fatalities in 1963, up 43 from 1962, with Massachusetts bucking the rise by finishing 15 fewer deaths than in 1962. Vermont rose to a new high since 1957, while other states set worse records in earlier years. Data show Maine 197 177 217 New Hampshire 141 111 143 Vermont 112 103 106 Massachusetts 686 701 953 Rhode Island 96 86 145 Connecticut 7382 323 485.
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Massachusetts
New England
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode
Connecticut
Bernice's Beauty Salon Opens at 184 North St
Mrs Shook opens Bernice's Beauty Salon in the former Gleason shop at 184 North St today. She trained at LaBaron and Robert France institutes, has 30 years in hairdressing, and previously worked with House of Weston and Francis' Beauty Salon. Carmelia Bell will be an operator. hours: Monday through Saturday with Thursday and Friday evenings by appointment. Open house planned soon.
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Bernice Shook
Gleason
North St
Bernice's
Mayfair
Wanda Trepacz
Appointiment
Shook
Pentagon to Move Chauffeured Fleet From 199 to 110 Cars
Washington UPI The Defense Department will reduce its chauffeured car fleet from 199 to 110. Ten of the vehicles will be kept as limousines for top military and civilian leaders. President Johnson ordered a broad government cutback from 491 to 136, with chauffeur staff reduced proportionally about 45 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Children’s Hospital Reaches New High in Patients
The Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston reports a record year with about 50,000 youngsters treated in the 12 months ending last September 20. Of these, nearly 11,000 were hospitalized or required surgery and medical care, while the rest were seen in one or more of 50 out-patient clinics. The age group 2 to 12 years accounted for the largest share, followed by newborns to two-year-olds. The hospital serves patients up to age 21.
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Boston
Pittsfield
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Pediatric Medical Center
Leonard W. Cronkhite Jr
Children’s
Cianflone Offers Six Point Program for Ward 8 Seat
Ralph Cianflone Jr the Ward 8 candidate for the School Committee releases a six point program. He pledges availability through PTA and meetings to discuss matters update older schools foster closer ties with the superintendent principals and department heads work with planning and capital outlay boards to coordinate future school plans reduce nonteaching duties to boost pupil counseling and parent conferences and place education above politics. The seat will be filled by a joint vote Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Crosby Junior High School with rival Frank M Pupo also running.
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Ralph Cianflone Jr
Ward 8
Robert B. Dillon
Crosby Junior High School
William B. Walker
Cianflone
PTA
Color TV Promos Award Winners Named
Sammy Vincent Inc three month promotion ended December 23 with Gilbert Smith of 22 Crosby Place winning a color television. Mrs Lawrence Knights of 53 Elmer Ave won second prize a Zenith clock radio.
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Sammy Vincent, Inc
Gilbert Smith
Crosby Place
Police Briefs Hospitalized After Separate Calls
Police ambulance took Mrs. Rose Mary Hart, 50, of 867 Williams St to St. Luke's Hospital and Anthony Lake, 68, of 150 North St to Pittsfield General Hospital after two separate calls on Wednesday.
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Rose Mary Hart
Williams St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Anthony Lake
North St
Pittsfield General Hospital
Longevity Recipe From a 100 Year Old Man
In Rolla Missouri Charles J Mayer aged 100 marked his second century with humor saying women wine and fried chicken ruin many men He admits enjoying fried chicken but avoids blondes and wine as part of his longevity outlook
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Rolla, Mo
UPI
Charles J. Mayer
Albany Hospital Raises Daily Room Rates in East Hopes
Albany Medical Center Hospital, the largest in eastern New York, announced effective January 1 a new round of daily rate increases. Private rooms rise to 31 to 33 dollars, semiprivate to 27 to 29 dollars, and ward beds to 23 dollars a day, with general price hikes in food, drugs and staff costs cited by board president Arnold Cogswell.
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Albany
N. Y
Albany Medical Center Hospital
New York State
Arnold Cogswell
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Triple-S
Allendale Shopping Center
Mass
North Street
Mrs. Shook
Bernice
Children’s Hospital
New High
ROYAL
Royal Discount
Fourth St
Sears Law Law Price
SEARS
Siegel Furn
Eve
Albany Hospital
Jeha Shel
Photo Shop
East Street
First National Stores
S&h
Berkshire
Norman Rockwell
Berkshire Eagle
Surero
Fh Lal
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