Canvass To Open Area Arthritis Campaign Tomorrow
Arthritis the nations most widespread chronic disease will be the focus as 1,200 volunteers begin a door to door canvass for the Pittsfield committee of the Massachusetts chapter, Arthritis Foundation. The drive aims to fund research and local treatment facilities, with a 1964 program budget projected over 7,500 dollars.
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America
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Arthritis Foundation
Leon L. Riche
GE Promotes Martin Cooney to General Foreman at GE Ordnance
Martin J. Cooney of Dalton is promoted to general foreman of quality assurance for GE ordnance department plants 1 and 2 on Plastics Avenue. He joined GE in 1951 after graduation from Dalton High, has held multiple manufacturing and union relations roles, and now serves as a union relations negotiator. He is married to Rosemary Fuller and they have five children. He belongs to the Wahonah Regional School Board and is secretary of Berkshire County American Legion Baseball League.
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Martin J. Cooney
Dalton
General Electric Co
Ordnance Department
Plastics Avenue
Theodore JE. Schultz
Mr. Cooney
Dalton High School
Pittsfield
Queen Candidates To Meet Monday
The queen candidates and committee for the winter carnival title meet Monday at 7 p.m. at 431 East St. The event starts the contest within a contest running through Jan. 13. The top seller earns a 23 dollar savings bond. Nine contestants have sold 1,644 buttons in two days, totaling 6,544, with a 20,000 button goal by Jan. 22.
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East St
FBI Discovers Communist Plot Against Youth
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said in his year end report that delegates of the Communist party USA met in Chicago to set up a new youth movement aimed at exploiting a drift toward the left among young people. He noted the party’s general secretary Gus Hall urged avoiding Soviet style form while tolerating pro Communist thinking.
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Washington
UPI
Communist Party
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Medgar Evers
Mississippi
Hoover
Communist Party U
Cover
Kenshedy
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Byron DeLa Beckwith
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Beckwith
Kin of Sailors Lost on Thresher Receive Benefits
Surviv ing widows and children of men who died in the Thresher disaster will receive more than 2.5 million dollars in Social Security benefits over the coming years. The study by Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball covers 178 children 9 mothers and 16 other widows with beneficiaries. The Thresher sank April 10 1963 off the New England coast during a test dive killing 129 people. Eighty six victims left survivors eligible for benefits while the rest left no qualifying survivors.
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Washington
Social Security
Robert M. Ball
Thresher
New England
Ball
Charter Change Wording Clarified by Peter Arios
Peter G. Arios, Democratic City Committee chair, said Plan F petition wording invites misreading as it lists maximum top salaries rather than confirmed pay. Signers have already submitted over 2,000 signatures with a 5,000-signature goal due by January 17.
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Peter Arios
Peter G. Arios
Democratic City Committee
Arles
Boys Club Alumni To Elect Officers January Twelfth
General meeting of the Boys Club Alumni Association set for January 12 from 2 to 5 at the club building to vote on a slate for the board of directors. Five directors to serve three year terms. incumbents Brassard, Eulian, Thompson among candidates. floor nominations possible. membership cards required for voting.
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The
Boys’ Club Alumni Association
Cochairmen
James Eulian
Francis Zofrea
Francis Brassard
William Eulian
Charles Thompson
Joseph Liversedge
Julian
Zofrea
Swim Classes For Small Boys At YMCA Begin Monday
Robert C. Thompson announced that the YMCA youth department will start pre member swim for boys six and seven on Monday and Wednesday. Each session opens to 19 applicants, with two classes from 3 45 to 5 p m. Openings remain for both days, with a 10 boy limit per class and a nominal fee. Registration is 9 a m to 5 p m at the Youth Dept or by calling.
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Robert C. Thompson
YMCA
Thompson
Youth Charged With Theft of Skis
Police report 17 year old eye Litano of 25 Lincoln charged with theft of more than $100. He allegedly took a pair of skis worth $117.40 from Bousquet's Ski Center after a call from the management. The theft occurred Thursday.
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Eye Litano 17
Lincoln
Raymond F. Coakley
Anthony J Crea
Bousquet
Bousquet's
Farmers Give Free Food to Motorists in France
Farmers halted drivers on a highway near Senlis France to hand out free sugar butter and cheese in tracts explaining the charity stems from high market prices. The gesture aims to ease the cost of living amid inflation and price hikes.
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Senlis
France
UPI
Here
Widows’ Benefits Reported With Lump Sum Payments
A government analysis reviews survivor imports including life expectancy and remarriage likelihood for widows. It notes surviving widows have already received about 20 000 dollars in lump sum death payments and discusses implications for future benefits.
Holstein Club Plans Berkshire County Meetings
Berkshire County Holstein Club directors met at Rocking R Farm to map events. David Diehl, new NE field director, attended, succeeding Al Crissey who retired after 40 years. Anthony Malnati also attended. Annual supper set for April 14. County state meeting scheduled February 4 at Walt Space Farm with 11 a.m. start and a 1 p.m. follow up at Everett Martin Jr. farm.
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Berkshire County Holstein Club
Rocking R
Silvia Ratti
Fort Hill Ave
David C. Diehl
Sioux Fails
S.D
New England
Alten C. Crissey
Anthony Malnati
Ashley Falls
Massachusetts Holstein Association
Walt Space Farm
Cheshire
Everett Martin Jr
Funerals for Ada Reed and Others at Local Homes
The obituary items list funeral services across several churches and cemeteries. Ada S Reed, George J Champagne, Benjamin J Decker, Ruth Bray Martin, Esther Anderson, Harry A Garsin, Edward A Brewer, and Leo L Blain are to be buried or memorialized with high mass rites, prayers at graves, and rosaries. Services occur at Dery Funeral Home, Notre Dame Church, St Josephs Cemetery, Pittsfield Cemetery, and Mountain View Cemetery, with multiple pastors noted. Bearers and call times are given for several services.
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Ada G. Reed
Ada S. Reed
George J. Champagne
Dery
Notre Dame Church
Albert T. Beaudry
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Paul Morrisette
Bernard Morey
Russell F. Morey
Amein Attala
James F. Reynolds
Irving Touponee
Paul O. Graver
Benjamin J. Decker
Newton & Barnfather
Paul N. Whitanberry
Holyoke Methodist Church
Ruth B. Martin
Ruth Bray Martin
James Rae Whyte
South Constezational Church
Pittsfield
Esther Anderson
Devanny
St. Joseph's Church
Thomas F. Curran
Raymond A. Lanoue
John H. McDonnell
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
John D. McNamara
James O'Brien
Eugene L. Connally
John N. Meledeo
Paul ¥. Brindlel
Harry A. Garsin
Bendvenga
All Souls’ Church
Ladies’ Society
Edward A. Brewer
Wellington
Gordon E. Hohl
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Canaan
Conn
Donald V. Andrews
Sebastiano R. Giansiracusa
Corada Carpinello
Clinton H. Neff Jr
David R. Campbell
Allyn Gatti
Leo L. Blain
Scout Troop I Court of Honor Honors New Ranks
Scout Troop I held a court of honor Thurs night. Tim Cocker and Richard Buck earned their first class badges. James Anderson, David Bassett, Chris Dockey and David Saterlee were inducted as tenderfoot scouts. Wills A Flowers received a silver palm. Walter Syrett accepted the troop charter. Fundraising netted over 500 cans of candy for sending scouts to the World Jamboree at Valley Forge.
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Tim Cocker
Richard Buck
John Rusk
James Anderson
David Bassett
Chris Dockey
David Saterlee
Wills A. Flowers
Walter Syrett
Valley Forge National Shrine
Pennsylvania
Licensing Board Approves Renewal of 22 Licenses
The Licensing Board met in City Hall Annex and approved more than 20 renewals including common victuallers permits. Chairman Harry J. Burns announced the next meeting will be Friday January 10 at 7 p.m.
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City Hall Annex
Harry J. Burns
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Riche
C. Bradford Davis
Philip Ahern
Stanley F. Clarke
J. Donald Codey
Lionel M. Cole
Daniel England Jr
Theodore Giddings
J. T. Kelley
Harold L. Nevers
Gustaf G. Pilblad Jr
Frank A. Slowick
John W. Talbot
Laughran S. Waler
Bradford West
Stanley J. Wilkes
Porterhouse
Martin Cooney
ROYAL
Chicago
First National Stores
S&h
Triple S
Allendale Shopping Center
Tobin
Ceréer
Boys’ Club
ST. Luke's
Ann Marie Kickery
Gerald Kickery
Kent Ave
Margaret Storie
Burke Ave
Karl Joppich
Anthony Spagnuolo Jr
Robert Connors
Harold Connors
West Housatonic St
James Davison
Paulette Keeler
Helen Keeler
Robbins Ave
William Cornell
Lee
Paul Vacchina
Peter Vacchina
Connecticut Ave
Janie Beauchaine
Mrs
Clayton Beauchaine
Great Barrington
Mary Parker
Stean, St
Hillcrest Joseph Russe
Cleveland St
John Warner
Bay State Road
Edward Moraes
Stratford Ave
Edward M. Swaine
Emerson Ave
Christopher W. O'Neil
William H. O'Neil
Pine Grove Drive
Peter P. Pulaski
Linn St
Uae
W. T. Grant CO
North Street
Coats
Zayre
Layre Pichon
Dapsitenit
Pelton Ave
Holstein Club
Scout Troop
Berkshire
Norman Rockwell
Seft
Berkshire Eagle
Simplisiby
Magovern CO
Dalton Ave
Nalplex
Tas Cog
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