Area Legislators Backing Javits Plan on GE Strike
Massachusetts lawmakers in the Berkshire area back Sen. Javits proposal to set up a fact finding panel for the General Electric strike. Rep. William J. Kitterman will file a House resolution endorsing Javits, with Greenberg and others also backing the plan. The strike involves about 20 000 GE workers in eastern Massachusetts and 6 000 in Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Javits
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
U.S
Jacob Javits
General Electric
William J. Kitterman
House
Kitterman
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
Union
Joel S. Greenberg
Greenberg
Sen. Javit
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
D-Pittsfield
Andrea F. Nuciforo
Senate
Nuciforo
J. Curtis Counts
Counts
George Shultz
Anthony J. McBride
D-Adams
Frank J. Matran
D-North Adams
Berkshire County
Conte
Governor Sargent's Berkshire visit trimmed by funeral
Gov. and Mrs. Sargent proceed to the Berkshires as scheduled for a 2:30 coffee hour with Republican committees at Lenox House but part of the trip is curtailed by attending the funeral of former Boston Mayor John B. Hynes. The governor planned a noon arrival and radio interviews, with a Northampton commitment after the reception.
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Sargent
Berkshire County
Thomas H. Henry
Berkshire County Republican Association
Northampton
Springfield
Westover Field
Chicopee
Nixon
California
David Eisenhower
Socum Brook Club Weekend Music Ad in Berkshires
Social column fragment advertising the Socum Brook Club featuring relaxing music in the Berkshires each Friday and Saturday evenings. Also mentions Special Monday Break offer for oil permanent with conditioning shampoo and haircut at Solomon's Beauty Salon. Vi Patti piano at Yellow Aster on Saturdays. Ad fragment with date code -12.
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Socum Brook
Berkshires
Solomon's Beauty Salon
Vi Patti
City to get 4500 in found money from price fixing firms
Pittsfield will receive 4300 in refunds from 10 copper pipe companies accused of price fixing, state officials reported Friday. Attorney General Robert H. Quinn said the firms will pay 500000 to 5 cities and towns and 35 housing authorities. The settlement stems from a Philadelphia lawsuit by states and federal agencies. most money goes out soon with some paid later.
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Pittsfield
Atty
Robert H. Quinn
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Attorney General's Office
Berkshire
Attorney General
Samuel Landa
Quinn
Pittsfield Churches Vote Funds for Community Developer
At its annual meeting the Pittsfield Area Council of Churches voted unanimously to provide 3500 to hire a community developer to assist Albert A. Bogdan of the Urban Coalition. Total from church sources reaches 800, contingent on UC vote. The plan hinges on UC action at their next meeting. The meeting was set for 7:30 at Western Mass Electric on Eagle Street. Rev. George L. Middleton was elected president of the Council of Churches.
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Pittsfield
Western Mass. Electric Co
Eagle Street
George L. Middleton
Council of Churches
Patrick A. Sullivan
Shadowbrook
Frank V. McCarthy
Mission Advance
First Baptist Church
Janet Cook
Scelsi a pivotal Pittsfield council leader and reformer
Joseph S. Scelsi, sixth ward councilman and council president, is described as a cornerstone figure in Pittsfield city government. A first generation American with Sicilian roots, he is praised for fiscal vigilance and deep urban involvement through groups like Action for Opportunity and Urban Coalition. The piece highlights his long service on council committees, housing debates, and efforts toward a central transportation terminal, portraying him as shrewd, hardworking, and deeply connected to constituents.
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Joseph S. Scelsi
Damiano Scelsi
Teresa
Scelsi
Patrick E. Callaghan
Ronger
Callaghan
Railway and Steamship Clerks
Scylla
Charybdis
Sceisi
Crosby
Taconic
Antipoverty
Action For Opportunity
AFO
Urban Coalition
Community School Committee
Joe
Osceola
Mellbourne Road
Goelst
Tucker School
Eagle
Pittsfield High
Railway Express Agency
Jean Pochinchuk
Hinsdale
New York Central
John J. Quinn
Central
Boondocks
Depot Street
North Street
Pittsfield
Petersons Welcome Baby Boy at Berkshire Medical Center
Mr and Mrs William L Peterson of Lee welcomed a baby boy yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center, their second son joining a family of two.
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Berkshire Medical Center
William L. Peterson
Lee
Christmas Sale and Local Dining Events Ad Notice
Christmas sale offers 20 percent off at Peeples Choice Hinsdale. Perry's Restaurant at West Hou satonic Street advertises the Octaves playing every Friday and Saturday with dancing for a dollar. Saturday night features Moby Dick Lounge with the Al Nolié Trio.
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Peeples Choice
Hinsdale
Perry's
West Housatonic St
Moby Dick Lounge
al Nolié Trio
Adv
Mrs St Peter Hurt Slightly In Auto Crash
Mrs Pearl St Peter mother of Councilman St Peter of 448 Dalton Ave and three others sustained minor injuries in a two car collision near Elberan and Allengate avenues shortly before Friday noon. Injured were James Gallagher 5 Hortense Walger 82 and Nettie Briggs 76 all treated and released at Pittsfield General unit of BMC.
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Pearl St. Peter
St. Peter
Dalton Ave
Elberan and
Allengate Avenues
James Gallagher
Brighton, Ave
Hortense Walger
Wahconah St
Nettie Briggs
Wahconah SE
Pittsfield General
BMC
Pittsfield Native Rev J Gollan Root Named To Lee South Lee Churches
Rev J Gollan Root, Pittsfield native, named rector of St George s Episcopal Church Lee and vicar of Church of the Good Shepherd South Lee. He will assume duties in about a week, succeeding Rev Leslie J Francis who resigned Nov 30. The Roots plan to move into the rectory after a redecoration project. Root's education includes Cornell 1961 and Virginia Theological Seminary 1964. ordained in 1964 in Springfield, later served Northampton and Uganda as chaplain. He and wife Sue Buchheit Root have one child, Ann, born in Uganda.
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Lee
J. Gollan Root
Pittsfield
St. George's Episcopal Church
Church of the Good Shepherd
South Lee
Root
Leslie J. Francis
Mr.Root
Christ Church Cathedral
Springfield
Robert M. Hatch
Western
Massachusetts
St. John’s Church
Northampton
Lewis G. Whittemore
Sue C. Buchheit
St. John's Church
Smith College
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Overseas Department of the Episcopal Church
Tororo
Uganda
Africa
George C. Buch
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Silvio O. Conte
Democratic City Committee
North Adams
New York State
Tate
New York
IUE
UAW
Warren
Mich
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Warren Uaw
Joseph Francese
Berkshire County Savings Bank
Jubilee
Elberan Avenue
Council
Bogdan
Urban ‘Coalition
Mir. Middleton
Father Sullivan
Joel Librizzh
Afriva
West Shore
Dan Todd
Mayfair
J. Gollan
LEE Savings Bank
Park Street Lee
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