World's Largest Transformer Completed by Pittsfield GE
GE's PT completed a 1500 kV ultra high voltage transformer, the largest in the world, to be shipped to the Lenox UHV project. It stands 45 feet high, occupies 39 by 16 feet, weighs 220 tons with oil and accessories, and features a corona shield called a birdcage.
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Pittsfield
General Electric Co
Power Transformer Department
Lenox
G. Ronald MacArthur
Andrew Glassanos
Glassanos
UEV
C. W. Landergren
Aithout
Electric Research Council
Edison Electric Institute
Schenectady
Uby
Riggs Center Accredited As Hospital
STOCKBRIDGE The Austen Riggs Center Inc received three year full accreditation on December 19 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Accreditation signals the center meets standards set by the AMA AHA ACS and ACP and marks Riggs as a specialized hospital now eligible under revised criteria.
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Stockbridge
Austen Riggs Center, Inc
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
American Medical Association
American Hospital Association
American College of Surgeons
American College of Physicians
Riggs
Commission
Births at Berkshire Medical Center and area
Birth notices report a daughter for Mr and Mrs Harold Gill at 123 Robbins Ave yesterday and a son for Mr and Mrs Roderick Supira of Dalton yesterday. A son is listed for Mr and Mrs Eugene Flynn of 74 Danforth Ave yesterday, and a daughter for Mr and Mrs George Brazie of 384 Fenn St yesterday. Mr and Mrs Gerald O'Toole Jr of Lanesboro welcome a daughter yesterday. A son was born today to Mr and Mrs Edward M Kiernan of Wareham at St Luke's Hospital New Bedford. Mrs Kiernan is Pamela Conry of Pittsfield. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John J Conry of 340 Williams St and Mrs Esther Kiernan of Wareham.
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Harold Gill
Robbins Ave
Roderick Supira
Dalton
Eugene Flynn
Danforth Ave
George Brazie
Fenn St
Gerald O'Toole Jr
Lanesboro
Edward M. Kiernan
Wareham
St. Luke’s Hospital
New Bedford
Kiernan
Pamela Conry
Pittsfield
John J. Conry
Williams St
Esther Kiernan
Planning Board backs garden apartment zone on Williams St
The Planning Board recommends two garden apartment zones on Williams Street and loosening of nonconforming use rules. The Williams Street tract borders Burgner farm, owned by Ermine S Barbahinga, 1809 feet south of Adams Super Market. Ward 4 councilman Edward D Sottile urged ward relief. the street lies in Ward 4. Nonconforming uses refer to existing houses or businesses not matching current zoning.
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Williams Street
Burgner
Ermine S. Barbahinga
Adams Super Market
Williams
Edward D. Sottile
Four Girls Blamed For Taconic High School Fire
A wastepaper container fire in Taconic High School's girls lounge Tuesday morning was attributed to four female students after state fire marshal and firemen probes. The blaze confined to the container with some wooden door slats scorched. The girls were turned over to the girls' probation officer. Separately, city zoning talks discussed liberalizing nonconforming use expansions with higher thresholds for board approval and plan to ease hardship from zoning changes as the Planning Board reviews wards 1 through 4.
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Taconic High School
Board of Appeals
E. Boris Stahm
Planning Board
Pittsfield school budget requests 10.21 million
School Superintendent Thomas J. Whalen presented the Pittsfield School Committee with a proposed 1970 budget totaling 10.205 million, marking about an 11 percent increase from the 9.14 million spent in 1969. The plan adds 24 new positions, boosts administrative staff, and accounts for bus contracts, new Taconic High School costs, and evolving federal reimbursements under P.L. 874, with tax impact varying by funding outcomes.
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Richard K. Weil
Thomas J. Whalen
Pittsfield
Butler
Whalen
Pittsfield Teachers Association
Berkshire Gray Line, Inc
Taconic High School
P.L
Toyal
Pittsfield High
Taconic High
James Ip. Reynolds
Keaton
Clement Would Stem Tide Of Increasing School Costs
Pittsfield School Committee members debate 1970 budget as Clement urges no new full time positions. He warns inflation and national debt, backs utilizing current staff and TV to curb costs. Whalen defends 19 new teachers, 5 aides. Clary cites GE strike impact as budgets loom. The group commits to meetings next week to finalize the plan.
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Clement
Thomas J. Whalen
Dr. Whalen
Pittsfield Teachers Association
James R. Clary
Clary
S. Rocco
Scullary
Basilio Henriques Jr
Anne E. Wojtkowski
Thomas J. Roche
Louis J. Hebert
Raymond D. O'Dea
Wilfrid Hebert
Theodore Herberg
John A. Kreiger
Third annual Nordic Ski Meet canceled at Pittsfield
The open Nordic Ski Meet planned for Sunday at Pittsfield State Forest is canceled due to lack of interest. The Winter Sports Committee sponsored the event and cited insufficient participation as the reason.
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Pittsfield State Forest
GE Strike Stalemate Bites as Mediator Reports No Movement
The Pittsfield strike over General Electric continues with no progress toward settlement, says IGE Local 258 chief Foley. He cites the mediator's quick exposure to GE operations and confirms the company has not budged, while union negotiators accuse the firm of inflexibility. Mayors from Pittsfield and North Adams attend a session, after GE rejected binding arbitration or nonbinding fact finding despite Javits’ proposal. Picket lines stay cold and busy, with 2,700-plus workers on duty, two hours daily, as lines grow and weather bites.
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General Electric
Pittsfield
John §. Foley
IGE
Albert F. Litano
J. Curtis Counts
Litano
New York
Foley
Counts
Jacob Javits
LTE
Woodlawn Avenue
Local 255
Boston
Hartford andAlbany
East Street
Vincent Trucking
George B. Crane
Crane i
School Supt Whalen Voted 3000 Raise
School Committee awarded Supt. of Schools Thomas J Whalen a 3000 raise retroactive to Jan 1 bringing salary to 26000. Chairman Scullary cited promised six month review and performance while noting 26000 aligns with peers in districts of Pittsfeld size. Whalen, 46, replaced retiring James Reynolds after arriving from Stoughton.
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Supt. of Schools
Thomas J. Whalen
Rocco Scullary
Whalen
Service Station Worker Hurt in Heater Explosion
A part time employee at Central Service Station 519 North St was thrown eight feet when a gas heater exploded after he tried to relight it. William Carrigan 38 of 17 Springside Ave suffered a 10 inch laceration and hair and eyebrows singed. He was not hospitalized. He was on a stool lighting the suspended heaters when the mishap occurred. No fire was found.
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North St
Robert W. Burnick
William Carrigan
Springside Ave
Burnick
Carrigan
Dental Society Seeks Fluoride Increase in City Water
The Berkshire District Dental Society asks Pittsfield to raise fluoride in the water to one part per million. The move aligns with a Massachusetts Dental Society fluoridation push backed by $60,000 for three years to fund education and campaigns. Dr. Covel sent the request to Health Commissioner Dr. Harold Stein, noting local action requires state approval.
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Berkshire District Dental Society
Pittsfield
Massachusetts Dental Society
Berkshire Group
Harold Stein
Herbert Covel
BDDS
Stein
State Department of Public Health
Covel
State Society
House of Delegates
Hearings Set On Striker Compensation Bill
Legislative hearings scheduled by the Legislature in Massachusetts on a bill to provide unemployment compensation to workers on strike. The move comes amid the GE strike now into its 13th week with about 15,000 GE employees affected and weekly wage losses around 3 million dollars. The issue draws unusual attention this year as welfare dependence among strikers prompts proposals to deny welfare benefits to strikers.
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Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
Holyoke
Committee On Commerce and Labor
General Electric
Massachusetts
Lynn-Everett-Wilmington
Berkshire County
Massachusetts, Labor Council
Cio-Afl
Statehouse
Lowell
Philibert L. Pelligrini
Ariington
Philip A. Quinn
Spencer
James TP
Rurak
Haverhill
Ordnance Plant Jobs Fall by About 400 in Pittsfield
GE ordnance plants in Pittsfield reduced employment by about 400 in the past seven months. A GE spokesman said layoffs may grow slightly more but likely not reach 500. Some workers moved to other GE departments, leaving total employment near 11,300 before the cuts.
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General Electric Co
Ordnance Defense
Pittsfield
Ge- Ordnance
Richard S.clement
Clement
GE Distribution Protective Equipment Department
Fittsfield GE
Correction notice for Southwick Shop ad on Tuesday
Correction in the Tuesday Southwick Shop ad states daily hours are 9:30 to 5:30 not 9 to 5:30. Adv. 16 Eagle Construction Wojtkowski Bros water and sewer connections. Dial 443-4148 or 442-2078. Sale through January 24. Sawyer Fabrics Ady Aten Hotel Moby Dick Lounge entertainment featuring Norm Soule and the Country Travelers nights.
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Southwick
Eagle Construction, Inc
Wojtkowski Bros
Aten Hotel
Moby Dick
Norm Soule
Eres
San
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Thomas C. Morton
American Electric Power Co
Coverin
Ohio
Illinois
Berkshires
North Street
MacArthur
Riggs Center
Berkshire Medical Center
Zoning Board of Appeals
P.C
Richard S. Clement
United States
Spittsfield
The
Commonwealth
Dental Society
William I. Kilterman
House
Francis “Fritzie” Burke
Local 238
Tue
Ordnance
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