Mayors Fail to Break GE Strike Deadlock in NY
In New York, meetings of 34 mayors and top union and company negotiators made no progress toward ending the General Electric strike. Mayors advocated options like fact finding, arbitration, and a workers vote, with a two week deadline for a settlement and possible presidential intervention. GE argued against imposed settlements while noting its offer would raise pay by about 900 million over three years, with initial increases of 20 cents hourly plus skilled boosts.
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New York
General Electric
Nixon
Matles
James J. Malles
United Electrical Workers Union
Berkshire County
Donald Butler
Pittsfield
Joseph Bianco
North Adams
Butler
Jacob Javits
Paul W. Lattimore
Auburn
N.Y
James Tate
Philadelphia
Albert F. Litano
JUE
Litano
IUB
Jon R Baldwin
Baldwin
IUE
Virgil B. Day
Philip OD. Moore
Day
Moore
1UK
Paul J. Jennings
David‘ Fitzmaurice
John H. Shambo
Athenaeum Annual Meeting Wednesday at 4 PM
The Berkshire Athenaeum trustees will hold their annual meeting in the Melville Room at the library on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Notices have been sent to city government members and all interested citizens are invited. Reports will be given by the president treasurer and librarian. Election of officers and trustees will be held. Coffee will be served before the meeting.
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The
Berkshire” Athenaeum
Melville
Births and local notices from area families
Birth announcements list Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Smith of Lakeway Drive a daughter yester day Mr. and Mrs. John A. For ward Hinsdale a son yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jones Lenox a son yesterday plus local ads for Burgner's Burgner's 12 pound roasted stuffed turkey 10.95 6 rae capon 9.95 ski specials at Ski Bousquet's Tiad listings and Saw yer Fabrics Holiday sales Ice cubes and vending service at Wahconah Street stock notices for Willow Manor Rest Secum Brook Club Berkshires music nights and private room care numbers and advs.
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Arthur W. Smith
Lakeway Drive
John A. Forward
Hinsdale
Robert L. Jones
Lenox
Burgner
Rae Capon
ABC Strike Not Yet Felt By Pittsfield Businesses
The General Electric strike has not been fully felt by Pittsfield firms according to a poll of 52 ABC member companies. Results show varying impact on sales, accounts receivable, workforce plans, and expansion, with many citing extended credit and strikers taking other jobs as reasons for the muted effect.
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General Electric
Pittsfield
Association of Business and Commerce
Frederick A. Rubin
ABC
Fighteen
Rubin
Three Appointed to Staff of Berkshire Rehab Center
Dr. Vincent T. Barnaba announced three appointments to the Berkshire Rehabilitation Center staff. Dr. Myron Ritrosky becomes psychiatrist. JoAnn Stefanon and Pamela Killian join as speech pathologist and occupational therapist respectively. Ritrosky, from Hudson New York, trained at Cornell and SUNY Upstate, served as Army captain, did rehab residency at Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, and lives in Chatham with wife Martha Traphagen and three children. Stefanon holds degrees from Nazareth College and Syracuse University, previously served in Cambria County Pa. Ebensburg as a speech therapy expert and hails from Ebensburg. Killian, daughter of Sylvan Killian of Jordan Minnesota, earned a BS in occupational therapy at University of Minnesota, worked at Mayo Clinic, and is an American Occupational Therapy Association member.
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Berkshire Rehabilitation Center, Inc
Vincent T. Barnaba
Myron Ritrosky
JoAnn Stefanon
Pamela Killian
Ritrosky
Hudson
Cornell University
State Unitrsity of
New York
College of Medicine
Syracuse
Georgia Warm ‘Springs Foundation
Martha Traphagen
Madelyn
Myron Jr
Michael
Chatham
N.Y
Miss Stefanon
Nazareth College
Rochester
Council For Exceptional Children of the
American Speech and Hearing Association
Stefanon
Cambria County
Ebensburg
Killian
Sylvan Killian
Jordan
Minn
University of Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Miss Killian
American Occupational Therapy Association
Drug Education Workshop At Shadowbrook Attracts Educators
About 156 educators and students are expected to attend the first of three drug-education workshops at Shadowbrook Tuesday. Geer of the state Department of Education said the program will open at 9 a.m. with registration and a film Marijuana. A panel from 9 to 10 will discuss Understanding the Drug User featuring Dr. Eusden Capers and Massimiano, moderated by Alfred Leiman. After lunch a second panel on drugs and the law will include Andrew Campoli, Lt. Milo Brown, and Jack Davis. Subsequent workshops will cover drug nature, rehabilitation, education, and community action. Registration is $5 but outsiders may attend panels free.
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Shadowbrook
Donald.e Geer
Department of Education
John D. Eusden
Williams College
Charles R. Capers
Berkshire Mortal Health Center
Carmen C. Massimiano
Leman
Andrew T. Campoli
Massachusetts Defenders Committee
Milo Brown
State Police
Jack Davis
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Geer
North St
PHA to choose between White Star and NAACP in Pittsfield site
Columbus PHA expected to decide Tuesday between White Star Confectionery's 2 percent4 acre site development and the NAACP housing proposal. White Star, run by the Massery family, seeks to rehabilitate a 70 year old building with a showroom and future expansion, while the NAACP urges housing for low and moderate income families displaced by urban renewal. The decision hinges on highest and best use, with housing weighing against commercial redevelopment and the impact on downtown renewal.
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Pittsfield Housing Authority
PHA
NAACP
White Star
Confectionery
Columbus
Massery
Columbus Avenue
Summer Street
Masserys
William B. Palmer
Masséry
Palmer
Atty
Donald J. Shaker
Massery Family
Tenewail
Frank T. Walker
Pittsfield
Walker
James J.smith
Association of Business and Commerce
Lipez
the Eagle
St Josephs Parents Group To Hear Asst D A Flynn
St Josephs High School parents group invites all parents and interested parties to a meeting in the auditorium Monday evening where assistant district attorney William R Flynn will discuss drugs and drug abuse. The talk will include illustrations and a subsequent discussion. The group plans a social in March to foster closer ties between parents and the school administration.
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William R. Flynn
St. Joseph’s
Flynn
St. Joseph’s High School
Fire Record Today at 1 54 am Water Leak at 236 North St
A fire department log notes a water leak reported at 1 54 am at 236 North Street. Crews responded to the scene to control the leak and ensure no fire hazards were present. No injuries reported.
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North St
Waler Leak
GE Keeps PHS Hat Until Coal Shipment Arrives
General Electric Co provides coal to heat Pits Field High School until Sweatland-Pierce Co. local supplier delivers a new shipment. Richard L. Reinhart, GE relations and utilities manager, said a GE spokesman reported officials called last Saturday and that GE supplied a truckload Monday and another on Wednesday and will continue until the railroad shipment arrives.
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General Electric Co
Pitsfield High School
Sweatland-Pierce Co
Richard L. Reinhart
Reinhart
William Simpson Honored for GE Retirement in Schenectady
William Simpson of 19 Paisley Terrace received a Saturday retirement party from General Electric colleagues at the Stanley Club. He retired Jan 1 after 35 years with GE, 25 in Schenectady and 10 in Pittsfield. Simpson, born in Glasgow, came to the U.S. in 1928, studied at Yale, and earned a BS in mechanical engineering in 1933. He joined GE in 1935 and earned a WWII patent for high accuracy mechanical devices. He contributed to nonlinear spiral face gears for computers, navigation, and fire control, plus work on missiles and the Polaris Poseidon programs in Pittsfield. He is married to Kathryn Wilkins. their daughter is Mrs. Davis J. Stevens of Canton.
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William Simpson
Paisley
Ter
General Electric, Co
Ordnance
Stanley Club
Simpson
Schenectady
Pittsfield
Glasgow
Scotland
Connecticut
Yale University
Polaris
Poseidon
Kathryn Wilkins
Davis J. Stevens
Canton
AFO Board Replaces Majority With Poor Represent- ation
The Opportunity for Action board voted 13 to 3 to dissolve the current board and shift control of the anti poverty agency to the poor. Twelve low income members will form the policy group, selecting the remaining 12 from business, government and civic sectors. Neighborhood elections in Morning Side West Side and North End set for the first Tuesday in April, with income limits for candidates. Richard Lipes notes the move as unusual for a publicly funded agency. three past AFC leaders opposed the revamp.
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Action ‘For Opportunity
AFO
Morningside
West Side
North End
Richard
Lipes
Charles Burnell
Lipez
AFQ
AEC
Thomas C. Connolly
AFC
Richard L. Whitehead
John Krieger
Monument Inn Buys 100 Acre Stockbridge Parcels
Monroe B England Jr sells land to Monument Inn Inc for 120000. The 100 acre property includes the old Music Inn and the Potting Shed near Tanglewood by Stockbridge Bowl town beach. Robert P Weiss of New York City, owner of Blantyre Inn, is a key figure in Monument Inn Inc.
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Monument Inn
Stockbridge —Monroe
England
PHS dropout graduates Phi Beta Kappa at Florida Atlantic
Boca Raton Florida Mrs Clifford C Heidel formerly Linda Cockrill a Pittsfield High School dropout from 1936 graduated Phi Beta Kappa in December from Florida Atlantic University near top five in class Her husband 1956 Pittsfield High graduate worked for Weed Construction Co They have two children and she plans to teach and pursue a masters degree at night
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Boca Raton
Fla
Clifford C. Heidel
Pittsfield
Florida Atlantic University
Heidel
Linda Cockvrill
Lesle E. Coty
John C. Cockrill
St. Mary’s Church
Ren
Snowmobile Bills Set for Tuesday Public Hearing
A public hearing at the Statehouse Tuesday morning at 10 will address Rep. Joel Greenberg’s bill for state snowmobile regulation including registration and operation rules. Proposals by Rep. Sidney Curtiss and Sen. John Barrus will also be considered by the Committee on Public Safety, with Greenberg's plan placing snowmobile regulation under the Division of Motorboats.
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Joel
Greenberg
Statehouse
Committee On Public Safety
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
John Barrus
Goshen
Special Commission
Berkshire Bank posts 24 percent rise in 1969 net income
Berkshire Bank reports 1969 net income of 3.32 per share after taxes, up 24 percent from 1968. Two year total earnings per share reached 3.41 and 92.85. Year end deposits were 51.3 million, resources 56.5 million, with gains offset by securities losses and urban renewal disposals in Adams and North Adams. Berkshire Health Club ad included.
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Adams
North Adams
Sanitary Engineer's Report on Third Stage Sewage Treatment
John H. Nebiker of Curran Associates warned that tertiary treatment of sewage may become a city requirement for Pittsfield and others. He cited high river phosphate levels and state standards, noting tertiary processes are costly and may be needed if Clean Waters Act standards tighten. He described regional master plans for Berkshire County water and sewerage to 2010, urging data on tertiary treatment and referencing potential phosphate-reduction legislation.
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Pittsfield
John H. Nebiker
Curran Associates, Inc
Northampton
Commonwealth
Housatonic River
Nebiker
Curran Associates
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
Cheshire
Adams
Hoosic
United States” Congress
William D. Proxmire
D-Wis
New Ashford
Savoy
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Thomas C. Morton
Bianco
Athenaeum
Berkshire Medical Center
West Shore
Wahconah St—Ady
Sawyer Fabrics
Christmas Tree Inn
Stockbridge
Willow Manor
Secum Brook
Clvb
Berkshires
Berkshire Rehab Center
Mark Mitchell
Jason Stefanon
Myron Rilrasky
Alfred Leiman
Project
Antipoverty Agency
Richard §. Lipez
Action For Opportuni
Asst
D.A
AFO Board
PHS
Berkshire Bank
Berkshire Health Club
Dial
Adv
By Gerald B. O'Connor
Curran
Williamstown
Clarksburg
Florida
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