No Progress in GE Strike Sparks Mediation Push
Mediation sessions continue in New York over General Electric's 13 week strike with no progress. Union leaders urge government intervention and support fact finding or arbitration, while GE resists third party involvement and cites counts must lead talks. Pittsfield plant gates opened to handle higher production amid alleged prestrike gate closure dispute.
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New York
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
TUE
Sen
Jacob Javits
IUE
Secretary of Labor
George Shultz
J. Curtis Counts
Counts
East Street
Butler
John Killeen
GE Cites Rise in Picket-Line Abuse and Incidents
General Electric reports a significant increase in picket-line abuse and strike-related incidents over the past week. A union employee faced threats and vandalism to his car, another had tires slashed, and a nonunion worker received abusive calls. Litwhler says language has become more obscene, with more delays at lines, amid alleged violations of a labor agreement with Locals 265 and 254 and the National Labor Relations Board.
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Nixon
IUE
Johnson
Washington
Albany Times-Union
Taft-Hartley
Junction
National Labor Relations Board
General Electric Co
Thomas C. Litchler
East Street
Pittsfield
Boy Struck By Car On Cole Avenue Seriously Injured
A 10 year old boy was hit by a car on Cole Avenue near Argyle Street around 5 p.m. Monday and suffered a serious scalp laceration and a concussion. The child, Michael Ketcham of 191 Cole Ave, is in Pittsfield General unit. Witness Werner Tobler of 20 Dundee Road told police he was traveling west on Cole when the bumper struck the boy after he braked.
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Cole Avenue
Michael Ketcham
Cole Ave
Pittsfield
BMG
Werner W. Tobler
Dundee Road
Argyle Street
Births at Berkshire Medical Center
Berkshire Medical Center reports multiple births. Mr and Mrs John Maloney of 361 West St welcome a son yesterday. Mr and Mrs George Haywood of 89 Bay State Road greet a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Robert Woodin of 44 Wellington Ave greet a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Joseph Kukevitch of Hartford Conn welcome a son Gregory Darrin yesterday. Grandparents include Gladys E. Cortente and J J Kukevitch. Mr and Mrs Richard Hes cock of East Hartford announce a son yesterday at St Francis Hospital Hartford. Grandparents are Elizabeth Hes cock and Dorothy Cullett.
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John Maloney
West St
George Haywood
Bay State Road
Robert Woodin
Wellington Ave
Joseph 4. Kukevitch
Hartford
Conn
Gregory Darrin
Gladys E. Cor Tente
Lebanon Ave
J. J. Kukevitch
Coventry
Mir
Richard Hescock
East Hartford
St. Francis’ Hospital
Elizabeth Hescock
Summer St
Dorothy Cullett
Hinsdale
Gt Barrington Newsman Quits Selectman Race
GREAT BARRINGTON Thomas P Jaworski news director of WSBS withdraws from the Republican race for a one year Selectman term He cites wanting to serve the community and avoid any appearance of conflict Mooney of High Fidelity TV Channel 2 has divested responsibilities as a reporter and a 1967 court ruling restricts reporting by board members on selectmen proceedings
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Great Barrington
Thomas P. Jaworski
WSBS
Jaworski
Berkshire Broadcasting Co
Castle Hill Avenue
John W. P. Mooney
High Fidelity
Mooney
State Supreme Court
David Oakes Named Intern in Conte's Washington Office
David Oakes, 17, son of Don ald T. Oakes headmaster of Miss Hall's School, is among 18 students picked for the 1970 Washington Intern Program. The Phillips academies sponsor the program at Andover and Exeter. Oakes, a Phillips Andover junior, will work April 1 to mid June in Rep Silvio Conte's Washington office and live at the National Cathedral School for Girls.
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David Oakes
Donald T. Oakes
Miss Hall
Washington
Phillips Academies At
Andover
Exeter
David
Phillips Andover
Silvio O. Conte
Pittsfield
National Cathedral School
Ward 5 faces master zoning under housing plan
Ward 5 councilman William G. McLaughlin denounces what he calls a taking of the ward under the master zoning proposal. He argues high rise and garden apartments would target Ward 5, while Osceola Street housing and Melbourne Road mixed income projects loom as two key test cases. Planning Board urged to propose new or alternate recommendations as council weighs the fate of the two zone requests.
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William G. McLaughlin
Ward
Osceola Street
Melbourne Road
McLaughlin
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Osceola
Melbourne
Central Labor Council
Joseph S. Scelsi
Ning Board
Alfred
Bradley
Scelsi
Realisbe
Ernest G. St. Peter
Edward L. Dobbins
Roy ¥ F Brown
Paul
Garden Apartment Zoning Unopposed on Williams Street
The planning board recommended garden apartment zoning for a 20 acre Williams Street parcel in Ward 4. No speakers opposed at the hearing, with Barbalunga plans for first class middle income townhouses. Council to reexamine garden apartment zones amid objections and study YorkShire Avenue issues.
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Barbalunga
Atty
Alfred A. Barbalunga
The
Eagle
Alfred Burgner
Adams Super
Williams Street
Planning Board
John J. Quinn
Yorkshire Ave
Yorkshire Avenue
Ally
Ronald E. Oliveira
L. Castine Moving and Storage
Oliveira
Castine
Aldo Delmolino
Frank W. Miller
David Hathaway
Adams Super Markets
Castime
Adams
Berkshire County Savings Bank reports record gains and 10 promotions
The Berkshire County Savings Bank held its 124th annual meeting this morning as Thomas R. Carrington reported a $5.3 million single-year rise in deposits and a $2.3 million gain in life insurance, with total combined assets at $88.6 million. Mortgage loans rose to $54.1 million. Promotions include Donald B. Kuntz to vice president and treasurer, Robert A. Wells to assistant to the president, and three others to assistant vice presidents, with five employees promoted to assistant treasurers. The trustees kept current dividend rates: 5 percent on savings accounts, 4.5 percent on term certificates, 5 percent on regular savings, and 4 percent on daily accounts.
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Berkshire County Savings Bank
Thomas R. Carrington
Savings Bank Life Insurance Department
Boston
Donald B. Kuntz
Robert A. Wells
Robert G. Disbrow
A. Kenyon Ferry
Varnon L. Striebeber
Jeffrey P. Rayner
Joseph T. Day
Susan Szymanski
Ruth Watson
Alden Williams
Gardner
Morse
Disbrow
Berkshire County Savings
Ferry
Schiebel
Carrington
Mrs Amos Named To Civil Rights Advisory Group
Mrs Dorothy R Amos of 82 Dement Ave has been named to the Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the U S Commission on Civil Rights. Rev Robert F Drinan of Boston College Law School chairs the advisory committee. Amos receives a one year term ending Dec 31 1970. A Pittsfield native and Pittsfield High School and Central State College graduate, she taught in Pittsfield schools 10 years and is on leave to lead the West Side Early Childhood Development Community Center.
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Dorothy R. Amos
Dement Ave
Massachusetts
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Robert F. Drinan
Boston College Law School
Amos
Pittsfield
Central State College
Wilberforce
Ohio
West Side
City Hall Briefs in Budget Gap With 1970 Proposals
Mayor Butter said he cannot say how much he can trim from the $22.28 million asked by department heads for 1970, noting a gap between his desired cuts and what is realistically possible. A Civil Service exam for a Health Department housing code inspector was rescheduled for Feb 28 with applications due by Feb 6. pay is $128 to $148 weekly, and details are at the city personnel office.
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Butter
Civil Service
Health Department
Fabric Sale This Week at Sawyers on the Pittsfield Lenox Road
Ady notes a fabric sale this week at Sawyers on the Pittsfield Lenox Road. An Electrologist Linda Marie Nucifaro offers complimentary consultation at 246 North Street and phone 499-1517. A Surprise Special occurs tonight at the Sew Shop in Dalton from 5 to 9 Ady.
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Sawyers
Pittsfield-Lenox Road
Ady
Linda-Marie Nucifaro
North St
Call
Sew Shop
Dalton
Dufours Face Problem Over Bus Drivers' Pay
Labor unrest hits Du four Bros. Inc as ATU Local 496 seeks immediate payment of a 10 cent raise due Jan 7 under the Yellow Coach Lines contract. Dufour says he did not buy the contract. union officials plan talks with him in Boston to avert a walkout, while both sides weigh legal precedents and comparable city wages.
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Dufour Bros., Inc
New Transit Company
Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 496
AFL-610
Yellow Coach Lines, Inc
Dune
Fahey
The
Eagle
Yellow Coach
Massachusetts
Boston
Worcester
Springfield
Dufour
Local 498
Gray Line Drivers Organise Tonight in Berkshire
Gray Line Drivers of Berkshire Gray Line Inc., the city’s school bus carrier, will meet at 7 at the VFW post to form a local Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO. After the local is organized, a contract covering wages and working conditions will be negotiated by John Healy of Springfield and Joseph P Fahey of Boston. Fahey said Gray Lines of Boston, the parent company, is unionized and expects smooth bargaining with the Berkshire subsidiary.
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Berkshire Gray Line, Inc
VFW
Amalgamated Transit Union
Afl-Cio
John Healy
Springfield
The
International
Joseph P Fahey
Boston
Fahey
Gray Lines of Boston, Inc
Berkshire Gray Lines
Berkshire
State owes city $102,000, Mayor says
Mayor Butler stated the state is delinquent on $102,000 owed to the city. He cited unpaid 1988 and 1969 contributions to the Columbus urban renewal project and a 1969 payment to the Jubilee renewal project, totaling $88,600, plus $13,508 for data processing for the welfare office. He has written letters and will press for payment.
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Butler
Massachusetts
Columbus
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Ssue Shine
Thomas C. Morton
Medical Center
Barrington Newsman
Conte
By Grier Horner
Ward 4
Edward D.sottile
Ermino 8S
County Savings Bank
Carington
Frederick G. Crane
Laurence W. Connor
Kuntz
Wells
R. A. Wells
Kanter A, K. Ferry R. &. Dishrow V. L, Siriebel
City Hall
Dufours
Towsley Firm
John W. Towsley
William Dufour
Towsley
the Eagle
Frank Daniels
Joseph P. Fahey
Amalgamated Transit Union International
Gray Line
Berkshire Gas Company
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