Union Heads OK Pact Continues From Page 1
Negotiators report a three year GE pact gives immediate wage boosts and cost of living protections. The contract dated January 26 1970 runs through May 1973 and could total about 25 percent over the term with added 24 cents in wage gains tied to CPI movements. Layoffs hit Utica plant and Local 761 in Louisville suspends a striker pending a secret ballot demand. Picketing remains heavy at Pittsfield while meetings are planned for locals 254 and 255/354.
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Pittsfield
Utica
N.Y
Louisville
IAE
Lewis
Possible
IUE - GE
IUE
Owensboro
Springfield
N.J
George B. Crane
Ere
Litano
Nicholas J. Spéranza
Pittsfield GE
New York
Makments
Daniel B. Reed
Local
Sperange
Picketing To Be Trimmed Pending GE Strike End
Pittsfield General Electric plants may resume a skeleton picket Monday as the strike nears its end. Local 255 chief John S. Foley says most workers are jubilant and that Boulwareism is dead as 6,000 eligible workers return to work. Executive board tonight will plan a membership vote on ratifying a new contract amid a 13-union coalition representing about 147,46 GE employees.
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Pittsfield
Pitts- Held
Foley
TUF
Lemuel R. Boulware
Pittsfield GE
Theilig
Pittsfield Company C Wins State Drill Competition
Pittsfield's Company C of the Massachusetts National Guard earned the right to represent the 2nd Infantry Battalion in a statewide Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards award competition for dismounted drill. Fifty select men train under Sgt. Francis Murphy for the February 8 test after judges from Chicopee graded the unit on manual of arms and close order drill.
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Pittsfield
Massachusetts National Guard
2Nd Infantry
Clarence R. Edwards
Set
Francis Murphy
Chicopee
Donald C. Laobik
Beagle Club Offers Help With Rabbit Damage
Berk shire Beagle Club plans a fire trapping program in Richmond to curb rabbit damage. Beaglers seek rab bits for field trial grounds. interested residents may contact Thomas Maston or Manuel Lester to arrange traps and capture rabbits.
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Berkshire Beagle Club
Richmond
Thomas Maston
Branch St
Manuel Lester
Gale Ave
30 Strikers Receiving Veterans' Aid in Berkshire Strike
Thirty GE employees who are Pittsfield residents qualified for veterans benefits due to the GE strike, with more applying but not all qualifying. Veterans Services Agent Handerek cites about 12,000 dollars in costs to date and monthly increases of around 4,000 dollars. He notes light impact on veterans services which cover food and rent, as welfare options exist. An estimated 70 cents for Pittsfield strikers and 1,050 to 1,100 Berkshire County strikers overall have qualified for partial or full welfare assistance because of the strike.
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General Electric * Co
Pittsfield
Veterans’ Services
Theodore W. Handerek
Handerek
Anthony W. Sottile
Berkshire County
Revised Pittsfield School Budget Clipped to 9 979 440
Supt Thomas J Whalen submitted a revised Pittsfield school department budget totaling 9 979 440 and U S Representative Silvio Conte estimated 250 000 in federal impact funds. The plan trims from 10.2 million. sessions wrap Wednesday. Conte says HEW estimates total impact aid 225 000 to 250 000 with veto fallout resolved.
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Pittsfield
Thomas J. Whalen
U.S
Silvio 0. Conte
Whalen
GE Ordnance
Nixon
Conte
The
Eagle
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Supt
Berkshire Gas Co
Army Atty Suggests Wigs For Two Local Reservists
Boston based federal case involves Ne wave Record Shop owners John McLean and Michael Albano in Pittsfield. Army attorney urges wigs and haircuts to avoid active duty while Judge Anthony Julian weighs dismissal and measures after repeated absentee marks.
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Army Atty
Boston
U.S. Army
Pittsfield
Stanislaw Sucicki
Anthony Julian
Army
John. J. McLean
Michael 4. Albano
Newave
Sudhcki
Julian
Billboard ruling eyed in Berkshire zoning clash
City solicitor Samuel Landa will be asked to decide if a billboard permit is a legal right, amid a dispute between the Planning Board and Callahan & Sons, which runs Berkshire County billboards. A zoning change would phase out about 30 of 204 billboards over five years, with council debate on a 19 year phase-out.
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Samuel Landa
Planning Board
Maurice Callaghan & Sons
Berkshire County
Vermont
New York
Bunt
Plan ‘Ning Board
William A. Bunt
John J. Donna
Callahan
Donna
Francisco la Grotteria
Joseph S. Scelsi
Melbourne Road
West Pittsfield
Osceola Street
Scelsi
Roy F. Brown
Edward L. Dobbins
Sportsmen Invited to DFG Meeting in Agawam
Western Massachusetts sportsmen groups and area newspaper representatives are invited to an informational session by the state Division of Fisheries and Game in Agawam at 8 PM. Director James M. Shepard and staff will cover DFG legislation and issues and take questions. Attendees should use the West Springfield exit, Route 5 to South End Bridge rotary, then River Road to Corey Street. A similar eastern session was held in Dedham.
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River Road
Corey Street
Dedham
Births at Berkshire Medical Center and area homes
Mr and Mrs Henry Barzatti welcome a daughter at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr and Mrs John J Provenzano report a daughter. Mr and Mrs Michael Baccoli welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs Michael Cassinelli report a daughter. Local ads list shampoo and set services and winter garment clearance at Americana and Mod Mod World on North and Dickinson avenues and Second Street.
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Henry Barzattini
Belvidere Ave
John J. Provenzano
Second St
Michael Baccoli
Lee
Michael Cassinelli
Dickinson Ave
Mod Mod World
North St
Newberrys
Lee Board Proposes New School
The Lee School Buildings Committee voted to seek state aid for a modular elementary school for kindergarten through fourth grade on Maple Street to support a proposed middle school. Supt. Maurice J. Boulanger said state support for a middle school is unlikely and warned that local construction may still face regional district pressure. He plans a meeting with Thomas White of the state Department of Education to gauge the state’s seriousness about district size requirements to retain funds.
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Lee
Maple Street
Supt. of
Maurice J. Boulanger
John Hagens
State School Building Assistance Bureau
SBAC
Thomas White
Pittsfield
State Department ‘of Education
SBAB
Boulanger
White
West Shore Club Lobster Special and Burgner’s Turkey Deal
A Better Time at the West Shore Club advertises a lobster special and Burgner’s Week-end special offering a 14 lb roasted and stuffed turkey for $12.25 with Sunday hours till 1 00. Listings include private rooms at Willow Manor Rest supervised care and Berkshires music nights at Secum Brook Club plus a body contour offer with Trim inches off hips thighs and buttocks.
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West Shore Club
Adv
Burgner
Willow Manor
400 GE Strikers Given Mortgage Break By Pittsfield Banks
Pittsfield banks report about 370 strikers had mortgage payments or principal suspended, with roughly 400 of 5500 GE workers affected. Major lenders like Berkshire County Savings Bank, Union Federal, Pittsfield National Bank, and City Savings describe flexible plans, extensions, and interest-only options while noting limited foreclosures. The GE Employes Credit Union shows 39 strikers among 155 mortgages, with arrears under 1400 dollars to 1300 dollars.
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Pittsfield
General Electric
Berkshire County Savings Bank
Union Federal: Savings & Loan Association
Pittsfield Co-operative Bank
Edward A. Shaw
Union Federal
Shaw
Pittsfield National Bank
John Carter
GE Employes’ Credit Union
Paul C. Theilig
GE Credit Union
Theilig
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J. Curtis
Beagle Club
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John J. Quinn
Frederick Rossini
Lenox Teal
Joseph del Gailo
Titam Lodge
Waubeek Road
Breezy Knoll Inn
Pontoosuc Lake
Berkshire Medical Center
UL Melville St
Lee Board
Secum Brook
Berkshires
A.F.T
IGA Coloe TV
Desini
RGA
Rai Color
Fenn ST
the Linares
Podel OM
Thomas C. Morton
Gardner
L. Brown
First Agricultural National Bank
Brown
Hayden
Luke S. Hayden
City Savings Bank
City Savings
Berkshire Bank & Trust Co
James R. Sloane
Gerald F. Doyle
IUE Laval
State Division of Civil Service
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