Council Hikes Pay After Delayed Vote Debates Blame
The City Council gave initial approval to a two step pay boost for most city employees outside the School and Welfare departments after a stormy session. Final approval is scheduled for tonight. The measure raises wages by about seven percent overall, replacing an earlier three step plan for police and fire and a two step plan for others that the mayor vetoed. Council members traded blame over delays and questioned the mayor's stance with remarks by Councilman John H. Rice and Council President Remo Del Gallo. One member, Ernest G. St. Peter, opposed the compromise two step increase citing its insufficient aid to police and fire and moved to adjourn after voting against the measure.
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Dillon
John H. Rice
Remo del Gallo
Rice
Joseph
Scelsi
James M. Rithmany
Raymond £. Crow
del Gallo
Ernest G. S J. Peter
St. Peter
March Leaving Like a Lamb Out of Freezer
A mass of cold Canadian air brought winter like temperatures to the county overnight. Morning readings fell to 13 degrees, with a forecast around 12 degrees tomorrow, marking the coldest New England low for this date and tying a 1947 record.
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Pittsfield
New England
Boston Weather Bureau
Phone Company To Honor Its Top Blood Donors
New England Telephone area employees who donated a gallon or more of blood to the Red Cross will be honored at a April 9 dinner at 7 30 p.m. at the Stanley Club. Pittsfield area manager George E. Chandler said 40 NET workers are in this group with Red Cross and NET officials attending.
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New England Telephone Co
Red Cross
Stanley Club
George E. Chandler
Pittsfield
NET
Williamston NC desegregation protesters to join Edenton trial
Two Berkshire County men expected to join demonstrations in Edenton after Golden Frinks faces trespassing charges for a restaurant sit-in. Rev J Alan McLean and Lawrence A Caesar plan nonviolent outreach and support boycott among Massachusetts participants in Williamston, praising local and Negro youths’ courage in the desegregation effort.
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Berkshire County
Williamston
N.C
Edenton
J. Alan McLean
Pilgrim Memorial Church
Lawrence A. Caesar
Dalton
Golden Frinks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Frinks
McLean
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Caesar
Crow Questions Plan To Move Health Dept
Ward 2 Councilman Raymond Crow questions Mayor Dillon's plan to relocate the Health Department offices from City Hall to the Wariner Building at Pittsfield General Hospital. He cites renovation costs and the parking squeeze near the hospital as key concerns. Dillon asks Donald E Farr to prepare cost figures. estimated annual rent around 2700 dollars and moving costs about 1000 to 1300 dollars.
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Raymond FE
Crow
Dillon
Health Department
City Hall
Warriner
Pittsfield General Hospital
Donald E- Farr
Chance of Minor Industrial Expansions in Central Berkshire
The Association of Business and Commerce of Central Berkshire County reports that industry shows no major growth plans, but 15 firms note long range expansion possibilities. The study of 48 managers reveals transport and air service as costly, labor training as insufficient, and firms here generate about 100 million dollars yearly, with over half shipped outside the Northeast. Two resorts see growth potential amid tax and financing concerns.
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Berkshire County
Association of Business and Commerce
Paul A. Roche
ABC
Wendell - Sherwood
Roche
Berkshire
Mr. Roche
Harland P. Sisk
Hartley Jones
Albert R. Neill
United States
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Berkshires
Newsman recounts attack during N C rights protest
The account details a confrontation near a police station in which a journalist and companion were assaulted while covering a civil rights protest. They fled to a police station, filed a claim of assault with a dangerous weapon, and sought safety with local authorities, including the sheriff, while considering departure from town.
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Pital
Banks
Windsor
Jerry Beach
Sheriff's Office
Land
Meterless Spaces In Parking Lot Irritate Mayor Dillon
Mayor Dillon expressed irritation over eight or nine meterless spaces in the First Street lot that have operated without meters for years. He met with Public Works Commissioner Daniels Traffic Commission Chairman McKean and City Treasurer Fitzgerald to demand a fix, warning the city loses revenue.
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Dillon
Public Works
John F. Daniels
Traffic Commission
Hugh R. McKean
John J. Fitzgerald
City Council trims twenty three thousand five hundred sixty eight dollars
The City Council tentatively cut 23568 from the 1964 budget bringing total reductions to 60210 from the 1 3 292 586 request. Last week a 36742 cut was made but a 100 cut in the Fire Department account was restored.
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Water Department
Sewage Department
Forestry Department
Sanitation Department
Health Department
Welfare Department
Berkshire Bank Names Former Olympian James Sloane President
James R. Sloane, named yesterday as the new president of Berkshire Bank & Trust Co., was a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic hockey team. The report notes his athletic background and leadership credentials.
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New Bank
James R. Sloane
Berkshire Bank & Trust Co
U.S
Berkshire Roofing and Insulation Co Ad
Slate roofs repaired and all types of metal work aluminum and rock shake siding applied by insured workmen. Free estimates. Berkshire Roofing and Insulation Co. Dial 1 443 3100. Harry Vincent Adv 2.
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Berkshire, Roofing and Insulation Co
Harry Vincent
Adv
Amherst Principals Elect Blair First Vice President
Clar ence N Blair principal of the Plain School Stockbridge is named first vice president of the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association at a University of Massachusetts banquet. He is expected to ascend to the presidency next year and has served as second vice president.
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Amherst
Clarence N. Blair
Plain School
Stockbridge
Massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association
University of Massachusetts
Blair
Samuel J Amuso Retiring From GE
Samuel J Amuso of 89 Robbins Ave will retire tomorrow from the General Electric Co distribution transfer department after 36 years of service. He is a Mt. Carmel Church communicant and a member of the Pittsfield Musicians Union. Mr Amuso and his wife have two children.
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Samuel J. Amuso
Robbins Ave
General Electric Co
Amuso
Mt. Carmel
Pittsfield Musicians Union
Johnson's Pay To Be $150 Weekly For Salary Survey
Robert A. Johnson has signed with the salary survey committee as Huston and Johnson municipal consultants and will be paid 150 dollars weekly for a 40 hour week. The City Council appropriated 2500 dollars to finish the survey by July 1. Johnson was city administrative services director for six years until replaced earlier this month by William H. Kennedy.
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Robert A. Johnson
Special
Johnson
Huston
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