Bidder Accuses Selectmen Of Contract Favoritism
Lee Berkshire Bureau reports Catskill Materials Corp district manager Julian Cihocki blasting the Lee Selectmen for awarding the highway materials contract to Hudson Co. over Catskill despite Catskill's lower bid. Board defends action citing past practice and lack of mandatory bidding.
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Lee
Highway Department
Catskill Materials Corp
Julian L. Cihodd
Catskill Materials
Great Barrington
John J. Hudson Co
Westfield
Catskill
Cihacki
Hudson
Cihocki
Selectman
Edward F. Murray
Louis A. Airaldi
American Tar Corp
Motor Bike Scooter Crash Injures Three Teens
Becket Raymond Townson, 15, of West Springfield, in fair condition at St. Luke's after a motor scooter collision on a private road. Teammates Dianne Chinela, 16, Windsor Locks, and Christina Miller, 16, Pittsfield, treated and released. Chinela broke her right wrist. Miller suffered a concussion and facial knee lacerations. Troopers Fay and Martin rushed them by cruiser. accident blamed on poor lighting.
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Miss Chinela
Townson
Miss Miller
Martin Fay
William F. Martin
St. Luke’s
Girls Choir From Conn To Give Becket Concert
A Becket Becket Federated Church concert features a Long Lane School girls choir from Middle town Connecticut. Proceeds go to the church. Director Miss Salveig Solem holds St Olaf and Michigan music degrees. Tickets via Women's Society.
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Becket
Long Lane School
Middletown
Patricia Selvis
Pakistan
World Mission Prayer League
Women's Society
Edward Hemple
Federated Church
Stravinsky Hospitalized After Knee Blood Clot Operation
Igor Stravinsky, 83, is reported in satisfactory condition after surgery to remove a blood clot from his left knee. A spokesman said he would remain in the hospital about eight to ten days.
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New York
Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky
Lee approves general emergency signal at Eagle Mill
Selectmen and acting Fire Chief Daniel Brown voted to deploy a seven-blow whistle signal at Eagle Mill, repeated four times, to warn residents of general emergencies. The alert, activated by the town switchboard and broadcast via radios, requires follow up instructions from radio sources. The plan, effective immediately, aims to prevent past confusion during river flood threats and distinguishes from the fire alarm by street boxes.
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Eagle Mill
Housatonic
Canal Street
Brown
East Lee
Fires gut two garages on Hart Street
Two garages owned by Mrs. Jane Onufuychuk were gutted by a fire on Hart Street causing damage to the structures rented with a two family house. Firefighters battled the blaze for about ninety minutes with no vehicles inside. Cause under investigation.
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Housatonic
Hart Street
Jane Onufuychuk
Hudson
N.Y
John O'Brien
Donald Lamudge
Community supper aids United Church project choice discussed
About seventy people attended a ham and baked bean supper Saturday for United Church of Christ Congregational funds. Members will meet after Sunday service to decide if Mission Advance should be a group project here or pursued individually. Fire Chief Robert Tar'ey announced arrival of the Midship pumper motor donated by the town of Lanesboro.
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Peru
United Church of Christ, Congregational
Robert Tar‘ey
Lanesboro
Two students bound for 12 mile walk for theft
In Monroe North Carolina two college students convicted of siphoning three gallons of gasoline from a parked automobile were sentenced to walk 12 miles. The incident underscores stricter penalties for fuel theft in the area.
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Monroe, N.C
Old Colonial House Sold In Egremont South
One of the region’s older Colonial houses in South Egremont changed hands from John B. Orr of Hawaii to Frank Bigelow and Jack Lumpkin of New York City. The two-story white clapboard center-chimney home on Phillips Road and Hillsdale Road sits on about three acres and features 12 over 12 panes, multiple fireplaces, an American baking oven, and a wing with additional bedrooms and baths. Wheeler & Taylor, Inc. arranged the sale, with plans to upgrade while preserving the home’s original ambiance. Also, Miss Ruth Berridge and Dr. Katharine B. Sohler, with others, visited the Berridges in South Egremont.
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Egremont
Berkshire
John B. Orr
Hawaii
Frank Bigelow
Jack Lumpkin
New York City
Lumpkin
Columbia Broadcasting System
Phillips Road
Hillsdale Road
South
Wheeler & Taylor, Inc
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Lee South Berkshire Bureau
Murray
Airoldi
Airaldi
Peter Scalforo
Berkshire County
Lee Kiwanis Club
East Lee Steak House
East Lee Playground
Eagle Office
Olian
Hallmark
Lee News Room
Joyce Meier
Conn
Christine Cunningham
Kim Hamilton
Leslie Johnson
Gary Dowling
Diane Keiper
Virginia Mason
Diane Meijer
Eagle
Berkshire Wells
Park Street
Massachusetts
Hills Bros Coffee
Lyndon
Duncan Hines
San Benito
Calif
Crisco
Tbs
FRESH
Rozen Coops
Bd. Ag
HAM
Chuck
Ice Co
Cecelia Bailey
Tal
Morrison
Sermini
New Yorkers Bay
Orr House
Ruth Berridge
Katharine B. Sohler
Oklahoma City
Okla
William A. Berridge
South Ngremont
Sahter
Edith Sahter
Syracuse, NY
Berridges
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