Conte Lands Coinage Policy Proposals
Congressman Conte, a longtime Coinage Commission member, praised sweeping changes to U S coinage policy proposing to end silver use in the half dollar, allow melting of silver coins, and mint a non silver dollar. He urged Treasury support and noted Eisenhower’s likeness on the new dollar.
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Washington
Joint Commission On Coinage
Conte
R-Pittsfield
Coinage Commission
U.S. Treasury
Circulalion
Underworld
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Treasury
David Kennedy
General Services Administration
Commission
Compromise Reached on Giudice Will
Probate Court settles dispute over two Giudice wills from Vincenzo Giudice of Pittsfield. Under the agreement the second will is allowed and the first erased, with residuary estate split between niece Josephine Velez and Antonio Bartalotta. Velez gains the house at 14 Oliver Ave. estate value estimated at 16,000.
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Vincenzo Giudice
Pittsfield
F. Anthony Hanlon
Josephine Velez
Antonio Bartalotta
Missing Breathalyzer Parts Reach Pittsfield Police
Breathalyzer components arrived today enabling Pittsfield police to test drivers for suspected DUI with their own equipment. Previously they relied on state police machines. Motorists may refuse the test, risking a 50 day license suspension. Officers trained by the state DPS will operate the unit on rotation to ensure coverage.
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Pittsfield
Robert Jordan
Sanley Kobus
Benjamin Kulesa
Francis Savko
State Department of Public Safety
Probate Court Inventories Exceed $100000 Each
Probate records show three estates with values above $100,000. Julius H. Hageweath of Pittsfield tops $297,848 in personal property including 2,489 General Electric shares valued at $230,232. Susan C. Walsh of Williamstown is $172,671, largely in corporate stocks, with 600 Sterling Drug shares worth $28,740 the largest single item. William Sharpe Hamilton of Williamstown leaves $156,069 in personal property, with a $1,000 bequest to Williams Lodge AF & AM and residue to a sister. Daniel N. Morelli of Pittsfield is appraised at $22,242 total, while Nicholas Sullivan of Lenox is $14,646.
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Julius H. Hageweath
Pittsfield
General Electric Co
Susan C. Walsh
Williamstown
Sterling Drug Inc
William Sharpe Hamilton
Williams Lodge
AF & AM
Daniel N. Morelli
Nicholas Sullivan
Lenox
Drug Case Trial Postponed to October
The Superior Court trial of Robert G. Barrier, 21, and Thomas Barrier, 22, brothers of 104 Parker St., held on illegal possession charges, was postponed to the October court session. Both pleaded not guilty. Judge Francis J. Quirico declined public defenders, noting they could hire lawyers. Leonard H. Cohen appeared with the brothers. Thomas Barrier was released on his own recognizance. Robert Barrier remained jailed on $500 bail until able to post.
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Rial
Robert G
Thomas Barriere
Parker St
Sbarrieres
Francis J. Quirico
Leonard H. Cohen
Thomas Barrer
Robart
Heffner Lauded by Brown Editor at Berkshire Club Dinner
Dr. Ray L. Heffner, Brown University president who resigns Aug 1, was praised by Berkshire County Brown Club editor Robert A. Reichley for guiding Brown through upheaval without violence. Reichley credited dialogue with students and noted their roles on committees and in consultations. Dinner guests included Edward Olchowski's son, a National Merit scholar, as Reichley prepares to address an Albany Brown Club event.
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Ray L. Heffner
Brown University
Brown
Berkshire County Brown Club
Robert A. Reidley
Reichley
Dr. Heffner
Willis B. Buck
Robert C. Bogle
Pittsfield
Francis C. Wilson
Williamstown
Simon England
Edward C. Olchowski
Edward F. Olchowski
Gravesleigh Ter
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
New Lenox Road
New York State
Brown Club
Albany
City Hall Briefs For Ward 3 4 And Pleasant Street
Ward 3 Councilman Alfred Bradley and 20 Maple Grove Drive residents petition the Capital Outlay Committee to drain Sackett and Brattle brooks to protect homes. Ward 4 Councilman Edward Dobbins and 80 Wendell Pomeroy Avenue residents ask the Council to consider a neighborhood playground. Twenty three Pleasant Street property owners urge acceptance of Pleasant Street as a city road.
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Alfred
Bradley
Maple Grove Drive
Capital
Sackett and Brattle Brooks
Edward L. Dobbins
Wendell-Pomeroy Avenue
Pleasant Street
Quirico Extends Court Day Amid Backlog
Judge Francis J. Quirico extends daily court sessions to handle a rising backlog of criminal and civil jury trials. From April 7 to May 29, civil hearings start at 9 a.m. and run to 1 p.m. while criminal cases meet 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jurors will be released at 1 p.m. for civil trials and new criminal jurors report at 2 p.m. The move affects a trial of Roy W. Reinhold, 43, charged with 25 morals violations. press access is restricted during that trial.
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Francis J. Quirco
Quirico
Roy W. Reinhold
Acorn 5
Reinhold
Central Berkshire
Jury Awards Less Than PHA For Taken Properties
Pittsfield Superior Court awarded Harold Weltman $12,625 for three Deering Street houses torn down in an urban renewal case, less than the $15,000 previously paid by the Pittsfield Housing Authority. Weltman had sought $30,000, and jurors based their verdict on color slides since the houses no longer stood.
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Pittsfield
Superior Court
PHA
Atty
Edward W. Brooke
Weltman
Fire Dept Races Stork Wins by Country Mile
Fire Chief John E. Mc Donough Jr and Deputy Chief William Reddy drove through Pittsfield aided by green lights to help a frantic driver to the hospital. They led the way for a baby delivery, winning the race by a wide margin as of noon the child had not yet appeared.
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Fire Dept
John E. McDonough Jr
William Reddy
Stork
West Housatonic Street
Pittsfield
Berkshire Medical Center
North Street
Mrs Deane Named for Intern Program Vista City
Mrs Meril 8 Deane of 194 Pomeroy Ave has been chosen for a state Department of Community Affairs summer intern program. She is one of 10 accepted from 150 applicants for the three month 100 dollar week program. Deane, wife of Frank Deane Berkshire Community College math head, will work in City Hall Planning Office. She will graduate from Bennington College in June with a political science major and is mother of six.
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Meril
Deane
Pomeroy Ave
State Department of Community Affairs
Frank Deane
Berkshire Community College
Bennington College
Jiune
Meril Smith
Bangor
Maine
University of New Hampshire
Cornell
University of Rochester
Bennington
City Youth Is Given Suspended Jail Term In Cheshire Assault
Bruce Spaniol, 18, of Pittsfield received a six month suspended sentence and one year probation after a Adams District Court jury found him guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. A juvenile co defendant, also from Pittsfield, faced similar charges and had his case continued to September 25.
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Adams
Bruce Spaniol
New Road
Pittsfield
House of Correction
Adams District Court
Spaniel
Bruce Laird
North Adams
Cheshire
Rev Mr Cole Honored on 40th Anniversary
The Rev William Cole a former Pittsfield resident observed the 40th anniversary of his ordination into the Episcopal Church. The service was at Trinity Church Fayetteville New York where he is an associate with a Thanksgiving Communion and dinner in the parish hall. He has presented the keys to a 1940 car to show appreciation. He is a Pittsfield native a graduate of Pittsfield High School St Stephen's College Bard College and the General Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Christ Church Cathedral Springfield by the late Bishop Thomas Davies. He served in Western Massachusetts then Clayton Syracuse where he was rector before illness limited his work. He has been at Trinity Church for four years. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Cole and Mr and Mrs George Hainfeld of Pittsfield.
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William Cole
Pittsfield
Episcopal Church
Trinity Church
Fayetteville
N.Y
Cole
Pittsfield High School
St. Stephen's College
Bard College
General Theological Seminary
New York
Christ Church Cathedral
Springfield
Thomas Davies
Massachusetts
Ashfield
Shelburne Falls
Turners Falls
Southbridge
Clayton
All Saints’ Church
Syracuse
John Cole
George I’. Hainfeld
Brooke declines Berkshire NAACP dinner speech
Sen Edward W Brooke will not attend the Berkshire County NAACP 60th anniversary dinner at the White Tree Club on Sunday. Frank F Walker, Naacp president in Pittsfield, said Brooke's office informed him the senator cannot adjust his schedule to speak.
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Edward W .Brooke
Berkshire County
NAACP
White Tree Club
Frank F. Walker
Pittsfield
Brooke
Naming Taconic Principal Tops School Board Agenda
Taconic High School principal appointment leads the Pittsfield school board agenda for the Wednesday meeting. Other items include appointing athletic coaches, a Crosby Junior High head custodian, summer school staff, and 38 new teachers set to begin Sept. 1. The board will also consider allowing 9th graders who fail to move into a 6th year occupational program and several reports on education policies and special education.
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Taconic High School
Pomeroy School
Crosby Junior High
Pittsfield
James P. Reynolds
Theodore Herberg
Howard Eberwein Jr
Arlene Wynn
North
Adams
Berkshire County Teachers Association
BCTA
North Adams
Willaamstown
Adams-Cheshire
HCTA
Berkshire Superintendents Association
Reynolds Names Firms for City School Needs Study
Supt James P Reynolds presented a list of six consultants to the School Committee to survey elementary school buildings needs. Firms include Associated Educated Consultants Pittsburgh Engrehardt & Leggett New York Educational Research Services White Plains Educational Services Division NYC Educational Services Association Medford and Dr John E Marshall Belmont. Reynolds cited recommendations from the American Association of School Administrators and other sources.
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James P. Reynolds
Reynolds
James R. Clary
Pittsfield
Associated Educated Consultants, Inc
Pittsburgh
Engrehardt & Leggett
New York City
Educational Research Services of
White Plains
Educational Services Division
Educational Services Association of
Medford
John E. Marshall
Belmont
American Association of School Administrators
Youth sustains burns in motorcycle repair mishap
Police brief reports Robert DeForest aged 16 of 18 Depot Street Dalton was burned last evening when a motorcycle he was repairing backfired and sparked a fire. He was treated and released at St Louis unit BMC after firefighters from Holmes Road station extinguished a blaze at a service station on Elm Street.
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Robert DeForest
Depot St
Dalton
DeForest
St. Luie's
BMC
Holmes Road
Elm St
Teachers Association to Review Negotiations in Pittsfield
A Pittsfield Teachers Association meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 P M to discuss contract negotiations with the School Committee. President Edmund J. Plummer says bargainers will review fact finding begun last week to break a deadlock, noting what happens at tomorrow night’s committee meeting could shape outcomes. A visible thaw occurred during a Friday fact finding hearing, with hints both sides might settle.
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Pittsfield Teachers Association
Edmund J. Plummer
Plummer
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