Berkshire Life Leases South St. Butler Block
Berkshire Life Insurance Co yesterday secured a 30 year lease on the Butler property near Hotel Wendell on South Street. The plan calls for integrating the 186 car parking lot into a new building for a motor inn while razing the Wendell hotel next month. A May 19 20 public auction will sell the hotel furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Butler
South Street
Eugene L. Amber
BLICO
Amber
Motor Inn
Wendell
South St
Berkshire Realty, Inc
William T. Butler
Allied Mortgage
Allied Mortgage & Development Co
Memphis
Wen- Gell
Allied
Route 20
Lenox
Airport Commission rejects second bids on terminal
The Pittsfield Airport Commission again rejected all bids for a proposed terminal building after protesters argued revised specs gave bidders insufficient time. Bids were returned unopened as legal concerns paused the project. A new design and third bidding round were approved with plans to start construction before July for a space comparable to the approved $70,000 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airport Commission
Pittsfield
Ermine Barbalunga
Commission
Robert B. Dillon
Retallick
Henry ‘J. Euler Jr
Stockbridge
Munson & Mallis
Euler
Retailick
Association of Business and Commerce Transportation ’Committee
Mayor Pushes Creation of City Recreation Director Post
Mayor Dillon asks City Council to create a director of recreation in the Parks and Recreation Department with Grade 24 pay at 7436 dollars yearly. A prior proposal had scaled the job to Grade 21. The mayor argues Grade 24 would be more beneficial and notes overtime could equal or exceed a director’s pay, with the position filled via Promotional Civil Service examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Zenowitz To Tour City's CD System
State Civil Defense Director Allan R. Zenowitz of Great Barrington will tour the citys CD facilities Monday starting at 2 30 PM The inspection will include Redfield School control center and a briefing with city and county officials Zenowitz will visit Redfield Berkshire Drive In Holly K Motel and the fallout control center in the Dunham Street Municipal Building basement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan R. Zenowitz
Great Barrington
Redfield
Zenowitz
William H. Cooney
Holly-K
Berkshire Drive-In
Dunham Street
Man at Track Charged on Hypodermic Count
Edward J. Vashey, 31 of Pawtucket, was arrested yesterday at Berkshire Downs in Hancock by state police and charged with illegal possession of a hypodermic syringe and needles. He was released on $368 bail and is due in District Court today. Det. Milo Brown and Trooper R. J. Clemens of the District Attorney’s office handled the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
Riman
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Edward J. Vashey
Milo Brown
R. J. Clemens
District Attorney's Office
Fire Hazards Listed for Cleanup Drive
Acting Fire Chief Arnold P. Klinke urged homeowners to join a next week cleanup for fire safety. He cited nearly 12,000 annual fire deaths and called for attic basement and garage junk removal, sprinkler installation in risky buildings, and teaching children about fire dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold P. Klinke
Klinker
Four Sites Considered For New High School
City Council President Hemo Del Gallo said tests on four potential high school sites near completion would allow a timely decision. Sites include Victory Hill on Benedict Road Springside Park Coolidge Park property and a 60 acre parcel off South Mountain Road. Soil tests were done by William Wiese of Freeman French Freeman with cost estimates to follow to aid site selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemo del Gallo
del Gallo
Victory Hill
Benedict Road
Springside Park
Coolidge Park
South Mountain Road
William Wiese
Freeman, French ,and Freeman
Pittsfield Water Level Rises Slightly Amid Restrictions
The Pittsfield water level reached 95.03 percent capacity, up from 94.32 percent a week earlier. Precipitation in the next two to three weeks will determine if outside-use restrictions can be lifted. For now, homeowners may use outside water only on Saturday and Sunday evenings from 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Wes
Dillon
Two Families Homeless After Dewey Avenue Fire
Fire of undetermined origin gutted a nine room wood frame house at 198 Dewey Ave. Two families were left homeless as the blaze spread from a rear porch to a second floor apartment occupied by Mr and Mrs Robert White. The first floor five room unit housed Mrs Pearl Lorenz and her two children. Firefighters battled the flames for a half hour and remained on scene until after 10. No insurance coverage details and temporary housing for the families were noted. Local incidents also included brush and grass fires on Valentine Road and Onota Street near Bartlett School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pritchelt
Dewey Ave
Pearl Lorenz
Robert White
Joseph Marziello
Daniel F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Paul Benham
Benham
Willis Groat
Dewey _Ave
Marziello
Practical Professor to Lead OEO Poverty Office
Williams College economist Joseph A. Kershaw, holder of the Herbert H. Lehman chair, will leave June 5 for Washington to join the Office of Economic Opportunity as assistant director and director of the Office of Research Programming Plans and Evaluation. He will help measure and guide the next year's $1.5 billion anti poverty effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Williams College
Joseph A. Kershaw
U.S
Kershaw
Williams
Washington, D.C
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Herbert H. Lehman
Sargent Shriver
Washington
IL7
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Reading
Edgartown
Martin’s Vineyard
Shriver
Enterprise
New York University
Columbia University
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica
Calif
U.S. Air Force
Soviet Union
Scholarships Funded by PTA Interviewed Ten Candidate Teachers
County PTA interviews ten candidates for two Webber Fiske Scholarships aiding teacher training. Mrs Eleanor Redfield led the Massachusetts Congress of the Parent Teachers Association effort with interviews in school offices Friday. Assistant Superintendent Lincoln D Lynch and District 12 director Mrs Lyle Lathrop observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Redfield
Massachusetts Congress
Parent-Teacher _Associaion
Webber-Fiske
Reffield
Pittsfield
Lincoln D. Lynch
Lyle Lathrop
District 12
State
PTA
GE Union To Meet On Wildcat Walkout
GE and IUE Local 255 officials will meet Monday afternoon to discuss a dispute that caused a wildcat walkout of 58 General Electric workers in the distribution transformer department. About 50 first shift and 8 second shift employees walked out over reclassification of work to lower job rates and reductions of incentive piece rates. workers returned to duty yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
Georeg
GE Gate Appeal Brings $1,192 for Rome IUE Strikers
Union employes at General Electric plants yesterday contributed $1,192.22 to the strike fund of IUE Local 191 for production and maintenance workers at GE’s Rome Georgia transformer plant. George V. DiPalazzo, business agent of UE Local 255 at Pittsfield, called the collection one of the most successful in recent years as 830 Rome locals have been on strike since April 7 over 44 grievances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
IUE Loscal
Rome
George V. DiPalazzo
Pittsfield
Dozen Schools Entered in Mechanic Test
Pittsfield hosts twelve vocational schools on Tuesday for a Western Massachusetts Plymouth troubleshooting contest for auto mechanics. Teams of two diagnose and repair deliberate malfunctions in contest cars at Wahconah Park starting 10 30 a m. A parade precedes the event as part of regional contests. The Pittsfield Vocational High School team of Gerald Colvin and Robert Duzlak competes, aiming for a top time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Wahconah Park
Pittsfield Vocational High School
Detroit
Gerald Colvin
Robert Duzlak
McNeil and Appraisal Firm Tiff Declared Straightened Out
Mayor Dillon termed the spat between city planning director Gerard F. McNeil and United Appraisal Co a misunderstanding. A meeting of city officials and United Appraisal members followed a story about a draft Progress Report for the Community Renewal Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Brady
McNeil
Pittsfield
Rice Neil
United Appraisal Co
Planning Board
John J. Donna
John F. Connors
Bruce’. Clark
James Ferguson
United Appraisal Co. In
Connors
United Appraisal
Board of Assessors
United Appraisal Corp
NAACP Bows In Favor of Head Start
The Berkshire County NAACP branch is discontinuing its pre-school program to join Operation Head Start. Miss Eula Aiken says the branch will remain interested in progress and future plans, with Mrs. Frank J. Early directing the program. Twelve children were enrolled, with classes held at the Christian Center twice weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Berkshire County
Eula Aiken
Stockbridge
Lincoln ‘D. Lynch
Lynch
Action For “Opportunity, Inc
Frank J. Early
George St
Christian Center
Robbins Avenue
Museum To Offer Adult Art Course
The Berkshire Museum will host an eight week adult art course taught by Charles Reid starting Thursday at 7 30 p m The weekly painting class runs until 3 30 p m and is open to beginners and advanced students Registrations are being accepted at the museum office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reid
Berkshire Museum
Strike Ends At Schenectady GE Plant After Week
Schenectady New York reports end of a week-long strike by 700 workers in GE's large generator and motor department. The walkout began May 7 and ended yesterday as GE officials and IUE Local 301 officers declined to disclose terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady N.Y
Generals Electric Co
IUE
Speaker Urges Americans To Try Something Culturally Uncomfortable
Rev Clement McNaspy urged Americans to stretch their cultural interests and engage more actively. He argued culture has static and dynamic forms, praising individual self cultivation while noting global influence from Western ideas and rising U.S. cultural activity including art museums, orchestras, and satellite coordination, with caution about overextension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement McNaspy
Shadowbrook
America
Society of Jesus
Jesuit
Father McNaspy
Ticipants
Asia
Africa
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yankee Statium
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Empire State Building
Metropolitan Opera
New York Philharmonic
Bach
van Cliburn
Berkshire History Adverts and Local Services
A collage of local ads lists Katharine Annin’s Berkshire town history for four dollars plus mail options. Also promoting limousine service between Berkshire County and New York City, remodeling and roofing supplies, remnants and yard goods, a lake casino dance night, and various service ads with phone numbers and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire History
Katharine Annin
Richmond
Massachusetts
Berkshire
Richmond History
Mass
Berkshire County
New York City
Yellow Coach Lines
Center St
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Tour City
Dewey Avenue
Ews
Ll Yesroid
Philadelphia
Bala Cynwyd
Teal Estate
Princeton
Germantown
Berkshires
Sao Paulo University
Mary Anna Netleton
Williamstown
Cluett Drive
Stephen
Beverly Mills
David
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affice
Union
Ge-Gate
McNeil-Appraisal Firm
Tiff Said
Schenectady
Andrew Clarke
Modern. Construction Co
Dial
Wahconah Street
Harry Vincent
Berkshire Roofing Co
Aia —Adv
Bolt
Berkshire Coat Factory
Army
Ashmere Lake Casino
Jom Gallelly
Luigi's
Ginsdale
Sportsmen's
Frankie Martin's
North St
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