Stockbridge prepares Old Corner House reveal and Rockwell displays
Stockbridge plans a permanent memorial to its history at the Old Corner House. The property, bought in 1967, will host Norman Rockwell works including Main Street Stockbridge and The Marriage License, plus a Field family collection. Opening day approaches as locals tour free, amid a historic transfer of artifacts from the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Norman Rockwell
Main
Elm Streets
John Sargent
Rockwell
Main Street
McCall’s Magazine
Village Center
Jason Braman
David Braman
Russia
Pauline Pierce
Field
David Dudley Field
Congregational Society
Boston
New England
Corner House
Fay
Mmuhtauwaumpers
Robert F. Jakubowicz
Cain, Hibbard & Myers
Old Corner House
Henry W. Dwight
Congress
Frances Fowler Dwight
Old Corner House, Stockbridge Historical Society, Inc
Clement M. Ogden
James S. Deely
Michael G. Abdalla
Thomas M. Arienti
De Gaulle Receives Thousands of Letters After Resignation
Paris reports former French president Charles de Gaulle has been bombarded with letters from colleagues diplomats and the public since resigning on April 28. Aides say about 26 009 letters have arrived as he adjusts to life after power.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Berkshire Week in Review and Local Labor News
May 16.54 Berkshire Week in Review reports labor contract progress ending a workers strike started April 1 with raises to 6.1544 an hour by 1972, and unresolved carpenter painter deadlocks. It covers Mt Greylock School suit against Williamstown for 42 357 arrears, Pittsfield bond debate, regional tax protests, graduation plans at Southern Berkshire, housing authority and redevelopment control, plus local elections, resignations, and new posts in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire
Laborers' Union
Arf
MT. Greylock
Williamstown
Southern Berkshire
Albert J. Trocchi
Jerry A. Parker
Pittsfield
Board of Appeals
United Transportation Union
New Haven Railroad
Penn Central
Paul A. Klein Jr
Stockbridge
Berkshire Hills
Nabih Nejaime
Ward Stewart
Great Barrington
Ruth Mott
J. Haines Spencer
Arnold Print Works
Adams
First Agricultural National Bank
Andrew J. Blau
England Brothers
G. Ronald MacArthur
GE Power Transformer
City Savings Bank
Vincent Zajac Jr
Adams Housing Authority
William N. Nowell
Richard Rawson
Richmond Conservation Commission
Robert Kimball
North Adams Faces Imported Shoes Threat to Industry
North Adams shoe firms confront rising imports from Japan, Italy, and other nations, lowering prices and squeezing U.S. producers. Wall Streeter President Robert B. Wall warns of reduced production yet ongoing 28 workers and $5 million annual output as labor costs and tariffs shape the market. Sen. Muskie backs legislation to balance free trade with protections. tariffs exist but prices still favor imports.
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North Adams
Wall Streeter Shoe Co
U.S
Japan
Italy
China
Spain
United Kingdom
Wall - Streeter
Robert B. Wall
Wall
National Footwear Manufacturers Association
Wall Streeter
Sprague Electric
Wall-Streeter
Congress
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Berkshire Weekly
Gark
America
Savings Bonds
Berkshire Week In Review
Pittsfield Athenaeum
Pittsfield Taxpayers Association
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dalton
Taxpayers' Association
Berkshire County
Pittsfield Housing Authority
PHA
Columbus
Pittsfield Redevelopment Authority
PRA
del Gallo
LaMar Clark
The
Christian Center
Linden Street Church of Christ
Raymond W. Bowden Jr
Lenox
Hope Advent Christian Church
Divinity School
Angelo Balardini
Pittsfield Restaurant Association
Charles A. Little
Adams Board of Appeals
William A. Clarke
Lee
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Guy A. Pellegrinelli Sr
Pittsfield Elks Lodge
Frank C. Cloyes
Interlaken
Cyrus Mace
Richmond
St. Luke’s Unit
Berkshire Medical Center
Sprague Ditectric
Arigon
Francis L
Housatonic
Barber
Gary
Austerlitz
Benway
William A
Great Barrington Callan
Edwad M
Pinsfield Chittenden
Mary
Gt. Barr. Doucette
Roger P
O'Connell
John
Chatham
N. Y
Pagery
Louis F
Pandell
Karl
Cheshire Paskowitz
Meyer
North Berkshire Weekly
Richard N. LeGrand
Detroit Auto Makers
Volkswagen
Toyota
American Retail Federation
Janet
London
Rome
Singer
Singer Sewing Center
Allendale Shopping Center
North St
W.aheonah St
the New Yorker
Millbrook Kitchens
Upstate
New York
Mais
Albany
Nassau
N.Y
Gil
Dial
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