North Adams voters eye high turnout and new offices
North Adams projects 70 to 80 percent turnout with 9 559 registered voters. Polls close at 7 p.m. on 12 wards as residents vote for a new mayor at least one committeeman and four council members. Ballot items include a high school funding dispute and a rural livestock zoning question. The day also includes air pollution monitoring readings atop Berkshire Plaza and Adams Memorial High School.
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North Adams
Robert E. Patenaude
Joseph R
Berkshire Plaza
Adams Memorial High School
Adams
George Heisler
Sprague Electric, AFTE Begin New Negotiations
North Adams officials of Sprague Electric Co and the American Federation of Technical Engineers AFL CIO started talks today toward a new contract to replace the expiring agreement dated December 31. AFTE presented its proposals for changes in the current contract.
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North Adams
Sprague Electric Co
American Federation of Technical Engineers
Afl-Cio
Sprague Electric
AFTE
Troy’s First $10 Million Budget Proposed
Troy presents a 1970 city budget of 10,248,917 the first to exceed ten million dollars outgoing City Manager Adrian C. Gonyea outlined a possible $2.87 tax rate rise if approved as is the total fund rises nearly 600000 but water and sewer budgets drop from the current year. The same transmittal notes highway beauty awards for local projects highlighting Ferry Street tunnel and Columbia County Route 80 four miles reworked with roadside growth kept. Albany’s PSC orders higher Penn Central Empire Service standards including radios on trains posted fare notices more coaches and extra telephone lines for information and reservations.
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Troy
Adrian C. Gonyea
U.S. Department of Transportation
Columbia County
Ferry Street
Russell Sage College
Taghkahic and
Copake
Albany
Public Service Commission
Penn Central Empire Service
New York City
Buffalo
PSC
Penn Central
Police Conference Rejects AFL-CIO Ties in Albany
The Police Conference of New York voted against affiliating with a national police union linked to AFL-CIO and opposed policemen strikes. Union College trustees approved a $300 annual tuition increase to $2,400 effective September 1970, citing rising deficits in operating costs.
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Albany
Police Conference of
New York
Afl-Cio
Schenectady — Union College
Harold C. Martin
Nixon declines Smith College commencement invitation
President Nixon will not speak at Smith College May commencement due to possible government duties. He and Mrs. Nixon hope to attend Smith and Amherst College ceremonies where Julie Nixon Eisenhower is a senior and her husband is a college senior. The Amherst linkage adds family ties to the president’s plans. The same day, Hadley buys riverfront land on the Connecticut for 11 thousand dollars to provide public access, sold by William E. Pellissier, announced Commissioner Arthur W. Brownell.
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Northampton
Nixon
Smith College
Julie
White House
Smith
Amherst College
David Eisenhower
Boston
State Department of Natural Resources
Connecticut River
Hadley
William E. Pellissier
Arthur W. Brownell
Connecticut Food Stamp Plan Lacks Funds
The General Assembly did not appropriate 1.34 million to expand the federal food-stamp program, blocking participation for low income families in 129 Connecticut communities. Food stamps exist in Hartford New Haven and Waterbury areas, but strike victims at General Electric in Bridgeport lack processing facilities.
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Hartford
General Assembly
Connecticut
New Haven
Waterbury
General Electric Co
Bridgeport
Motel hearing resumes on Pittsfield Road project
Lenox Zoning Board of Appeals will reconvene on November 12 to continue the hearing on John F Cloran of Wellesley seeking a permit to build a motel complex at 428 Pittsfield Road. Local motel owners oppose, citing impact on area and pricing competition with Chalet Susse Lodges.
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LENOX
Zoning Board of Appeals
John F Cloran
Wellesley
Pittsfield Road
John J. Dwyer
Pittsfield
Joseph Ranieri
Edgewood Motel
Dominick J. Strizzi
Holiday Deluxe Motel
Bernard Pollack
Tanglewood Motor Inn
Russell Bolduc
Wagon Wheel Motel
John D. Brutnell
Criterion Motel, Inc
John A. Piccolo
Holiday Inn
Theodore Trombley
Yankee Motor Lodge
Chalet Susse Motor Lodges
Cloran
Chalet Susse
Becket Married Couples Club Forming In Becket
Becket news notes a committee formed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elovitta to start a young married couples club with plans for a meeting on Friday Nov 14. Contacts are listed for interested couples including Dau benspeck Wade Inn Road Fur long Allis Becket Center and Elovitta Becket. A Legion card party also announced for 8 p.m. at Legion Hall with McSweeney Gage Runz Post 329 and winners listed from last week.
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Becket
William Elovitta
Route 8
Josef B. Daubenspeck
Wade Inn Road
Richard E., Furlong
Washington
Charles A. Allis
Becket Center
Elovitta
Legion Hall
McSweeney- Gage-Runz
American Legion Post
Frances Menton
Lillian Flemming
William Frisbie
William Wescott
William Menton
Frank Corl
Corl
Weekend visitors from Philadelphia study theology in city
Lanesboro residents Mr and Mrs Charles Geof rion hosted their weekend guests, their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Jonathan Peters and Douglas Kittredge, all from Philadelphia. Peters and Kittredge are theology students at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia.
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Charles Geoffrion
Bailey Road
Jonathan Peters
Douglas Kittredge
Philadelphia
Peters and
Kittredge
Westminster Seminary
Stockbridge OKs Burning at Town Dump With Permits
Stockbridge selectmen authorized burning of accumulated brush and trees at the town dump if the caretaker secures a permit from the fire chief. Martin Clark of Housatonic, contractor for the partial landfill project, met with officials to discuss site access and disposal plans. He estimated burning costs around $50 and noted bulldozing has created a pile, while clarifying that the Glendale dam channel was considered but rejected due to access and dumping concerns.
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Stockbridge
Martin Clark
Housatonic
Board of Health
Francis L. Pilling
Oliver C. Kempton
Glendale Dam
Clark
Kempton
Cherry Hill Road
Pilling
Robert G. Williams
Arthur W. Maskell Jr
Board Declines To Pay For Faulty Radios
STOCKBRIDGE The Selectmen report the Fire Department radios are not satisfactory after delivery six weeks ago. Motorola supplier Keefner is the contact, but no reply has been received to two dunning notices demanding payment. The board will not pay until working units with proper replaceable batteries are supplied. Last year’s town meeting had appropriated 1,662 dollars for the radios.
Plans Made To Sod Little League Field
STOCKBRIDGE authorities plan to lay sod at the Little League field on the Bidwell property with one man from the highway department and one from the cemetery department assisting the Parks and Recreation Commission. Park officials struggle to align volunteers with the contractor’s seeding schedule after the September town meeting. Sod came from the cemetery on Church Street, and two men would take about two and a half days to lay it along the base lines.
Housatonic Snow Plowing Service Offered
Snow plowing and driveway clearing in Housatonic. Contact Donald Fenn at 274-6526 for details and estimates.
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Tel
Donald Fenn
Town requests reimbursement on insurance for Plain School
Berkshire Hills Regional School District is asked to reimburse the town for part of the insurance premium on the Plain School and its contents covering Dec 15 to Dec 15. Edward Cherniske notes the district took over the school Jan 1 1969 and may owe $2,590 for 1 1/4 months. The school last year carried $574,675 building and $61,000 contents coverage. Cherniske plans separate bills to the regional district for school portions in the future.
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Stockbridge
Berkshire Hills
Edward J. Cherniske
Distret
Cherniske
Selectmen
Marshall & Stevens
Trailer Hearing May Not Occur In Stockbridge
In Stockbridge, a public hearing on a trailer permit for the Cogan property on East Street remains uncertain. Atty. Robert J. Donelan, acting for David Cogan, sought a hearing to be listed for Nov 24, but the Berkshire Eagle notice failed to run, delaying the process until Dec 1. Cogan reportedly decided no trailer is needed, while Selectman Emerson awaits written confirmation before proceeding. The issue started after a trailer used by caretakers Leas violated zoning bylaws and was removed after a 24 hour notice.
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Hagle
Selectman
George E. Emerson Jr
Cogan
Donelan
Emerson
Ray Leas
Rathbun Resigns From Parks Board
STOCKBRIDGE The Selectmen accepted the resignation of Leslie G. Rathbun from the Parks and Recreation Commission. No reason was given. Rathbun, appointed in 1966 to fill a vacancy, sought a full term last February and the replacement will face election next February for two remaining years.
Community events and budget notices mark Lebanon area
In New Lebanon area Rev Dean Hopper directs a charity airing at the Town Hall to aid Kinsman Hall for drug users. Lebanon Springs high school stages Medea on Friday and Saturday Nov 14 and 15. A public hearing on the 1970 preliminary town budget is set for Thursday at Town Hall with budget availability at the clerk’s office. Mrs John J Grant Sr retires from Ceramascal pension plan with an employee farewell party.
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John D. Eusden
Williams College
Drury High School
Vietnam
Nicholas J. del Negro
New Lebanon
N.Y
Dean, Hopper
Sin Hall
Hillsdale
Town Hall
Kinsman Hall
Lebanon Springs
New Lebanon Central School
Robinson Jeffers
Wanda Libardi
Medea
Stephen Panteri
Jason
Henry D. Robertson
Ceramascal, Inc
John J. Grant Sr
Legion to Mark 50th Anniversary at Mario's Restaurant
NEW LEBANON New York Fisyd Carlton American Legion Post 1236 marks its 50th anniversary with a Monday 8 p.m. party at Mario's Restaurant. A buffet supper will be served. Guest of honor is Frederick P. Hanlon of Sketertown, a 50 year Legion member.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Fisyd Carlton American Legion Post 1236
Mario
Police to direct festival parking in Stockbridge
At a Selectmen meeting Kenneth G. Myers of the Berkshire Theatre Festival outlined parking needs for workshop performances at the Homestead on Sergeant Street. He noted last year’s congestion and fire safety concerns and proposed a police officer detail at the festival’s expense to marshal Main Street parking after other lots fill.
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Sergeant Street
Myers
Classified Ads Prove Simple Way to Sell More Fires
Ad copy touts easy selling via classified ads and urges readers to dial 459-0400 for assistance. The note promotes ad services without additional details or context.
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Dial
Tadayl
Dredging Sought at Bowl Cottages on Stockbridge Bowl
Two property owners Murray Schwerner and Martin Chabon seek a Hatch Act hearing to dredge a 56 square foot area in front of their cottages to a depth of one or two feet. They plan to replace mud and silt with gravel and sand for dock use and bathing. Planning Board and Health Board offered no objections. Selectmen have not acted.
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Stockbridge
Stockbridge Bowl
Murray Schwerner
Martin Chabon
Board of Health
Selectmen
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