IUEGE Talks Fail To Make Breakthrough In NY
Negotiators for IUEGE met in New York after an eight hour session with both sides reporting no progress. The strike, begun Oct 27, features GE offering a three year deal with small first year raises while the union seeks higher wages and cost of living escalator. Pickets continue around Pittsfield GE plants with about 2,500 of 5,500 Local 255 and 254 members on continuous lines and injunction talks with the NLRB pending. Local 255 reports strike fund receipts and ongoing disbursements for weekly benefits while the union faces large municipal and national support pledges and limited company concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Union of Electrical Workers and General Electric Co
New York
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
IVE
New York Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Pittsfield
TUE
Pittsfield - GE
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Boston
Washington
Albert Hoban
Gerald F. Doyle
Local 255
Doyle
International Union
Lutano
Francis W
Fritz’’ Burke
Ive-Ge
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cto
George Meany
IUE
Albert FL
Litano
John H. Shambo
Fio
New ‘York
John R. Baldwin
Ces
Y Membership Drive Reaches 22 Percent of Goal
The Pittsfield YMCA campaign reached 22 percent of the member goal and 33 percent of the financial quota at the first report meeting in the Y auditorium. President Joseph Cadorette's team led with 52 members and 2710 dollars, followed by Charles Steele's unit with 43 members and 2200 dollars. Dean Giftos headed the divisional honors. The final report session, led by Jo Edward Dery Jr., is Monday at 6:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Births at Berkshire Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Girard Bourque 6 Curtis Terrace welcomed a son yesterday. Mr and Mrs George Barnes 73 Mohawk Street welcomed a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Henry Bittmann Richmond welcomed a son yesterday. Mr and Mrs Philip Prew 3 Harvard Court welcomed a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Francis D Pignone Niskayuna NY welcomed a daughter Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital Troy NY. Grandparents Eugene Bartley Sr Dalton and Frank Pignone 143 Francis Ave. Great grandmother Veglia Pignone 145 Francis Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barnes
Philip Prew
Harvard Court
Francis D. ‘Pignone
Niskayuna
N.Y
Good Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Eugene Bartley Sr
Dalton and
Frank Pignone
Francis Ave
Veglia Pignone
Surprise Choice John J Quinn Elected Planning Board Chairman
John J. Quinn was unanimously elected chairman of the Planning Board, saying he did not seek the job. A former school committee member for 16 years, he was appointed to the board in 1967 and succeeds Francisco R. La Grotteria, who stepped down after two years. The board also approved its 1970 operating budget, increasing from 38,317 to 53,235 and will send it to the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Quinn
Quinn
Remo de Gallo
Francisco R. la Grotteria
la Grotteria
Richard S. Jackson
Francis E. Devanny
Gerald Doyle Elected President of Pittsfield Labor Council
Gerald F. Doyle of 15 Lincoln St was elected last night president of the Pittsfield Central Labor Council. He succeeds Charles M. De Blois of Musicians Union Local 109. Doyle has long served as financial secretary of IVE Local 255 and in state labor groups. He also held leadership roles in the Massachusetts CIO and IUE New England District Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald F. Doyle
Lincoln St
Pittsfield Central Labor Council
CLC
Charles M. DeBlois
Musicians Union Local 109
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ralph J. Froto
Pittsfield General Electric
Raymond Campbell
Doyle
Benjamin Rodrigues
Eaton Paper Co
Camp Dell
Michael H. Metzler
AFTE
William Green
IBEW
IVE
Massachusetts Cio
IUE
New England District Council
Hebert to Examine Park Aid Possibilities
City Park Commission authorized Park Supt Vincent J Hebert to explore federal aid for park land acquisition and improvements. The inquiry targets the Department of Housing and Urban Development grants. The panel also reviewed 1970 budget requests and heard a progress report on Wahconah Park athletic field and stadium improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park Commission
Vincent J. Hebert
Department of Housing and ‘Urban Development
Cities
Wahconah Park
Stockbridge Writer Promotes Move to Disestablish Denominations
Stephen C. Rose of Cherry Street leads Jonathan's Wake, a renewalist movement aiming to democratize the National Council of Churches in Detroit at its November assembly. The group seeks to replace the NCC general secretary with a black churchman and to oversee church disestablishment, backed by various clergymen and lay supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Move To
Stephen C. Rose
Cherry Street
Institutional Church
National Conference of Churches
Jonathan
Jesus
National Council of Churches
NCC
General Assembly
Detroit
R.H. Edwin Espy
Rose
Malcolm Boyd
Cergyman
Free Church of Berkeley
Lord
Donald Robinson
Northampton
Smith College
National Committee of Black Churchmen
Black Economic Development Conference
Renewal Magazine
Chicago
the Eagle
Renewal
Christianity
Crisis
North St
Extension Asked Until May for Intersection Job
The widening of the intersection at Hast Elm and Fourth streets will not be completed until May. The DPW asked the City Council to extend completion from Nov 15 to May 29. Mayor Butler said the city can do little except approve the extension. The project is under a state Chapter 90 program. Another Chapter 90 project, widening and resurfacing Valentine Road, will also finish in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hast, Elm
Fourth Streets
State Department ‘of Public Works
S Butler
DPW
Butler
Valentine Road
Monday Evening Club Observes Its Centennial
The Monday Evening Club of Pittsfield marked its centennial with a banquet at the Stanley Club attended by past members and their wives the first time ladies were invited. Thomas F. Plunkett Jr. spoke on the club’s founding in 1869 and its evolution, noting the long list of prominent local names linked to the club and schools, and detailing its format of papers and home-hosted meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monday Evening Club
Pittsfield
Stanley Club
Thomas F. Plunkett Jr
Thomas F. Plunkett
Plunkett
Harding
Colt
Adam
Kellogg
Chickering
Bartlett
Dawes
Barker
Clapp
Hamlin
Pomeroy
Weston
Turner
Fenner
Briggs
Rice
Mercer
Tucker
Redfield
Crosby
New England
Joseph C. Nugent
Edward Ediff Honored by Downtown Association
Edward Ediff executive secretary of the Pittsfield Downtown Association was honored at a dinner at the Lenox House attended by 50. Association president Andrew J Blau praised Ediff for his knowledge of retailing. He received a gold wristwatch. Ediff joined the association part time in 1962 after 40 years in retail and with his wife ran a children's clothing store for 13 years before retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ediff
Pittsfield
Apartments 50-unit mixed development planned in Barrington
Great Barrington residents plan a 50 unit mixed apartment and single family housing project on 235 acres at Moskowitz Farm north of State Road. Isgood Realty and MGM Realty Trust backers expect a high class development with possible riding paddock and trails. Plans hinge on a Hatch Act wetlands clearance and local/state approvals under the town planning bylaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Pittsfield
Williamstown
State Road
Tsodore Goodman
Isgood Realty Co
MGM Realty Trust
Goodman
Moskowitz
State Department of Natural Resources
Harry Melcher
Berkshire Investment Corp
Harry Moskowitz
MGM Reality Trust
Dr Beautyman elected to CA Pathologists steering committee
Dr William Beautyman, chief of pathology at Berkshire Medical Center, elected to a seven member steering committee of the House of Delegates, College of American Pathologists. The semian nual meeting will be in February in Houston, Texas. The college is the largest pathology group in the country, with Canadian members, and runs the U S approved clinical laboratory inspection and accreditation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Beautyman
Berkshire Medical Center
House of Delegates
College of American “Pathologists
Houston
Tex
Canada
United States
Teachers Assn. Taken To Task By Federation
The Pittsfield Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO criticized the Pittsfield Teachers Association for not opposing the School Department plans to place parent aides in pilot classrooms. The federation urged more information to teachers on authority assignments and preparation for aides, saying the association as the sole bargaining agent should intervene. It marked a second rebuke in as many days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Pittsfield Teachers Association
Robert Sage
Federation
Also Mentioned on This Page
IUEGE
Hoban
Baldwin
P.C
Girard Bourque
Curtis Ter
Henry Bittmann
Richmond
Jobn J, Quinn
Acel Librizz
JOE Local
Mike Ancora
GE South Gate
Eat Street
Gerenades
Seabs
Gerald Doyle
Labor Council
Hebert
Edgewood Lounge
Ronnie Taylor
Sir Cass of
Ficadilly
Terry
Ruth Simmons
Ray Dignard
W. Hunter
By Jay C. Rosenfeld
Edward
Ediff
Downtown Assn
Barrington
Beautyman
Berkshire Gas Company
BOSE
Sat Akshire Gas Company
Eyter Re
Berkshire Gas Co
P.S
Berkshire Gas Office
TWE Berkshire
Company
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