GE Attacks Union Plans For Nationwide Product Boycott
General Electric criticized AFL-CIO plans for a nationwide boycott of GE products, calling it divisive and harmful to negotiations. Meany disclosed the plan in New York as the GE strike entered its fifth week with talks mediated but no settlement. The piece details NLRB actions, plant picketing, and a Pittsfield arrest as the strike persists with substantial employee impact.
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General Electric Co
Afl-Cio
George Meany
New York Times
General Electric
Meany
New York
International Union of Electrical Workers
Borch
Pittsfield
IUE
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Boston
JUE
Albert Huban
Edward L. Dobbins
George B. Crane
Crane
Pittsfield GE
John W. Clarkson
GE Ordnance Plants
Ordnance Plants
Plastics Avenue
Clarkson
Gene R. Peterson
Ordnance Systems
Peterson
Uns
Emerson Black
Churchill Road
School Department Secretaries Win Raises in Two-Year Pact
The Pittsfield School Committee and the Educational Secretaries Association reached a two-year contract restoring a 6 percent retroactive raise to Sept 1 plus a 5 percent raise to Sept 1, 1970. Salary ranges rise for junior and senior clerks with weeks-worked details. vacation pay remains unchanged for 40-week clerks.
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Sophie McMurphy
Pittsfield Educational Secretaries Association
Pittsfield Cafeteria Workers Reject AFL CIO Union
Pittsfield school cafeteria staff voted 32 19 yesterday against joining the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. They had informal talks with the School Committee on a gentlemen agreement and had received a 5 percent wage hike in September.
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Pittsfield
Pittsfield High
American Federation of State
Births at Berkshire Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Edward A Codding 427 Peck's Road welcomed a son on Wednesday and Mr and Mrs John Freeman 68 Boylston Street welcomed a daughter yesterday.
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Berkshire Medical Center
Edward A. Codding
Peck’s Road
John
Freeman Dr
Boylston St
Air Pollution District Formed Across Berkshire County
Berkshire County joins six regional air pollution districts created after Gov. Sargent's call for a state war on air pollution. Other districts include Metropolitan Boston Merrimack Valley Southeastern Massachusetts Central Massachusetts and Pioneer Valley. The plan is preparatory pending legislative approval for emission controls on vehicles and a pollution-based ranking of oil-burning establishments. Sargent also urges use of low sulfur fuel in Boston.
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Berkshire County
Sargent
Boston
Urban Coalition Annual Meeting in Pittsfield Monday
The Pittsfield Urban Coalition will hold its second annual meeting Monday at 8 pm in the Western Mass Electric Co auditorium on Eagle Street. Mayor Donald G. Butler, a founder in 1968, will discuss the Coalition’s role and Paul Donahue will report on future plans.
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Pittsfield
Greylock Memorial Plans Forge On despite tower fate
NEW ASHFORD The Mt Greylock Advisory Council debated the fate of the lower rotunda of the existing Greylock tower and concluded only the marble floor with inscriptions might be saved. The plan calls for demolishing the tower except the base and erecting a contemplative statue by Leonard Baskin. Weather and structural concerns argued against saving the trunk, while supporters urged preservation of the rotunda. The next meeting will consider inviting motorcycle and snowmobile clubs to discuss use of the reservation.
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Ashford
Mr. Greylock
New Ashford School
Arece
Guinga
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Forests and Parks¢e
Gulfion
Mt. Greylock
Smith College
Leonard Baskin
Baskin
William H. Tague
Council
Hill
Association
Ignatius Michalenko
Adams
Shopper’s Companion
Guiion
Daniel H. Steinhoff
New Ashford
Steinhoff
Seventeen Young Men Headed for Draft Physicals
Local draft boards sent seventeen young men to Springfield for pre induction examinations. They boarded a chartered bus at 6 am with police on special detail after last month’s fire at 74 Worth Street offices. Eight draftees came from Board 41 and nine from Board 2. six men had been reassigned to other boards.
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Springfield
Worth St
Pittsfield
Taconic High Open House Tuesday
Taconic High School will conduct an open house for parents Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. Supt. of Schools Thomas J Whalen will speak to parents and then tours will follow an abbreviated classroom schedule with refreshments served in the cafeteria.
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Taconic High School
Thomas J.whalen
Oil-Heat Price Hike Draws Ceo Inquiry From Conte
Congressman Conte with Senator Brooke and Senator Proxmire denounce a 3 percent rise in wholesale home heating oil by Gulf Coast refineries. They warn New England households face $10 to $12 million extra this heating season and criticize oil profits and import policies. Proxmire links the timing to inflation talks with 3,600 businessmen.
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Silvio O. Conte
Edward W. Brooke
William D. Proxmire
D-Wis
New
Conte
Gulf Coast
Brooke
Joint Economic Committee
Nixon
Renton Housing Project Deferred Until Spring
Renton plans a 23 unit public housing project in the Fu bilee urban renewal area with spring construction after HUD clearance. Contractor Thomas C. Renton says late-season approvals and remaining formalities prevent starting this year. The turnkey project, backed by Union Federal and City Savings banks, will be built with private funds and sold to the Pittsfield Housing Authority upon completion.
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Fubilee
Pittsfield
Thomas C. Renton
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
Silvio O. Conte
Renton
Turnwkey
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Wilson Park
HUD
PHA
Union Federal Savings and City Savings Banks
West Street
Metro Grill
Conte
Carter
City Savings
Luke
Hayden
Union Federal
William H. McAlister Jr
Pitsfield Hunter Takes Two Vermont Bucks This Weekend
Abraham L. Rarick of Albany Road shot two deer in Vermont this season, a four point 160 pound buck in Wells on Saturday and a 70 pound button buck on Sunday. The first deer used a regular license while the second used an antlerless permit.
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Abraham L. Rarick
Albany Road
Vermont
Wells
Mayor seeks $18,000 Police Department operating funds
Mayor Donald G. Butler announced a request to transfer 18,000 dollars from city funds to the Police Department to cover operating expenses for the remainder of the year. The proposal aims to maintain departmental operations and services amid budget considerations.
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Donald G. Butler
Police Department
AFO Board backs zoning ordinance
Action for Opportunity the Pittsfield antipoverty agency endorsed last night a proposed city zoning ordinance. AFO President Bunnell said council telegrams will announce the unanimous board vote and members will attend hearings. James Creran was given new duties to develop neighborhood education on antipoverty legal services.
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Board of Directors
Action For Opportunity
Pittsfield
AFO
Charles F. Bunnell
AFC
Bunnell
James R. Creran
North End Workers
North End Workers Neighborhood Center
Wahconah St
Creran
Red Cross To Hear Blood Program Report
Berkshire County Red Cross executive committee will meet at the chapter house 63 Wendell Ave Tuesday at 3 30 PM to hear a report on the Massachusetts Red Cross blood program. The speaker will be Nelson Vogelsohn of Boston administrative director of the program.
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Berkshire County Red Cross
Wendell Ave
Massachusetts Red Cross Blood
Nelson Vogelsohn
Boston
Petition Drives For Osceola Housing Challenge City Council
About 1,200 residents sign petitions backing Osceola Street public housing, while a smaller abutter petition nears a three quarters majority to block the zoning change. The council schedules a public hearing as opponents press their case at St. Mark's Church.
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Osceola Street
Elizabeth Caesar
Housing Action Group
John J. Fitzgerald
St. Mark's Church
Osceola
Urban Coalition
Housing Action
Osceola Park
Pittsfield
Apartment Plan Knocked Out by Master Zoning
The proposed new city zoning would permit only one and two family homes in Ontario Street area. Isadore Goodman withdrew his 12 unit apartment plan after Mandell said the new ordinance would block it, while hearings are advertised and council to hear comments Monday.
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Isadore Goodman
Ontario Street
William A. Mandell
Northeast Utilities Sees No GE Strike Disruptions
Northeast Utilities reports no immediate problems from the GE strike affecting Western Massachusetts and Connecticut service. President Lelan F. Sillin Jr says NU has a comfortable equipment position due to prestrike planning with alternate suppliers and expediting orders. Western Mass Electric Co. is among NU operating companies.
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Northeast Utilities
Massachusetts
Connecticut
General Electric Co
Lelan F. Sillin Jr
Sillin
Western Mass. Electric Co
Osceola housing plan seen speeding new West Street school
Theodore Herberg, administrator to the superintendent, said the Osceola multi unit housing project would accelerate construction of a new elementary school in the outer West Street area, easing enrollment pressure at Redfield and Pomeroy. He noted the Stearns district would stay largely unchanged and that a wide school building needs report is forthcoming.
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Theodore Herberg
Osceola
West Street
Herberg
Edward L. Dobbins
Fort Hill Avenue
Redfield
Pomeroy
Herbers
Stearns
Supt. of Schools
Thomas J. Whalen
A Better Time at the West Shore Club Dancing
A collage of local ads notes entertainment at West Shore Club with dancing and lobster specials. Listings include The Picture Box Lenox Christmas cards, barber shop hours for Thanksgiving, and various venues offering rooms, plates, and live music through the weekend. A mix of ads highlights local business promotions and holiday events.
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West Shore
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