Becket Route 8 Robbery Sparks Search for Two
State police hunt two white men after a Saturday morning robbery on Route 8 in Becket. Victim Fred Richards, 55, says over $200 in tens and twenties was taken after one assailant dragged him from the car and an accomplice forced the passenger from the vehicle. A week earlier William Burns was robbed of $212 nearby.
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Becket
Lee Barracks
Fred Richards
Maple Street
Route 8
William Burns
Lyman Street
Saurwein
Urday
John. J. Powers
John J. Flynn
The
Lee Bar Sacks
Richards
Con
Richard
Washington
Frank Carl
Lebanon Valley Bids Sought for Post Office Lease
The Post Office Department invites competitive bids for improved quarters in New Lebanon New York to house postal operations. A five year base lease with five one year renewals will be offered with the building owned privately. Bidding documents available about Oct 15 and due Oct 30.
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Washington, D.C
Post Office Department
New Lebanon
N.Y
John A. Gronovski
Richard C. Jones
P.O
Federal Building
Albany
New York
Girl Scout Senior Troop Organized in New Lebanon
New Lebanon New York Senior Girl Scout Troop 383 organized as a panorama troop with Alison Greer as patrol leader Maura Stouter as assistant patrol leader Elizabeth Salls as treasurer Doris Post as scribe Miss Stouter is Juliette Low representative and Mary Godfrey alternate Other members include Mary Ellen Dunton Elizabeth Foody Marcia Lawrence Carole Scace and Laurel Weinheimer Activities include making gifts for veterans hospitals.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Alison Greer
Maura Stouter
Elizabeth Salls
Doris Post
Miss Stouter
Juliette Low
Mary Godfrey
Mary Ellen Dunton
Elizabeth Foody
Marcia Lawrence
Carole Scace
Laurel Weinheimer
Hos
Stockbridge Harvest Festival Draws 6000
Stockbridge reported about 6,000 attendees at the 29th annual fall harvest festival at Berkshire Garden Center Saturday. The event ran 10 a.m. to after 4 p.m. with $11,000 in gross sales. Co chairmen Mrs Alan C Harter of Larrywang and Mrs Robert D Bardwell Jr Pittsfield praised the day as one of the best ever noting good crowds receipts and weather.
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Stockbridge
Berkshire Garden Center
Legion of Booths
Gioss
Alan C. Harter
Larrywang
Cochairman
Garden Center
Harter
Robert D. Bardwell Jr
Rof Pittsfield
New Try for Sewer Disposal Plant Planned at Lee Meeting
At a Lee town meeting an emergency meeting of the Board of Health and about 33 residents set the stage for a renewed push to place a sewer treatment plant on the annual ballot. Officials cited 42 private sewer systems discharging raw sewage into the Housatonic River and urged action to build a system and disposal plant while criticizing inaction and river pollution by local mills and businesses.
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Lee Town
Lee
Board of Health
Fred H. Vohr
Housatonic River
William J. Brown
Sewer Commission
W. Frederick Bell
Paul A. Morse
Joelle Calkins
W. Thomas Bonn
Schweitzer Mills
the Eagle
Lee Store
Lee Lines
LaGrant
Columbia Cove
Bell
Morse
James E. Hannon
Nelson C. Tacy
Laurel Street
Mr. Tacy
Panel on Contraception Televised at Falls Village
Falls Village Conn Saturday program Opinions Unlimited featured Dr. John Rock Harvard Medical School professor emeritus and Dr. Allan Guttmacher Planned Parenthood head arguing for birth control under world growth, fertility and ethics, with Brown University PhD candidate Kevin O'Brien and moderator Dr. Robert L. Fisher. The NBC broadcast accompanied a future David Brinkley appearance. topic centered on contraception, church views, and population pressures.
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Falls Village
Conn
Opinions Unlimited
Housatonic Valley
NBC
David Brinkley
John Rock
Harvard Medical School
Allan F. Guttmacher
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Kevin C.|.O’brien
Dr. Rock
America
Rock
Boston
Two-Car Crash Injures New Jersey Man in Pittsfield
STOCKBRIDGE Anthony Pecinia 56 of Roselle New Jersey is in fair condition at Pittsfield General Hospital after a two car crash at Main and South streets near the Red Lion Inn. Pecinia has chest injuries fractured ribs and a broken arm. Alphonse E. Chague of Lenox driving west on Main Street struck Pecinia who skidded into the intersection. Chague was uninjured. The accident is under investigation.
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Stockbridge
Anthony Pecinia
Roselle
N. J
Pittsfield General Hospital
Main
South Streets
Pecinia
Alphonse E. Chague
Plunkett Street
Lenox
Main Street
Chague
Eddward W. Knight
Pittsfield General
Kelly
Thanks We Wish to Thank Our Kind Neighbors
The Edward J. Dempsey family expresses gratitude for the many acts of kindness from friends and neighbors during their recent bereavement.
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Carl
Edward J. Dempsey
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