Early College idea debated at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington
Mrs. Livingston B. Hall, founder of an all girls school, spoke to newsmen on the Simon's Rock program. She argued that high school should end at grade 16 and that liberal education should move toward specialized study. Simon's Rock, authorized to confer an associate in arts, accepts young applicants including women in 1970 and aims for a pressure free, mature student experience.
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Great Barrington
Simon's Rock
Livingston B. Hall
Hall
America
Halli
State Department of Higher Education
Berkshire Hills Regional Budget Hike Foreseen For District
Initial budget estimates in Great Barrington project Berkshire Hills Regional School District spending rising from 12 to 15 percent, between 2.5 and 2.5 million dollars. About 70 percent of the increase would cover salaries while maintenance for the Bryant School and painting projects in the district take much of the rest. The plan anticipates higher interest costs for short-term loans and assumes no PL 874 federal funds for 1970.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire Hills
Bryant
Drug Abuse Program Set For Mountain Regional Evening
United Community Services sponsors a Wednesday program at Monument Mountain Regional beginning at 7 p.m. It is part of the high school adult education series and will show a color slide on LSD followed by remarks from Dr. William Carey and Assistant District Attorney William Simons of Pittsfield. Public welcome with no charge.
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Great Barrington
Berkshires
United Community Services
Monument Mountain Regional
William Carey
Alty
William Simons
Pittsfield
Richmond Church Plans To View New Building
RICHMOND The church building committee chair John W. Talbot announced a special meeting at the school Friday at 8 p.m. to view final plans for the new church and hear programs for the coming year. The public is invited and slides of the church fire will be shown by architect Terry Hallock. The presentation lasts about one hour with refreshments after.
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Richmond
John W. Talbot
Talbot
Terry Hallock
Richmond PTO Holds Season's First Meeting At School
Reports on the membership drive will be made Tuesday at 8 at the Richmond Consolidated School. Principal Richard Denniston will present a curriculum report. Nonmembers are invited to attend and join, and parents may meet teachers.
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Richmond
Richmond Consolidated Schola
Richard Denniston
Crane Heads Drive For Church Funds
Richmond chairman Gordon Crane leads the annual church canvass set for Sunday. All canvassers attend the 11 a.m. service then meet at Richmond school at 1 30 for canvass materials and routes.
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Richmond
Gordon Crane
Lanesboro School Posts Poster Prize and Field Trips
Kathleen McKnight, a Grade 3 pupil, won a poster contest during National School Lunch Week earning a free lunch daily for a week. Other pupils were rewarded with daily free lunches. 2nd grade classes helped decorate tables. while Kandie Dunn? Noted. Dewey School and St Peters students begin visits to Mason Library under librarian guidance. Fourth grade from Bryant School toured Stockbridge’s Historical Room, Mission House, and Corner House. Local notices include Halloween card ads and a Route 7 traffic incident with no injuries.
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Lanesboro
Kathleen McKnight
Carol Dushanek
Susan Phelps
Bonnie Anderson
Great Barrington
Dewey School
St. Dians
Bautonnieres Peter's
Mason Library
Ethel McCormick
Bryant School
Stockbridge
Stockbridge Library
Mission House
Corner House
Soviet Cosmonauts Begin Two Week U.S. Tour
Two Soviet spacemen arrive in New York for a two week American tour. Gen. Georgiy T. Beregovoy and Konstantin Feoktistov plan coast to coast travel to see Hello Dolly in New York, visit Williamsburg Virginia and the Grand Canyon, a movie studio and Disneyland in California, and U.S. space facilities.
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New York
Dolly
Georgiy T. Beregovoy
Konstantin Feoktistov
Colonial Williamsburg
Grand Canyon
Disneyland
California
Hancock Firemen Elect Conklin President In Reorganization
Hancock The Volunteer Fire Company re elected Roscoe Conklin as president with Francis Gagnon Elliot Fenander John Smith Perry Whitman Melvin Feathers Arthur Williams and Arthur Radda also chosen for officers. They unanimously urged Selectmen to reappoint Leon Roberts as chief. Next meeting is November 6 at 7 30.
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Hancock
Roscoe Conklin
Francis Gagnon
Elliot Fenander
John Smith
Perry Whitman
Melvin Feathers
Arthur Williams
Arthur Radda
Leon Roberts
Dalton Hearings Tonight On Transfers of Licenses
Dalton Selectmen will hold two public hearings on liquor license transfers for package stores. At 7 p.m. the all alcohol license from Peter and Dorothy Uryniak to Charles and Joyce Coppola, 1088 South Street, is listed. At 7:30 p.m. the beer and wine license from Dorothy Coppola to Viola and Carol A. Vella, 47 John Street, is on the agenda. The regular meeting follows. Miss Pansy Bonney of 81 Daly Avenue is hospitalized in Boston for treatment.
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Pansy Bonney
Daly Ave
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Street
Boston
Du Bois Memorial Park Dedication Recalls His Legacy
The dedication of Du Bois Memorial Park in Great Barrington featured remarks by Bernard Jaffe Ossie Davis and Horace Mann Bond among others. Speakers praised Du Bois as a towering figure and linked the event to memory, heritage, and the park’s location in New England.
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du Bois
Bond
Great Barrington Selectman
du Bois Memorial Foundation
Selectmen
Edmund 8. Gordon
Pomona
N.Y
Columbia University Teachers College
Cochairman
The
Walter Wilson
East Chatham
du Bois Foundation
Davis
Newark
Nul
Leroi Jones
David
Horace Mann Bond
Julian Bond
Atlanta University
William Howard Melish
New York
Ghana
William Gibson
Stockbridge
Great Barrington
New Stage Youth Theatre of
Patricia Curtis
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
du Bois Williams Peck
Denver
Colo
New England
Central Berkshire Regional Teachers Four Aides Named
Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approves four new hires including Julio Granda as art teacher at Dalton Junior High on a substitute basis through Jan 31 with pay at $6 300 yearly and John J O'Brien as assistant drama director at Wahconah Regional High School earning $450 extra duty. Arlene DiNivola to Craneville School hot soup program at $1 82 per hour. five teachers aides assigned across Cum mington Windsor Peru and Washington with hours ranging from two to four daily. A motion authorizes the superintendent to seek applicants.
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Dalton
Central Berkshire
Julio Granda
Washington
Granda
Fur College
John J. O'Brien
Wahconah Regional
O'Brien
Arlene DiNivola
South St
Craneville School
Glenora Porter
Shirley Robb
Cummington
Nancy Bean
Windsor
Helen Galok
Peru
Bernice O’brien
Community Recreation Association
Gordon Hi
Witzpatrick
Wahconah
Bylaws Revised On Open Meetings In Dalton Region
The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee amended bylaws to conform with open meeting laws. Amendments replace broad closed session language with criteria limiting executive sessions to matters required by law or affecting district finances or reputations. Open meetings and press access remain the default.
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Dalton
Central Berkshire Regional School Committee
Connecticut Hunting Tragedies Stir Morning News
In Litchfield County Connecticut a 17 year old Torrington youth Michael Acerbi was fatally wounded in a hunting accident when a 13 gauge shotgun discharged as his cousin Thomas Acerbi loaded it. In Brookfield Danbury resident Mario L DeSouza 19 fell from a boat and drowned during a hunting trip near Lake Lillinah. Atty H Meade Alcorn reports assault by gun designer Karl R Lewis during a meeting at Constitution Plaza amid Lewis’s $2 million suit against Daniel B Wesson. State tax receipts rise 19 percent in first quarter, driven by corporate taxes. sales tax rate increased to five percent.
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Litchfield
Michael Acerbi
Torrington
Thomas Acerbi
Main Street
Mario L. DeSouza
Danbury
Lake Lillinah
Brookfield
Atty. Meade Alcorn
Hartford
Atty. H. Meade Alcorn
National Republican
Karl R. Lewis
Lewis
Alcorn
Constitution Plaza
Daniel B. Wesson
Monson
Mass
Jas
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