City urged to press GE on limited picket plan
Ward 2 Councilman Crow urged the city to insist GE adopt a five-picket limit at four gates two at transformer plants and two at ordnance in a bid to ease police strain and reduce disruption. GE cited aims to keep lines peaceful while unions push for gate closures amid past mass picketing concerns.
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City
Raymond BH. Crow
Litano
Buller
Ordnance
Crow
Richard L. Reinhart
Reinart
Restoration of City Hall Approved by Council for Park Square
Mayor Butler said restoration of the Colonial City Hall on Park Square will proceed pending council approval. He plans to seek authorization to sign an agreement with Berkshire County Savings to lease the 183% building for 30 years at least $10,000 yearly, with the bank covering most costs except $69,000 funded by the federal government. Project cost estimated over $200,000. council agenda is light.
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Park Square
Butler
Berkshire County Savings
Allan Nolan Again Heads Afro Society
Allan Nolan is re-elected president of the Pitisfield Afro-American Society with Charles Roberson as vice president. Roberson, from Dangerfield Texas, works at GE ordnance as a computer applications engineer and starred in the society’s Mirrors Black. He hosts a radio program Black Perspective addressing racial and economic issues. The group aims to build a community center and maintain a self-help program while describing past efforts such as Pitt Park gathering, spring cleanup, Afro-American buffet at Avaloch Inn, and a camporee on October Mountain. Other officers include Willard Durant and Charles Wylder, with Dallas Powell and Alex Elmore in treasurer roles.
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Allan Nolan
Pitisfield
Charles Roberson
Roberson
Daingerfield
Texas
GE Ordnance Department
Nolan
Pitt Park
Avaloch Inn
America
Willard Durant
Charles Wylder
Richard Powell
Dallas Powell
Alex. Elmore
Treasuer
City Council Plans Ward Hearings On New Master Zoning Ordinance
Pittsfield council to hold four or more hearings on a proposed master zoning plan with Ward 5 focus due to objections to garden apartment zones Melbourne Road and Osceola Street. Hearings may extend to additional nights. 14 days notice required. The billboards issue, tied to nonconforming signs and phase out over five years, pits Callahan & Son against state preemption and possible home rule changes.
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Pittsfield
Melbourne Road
Osceola Street
Joseph 5. Scelsi
G. Robert McCulloch
MM. Callahan & Son
Outdoor Advertising Board
McCulloch
Sargent
Callahan
Planning Board
Local interdealer quotations at 2:90 a.m NASD timing
Representative interdealer quotations at approximately 2 90 a.m from NASD. Prices do not include retail markup markdown or commission.
Market Ends Week On Rise
The stock market closed the week up amid broad gains in heavy trading. The Dow rose 6.53 to 862.26 on the New York Stock Exchange with 848 advances to 508 declines and a total volume of 15.43 million. The 60-stock AP average gained 1.1 to 295.5 as the U.S. market saw solid advances across industrials utilities and rails and Uniroyal large block activity boosted trading totals.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Nixon
U.S
New York Exchange
Associated Press
Standard and Poor
Uniroyal
American Stock Exchange
Joss
Arlos urges tenant to join Pittsfield Housing Authority
City Council candidate Alma Arlos argues a public housing project tenant should sit on the Pittsfield Housing Authority citing state law. She says a tenant would offer housing insight and improve communication between PHA and the community.
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Alma Arlos
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Arles
PHA
ABC To Evaluate Not Arbitrate Rubin Declares
The Association of Business and Commerce will evaluate differences blocking agreement between Pittsfield Housing Authority and New York developer J Alan Ornstein and will make a recommendation for resolving them. ABC executive director Frederick A Rubin said the group will hire an expert for the evaluation and rejected the term arbitrate used by The Eagle Friday.
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Association of Business and Commerce
Pittsfield
D'Orazio Named General Agent By National Life
Bernard V. D'Orazio of West Springfield is appointed general agent for Western Massachusetts for the National Life Insurance Co. He will direct operations in Berkshire Franklin Hampden and Hampshire counties with headquarters in Longmeadow and plans to open a Pittsfield office within a year.
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Bernard V. D’orazio
West Springfield
Horton Divorce Granted in Probate Court
George H. Horton of Windsor is granted a divorce from Mary H. Horton of Pittsfield. The couple married in Lowell on December 12, 1943 and have three children, one a minor in the mother's custody.
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George H. Horton
Windsor
Mary H. Horton
Pittsfield
Lowell
Pittsfield Collision Settled for 4500 in Motor Tort
Superior Court records show Mary Benjamin of Pittsfield and Richard Hamling of Pittsfield settled a $16000 motor tort for 4500 after a two car collision in Pittsfield. The agreement was filed with the court.
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Mary Benjamin
Pittsfield
Richard Hamling
Local officers and sailors receive promotions and deployments
John A. Mattoon, 23, son of Mrs. Cynthia Mattoon, was commissioned as a second lieutenant after graduating from Officer Candidate School at Ft. Sill Oklahoma. Steven W. Siter, son of Mrs. Virginia Siter, completed OCS at Newport Rhode Island and served aboard USS Enterprise. Marine Pvt. Raymond A. Daley serves with C Battery, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, and Seaman Edward J. Chase Jr. plus Machinist Mate Hireman Apprentice Mark P. Mitchell are returning from Vietnam service aboard USS Boston, which has logged 75 gunfire missions since June and is homeported in Boston.
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John A. Mattoon
Cynthia B. Mattoon
Burbank St
U.S. Army Field Artillery Center
Ft. Sill
Okla
St. Anselm’s College
St. Mattoon
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Steven W. Siter
Virginia
Siter
Mount Washington Road
Egremont
Newport
R.I
Ocs
Narragansett Bay
Raymond A. Daley
Raymond T. Daley
Winter St
2Nd Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Mediterranean
Edward J. Chase Jr
USN
Birch Grove Drive
Mark P. Mitchell
Joseph P. Mitchell
Brown St
Vietnam
Boston
Danang
Calkins Divorce Granted Custody For Minor Child
Linda L. Calkins of Lanesboro awarded custody of their one minor child in a divorce from Wayne R. Calkins of Pittsfield. Wayne is ordered to pay $25 weekly child support while Florton is to pay $35 weekly support. Married at Richmond on November 21, 1066.
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Florton
Linda L. Calkins
Lanesboro
Wayne R. Calkins
Pittsfielid
Mr. Calkins
Richmond
Bossa Nova Mass at Mount Carmel Church
The Rev Robert McGuire will celebrate a Bossa Nova Mass at Mount Carmel Church Sunday at 5 pm. Seminarians from Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary Lenox will participate. A dinner will be served for the seminarians at the school hall after the Mass. Members of the Mount Carmel Guild will serve the dinner with Mrs Patrick Mele in charge.
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Robert McGuire
Mount Carmel
Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary
Lenox
Mount Carmeladies’ Guild
Patrick Mele
Dairymen's League changes name to Dairylea Cooperative
The Dairymen's League Co operative Association has changed its name to Dairylea Cooperative Inc. by delegates at its annual meeting. The 14,000 member dairy farmers marketing organization has about 30 members in the Berkshire area. Last year Dairylea marketed about two billion quarts of milk with net sales around $300 million.
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Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
Dairylea Cooperative Inc
Dairy Farmers’ Marketing Organization
Berkshire
Dairylea
BMC President Urges Merger Among Hospitals
Berkshire Medical Center President Benjamin M. England told 65 Western Massachusetts Hospital Auxiliary Council members at their fall meeting not to fear merger. He said the merger has been tried, liked, and is working. Auxiliary members from Springfield Holyoke Greenfield Northampton and Pittsfield toured Pittsfield General facilities after the morning session at St Luke's unit and ate lunch in the cafeteria.
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Benjamin M. England
Berkshire Medical Center
Western Massachusetts Hospital Auxiliary Council
Springfield
Holyoke
Greenfield
Northampton
Pittsfield
St. Luke’s Unit
Pittsfield General
Preparations Made for Teresa Trial
A district attorney spokesman said Friday preparations are under way for the trial of Vincent C. Teresa 40 of North Reading indicted in connection with stolen car sales here two years ago. Teresa was previously tried last July but a mistrial was declared over a juror conflict and publicity. A writ of habeas corpus will bring Teresa from Lewisburg Pa to Berkshire County to face 55 counts of larceny and conspiracy, with no trial date set until arrival.
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Vincent C. Teresa
North Reading
Superior Court
Francis J. Quirico
Teresa
Berkshire County
Lewisburg
United States Marshals
Pittsfield
Milo F. Brown Jr
Distict Attorney’s Office
Donald M. Macaulay
Paul J. Burns
Boston
Francis J. DiMento
Burns
Seniors Rally in Boston Pushes Social Security Reform
In Boston at War Memorial Auditorium a Mobilization Day rally drew 40 Pittsfield seniors and over 5,000 attendees to press for higher Social Security benefits and housing aid. Governor Sargent and Senator Brooke urged lifting earnings limits, expanding housing for the elderly, and moving Old Age Assistance into the Social Security framework. Mayor White framed the day with a concise slogan and urged action.
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Boston
War Memorial Auditorium
Pittsfield
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
Sargent
Senior Citizens Service Corps
Congress
State Senate
Maurice Donahue
Gilbert
Kevin White
Frank Manning
Massachusetts Legislative Council For
Youth Sunday Sermon at Second Church Observed
Miss Monica C Stockton will deliver the sermon Only One Thing Wrong at the Second Congregational Church's 10 45 morning worship service Sunday for Youth Sunday The church youth group will lead the service Shadowbraok students will join the Second Church youth in musical sections Miss Gail Denny will be organist.
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Monica C. Stockton
Second Congregational Church
Shadowbraok
Segond Church
Gail Denny
Mimicry under law shields fame but limits abuse
An ABA public service piece explains that public figures face satire and imitation as a form of poetic license. However, defamation and privacy invasion are prohibited, and impersonation to deceive audiences can be enjoined to protect both the original entertainer and the public.
Robert Jensen Elected Head of Christian Center
Robert Jensen was chosen president and Alfred Persip vice president at a Christian Center board meeting. Jensen works in GE power transformer quality control and serves on local church boards. he is a former Berkshire County ASME past chairman and has two children. Persip is a retired First Baptist member and former American Legion commander.
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Christian Center Board of Directors
Robert HW. Jensen
Alfred K. Persip
Jensen
First United Methodist Church Board of Trustees
Berkshire County
American Society of Tool Manufacturing Engineers
Persip
First Baptist Church
American Legion
Ryan Talbot To Attend BLICO Sessions In Miami
Joseph E. Ryan of Berkshire Life Insurance Co. has been chosen to attend honey club meetings in Miami November 20 to 23 at Coral Country Club for his strong sales and service record. John W. Talbot will also attend as general agent. In Miami they will study new developments in insurance and mutual funds. Ryan has qualified for honor club conventions 18 times and won the national quality award 21 times.
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Joseph E. Ryan
Berkshire County
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Honey Club
Miami
Fla
Coral Country Club
Willl
John W. Talbot
Ryan
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American Bar Association
Wilt Bernard
Robert Jensen
Christian Center
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All Soule
Sonia
Zunan
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Calvary Blbta Church
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Phillip Mercick
Berkinics Church of God In Christ
Dewey Ave
James Williama
Beckshire Fell Gospel Church
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Assemblies of God
Martin Co Ball
Calvary Apostolic
Grange Hall
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Af Epworth Mission
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South 51
Church of Christ
Linden St
Lamar Clark
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Willis St
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YMCA
Widsay
George L. Middleton
Dale Loek
First Congregational
Quentin L. Peacock
Ulrich Gay
First English Pentecostal Mission
John St
F. A. Gibson
First United Methodists
C. Malcolm Kerr
Merlen C. Levering
Grace Church
Killiams St
Prentice M. Toler
St. George
Bradford St
Demetrios Milonas
Sune Day School
Holy Family Catholic
John P. Skowronski
Anthony V. Biasa
Immanuel
West Pittfield
Charles Kirkpatrick
Jehovah's Witnesses
William F. Ellis
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Carrol A. Turner
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Feljin
Donald L. Laulnier
George T. Ecker
Louis Fontana
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Normand. H. Beilste
Ronald P. Lussier
Pilgrim Hoellnuss Church
Dorothy Straight
Pilgrim Mamerial
Dudna M. Breeze
Ing
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Onote St
Jean V. Davis
Sacred Heart
Henry M. Burke
Joseph A. Coffey
Gerald F. Spatterd
Salvation Army
Donald KE. Grass
Pam
Young Peopless
St. Charles Catholic
John . Foley
Danieh L. Gill
St. Francis
Leonard B. Burke
Joseph P. Cashin
John’s Okeainian
Grayrick Terrace
George Hnatysnask
St Joseph's
Thomas F. Cucran
John H. McDonnell
Raymond A. Langue
St. Mark’s
Joseph J. Johnson
Frederick G. Dion
John A. Roach
St. Nicholas
Alexander Vladimirsky
Fea
St. Stephen’s
Andrew F. Wissemann
Cortland R. Pusey
Donald F. Charterlain
Walter DB. Carlson
St. Teresa’s
Cathailc
John P. Lucey
P. Manry Sullivan
Second Congregational
Columbus Ave
South Congregational
Harold C. Criswell Jr
Seventh-day Adventist
Leonard Westphal
Trinity United Methodist
James W. Knorr
Methodist
Unitarian Church
H. V. Katka
Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Mission
East St
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran
First St
Gordon E. Hohl
GRACE
Church Congregational
Pastor Reroute
M. Toler
Eugene Merrill
Berkshire Christian College Bible Survey
Williams
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
IMO S Wes
Carlyle B. Roberts
Kenti EL
Kemble St
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