Pittsfield Mayoral Hopefuls Lead Washington Defense Delegation
The Pittsfield mayoral candidates Mayor Raymond L. Haughey and opponent Robert B. Dillon join a possible large city delegation to Washington to press Navy officials for GE ordnance contracts. The trip aims to protect jobs as GE faces layoffs. Kennedy invites officials to a Thursday meeting with a Navy undersecretary, with local IUE leaders and area developers weighing in.
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Pittsfield
Washington
Raymond L. Haughey
Robert B. Dillon
Navy
General Electric Co
Ordnance Department
Massachusetts
Kennedy Clew
Hyannis Port
GE Ordnance Department
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Defense
Leverett Saltonstall
Scranton
Defense Department
Kennedy
Saltonstall
Conte
Sen. Kennedy
Union
Conle
TUE
IUE
Haughey
Dillon
Gii
City Council weighs $1000 pay raise for police force
The City Council meets Tuesday night as a committee of the whole to hear a letter from Frank S. Giles state public safety commissioner and consider a $1,000 annual across the board raise for all police. The proposal totals about $83,000 yearly, with debate over state police recommendations and a plan for a full uniform allowance.
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Frank S. Giles
Joseph S. Scelsi
Scelsi
Incat
Incat Police Department
Giles
Council
State Po
Lice
Ward 1
Ernest G
St. Peter
Police Department
Committee of the Whole
Civil Service
GE Ordnance Secures $2.5 Million Navy Contract
The General Electric ordnance department wins a $2.5 million Navy contract to supply Polaris missile system alteration kits. John D. Bender, Polaris program test and evaluation manager, says the order is already factored into estimates and extends ongoing manufacture of these kits for another year.
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General Electric Co. Ordnance Department
Navy
John D. Bender
Ordnance Department
Bender
Birth Announcements From Pittsfield General and Local Hospitals
Birth notices list families from Stephentown Lee and nearby towns welcoming a daughter for Dr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson Francis Foley Jr. and a daughter Isaiah J Petruzzella and a daughter Harold Malloy and a daughter Phillip Beaulieu and a daughter Thomas L McLaughlin and a son born at Greenfield Franklin County Public Hospital and St Luke's with yesterday Saturday Tuesday today morning across local addresses.
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Pittsfield General
Robert Johnson
Stephentown
N.Y
Francis Foley Jr
Lee
St. Luke's
Harold Malloy
Dalton
Thomas L. McLaughlin
Greenfield
Gates
Nklin County
Haughey Dillon to Address ABC Tomorrow in Pittsfield
About 100 attendees are expected at a noon luncheon at the Hotel Wendell-Sherwood for Pittsfield mayoral candidates Haughey and Dillon. ABC assistant director John E. Joyce Jr. says each candidate will speak for 20 minutes with a potential Q&A if time allows.
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Wendell-Sherwood
Pittsfield
The
Association of Business and Commerce
John E. Joyce Jr
ABC
Haughey
Robert B. Dillon
Joyce
Stolen Equipment At Phair and Sons Causes Weekend Break In
Nearly $700 worth of gear was taken from William L. Phair & Sons electrical contractors at 30 Backman Ave. Victim items include a Victor calculator valued at $461 a walkie talkie valued at $90 and two half inch electric drills at $65 each. The break occurred late Friday night or early Saturday say Pittsfield detectives.
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William L. Phair & Sons
Backman Ave
Victor
Pittsfield
Conte Declines Free JFK Plane Ride in Cottage Expansion Showdown
Conte refused a gift ride back to Washington from President Kennedy after choosing to invest in a do it yourself addition to his Onota Lake cottage. The Amherst College convocation included Kennedy Archibald MacLeish and a groundbreaking for a Robert Frost Library. Also present were former state senator Robert P. Cramer and James Reed, undersecretary of the Treasury. Conte traveled home at his own expense and completed a flooring project in his cottage expansion.
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Onota Lake
Silvio 0
Conte
Washington
Kennedy
Amherst College
Archibald MacLeish
Robert Frost
Amherst
House of Amherst
Calvin HH. ‘Plimpton
Robert P. Cramer
Williamstown
James Reed
Springfield
U.S. Treasury
Cramer
Virgin Islands
Onola Lake
GE Good Neighbor Fund Pledges Record Support
James P. McGurk president of Sployes pledges 161000 to United Community Services, noting GE employees contributed 464602 goal by 34.6 percent. Hayden and McGurk praise campaign helpers and urge others to match the generosity as 1964 agency needs are funded.
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James P. McGurk
Sployes
United Community Services
Luke
Hayden
United Fund
General Electric
UCS
McGurk
Good Neighbors
Three Area Drivers In Accident At Pownal Vt
Three Berkshire County drivers were involved in a chain reaction crash on Route 7 in Pownal Vermont Saturday afternoon. The Pasterczyk car carried Michael Pasterczyk and Charles Monterosso of Pittsfield. Manslein of Stockbridge and passengers Arthur Kenney and Gordori Ronowich of Pittsfield received minor injuries. Josephine Daley, 37, of Pittsfield, riding with Monterosso, also injured lightly.
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Pownal Vt
Berkshire County
Michael Pasterczyk
Charles Monterosso
Pittsfield
Manslein
Stockbridge
Arthur Kenney
Gordeoi Ronowich
Pasterczyk
Josephine, Daley
Monterosso
Casey Urges Addition of 2 Policewomen
Councilman-at-Large Daniel Casey urged the city to hire two more policewomen at the upcoming City Council committee meeting and emphasized the need to strengthen police, fire, and public works departments to attract new industry in a city of about 60,000.
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Daniel Casey
Casey
Woman Burned Saturday Has Baby Today
GREAT BARRINGTON Mrs. Donald Moulthrop of Silver Street sustained second and third degree burns on her back and arms in a kitchen accident Saturday morning. She gave birth this morning at Fairview Hospital to a son. She was cooking breakfast for four children when her smock touched a hot burner and caught fire. With help from her children she rolled in wet grass to extinguish the flames. Both mother and baby were reported doing fine.
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Great Barrington
Donald Moulthrop
Silver Street
Fairview Hospital
Berkshire Roofing and Insulation ad highlights pricing
Berkshire Roofing & Insulating Company promotes new low prices on aluminum siding and attic insulation with Harry Vincent contact 443-3100. Ad also offers immediate roof repairs. Separate note for Halloween treats announces Dunkin Donuts Dalton Avenue orders 443-9851.
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Berkshire Roofing & Insulating Company
Harry Vincent
Dial
Berkshire Roofing & Insulation Co
Dunkin Donuts
Dalton Avenue
Multare Employees Commended for Outstanding Giving
The employees of Jack Multare Motor Supply were praised by James J. Smith vice chairman of the United Fund drive for a 265 percent pledge increase over last year. With full participation the firm joined the fair share club raising average pledges from 5.60 to 20.40 led by United Fund solicitor George Astergios of Dalton.
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Jack Multare
Local 255 Elects Three Delegates
Three delegates to the IUE New England District Council meeting on November 22 and 23 in Boston were elected yesterday by TUE Local 255, the General Electric Pittsfield production and maintenance workers union. The delegates are James D. McKeever, Robert W. Finnegan, and Edmund B. Kobus. President Joseph J. LaCasse and Business Agent Arthur J. LaBlue are automatic delegates by office.
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IUE New England District Council
Boston
TUE
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
James D. McKeever
Rober W. Finnegan
Edmund B. Kobus
Joseph J. LaCasse
Arthur J. LaBlue
Rockwell Plans Moscow and Addis Ababa Trip
Norman Rockwell will depart for Moscow in early spring for two months with USIS support, then travel to a Peace Corps site near Addis Ababa for three to four weeks. He recently left the Saturday Evening Post after painting nearly 300 covers over 47 years and will be joined by his wife on this first visit to both countries.
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Stockbridge
Norman Rockwell
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ethiopia
United States Information Service
USIS
State Department
Rockwell
Peace Corps
Addis Ababa
Nile
Saturday Evening Post
India
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Nehru
Nasser
Tita
Mr. Rock- Well
Khrushchev
Mr. Rockwell
United Fund Reaches 96.6 Percent of Goal
Headquarters of the United Fund reports noon total subscriptions of $449159.92, reaching 96.6 percent of the campaign goal.
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United Fund
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Thomas
Morton
GE Ordnance
Isaiah J. Petruzella
Hawthorne Ave
Elliot C. White
South Carolina Ave
James Kenneth Buckley
Community St
Phillip Ei. Beaulieu
Adams
Phair and Sons
J.F.K. Ride
Mitchell
Berkshire Community College
League of Women Voters
BCC
GE Good Neighbor Fund
Pownal, Vt
Dalton Ave
Anshe
Amonim, Fenn & Willis Sts
Berkshire Restaurant
Johnny
John Virgilio
Knapp and Hanover Shoes
Fenaway Cleaners
Royal Cleanies
James Jewelers
South St
Ady
Multare
P.C
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Racquet Club
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hs&m
State Armory
Schaffner & Marx
Arrow
Florsheim
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Hickey. Fs
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