City Leader Seeks Office After Public Service Career
City Council member and former fire fighter with Four years service, a WWII Navy veteran, and member of Knights of Columbus and Polish Community Club. Married with four children, he left the fire department in 1955 to return to the electrical business and now works for Electric Power Service Co at the Yankee Atomic Electric Co plant in Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abire
Public Works Committee
Ordinmnes and Rules
Heelongs
Knights of Cahumbus
St Joseph's High School
The
Electric Power Service Co
Yankee’ Atomic’ Electric Co
Rowe
Pittsfield School Committee Candidates Present Credentials
A group of candidates for Pittsfield School Committee highlighted long local ties and education focus. John J. Quinn seeks a third term as district signal inspector and Democrat, while Mary A. Kickpatrick emphasizes PTA work, curriculum planning, and expanded guidance programs. Bar Mary Alison Beattie Kirkpatrick campaigns on crisis avoidance and long-range planning, and Donald H. Welton cites optical practice and local service. Ward 3 candidate Donald H Welton, Methuen native, argues on experience and records.
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Mary A. Kickpatrick
Crane Ave
Mary Allison' Beattie
North Adams
Ray 'B. Kirkpatrick
Keuka College
Penn Yan
N.Y
PTA
Hibbard
John J. Quinn
Connecticut Ave
Pittsfield
Berkshires Business College
New York Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Association of American Railroads Engineering Division
Democratic City Committee
Knights of Columbus
Bishop County General Assembly
Pittsfield Scholarship Fund
Pittsfield Junior College
Ihe
Paul B. Abbowtte
Mary Kirkpatrick
Goodrich Pond
League
Edwin W. Thomson
Donald H. Welton
New School Council at Large Debates Junior High Needs
A survey of candidates for the New School Council at Large shows varied opinions on building a new junior high versus expanding existing facilities. Several Ward representatives favor adding to current schools, while others advocate a new western or Crosby estate site.
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Alfred S. Bradley
Charles W. Wilson
Daniel O. Phillips
Tam
Crosby Estate
Joseph
Scelse
Crosby
Remo del Gallo
Council Candidates Split Over New Junior High Building
Pittsfield voters survey shows 16 of 18 council hopefuls favor a new West Junior High, with seven leaning toward the Capital Outlay Committee plan to add to North and South junior highs. Mayor Haughey and rival Cooper weigh the issue as leaders promise action, while school board candidates push crowding as the top problem for the next four years.
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New West
Pittsfield League of Women Voters
Raymond
Haughey
Capital Outlays Committee
Pittsfield
Harold A
Cooper
Edward J. Russell
West Pittsfield
Wayne R. Weatherhead
John J. Quinn
Weatherhead
Local Graduates Enter Military Training and Service
Airman Mark A Maselli son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Maselli of 1229 Tyler St completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and will attend technical school for aircraft and missile maintenance at Chanute AFB Illinois. William A Keenan son of Mr and Mrs Philip W Keenan of 158 Lebanon Ave entered the Army and is stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey after earning a BS in civil engineering from UMass Amherst in 1957 and an MS from Illinois in 1959.
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Mark A. Maselli
Joeph E. Maselli
Tyler St
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Pittefield High School
Maselli
Chanute Air Force Base
William A. Keenan
Afr
Philip W. Keenan
Lebanon Ave
Fort Dix
Pittsfield High School
University of Massachusetts
Universsity of
Ilinois
Nine Firms Cited for Fund Giving
Commercial division leaders in the United Community Chest drive reported significant boosts in employee contributions. City Savings Bank employees gave $410.08, Berkshire Trust Co. $430, England Brothers $1,648.75, Berkshire Life Insurance $2,611.50, Berkshire Mutual $594, Metropolitan Life Insurance $291, Eagle Publishing $1,483, and Sun Printing $155. Average per person ranged from about $9 to $12, with many groups above last year’s totals.
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United Community Chest Drive
Edward C. Redlin
Mir. Redlin
City Savings Bank
Berkshire Trust Co
of England Brothers
Berkshire Mutual
Ierage
Metropolitan Lift — Insurance Co
Eagle Publishing Co
Sun Printing Co
Callaghan backs additions to two junior highs
Patrick F Callaghan says given the heavy bond load, he favors adding to the district's two junior high schools. He cites the need for more capacity and upgraded facilities to meet enrollment growth and current educational demands.
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Council
Patrick F. Callaghan
Ward Councilman Nesbit Urges Further Study on Problem
Ward 1 official Leo Nesbit states the council member should give the problem more study and thought before reaching any definite conclusion. The remark underscores a cautious approach amid ongoing discussions on the issue.
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Leo
Nesbit
Nesbit Chides Harrison in Ward 1 Council Race
Leo B. Nesbit, candidate for City Council in Ward 1, accuses Councilman Melvin L. Harris of failing to repair streets. Nesbit opposes Harris’ re-election bid and calls street conditions terrible, blaming the Public Works Committee member for the neglect.
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Leo B. Nesbit
Melvin L. Harris
Nesbit
Harris
Public Works Committee
Huge Soviet Cross-Shaped Radio Telescope Planned
The Tass news agency quoted a physicist announcing a cross-shaped radio telescope under construction in the Soviet Union with arms about 3,300 feet long. It aims to study radio emissions from distances far beyond the galaxy, following earlier vast observations at Jodrell Bank in England.
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London
Soviet Union
Tass
Jodrell Bank
England
Beagle Trials at Berkshire Beagle Club Sunday Morning
Beagle Trials Club trials of the Berkshire Beagle Club will be Sunday morning at 9:30 at the club's running grounds in Richmond. In the evening the regular monthly meeting will take place. Officers for the coming year will be nominated.
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Berkshire, Beagle Club
Richmond
Ford Foundation Grants Back Public Service Internships
The Ford Foundation announced 1.927 million dollars in grants for internships to boost federal state and municipal public services. Teachers journalists lawyers and students aiming for government careers gain college credits while working with congressional units state legislatures and local agencies. Other grants include 800 000 to the National Legal Aid and Defender Association for legal clinics and internships and 581 544 in miscellaneous gifts.
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New York
Ford Foundation
Deke. Brown
Fora! Foundation
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Administration of Justice
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Pittsfield High
Plastics Ave
GE Naval Ordnance Department
Lynn
Brattleborouty High School
Tufts College
Medford
Navy
Strong Ave
Methuen
Hiatadua
Macaachusette College of Optometry
For New School
Donald G. Butler
Roy F. Brown
West
Samuel J. Quadrozzi
John F. Fraser
Ward
Thomas W. Coughlin
Ward 7
Richard J. Mack
William M. Pigott
Fittsfield High School
George A. Purnell Jr
Raymond E. Crow
Naval Reserve
American Legion
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Berkshire Society of Optometrists
Berkshire Chapter
National Foundation
Robert N. Hart
Iliams St
Cliffside Park
N.J
Cornell University
Ward 2
M Re
Cornell
Pittafield
Deceda
Paul B. Abkewicz
Commonwealth Ave
Revere
Sidney I
Katz
Massachusetts
Northeastern University School of Law
Congregation Knesses Israel
Draft Board
Wil
Jr. High
League of Women Voters
Keenan
Society For the Advancement of Scientific Research
American Society of Civil Engineers
University of Ilinois
Harrison
Mel” Harris
Brighton Ave
Sammy Vincent
Walco
North St
Woolworth's
Good Housekeeping
Plotzky's
Berkshire
Paige
Forever Young
Susan Ross
Jersey
Orlons
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Eer Sina Stasiien
Plotzky's Dept
Tyler Street
Jill
Mecintosh Cortland
Hartlett
Berkshires
Bartlett
Barker Road
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