Anti-Tramway Bills Set For House Action Monday
Mt Greylock Reservation anti tramway bills move toward House approval after four months in Ways and Means. One abolishes the Tramway Authority, the other defines reservation powers and limits certain activities. Mt Greylock Protective Association and Massachusetts Forest and Parks Association filed both measures.
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Mt. Greylock Reservation
Warren A. (Casey) Turner
Lee
House
Ways and Means
Mt. Greylock
Greylock Reservation
Commission
Mt. Greylock Protective Association
Massachusetts Forest and Parks Association
William H. Tague
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Pittsfield
Wojtkowski
Greylock
Massachusetts Trustees of Reservations
Sheffield
Monument Mountain
Great Barrington
Mission House
Stockbridge
Tague
Rep
Pillars Roadhouse Sold to New Owner in New Lebanon
New Lebanon New York The Pillars roadhouse on Route 20 has been sold by long time proprietor William Monahan to Francis J Burns 37 born in Castle Douglas Scotland who worked as a waiter in the New York City area The New Pillars Inc holds the stock The sale includes 11 acres the main building and several outbuildings Burns plans renovations and to resume dinners in a month He intends to turn the uppers floors into guest rooms and eventually an inn The Pillars famed atmosphere will be preserved and Burns is naturalized in the US since five years ago He recalls serving many famous diners in New York including Nixon and Taylor The Pillars has a history dating to 1834 and was once a noted gambling spot after a 1939 police raid that seized gambling equipment and arrested 79 people
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New Lebanon
N.Y
the Pillars
Route 20
William Monahan
Francis J. Burns
Castle Douglas
Scotland
New York City
New Pillars, Inc
Burns
Pillars
Mr. Monahan
Troy
Pittsfield
Albany
Monahan
Noel Tully
Berkshire County
Dalton man charged in $17,000 cable theft
Richard J. Powers 40 of Dalton pleaded not guilty in District Court to three larceny counts for stealing more than 17 thousand dollars of telephone company cable in Washington and Lenox. Bail set at 1000, case adjourned to Sept. 20. Police recovered much of the coaxial cable, some traced to Pittsfield and Albany NC.
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Dalton
Phone Co
Richard J. Powers
Washington
Lenox
Boston
Chicago
More Cable Stolen In Chesterfield
NORTHAMPTON James Le vard i 39 of 44 Robbins Ave Pittsfield pleaded guilty in District Court to two charges of larceny under 100. State police said he stole telephone company cable in Chesterfield sold the copper and read from it to a Pittsfield junk dealer. The case was not connected to a separate theft of over 17 000 worth of cable in Washington and Lenox. Levardi’s case was continued until next Friday.
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Richard J. Clemens
District Attorney’s
Pittsfield
Albany
N.C
Powers
Washington
Lenox
Clemens
Robert J. Gustavis
David L. Lane
Northampton
James Levardi
Robbins Avec
Cabe
Chesterfield
Cable
Levardi
Births at Pittsfield General and St Luke's
Mr and Mrs Donald W Seely at 1 Richard Drive welcomed a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs August Beckmann Jr at 30 Abbott Street welcomed a son yesterday. St Luke's reports Mr and Mrs David O Manson at 400 South Street welcomed a son yesterday. Mr and Mrs Robert W Gero at 246 Newell Street welcomed a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Timothy Soule of Lee welcomed a daughter today.
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Pittsfield General
Donald W. Seely
Richard
August Beckmann Jr
Abbott St
St. Luke's
David
Pittsfield ward race warns of costly city spending
Ward 3 candidate Robert J. Jones fumes at proposed 60000 dollar city administration overhaul. He says no guaranteed savings and questions filling new posts from current payroll. Jones cites Michigan’s bankruptcy as warning and notes other Ward 4 candidates: Noyes, Sokolowski, Bradley, Sloan.
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Pittsfield
Robert J. Jones
Wealthy Ave
Jones
City Hall
Frederick J. Noyes
Stephen Sokolowski
Alfred Bradley
James Sloan
Michigan
Red Cross Instructors Meet In Berkshire County
Berkshire County Red Cross water safety instructors will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the chapter house 63 Wendell Ave to plan the fall and winter schedule. Leo J Fiorini Jr water safety chairman announced two new water safety films provided by Aetna Insurance Co for the chapter.
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Red Cross
Berkshire County
Wendell Ave
Leo J. Fiorini Jr
Aetna Insurance Co
Registry Again To Open Saturdays
The Registry of Motor Vehicles office at Bank Row will be open Saturday mornings from 9 to noon starting tomorrow. Registrar Richard E. McLaughlin continues the Saturday procedure begun last spring as the registry resumes after a summit closure.
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Registry of Motor Vehicles
Bank Row
Richard E. McLaughlin
Pittsfield Bank Project Report Said Premature
Sidney M. Smith president of the Pittsfield Co operative Bank called a reported move to build a $200,000 bank address on South Street by Berkshire Life Insurance Co and adjacent to the Hotel Wendell site premature The Dodge Report trade journal had said Fuller Construction Co of Boston would build the new structure and lease it to the bank with BLICO owning the hotel property and holding a 60 year lease There are no definite plans or agreements and discussions have only been exploratory Eugene L Amber BLICO senior vice president confirmed talks but stressed no agreements exist
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Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
South Street
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Wendell
Sidney M. Smith
Dodge Report
Fuller Construction Co
Boston
Buller
Pittsfield Co-operative Bank
Insurance Company
Dodge
Mr. Smith
The
Eagle
Eugene L. Amber
BLICO
Eagle Names Successor For Shanahan
Grier Horner, 30, city hall reporter for the North Adams Transcript, will take on duties at The Eagle in mid October. He succeeds Edward K. Shanahan, 29, resigning to accept a Congressional Fellowship with the American Political Science Association in Washington. Horner will work on the staffs of a congressman and a legislative committee for one year. Horner, a New York City native, has six years on the Transcript staff and previously worked for the St. Albans Messenger. He won an honorable mention in the North Berkshire AP News Executives writing contest for his city reporting. He is a graduate of Tarrytown High School and Brown University, AB 1958.
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Grier Horner
City Hall
North Adams
Berkshire
Horner
New Fingland Associated Press News
Tarrytown
N.Y
Brown University
Mangum Departure OK'd by Pittsfield School Board
By a 5-2 vote the Pittsfield School Committee accepted the resignation of William P. Mangum effective Sept 1, noting late notice and a subsequent offer he made to join Cheshire. Mangum, a grades 6-8 special class teacher, will receive a salary increase as he moves to the Cheshire School Department. The board also accepted resignations of David M. Noon and Victoria S. Weis, effective Aug 31, and discussed that Mangum’s case raises questions about notice requirements for non tenure teachers.
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William P. Mangum
Mangum
Pittsfield
Cheshire
S. Rocco Scullary
John 3. Quinn
Thomas F. Kelly
Manguin
Asst
Lincoln
Lynch
Cheshire Supt
Joseph A. Wilk
Quinn, Kelly
James W. Collins
David M. Noon
Victoria S. Weis
Marsten's Ski Den Receives SBA Loan
Marsten's Ski Den Inc at 22 First St received a $15,000 Small Business Administration loan. Alexander G. Marsten, proprietor, said funds will finance relocating from Hotel Wendell and expanding merchandise.
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Marsten
Brown Raps Delay on School Site
Councilman Roy F. Brown urges mayor and council to speed decision on a site for the proposed new high school. He objects to concentrating on Victory Hill and calls for evaluating alternatives such as property off Benedict Road or West Street while warning that delay risks federal land negotiations and state approval.
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Roy F. Brown
Dillon
Brown
High School Commission
Dilion 10
Victory Hill
Benedict Road
Housing Authority
Purchase
West Street
Victory Mill
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Committee On Rules
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Protective Association
New Lebanon Roadhouse
By Cynthia Pease
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London
Switzerland
Waldorf Astoria
Luchow’s
Tower Suite
Time & Life
Rockefeller Center
New York
Richard Nixon
Phil Harris
Alice Faye
Jack Benny
Sophie Tucker
Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Elizabeth Taylor
Arthur Bolthazard
Alsace Lorraine
Abner Haight
Vagn
Co-Operative Bank
Eagle Names
Shanahan
By Richard K. Weil
Swistak’s
Adams
Joe Quink Orch
Adv. U
al Gavior
Connor Pharmacy
Barbara Clary
West Housatonic St
North Adams Hospital
Caringer Temple
Shannon
Eric
Adrien J. Chalifoux
Paradise
North St
Internal Revenue
Alvin M. Kelley
Springside
West Shore Sports Club
Harry Vincent
Berkshire Roofing and Insulation Company
Dial
Adv
Wahconah Street
Yellow Coach Lines, Inc
Fair Grounds
William FE. Harris
Bates
Sukel's
Berk
Jung’s Glass
South St
Marsten’s
Ski den
Beietarhe University Shop
Arrow Oxford
Shaggy Knit
Long Steeve
FARAH
WHITE
LEVIS
Cne Lake
Summer St
O& Marx
Arrow Shirta
Florehalm
Oxford
Wn Freeman and
Hart Scharm
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