Phone Strike Canceled and New Ballot Scheduled
IBTW union members in New England canceled a planned strike after the international executive council accepted revised terms from New England Telephone Co. A second ballot is sent to 12,500 NET workers in the region with ballots due Oct 2. Local leaders express mixed views on the settlement and predict a likely approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
International Ibtw
Rep
Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
NET
New England
Connecticut
New England Telephone Co
International Executive Council
Leland J. Grady
Pittsfield
IBTW
Berkshire
Grady
Boston
Paul K. Shields
Ibtw Local 5
Providence
Shields
Births Across Pittsfield Area Personal Announcements
A string of birth notices lists families welcoming new children from Pittsfield and surrounding towns. Names include Szczepa muk, Lewis, Bonak, Kerk, Patterson, Cannon, Rollins, Wilson, Maher, Keefner, Silvernail, Losaw, Pomeroy, Janksky, Keenan, Hood, Rancourt, Sullivan, Bass, plus others. Grandparents and locations such as North Adams Hospital Hartford Hartford Hospital and Brooklyn Jewish Hospital appear. dates span Saturday Friday yesterday and today.
Meet the Candidates at Pittsfield Good Government event
Twenty seven municipal hopefuls slated to speak tonight at Berkshire Community College Auditorium. Mayoral candidates get fifteen minutes each, council at large three minutes. School committee and council from wards will be introduced only. Flynn presides, Ouellette moderates, WBRK and WBEC carry live. refreshments offered post program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield Good Government Association
Edmund J. Flynn
Wallace B. Crawford
Flynn
Leo N. Ouellette
Berkshire Community College
WBRK
WBEC
William Shade
Abbott C. Combes
Berkshire Life Wins Three Top Awards for Exhibits
Berkshire Life Insurance Co. captured three top awards at the Life Insurance Advertisers Association 30th annual meeting in Toronto. Charles E. Ferree Jr. accepted honors for the firm. Awards covered a photo booklet on Berkshire Life, the 1962 annual report to policy owners, and an agent recruiting book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Life Insurance Advertisers Association
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Canada
Berkshire Life
Charles E. Ferree Jr
A. Clifford Dorsel
Clemens D. Kalischer
Stockbridge
Sydney R. Kanter
Pittsfield
Mop Up Polio Campaign Immunizes Over 13300 in Berkshire
Dr Henry Tulgan praised the Mop Up Polio drive held yesterday in Pittsfield Dalton Otis and Lee as 13300 plus residents received oral vaccine on sugar tracts while about 5000 also got diphtheria tetanus shots at seven study stations staffed by Pittsfield health nurses and doctors including Perera Porter Reder and Tulgan with aid from St Luke's nurses and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Tulgan
Pittsfield
Dalton
Otis and
Lee
Berkshire District Medical Society
Pittsfield Public Health
Health Department
Richard Perera
George Porter
Jason Reder
William Carey
Tulgan
Harold Stein
St. Luke’s Hospital
Medical Wives
Dental Wives
Junior League
Berkshire Armored Car Service
Gerard Reder
Yellow Coach
Berkshire Community College
Medical Society
Crosby
North Junior High
South Junior High
Berkshire Commounity College
Central Junior High
Jin
Park Police Exam Notice for November 2
A Civil Service examination for park policemen in the Department of Parks and Recreation will be held November 2. The filing deadline is October 14. There are nine vacancies, and the position pays $1.70 per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Parks and Recreation
Carolyn M. Zoia
North St
Zoia
Jean Loveland
Stolen cash tops $750 in North Street break in
North Street offices suffered over $750 in burglaries during the weekend with about $580 from a safe at Walter Marsden Insurance and another $60 from Blue Cross Blue Shield. Six offices at 100 North St were entered, with losses to several tenants including Johnny's Blacktop Service and Advs for local firms. Detectives Russo and McCarty and Capt. Barry investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael P. Barry
Walter
Marsden Insurance
North St
Beneficial Finance Co
Agriculturale
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Charles F. Fasce
Antonio P Desautels
Carmel W. Russo
James E. McCarty
Capt
Barry
Detective Bureau
Youth Given Probation on Arson Charge
Pittsfield teenager Gerard Sinopoli admitted arson in a building after an early morning July 9 fire at 16-18 Booth Place that destroyed a living room area and closet. He was placed on two years probation in District Court with a suspended one-year sentence to the House of Correction and supervision. Two firefighters were slightly injured. Lt. Milo Brown said Sinopoli appeared upset when he set clothes on fire and then left the home. Brown urged probation with supervision as the best path given Sinopoli’s employment and potential for a useful life.
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Pittsfield
Booth Place
Gerard Sinepoli
Kent Ave
Frank W. Cimini
House of Correction
Milo F. Brown
State Fire Marshal's Office
Sinopoli
Brown
Cimini
Rice backs Elberon Ave housing site for elderly project
Solm H. Rice a councilman-at-large candidate voiced support for rezoning the 11 acre Elberon Avenue site to permit 100 elderly housing units. He argued the council should not second guess planning and housing decisions unless area objections exist, noting abutters show no opposition and pledging to vote in favor after inauguration.
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Solm H. Rice
Elberon Avenue
Housing Authority
Rice
Petence
Planning Board
Elberon
New Fuel Oil Meter Law Prompts Fall Conference Talk
Massachusetts weighing and measures group to discuss a bill exempting inspectors from annual meter tests in homes and allowing fuel oil meters to bill monthly. The proposal aims to boost oil dealer sales, enable centralized supply in new housing, and parallels gas and electric billing. Malcolm Jensen of the U.S. Bureau of Standards will join a panel on the meter evaluation after a year of testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Weights and Measures Association
Pittsfield
Wendell
Sherwood
Malcolm Jenson
Weights and Measures Division
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Eagle To Raise Advertising Rates On Oct 1
Eagle announces a 15 percent rise in advertising rates effective October 1. Publisher Donald B. Miller cites higher costs of labor and materials and notes rates have changed only twice in 744 years. He says as a daily newspaper monopoly in Pittsfield the paper remains mindful of its duties to readers and local business. A survey of New England dailies shows The Eagle has the lowest retail rate in its circulation bracket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Donald B. Miller
Pittsfield
Miller
New England
The
Bellotti to visit Berkshire County in public stop
Lt. Gov. Francis X. Bellotti of Quincy will be in the Berkshires tomorrow at Brass Rail Restaurant starting at 7 PM. The release says he will greet old friends and campaign workers and make new acquaintances in Berkshire County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis X. Bellotti
Quincy
Berkshires
Brass Rail
Berkshire County
Edmund F McBride Returns To Work After Illness
Edmund F McBride clerk of the District Court returned to work today after several weeks of illness. He resumed duties at the courthouse and was welcomed back by colleagues and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund F. McBride
Four Candidates for Idool Post to Be Interviewed
The School Committee will meet Thursday night at 7 15 in Plunkett School in a closed session to interview four candidates for supervisor of art in the elementary schools. There are four candidates. The meeting was postponed from last week. After the interviews the committee will enter a special session with a possible appointment that night.
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Plunkett School
Meet the Candidates Forum Pittsfield Tonight
Berkshhire Community College hosts a citywide forum tonight at 8 p m open to the public with refreshments. Sponsored by the Pittsfield Good Government Association. Candidates for mayor city council and school committee attend.
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Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield Good Government Association
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Joseph Szczepamuk
Cheshire
Darrell Lewis
Becket
Chester Bonak
Manfred Kerk
Pittsfield Ave
Robert Patterson
Oliver Ave
Gerald Cannon
Tyler St
George Rollins
Lanesboro
Harry Wilson Jr
Williamstown
Robert Maher
David Keefner
Great Barrington
Jack Silvernail
Lawrence Losaw
Lincoln St
Karl Pomeroy
Canaan, N.Y
St. Luke's
Frederick Jansky
Woodlawn Ave
George E. Keenan
Robert Hood
Elizabeth Sr
Philip Rancourt
New Ashford
North Adams Hospital
Charles Richardson
Lawrence
John R. Sullivan
Glastonbury
Conn
Laurie Ann
Hartford Hospital
Joseph Andrade
Fall River
Paul G. Sullivan
Jesse Andrade
Thomas Tyer
Marvin A. Bass
Brooklyn
N.Y
David Ira
Brooklyn Jewish Hospital
Bass
Elaine Meisner
Harry Meisner
Nathan Bass
Whittier Ave
James W. Sayre
Ankara
Turkey
Julia Jackson Sayre
Simpson Hospital
Edinborough
Scotland
Robert Sibbard
Richmond
Harrison Sayre
Columns
Ohio
BLICO
Tops
County
North Street
Carolyn Zoia
Knapp
Johnny
John Virgilio
Shearson Hammil Co
Paul B. Abkowitz
Charles R. Alberti Jr
Sonotone Co
Berkshire Hills
Fenaway Cleaners
Ady
Hancock Shaker
Berkshire Roofing & Insulation Company
Harry Vincent
Dial
Pilgrim Memorial Church
I. Scelsi & Co
Royal Cleaners
Ann's
James Jewelers
South St
Belden Tavern
Council
Elberon Ave
Francis Avenue
Wahconah Heights
Hughes
William C
Hyler) Hughes
Division of Standards
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Bellotti
Pendletons
Idool Post
Pendleton
Northwest
Rickey Freeman
Hart
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