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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1959
Page
20
Women for Haughey raised more than 200 at a food sale in the Farrell Sweeney building on Saturday. Proceeds will support Mayor Raymond I. Haughey’s reelection campaign. Mrs Frank C. Mes Gurn chaired the event at Haughey campaign headquarters.
About 1,500 attendees including prominent political business and entertainment figures gathered in Los Angeles for a banquet honoring Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The event raised funds with a $100 plate dinner and over $350,000 in cash and pledges for the new Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research.
An Albany committee urged state law to require registration of professional strikebreaking agencies and public disclosure of their activities. It called for employment agencies to inform workers when they take jobs and noted that 117 strikebreakers were used in three New York disputes, including 53 from other states and 117 Florida trainees.
An eight year old boy was treated for a head laceration after running into a truck driven by Justin J. DiNicola of Esther Ter. The incident occurred at Columbus and Francis avenues. Louis Nicola of 252 Columbus Ave was treated at Pittshell General Hospital and released. Rosemarie A Ceth of 84 Burke Ave reported that a windshield was smashed when pipes from a double parked truck struck it on South Street.
Raymond M. Voyer of 4 Forest Park Ave Adams files an al felaum seeking 48.48 against the city alleging he stepped in a hole on Woodlawn Avenue September 21 and injured his ankle tearing ligaments. The claim includes 10 for medical expenses and two days of lost work due to the mishap.
A sprawling listing from England's Furniture spans multiple floors, detailing discounted prices on gloves, cardigans, dresses, and home goods. The notice enumerates items like Schiaparelli cologne, sewing machines, sewing notions, bedding, curtains, and various furniture pieces, highlighting drastic markdowns and floor labels across Fifth and Fourth Floors.
Candidates for School Committee in Wards 1 2 and 4 will be introduced at PTA meetings next week in cooperation with the Pittsfield League of Women Voters. Meetings feature the film School Boards in Action and remarks by incumbents John J Quinn Wayne R Weatherhead Robert Hart and Rus Paul Abkowaz along with others.
A special White Tree Club election among the local American Legion post will take place October 6 at 8 pm during the monthly past meeting. Five directors will be chosen from ten candidates including William Fienn Theodore Handeck Claude Rawlings Edmund Plante George Ros en John Phair Lewis Cusatn August Ho Kingas Joseph J. Madison and Daniel Moynihan.
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