Jury Drawn for Pittsfield Civil Superior Court Trial
Twenty three Pittsfield residents were selected by the City Council as traverse jurors for the civil sitting of the Superior Court meeting Oct. 4. Names include Robert E. Bixler, Walter B. Gogan, Raymond F. Carey, Donald J. Reissner, Gertrude M. Campbell, Maxine D. Giddings, Frank J. Melle, Gilbert A. McDonough, Joseph Carmoldy, Alfred Benoit, William J. Schultz Jr., Robert B. Tone, Dorothy R. Dickie, Dorothy B. Carter, Ralph H. Kirchner, Mary A. O'Brien, Edward Klemansky, George W. Freehan, Harold A. Blair, James E. Holmes, Donald L. Fetherstone, William J. O'Brien, and Rinaldo Ricciarini.
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Pittsfield
Superior Court
Robert E. Bixler
Bishop Privy
Walter B. Gogan
Velma Ave
Raymond F. Carey
Reed St
Donald J. Reissner
Beach Grove Drive
Gertrude M. Campbell
Maxine D. Giddings
South St
Frank J. Melle
Pomeroy Ave
Gilbert A. McDonough
Cherry St
Joseph E. Carmoldy
Backman Ave
Alfred Benoit
Gamwell Ave
William J. Schultz Jr
Adam St
Robert B. Tone
Kearney Ave
Dorothy R. Dickie
Eleanor Road
Dorothy B. Carter
Sherwood
Ralph H. Kirchner
Bradford St
Mary A. O'Brien
White Ter
Edward
Klemansky
Park St
George W. Freehan
Donna Ave
Harold A. Blair
James E. Holmes
Dorchester Ave
Donald L. Fetherstone
Lenox Ave
William J. O’brien
Grove St
Rinaldo Ricciarini
Belvedere Ave
Auto accidents cost 10 billion in 1964
New York AP report from the Insurance Information Institute states the economic loss from traffic accidents in 1964 totaled nearly 10 billion dollars. The institute serves as the spokesman for the property and liability insurance industry.
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New York
Insurance Information Institute
Scelsi Rebukes Traffic Board Over Courtesy
Councilman Joseph S. Scelsi chastised the Traffic Commission for poor courtesy toward residents seeking traffic changes. He cited two items on the agenda and urged inviting petitioners to meetings to discuss revisions and criticized the commission for lax notification of interested parties.
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Joseph S. Scelsi
Traffic Commission
Scelsi
England's department store easement approved by City Council
The council granted England's department store an eight inch easement on city property in front of the store for a new facing. A traffic-committee request to allow night parking during summer was referred to the Traffic Commission. Councilman Parnell urged improvements at East Elm and Fourth streets before the Grand Union shopping center opens, with a state-funded intersection project planned next year.
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England's
Englands
Council
The
Traffic Commission
Ernest G. St. Peter
St. Peter
George A. Parnell
Elm
Fourth Streets
Grand Union
Winter Liquor Licenses Rejected by City Council
The City Council rejected a proposal to issue winter seasonal liquor licenses despite Mayor Del Gallo backing the measure. Council members cited fairness concerns and an uneven population influx, with only Councilman Raymond E. Crow supporting winter permits. The decision follows a state measure allowing temporary licenses from December to April in growing communities, limited to Berkshire and Franklin counties.
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del Gallo
Berkshire
Franklin
Raymond E. Crow
Donald G. Butler
Joseph 5. Scelsi
Pittsfield
George A. Purnell
City Council approves funds for land takings in sewer project
The City Council last night appropriated 375 for Phase 3 land takings of the sewer expansion. Payments included 200 to Thomas and Sara Abbot, 25 to William F. and Maudé Mosher, and 150 pro tanto to Herman B. and Irving Perlman. 125 to five property owners on Lakeway Drive awaits action after a meeting. Mayor Del Gallo is authorized to represent the city in applications for federal sewage construction grants amid a mayoral transition.
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Thomas and
Sara Abbot
William F
Maudé Mosher
Herman B
Irving Perlman
Lakeway Drive
Sewer Commission
del Gallo
Earth Gains 13 Tons Every Hour
In Atlantic City the Earth is gaining weight from cosmic dust raining down as meteors comets and burned-up meteorites add tiny particles. John L. Barker Jr. of the Enrico Fermi Institute reported a method using iridium and osmium in ocean sediments to estimate the annual input, finding about 100000 tons per year or roughly 13 tons per hour.
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Atlantic City
Mother Earth
Earth
Space
American Chemical Society
John L. Barker Jr
Enrico Fermi Institute For Nuclear Studies
University of Chicago
Pacific Ocean
Barker
Freadman & Sons Granted Permit To Store Casolitve
City Council after public hearings approved a gasoline storage permit for Charles Freadman & Sons at 1625 East St. Eight new pole or conduit locations were approved for the telephone company and Western Mass Electric Co. A heating was scheduled for Oct. 14 for Montgomery Ward & Co. gaso line and ammunition storage at 379 North St. New York plans a Negro history museum announced by Henry Dobbs to meet with educators and historians to plan the museum.
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Charles Freadman & Sons
East St
Telephone Company
Western Mass. Electric Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
North St
New York
UPI
Henry ©. Dobbs
Dobbs
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Lenox
Main St
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Museum of History
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