Maximum Benefits to Idle Increased to $45 a Week
Massachusetts raised maximum weekly unemployment benefits from 40 to 45 dollars approved by the Legislature this year. The change applies to new claims only not retroactive to current recipients. Minimum earnings to qualify rose from 650 to 700 dollars, with 30 weeks of pay at the new top rate.
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Massachusetts
Antonio England
Boston
State Division of Employment Security
England
14 To Resign Scout Posts Benoit Says
District Commissioner Gordon Benoit of North Adams and 13 members of the North Berkshire District of the Berkshire County Boy Scout Council plan to resign. Benoit cites lack of cooperation guidance and service as reasons. He will remain chairman of the post committee and representative for Explorer Post 98. many resigning members will keep troop posts. No resignations have reached the county office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Benoit
North Adams
North Berkshire
Berkshire County Boy Scout Council
Benoit
Berkshire Council
Explorer Post 98
William D. Dyer
John M. Anthony
Pittsfield
Berkshire County Council
Berkshire
Anthony
Council
Births in Pittsfield and surrounding areas reported
Birth announcements list many families with newborns from Pittsfield General and Luke's hospital. Names include Mougin Blackburn Colla Elser Desno yers Cone Love Clara munt Ventraini McCarthy Litchfield Wankowski Piispanen Stomski and others. Grandparents named. several entries note Saturday or yesterday births and a Luft pilot relative.
DPW Exemption on Snow Removal for Discontinued Route
Attorney General Edward W. Brooke ruled that the state Department of Public Works is not required to remove snow and ice from any state highway, including a discontinued Route 9 segment in East Windsor. He noted no statutory mandate and recalled towns may plow such segments legally, despite prior deference to Rep. Turner’s plea.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Warren A. Turner
Lee
State Department of Public Works
DPW
Brooke
Turner
Windsor
School Committee To Meet Thursday
The School Committee will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at Plun kett School to interview candidates for head of the school studies department. Chairman John J. Quinn said an appointment will be made at the next regular meeting on Oct 10.
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Plunkett School
John J. Quinn
McKean to retire from GE after 41 years service
Hugh R McKean of 52 Spadina Parkway will retire tomorrow from the General Electric Co after 41 years with GE He will be 63 in April He plans consulting work in industry value improvement facilities engineering and personnel development and may assist cities on parking He led the Pittsfield Traffic Commission since 1952 and oversaw eight off street parking lots totaling 1080 spaces He received the South Church Brotherhood civic award and has been active with the Boy Scouts Pittsfield YMCA and Girls Club building committee He was born in Maple Hill Iowa and joined GE in Schenectady in 1892 after attending Rice University He has been with GE in Pittsfield since 1939 and in recent years led manufacturing personnel development for the distribution transformer department He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Frick a daughter Mrs Hugh L Jacob of Lenox a son the Rev Philip F McKean mission in Indonesia and three grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh R. McKean
Spadina Parkway
General Electric Co
McKean
South Church Brotherhood
Traffic Commission
Boy Scouts
Pittsfield Ymca
Maple Hill
Iowa
Texas
Schenectady
Rice University
Pittsfield
Elizabeth Frick
Somerville
McKeans
Hugh L. Jacob
Lenox
Philip F. McKean
Presbyterian Church Mission
Indonesia
Nixon Returns to New York After Quiet Berkshire Visit
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, during a social weekend hosted by the Rose family in Alford, comments on the 1964 Republican nomination prospects naming Barry Goldwater as a likely front-runner while urging a broad nationwide campaign. He and Mrs. Nixon depart for New York after golf with associates from Mudge, Stem, Baldwin and Todd.
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Alford
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
South
Kennedy
West
Nixon
New York City
Rose
B. Helly Rose
Wyantenuck Country Club
Alexander
Guthrie
New York
Mudge, Stem, Baldwin and Todd
Nixons
Berkshires
Eagle Writer Wins Prize In AP Contest
Arthur Myers, Eagle reporter and feature writer, won second prize in the single news story division of the annual New England Associated Press News Executives Association contest. He earned the award for a paper under 10,000 circulation for coverage of last year’s Pittsfield school superintendent controversy. Writers from 19 newspapers received prizes.
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Arthur Myers
Eagle
New England Associated Press News Executives Association
Myers
Pittsfield
Recall vote planned on Hartnett by Local 255
Local 255 IUE will hold a Sunday 2:30 pm recall vote on Al Hartnett the suspended national secretary treasurer. The action follows prior negotiations failing and a directive from Earl Riley New England district president. Hartnett term ends September 1964.
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al Hartnett
IUE
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Albion F. Hartnett
Joseph J. LaCasse
James B. Carey
Hartnett
TUE
Riley
LaCasse
Carey
Westinghouse
Berkshire Museum to Offer Free Nature Hours for Youth
The Berkshire Museum and the Massachusetts Audubon Society host a 2nd annual free Saturday nature hour series for fourth through ninth graders, starting 10 15 a m this Saturday and running weekly through December 7. Over 55 000 children have attended previously with averages up to 266 per week. Each session features 1 3 sound movies a talk or demonstration and an optional quiz with prizes for top performers in grammar and junior high divisions. The season winner earns a free bye week at Pleasant Valley Sanctuary Nature Day Camp next summer.
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Berkshire Museum
The
Museum
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary
Bartlett Hendricks
Marilyn Flor
Arthur B. Phinney
Audubon
Michael Shaw
Robert Stephenson
Wahconah
Robert Trayer
New Lebanon Central School
Charles Cogbill
Sauth
Tyler St
Daniel Olisch
Fay Rogers
Next
Dalton
Fenaway Cleaners
Mar
Robbie Sawyer
Plunkett School
Hubbard Named To Local 109 Board
John E. Hubbard of 56 King St. was appointed to the executive board of Pittsfield Musicians Union Local 109 to fill the vacancy from Paul MacDonald’s resignation. The term expires January 1, announced by Local 109 president Charles M. De Blois.
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John E. Hubbard
King St
Pittsfield
Berkshire Credit Unions Move Meetings for Holidays
Credit unions in Berkshire shift their weekly gathering from Wednesday to Tuesday at 8 p.m. this week and next, meeting at the Jewish Community Center to accommodate Jewish holidays.
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Berkshire Credit Unions
Jewish Community Center
Car hits hydrant as driver reaches for rolling orange
Jan K Selkowitz age 19 of 28 Waverly Street grabbed for a rolling orange in his car on Appleton Avenue this morning. The vehicle struck a fire hydrant injuring him with a bump on the head and a scratch over the eye. He planned to see a doctor. Police said Selkowitz was rounding a curve when the orange began to roll from the front seat and he reached for it, losing control.
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Jan K. Selkowitz
Waverly St
Appleton Avenue
Sefkowitz
GE Local 255 approves contract amid bargaining dispute
Members of IVE Local 255 endorsed a report on the GE contract but criticized the company for alleged bad faith bargaining. About 100 members attended the meeting as the local negotiates for 4100 GE plant workers in Witisfield. Unfair labor practice charges had been filed with the NLRB by IUE and other unions, with prior 1960 charges upheld by a trial examiner. The meeting also covered union internal reentry of former to 255 members and upcoming state council delegates.
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General Electric Co
Joseph J. LaCasse
Local 255
LaCasse
Witisfield
National Labor Relations Board
Auto Workers and Steelworkers
TUE
NLRB
IUE
Eagle
James 5. Carey
Ralph Wd. Froio
Henry Melides
Victor Ostellino
Massachusetts
AWL Cio State Council
Springfield
Francis
Fritzie) Burke
Arthur J. LaBlue
LaBlue
State Council
New Teachers To Be Entertained At Pittsfield PTA Event
The Pittsfield PTA Council will host a reception Wednesday night at 7 30 from North Junior High School to entertain new teachers. Speakers include Asel W Harvey of Pittsfield Teachers Credit Union and G Thomas Farley, teachers retirement counsel.
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Pittsfield
PTA Council
North Junior High School
Asel W. Harvey
Pittsfield Teachers Credit Union
G. Thomas Farley
Teachers’ Retirement Counsel
Sullivan Attacks Peabody Over Tram Appointee
North Adams Governor's Councilor Raymond F Sullivan, a Springfield Democrat, denounced Gov Peabodys nomination of William L Putnam of Springfield to the Mount Greylock Tramway Authority as a Springfield interloper and warned it could hinder bond funding for the tramway. Putnam, a television executive, awaits confirmation. DeGategno of Savoy is backed by Sullivan.
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North Adams
Raymond F. Sullivan
Springfield
Peabody
William ‘L. Putnam
Mount Greylock
Sullivan
Paul DeGategno
Savoy
Putnam
Jgo
Herbert Dohelle
Pittsfield
New York
North Berkshire
DeGategno
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
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Edward J. Barry
DES
Barry
Pittsfield General
William Mougin
Alexander MM. Blackburn
Richmond
Saturay
Edward E. Colla
Newell St
Saturn
Luke
Levi Elser
Longview Ter
Frederick Desnoyers
Plum St
William Cone
Amd
Mason B. Love
Lea
Joseph Claramunt
Merrill Road
Joseph Ventraini
South John St
Francis McCarthy
Dutchess Ave
Wiliam B. Litchfield
Hinsdale
John Wnnkowski
Warriner St
Walter Piispanen
Chester
Richard Stomski
Torrington
Howard Arthur Steady
Columbus
Ohio
Susan Elaine
Mount Carmel Hospital
Steady
Strategic Air Command
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Frank W. Steady
Northumberland Road
Martin Moore
Grove City
Hugh McKean
Wil
Civic
IUG
Hancock Shaker Village
Berkshire Roofing & Insulation Company
Harry Vincent
Dial
Berkshire Roofing & Insulation Co
Johnny
John Virgilio
Knapp Shoes
Cail Royal Cleaners
Berk Shire
James Jewelers
South St
Hubbard
Callan
Thomas H. Callan
GE Company
Mighty-Mac
Otto-Man
Boys’ Shop Mighty
Mac
Joemac
Hickey-Freeman
Hart Schaffner & Mars
Arrow
Florsheim
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