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What the next mayor thinks on a bypass is important, because slate Secretary of Transportation Alan A. Altshuler has left the decision of whether a Route 7 bypass will be built up to the mayor and City Council.The occasion was the much -publicized debate initialed by Bogdan. An estimated 450 .people flocked to North Junior High School to watch the candidates respond to questions from three reporters and Ihe au: dience.Except for a Taconic High School audience last week, the crowd Saturday was by far the largest of the campaign.Asked about the differences between the contenders, Dobelle said. I don't deal in differences. :Bogdan said the difference was experience • and credentials. saying he had proven he could 'take the heat and make the tough decisions.Dobelle explains businesscity ,nau. as Assessor jonn r. Connors has done, the employe would be “gone. Dobelle said later that he meant the employe would be fired. Bogdan nodded his head in apparent agreement.Support dog restraintBoth candidates praised the Pittsfield Fire Department and said they would vote for cutting its work week from 48 hours to 42 hours. The question appears on ihe ballot Tuesday.They also said they would vote for dog restraint, because the situation here, as Bogdan put it. has gotten out of hand. Dobelle called it critical.On the third question — that of hospital merger — Bogdan said he would probably voteuse Si million in ieaeral revenue sharing to help hold down the tax rale.Dobelle said this type of allocation would mean Pittsfield would gel less revenue sharing money in future years. But Bogdan said he had checked out the penally and it was negligible.fort to build a regional shoppi center downtown and will i move much of the truck traf from the heari.of the city. Mlt; trucks now enter the city frr Albany, using West Housatoi Street, he said.Lighter momentsThe evening had its lighter moments. On one or two occasions when the candidates shared a laugh. Bogdan who last week had angrily accused Dobelle of arrogance, put a hand on Dobelle's shoulder.On the . bypass. Dobelle said he opposes the proposed route on environmental grounds and that it should either go outsideMayoral cai in last houriMayoral candidate Albert Bogdan drew about 300 peo; to a marathon rally yestert while his opponent. Evan S. I belle, and nearly 100 supp ters were canvassing door door.The candidates contimEvangelical churches buildContinued From Page IBoth men got their biggest applause of the evening after fielding barbed questions.Asked if he had continued to collect his S400-a-week salary as Urban Coalition director while campaigning. Bogdan said he had. “I continued to work a 10-hour day — at least — and to go to plant gates before work in the morning and coffee hours at night, he said.It's been a pretty lough grind — and 1 can't wait until it's over Tuesday night. he quipped.Asked about his consulting company. Wilmington, Stonewall Associates — the existence of which has been questioned by Ftnfdan Riinrxirters — Dohrllcgrant. This leaves a balance of $ 109.000 on the total 5176,000 needed to build the church- The Southern New England Conference and the Adams Savings Bank have jointly backed a mortgage on this 5109,000-balance. a mortgage Pastor Bid-well says his tithing congregation of 125 members will have no difficulty meeting.l/lBut. it is not just the normal tithing program of the Seventh-day Adventists that, is financing the building, according to Pastor Bidwell. He says the SI 10.000 mortgage, plus interest, is collected in a -separate building fund over and above tithing.Moreover, the Seventh-day Adventists have long-range plans for two more buildings, a school large enough for 75 students and a parsonage. Funds for these buildings will also be collected over and above the tithing program. Bid-Chrislian Assembly Church, with a congregation of 250 and the most am-ilious building program of the four churches, has taken out an elephantine mortgage of $270,000 with the Pittsfield Co-operative Bank, according to Mr. Grazioso. This figure will be chipped awav at the rate of S50.000 to $60,000 per year. Mr. Grazioso said.mMr. Grazioso said his church also has separate building - pledge and tithing programs. Over the past three years, even as they began raising $390,000 for their church' and education center, Pittsfield members have also been able to raise $3,000 each year for a Romanian mission of the Christian Assembly Church. Mr. Grazioso said.Faith Evangelical Lutheran never looked close to town for property, the Rev. Paul Kclm said. In 1969. when he.■■on llnil t n I inn f IW fni
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Nov 05, 1973
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