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The Berkshire Eagle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 32

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Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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Dalton chief favors exp sing identity of delinquents He noted a pedestrian safety program is being conducted in the schools by Officer Daniel Casey. Statistics included in the re-. port show that parking ticket fines year amounted to $1,333 for 394 tickets, compared to $3,025 for 650 in 1979; total calls for the police were down to 5,196 last year from 10,170 in 1979, and total accidents were down to 216 from 296 in 1979. ith the colors Dana R. Russell, son of Robert N.

Russell of East Pepperill, and Beverly A. Russell of 20 Sayles Adams, has arrived for duty at Fort Campbell, Ky. Russell, a fire support specialist, was previously assigned at Fort Sill, Okla. sound like a simplistic solution to a complicated problem, knowing the makeup of the juvenile offenders in this town I would say it would cure most of them of their delinquency." He said he believes the Legislature, is ready to make some changes in the laws pertaining to juveniles. "Something has to be done with the chronic juvenile repeaters the state is saddled with," Calabrese added.

18 budget cut In his report Calabrese said the department, along with others in the town, has been asked by the Selectmen to reduce the DALTON The names of delinquent children should be' published in newspapers, according to Police Chief Anthony J. Calabrese who advocates the action as a means of squelching further crimes by the youngsters involved. In his annual report released Tuesday, Calabrese presented figures that indicate crimes performed by juveniles against the property of others are increasing. Last year the department handled 262 juvenile cases compared with 245 in 1979. Calabrese said that "while 99 percent of the young people are going about their business of, getting an education to prepare themselves for life and are no problems for the police, experts tell us we need a holding facility in Berkshire County for the problem 1 percent to get them off the streets." He said that while a holding facility may be one solution, "we in the police department feeto delinquent child's name should be published in the newspaper when he or she is involved in crime." He went on to say, "I have never understood the legal shield the Commonwealth gives to juvenile offenders to protect their privacy.

While this may expense portion of the operating budget by 18 percent for next year. He said he has submitted the budget with the necessary cuts and believes he canjoperate without cutting services by 18 He reported that during the past year two police matrons, Madeline Galucia'and Claudine Fresia, and police clerk Jea-nette Donoho completed a basic criminal law course provided by the County Commissioners and taught by state police Staff Sgt. Richard Celli. Calabrese acknowledged receiving a donation from the American Legion for a bicycle. Monument band parents to meet GREAT BARRINGTON -Monument Mountain Regional High School band parents will hold a meeting Tuesday night at 7:30 in the band room at the high school.

The meeting has been called to organize a gong show to raise money for the 32-The Berkshire Eagle, Thursday, Jan. 29, 1981 Massachusetts Minister urges social changes COLUMBUS, Ohio (LTD A Massachusetts minister said Tuesday some changes should be made in society -so that women don't become the new poor. "Already there are statistics proving that the poor are overwhelmingly women and their children," the Rev. Patricia Budd Kepler told the clergy attending the 62nd annual Ohio Pastors Convocation. Mrs.

Kepler, co-pastor of the Clarington Hill United Presbyterian Church in said women make only 60 percent of men's salaries. Economic issues, such as women's salaries, and practical issues, such as who does the housework and child care, are central questions she said must be discussed. "And, unless the issues are resolved, there will continue to be a lot of unrest. depression and disease," she said. Crime figure surrenders NEW BEDFORD, Mass.

(LTD Rhode Island organized crime figure Gerard T. Ouimette -surrendered Tuesday at Bristol County Superior, Court and pleaded innocent to a charge he killed a businessman in a 1965 gangland execution. Ouimette, 41, of Swansea, and two other men were indicted 1 Monday by a grand jury in the death of John Barbieri of East Greenwich, R.I., who was found shot March 2, 1965 in a wooded area in Rehoboth. Ouimette reputedly has run a major faction of the mob in nearby Providence for several years. Police have considered Ouimette one of the mob's most active enforcers for the last decade.

Vote reset on parimutuel betting BOSTON (UPI) Hampden County voters may have an opportunity to reconsider their position on parimutuel betting. A bill has been filed by four western Massachusetts legislators to put the issue to referendum vote in 1982. Sponsors of the bill include Rep. Steven D. Pierce, R-West-field, Rep.

Walter A. DeFilippi, R-West Springfield, Rep. Edward W. Connelly, R-Agawam, and Rep. John P.

Burke, D-Holyoke. Pierce Tuesday said it probably will be heard before a legislative committee this spring. A previous referendum authorizing parimutual betting in Hampden County passed by a narrow margin in November 1978. However, local referendums since then in Westfield, Southwick, Agawam, Wales, and West Springfield have opposed race tracks. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY Where a man belongs.

i 1 llfl V'wii nut ii Connecticut Bonus proposed for balanced budget HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) Based on the premise that fiscal success deserves rewards, a Connecticut legislator Tuesday proposed a bill whereby lawmakers would receive a $4,000 bonus if the budget is balanced. The measure introduced by Rep. Robert Farr, R-West Hartford, also provides that legislators be docked $2,000 of their salary if the budget passed in the previous session leads to a II iii jm deficit. "This concept is very similar to what happens in the corpo rate world tor presidents ot large corporations wno receive a bomkif their corporation is successful and a cut in pay if they are noY" Fair said.

The state faces a $22 million to $56 million deficit in the cur-. rent budget year. Vermont Vermont opposes nine-digit zip MONTPELIER, Vt. (UPI) Imposition of a 9 digit zip code would be expensive and "dehumanizing," the Vermont Senate agreed Tuesday. In unanimously adopting a resolution opposing the U.S Postal Service plan, the Senators said an expanded zip would create 20 million new zip codes and subject postal patrons to "great cost and inconvenience" in converting existing mail processing equipment and updating mailing lists.

Sen. William Doyle, R-Washington County, said officials have testified the proposal would cost state government alone $230,000. The resolution will be sent to the Postal Service, the congressional delegation, the 49 other state legislatures and President Reagan. Medical society backs marijuana use MONTPELIER, Vt. Legislation to permit the use of marijuana in treating cancer and glaucoma victims came in for strong support last week from the Vermont Medical Society at a hearing before the Health and Welfare Committee.

Dr. John Valantine, a spokesman for the group, said that although doctors cannot prescribe THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, most use it to ease side effects of chemotherapy for cancer patients. ew Hampshire Judge sues state over retirement age CONCORD, N.H. Former Derry District Court Judge George Grinnell, one of the more colorful figures ever to grace the bar of justice in New Hampshire, is suing the state to test the constitutionality of a law that forced him to retire in December because he was 70. nell, a skillful harness race driver and cross-country skier who pilots his own plane, was occasionally seen jogging to court to get there on time.

He argues he is no older than President Ronald Reagan and is probably in better shape. ew York A11 HiS-S LOW TAR CAMEL QUALITY Mft'S Education costs said stabilizing ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) New York still spends much more on public education than the national average, but costs have "stabilized" and the performance level of students remains high, a statewide taxpayer group said Sunday. "For the second year in a row, New- York's public elementary and secondary school costs were 45 percent above the na-' tional average," but in comparison with other states, "New York public school costs have stabilized," a report by the Citizens Public Expenditure survey said. In 1978-79, New York spent $2,759 per pupil, the report said, second highest among the 50 states behind Alaska.

The survey said expenditure data in Alaska cannot readily be compared with that of other states because of the high cost of living. Wells president means business AURORA, N.Y, From wherever entrepreneurs go when they die, Henry Wells might look favorably on Patti McGill Peterson's first major act as the new president of Wells College, which he founded in 1868. Within two weeks of taking on the job, Dr. Peterson raised $100,000 to drill for natural gas On the campus. On the other hand, she knew that the 360-aere campus sat on the southern lip of one of the area's gas fields the West Auburn field, where about 70 wells already were operating and that the annual heating bill was about $175,000.

She decided the well was worth the risk, and by the end of her first two weeks in office, she had talked to two supporters of the college, and had lunch with a third, whom she had not met before. She got her $100,000. The superintendent of the college's buildings and grounds, said the gas will replace 30,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil required annually. At current fuel that would mean a saving of $30,000 a year.

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