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Legislators vote ERA Continued from Page 1 race, creed, color or national origin. This equality is now extended in the state constitution only to The ERA debate transcended conservative liberal philosophy. Mrs. Fona political conservative.r So is Rep. Howe, Somerville, who spoke for the ERA amendment.

The debate over the Governor's Council question was neither as lengthy nor as impassioned as over the ERA. Rep. Michael Flaherty, D-Boston, who led the opposition to abolition, didn't even bother to speak. He simply went up and down the aisles asking his colleagues, as a personal favor, to vote with him. The main function of the Governor's Council is confirmation of gubernatorial appointees to the courts or to quasi-judicial boards like the Industrial Accident Board, the Tax Appellate Board and the Public Utilities Commission.

Opponents to abolition said that the proposal left "up in the air" the process for confirming gubernatorial appointees because it contained no provision for any confirmation process. The governor has proposed the establishment of a special commission. Others have proposed that the state Senate confirm appointments, in much the same manner as the U.S. Senate confirms at the national level. Another proposal is that there be a special legislative commission for confirming appointments.

Proponents said that the Governor's Council is "superannuated," that it was established colonial times as a buffer to King George Ill, and that it is no longer necessary. They said hat members of the Governor's Council, while elected, are "invisible" and over the years have been a source for "mischief." Thirteen years ago four members of the eightmember Council were convicted on charges of bribery. Babcock, 70, of 210 East St. at the St. Luke's unit, BMC, this morning.

The former Monica Ross Colwell, she was born in Pittsfield Sept. 14, 1904, daughter of Fredrick and Harriet Wixon Colwell. She had lived in Lenox since her marriage. She was at one time employed as a secretary at the General Electric Co. in Pittsfield: She was a communicant of St.

Ann's Church Besides her husband, she leaves a brother, Philip Colwell of Yonkers, N.Y., and two sisters, Mrs. Loretta Forrastiere Hammerly, both of Mastic, L.I. A son, George L. Babcock was killed in a 1967 car accident. The funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m.

from the Roche Funeral Home with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:30 at St. Ann's. Burial will be in Bellevue Cemetery in Adams. Calling hours at the funeral home will be tomorrow from 7 to 9. The family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs.

Babcock's memory be made to Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary here. set today Obituaries and Funerals Third vote GE scientist LENOX Mrs. George L. E.F. Alexanderson, Mrs.

George Babcock by plumbers Ernest F. W. 97, of Schenectady, N. a scientist for General Electric whose work resulted in the first successful radio broadcast in 1906, died Wednesday at his home. Considered GE's most prolific inventor, he held patents on more than 300 devices, including, the multiple-tuned antenna, the tuned radio receiver and the vacumn-tube radio-telephone transmitter.

Born in Uppsala, Sweden, he was graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He came to the United States in 1901 and a year later. joined GE as a draftsman. He invented the high-frequency alternator, a device that produced a continuous wave transmission of radio signals rather than dot and- signals from telegraphs. The alternator led to the 1906 broadcast, made from Plymouth, Mass.

An improved version of the alternator was used in 1918 to transmit U. S. President Woodrow Wilson's ultimatum to Germany, which led to the that country's surrender at end of World War I. He worked with Charles Steinmetz, developer of the theory of: alternating currents, and with Guglielmo Marconi, who invented the wireless telegraph. He also did pioneering work in television, electric ship propulsion and railroad electrification.

He is survived by a son, three daughters, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Baxter Funeral Home, Schenectady. S. Rick Stracuzzi Funeral services for S. Rick Stracuzzi will be tomorrow morning at 8:30 at Dery Funeral Home with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 9 at Mount Carmel Church.

Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home will be today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. The family has suggested that in lieu of flowers, donations in his memory be made to the Catholic Youth Center. Harry W.

Salkin Funeral services for Harry W. Salkin were held this afternoon at Devanny Funeral Home with Rabbi Arthur D. Rulnick, spiritual leader of Knesses Israel officiating. Burial was in Cemetery, North Adams, where the Rev. Fred Banas, of St.

Stanislaus Church, Adams, offered prayers at the grave. Honorary, bearers were William P. Beaudin, John Dapper, Bertram Graham, Moore, Sharow, Philip Cetti, 'Andrew Frelin, Nicholas Larkin, George Foley and Noel De Manche. Bearers were Milton Gasson, Richard Langlois, Earl Beals, Michael Greenleaf, Alfred Goggia and Marcel Marquis. Mrs.

Antonetta Metallo Funeral services for Mrs. Antonetta Metallo were held this morning at Mount Carmel Church with the Rev. Gregory J. Hoppough, assistant pastor, the Rev. Joseph P.

Massaro, pastor, the Rev. George. Ecker and the Rev. Richard Ahern, assistant pastors, the Rev. Camillo Santini, pastor of Mount Carmel Church in Springfield and the Rev.

Carlo Bevilaqua, assistant pastor of Mount Carmel Church in Springfield, officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery, where all five priests offered prayers at the grave. An honor guard comprised of members of the Mount Carmel: Church Holy Rosary Society. was at the church.

Bearers were Paul Metallo, -Michael Metallo and Louis Ci-' mini, grandsons, and Peter Asci, Dominic J. Ruscetta and Daniel Connors Jr. Card of Thanks We wish to thank all our relatives, friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness during our recent bercavement. The family of Carl W. Van.

Bramer. Raddock sees start soon for Wahconah housing Construction on the long-delayed public housing project on Wahconah Street should start in about a month, according to developer Jay J. Raddock. "There's no problem with this job, It's go," Raddock said from his office in Freeport, N.Y, The Pittsfield Housing Authority has been questioning whether the project would be built, sensing reluctance on the part of the federal government because of costs. At first the PHA said the cost was running about $50,000 a unit but later dropped that estimate to about $44,000.

Raddock yesterday, however, said that it would cost less than that. The final figures are expected to be established in a Boston meeting with federal officials tomorrow, he said. Troy contractor Raddock said he will probably turn construction of the 50-unit development over to the Kingman Construction Co. of Troy, N.Y., instead of acting as contractor himself. "They've done some work for GE blue collar union holds elections today General Electric's blue -collar union is holding elections today, but the suspense promises to be eminently bearable the union's top three officers are running unopposed.

Albert F. Litano is sure to win a third term as business agent of IUE 255. Robert S. Scott and Ramiro D. Gonzales will be the only names on the ballot for their two posts, president and chief shop steward, respectively.

Polling hours are from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. The union's estimated 5,000 members will cast ballots at nine voting stations throughout the GE plant and at the union's headquarters on Tyler Street. us Before," Raddock said. would maintain supervision." Raddock built the Columbia Arms housing project for the elderly on Columbus Avenue and has tried unsuccessfully to build two other developments here.

One was on land he acquired on outer Williams Street and the other on property on Holmes Road. He has been blocked on both by zoning entanglements. GE switches carrier for health insurance General Electric Co. has switched the bulk of its healthinsurance coverage from the Metropolitan Life. Insurance Co.

to Blue Cross, it was announced yesterday. The nationwide change from one carrier to the other will have no effect on GE's Massachusetts operations, which converted to Blue Cross nearly two years ago, in August 1973. Because of the success of that earlier change, the company said, it was decided to contract with Blue Cross for in-hospital coverage for all of GE's estimated 330,000 employes in the United States. Metropolitan Life will continue as GE's carrier for other kinds of health coverage, including diagnostic services and most ambulatory medical care. Lottery numbers Massachusetts Green 7007 Yellow 680 Blue 08 Extra Million number 2987 Connecticut 98 Red 685 Bonus number 276506 New York (To be drawn tomorrow) Dr.

Josefina Hernandez First woman on house staff of Hillcrest Edmund W. Noetzel, administrator of Hillcrest Hospital, has announced the appointment of Dr. Josefina Hernandez to the house medical staff. She is the first woman to hold such a post at Hillcrest. Dr.

Hernandez has been assigned for duty in the emergency room and will be a consultant in Dr. Hernandez was born in Pagbiloa, Quezon, the Philippines, and studied medicine at the University of Santo Thomas, Manila. She interned at Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, and finished her residency in pediatrics at the Hartford Hospital. She is married to Dr. Bienvenido Altibudbud, who is at Hillcrest as an anesthesiologist.

The couple and their 3-year-old son live at Colonial Gardens. Sears SALE work clothes SAVE $3 on poplin pants The Berkshire Eagle, Thursday, May 15, 1975 19 PHS population may be reduced Students of high-school age living north of Crane Avenue may eventually attend classes at Taconic High School instead of Pittsfield High as they do now Redistricting of that area a roughly rectangular section about three miles long and slightly more than a mile deep was put forth. as a likely prospect Wednesday night to make enrollments at the two schools more nearly equal. The recommendation was made by the School Committee after Asst. Supt.

John A. Kreiger said the objective is to reduce the PHS population from the present 1,377 college-preparatory and business -education students down to 1,200. PHS, the older and larger of the two schools, will undergo extensive remodeling in the coming year under an $8.6 million reconstruction program. But when the project is finished, the school will be designed for fewer students than it holds Supt. Thomas J.

Whalen said Kreiger will meet with parents in the target section in the next two weeks to get recommendations and learn reactions so that a firm plan can be submitted to the committee at month's end. Restricted In choosing the upper northeast section of the city, Kreiger said it contains, a at present count, some 200 in the three high school grades and also lies farther than 1 miles from PHS, significant because it means they already qualify for school bus transportation. "It would seem that we are restricted to the northeast quadrant," said Kreiger, otherwise we'd find ourselves leapfrogging students over Regular $6.49 2 for 988 Extra-strong construction for rugged chores. Full-cut sizes give easy mobility. Summer-weight polyester and cotton fabric.

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He told the committee members the School Department had considered redistricting part of the southeast quadrant to achieve population balance but found it held too few students (39) to meet that goal. The PHS and Taconic districts are currently divided by the North Street Street axis which cuts the city in two. Redistricting was called for last winter by the School Committee not only equalize enrollments but also to minimize the impact on next year's temporary PHS campus. Not split neighborboods PHS students will attend classes in Central Annex and several satellite buildings next year while the renovation at PHS is under way. Counting students in occupational courses, the present PHS.

enrollment is about 1,450. The Taconic enrollment, which includes all the city's vocational students, is about 1,250. The current plan is to redistrict one grade, or between 50 and 75 students, each year for three years. The section tentatively chosen for inclusion in the Taconic disstrict is bounded by North Street on the west, Garland Avenue, Lafayette Street, Crane Avenue and Dalton Avenue on the south, the Dalton town line on the east and the Lanesboro line on the north. Committee members Anne E.

Wojtkowski and Paul H. Wagner urged Kreiger to make sure that the redistricting does not split existing neighborhoods. A firm proposal will be forthcoming at the May 28 School Committee meeting, said Whalen. Union plumbers in Central and Southern Berkshire were scheduled to meet this afternoon to vote on yet another proposal to end their two-week-old strike. It will be the third ratification meeting the union, Local 297 of the Plumbers and Steamfitters, has held to consider proposals for a new contract, or for the temporary extension of its last one, which expired May 1.

Officials on both sides declined comment this morning on the substance of the new pro-posal, which grew out of indirect talks yesterday. The talks were moderated by representatives of the Federal Mediation Service in Albany. The last proposal, rejected overwhelmingly by the union's estimated 75 members on Saturday, called for a five-month "moratorium" on all strike activities, with a pledge from area contractors to grant an unspecified wage increase at the end of that time. Union plumbers here now are $10.25 per hour, including benefits. Their, last official request was for an increase of 46 cents per hour as part of a two-tier or "split-rate" pay system.

Mrs. Nathan Bookless Funeral services for Mrs. Nathan Bookless were held at at Knesses with Israel Rabbi Synagogue Arthur yes terday Rulnick, spiritual leader, officiating. Burial was in Knesses Israel Cemetery. Bearers were Max Bookless, Sanford Bookless, Burton Perch, Milton Bealor, Jason Katz and Jack Hanover.

Mrs. James E. Callahan Funeral services for Mrs. Kathleen M. Callahan were held this morning at St.

Charles': Church with the Rev. Joseph Styles, curate, officiating. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery in Lee, where the Rev. Sean Horgan, curate of St.

Mary's Church in Lee, offered prayers at the grave. Bearers were Russell T. Studley, George R. Wendling, Richard J. LaRochelle, Robert F.

Hamilton, Frederick R. Jordan and William S. Scott. Mrs. Isabel O.

Deiter Funeral services for Mrs. Isa- bel 0. Deiter will be tomorrow morning at 9:15 at Wellington Funeral Home with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 at Notre Dame Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Calling hours at the funeral home will be today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. BCRPC to begin water-quality plan review Berkshire County Regional Planning Commissioners (BCRPC) will begin a review tonight of plans for a waterquality improvement project for the nine Berkshire communities in the Housatonic River basin. The commission's monthly meeting will start at 7:30 at its Fenn Street offices. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March awarded a $374,000 grant for the two-year project, which is expected to begin next month.

The project differs from current water-improvement programs by focusing on secondary streams and lakes rather than the Housatonic itself. BCRPC members will also review. an application filed by North Adams seeking additional funds through the federal Community Development Act, and will examine grants sought by the state to assist regional transit authorities and improve for est management programs. Police Brief garage Francis Carpino home at 140 Onota reported Monday night. Police Brief A snowblower and a baby carriage were the reported, loot from a break-in at the Hydrant flushing to begin today in parts of city City water engineer Lewis A.

Newbill has announced that today through Saturday Pittsfield hydrants will be flushed in the following areas: East Street west to South Street, as well as Elm Street, Crane Avenue and Springside Avenue from Benedict Road to North Street. Also to be flushed are hydrants on East Street, Elm Street and Dalton Avenue and its side streets. Nobles Greenhouse, 400 E. New Lenox Rd. Tomato plants vegetables.

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