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and Funerals Clark, Chester W. Hynes, Martin D. Jr. Nardo, Mrs. John Watson, Charles W.

of Chester W. Clark DALTON Chester W. Clark, 00, of 135 Grange Hall Road died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a long, illness. He was born in Washington, son of Frederick and Annie Beck Clark, and lived in Dalton for the past 20 years. Mr.

Clark was an assembler with the General Electric where he had 33 years of service. He had been on sick leave from the company since April. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the General Electric Athletic Association Quarter Century Club. He was a member of St.

Martin's Episcopal Church in Pittsfield and had served as a member of its vestry. He leaves his wife, the former Ruth Daniels, and a son, Frederick G. Clark of Dalton. Funeral services, will be at St. Martin's Episcopal Church at 10 Saturday with burial in the Ashuelot Street Cemetery in Dalton.

Friends may call at the Bartlett-Wellington Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Friday. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested that donations may be made to the Massachusetts Heart Association. Giuseppe DeLugan A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Giuseppe DeLugan was celebrated this morning at Mount Carmel Church with the Rev. George Ecker, assistant pastor, officiating. Burial was in St.

Joseph's Cemetery, where Father Ecker offered prayers at the grave. Theodore J. Handerek, Pittsfield Director of Veterans Services, and Alfred K. Persip, a representative of the American Legion, presented an American flag, honoring Mr. DeLugan's service in World War to Mr.

DeLugan's son, Silvio. Bearers were Michael DeLuPhilip Gillardi and Jamie DeLugan, grandsons, Donald King and Louis DeLugan, nephews, and Howard Roraback. PRA to meet Wednesday with Jubilee residents The Pittsfield Redevelopment Authority (PRA) will meet with residents of the Jubilee Hill neighborhood next Wednesday to get the people's "input" on planning improvements to that West Side district. The basic point of the meeting will be to get neighborhood ideas and priorities, the PRA said, but the agency will also outline its thinking on the project. In general terms, the point of the Jubilee Hill project be to improve existing housing, eliminate a small amount of Man sentenced for robbery try at supermarket Rita Nardo, accident victim SOUTH EGREMONT Mrs.

Rita M. Luvera Nardo, 54. of Claverack, N.Y.. the executive housekeeper at the Great Bar. rington 1 'Healthcare nursing home, died yesterday as a result of injuries suffered in an auto truck accident on Route 23 here.

Story on Page 1, Sect. 2 Mrs. Nardo had worked at the Great Barrington nursing home since 1968. George W. Jervas, administrator of the facility, said this morning that Mrs.

Nardo was dear lady, full of life." He said she was particularly interested in growing and arranging flowers for patients at the facility. She was the daughter of Mary Yannone Luvera of Catskill, N. and the late John Luvera. She leaves her husband, John, who was a passenger with her in the car yesterday. He listed in fair condition at the Pittsfield General unit, BMC, Pittsfield.

She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Carl F. Bartels of Springfield, and Mrs. Angela L. Pellegrino of Catskill and one brother, John Luvera of Detroit, Mich.

A Mass of the Ressurection will be celebrated Saturday at St. Patrick's Church in Catskill. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Visiting hours will be at the New Millspaugh Funeral Home in Catskill tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 09.

Mrs. Mary Z. Wall Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Z. Wall, a founder of Holy Family Church who died Monday, will be held Thursday morning at 8:30 from the Park Funeral Home with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 9 at Holy Family 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. A Pittsfield man arrested Saturday for a supermarket robbery was sentenced in District Court today to six months in the Berkshire County House of Correction. Peter M.

LaRochelle, 23, of 113 Fourth St. was found guilty of larceny over $900 by Judge Frank W. Cimini. LaRochelle jumped over a counter at the Grand Union Store in the Allendale Shopping Center Saturday evening and grabbed the cash and a quantity of trading stamps, according to police report. When he attempted to make his escape he was tackled by several shoppers and store employes and held until police arrived, police said.

Bank is suing U.S. on behalf of estate BOSTON Berkshire Bank Trust Co. of Pittsfield filed a civil suit in Federal Court yesterday against the United States of America seeking a judgment of $19,265. The bank is conservator for Gladys M. Brielman and executor of the estate of her late husband, Eugene 0.

Brielman, formerly of 791 Holmes Road. It is alleged that the Brielmans overpaid income taxes for the years 1965, 1966 and 1967, in each of which the Internal Revenue Service assessed deficiencies against them. In September 1971 the Brielmans paid the deficiencies assessed against them and subsequently were denied claims for refunds by the IRS. Atty. Robert M.

Fuster has asked Judge 'Frank H. Freedman for a jury trial. Realty sales Eva V. Creran te If Otis man found dead near his home OTIS Charles R. Watson, 60.

of Route 8 was found dead yesterday around 4:15 near the house trailer in which he lived. State police found the body when they went to the area to search for him in response to a request from the Mead Corp. in Lee where Mr. Watson was employed as a night watchman. He had not showed up to work for three days.

The body was found on a small pile of rocks. A camera was found close by. Police speculate Mr. Watson may have fallen while taking pictures. preliminary feeling is that his death was accidental," said Detective Lt.

Milo F. Brown who reported that an autopsy was being performed this morning to establish the cause of death. Lt. Brown said he saw connection whatsoever" between the death of Mr. Watson and that of Adriel J.

Bidwell, whose body was found last Friday at his farm home in Sandisfield. There have been no further developments in the investigation of that death, which is believed to have been a homicide, police said. Martin D. Hynes Martin D. Hynes Jr.

of Rensselaer, N.Y., a Pittsfield native who was a cost estimator for the New York state Office of General Services, died last night at Albany Memorial Hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was 58. Mr. Hynes, who lived at 840 Third was the son of the late Martin D. and Cecelia Mulvaney Hynes.

He was graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1936 and was employed as a bookkeeper for Carr Hardware Co. here before enlisting in the U. S. Army in 1941. During World War II he served as a chief personnel clerk in Iran.

Mr. Hynes moved to Rensselaer in 1949 and that year married the former Mary G. Lynch. He later joined the state general services office and was working in its Albany location at the time of his death. In addition to his wife, is survived by a daughter, Catherine Hynes, living at home; a son, Martin D.

Hynes III of Providence, R. three sisters, Mrs. George C. Rice of West Springfield and Mrs. Lawrence J.

Denno and Mrs. William H. Reddy, both of Pittsfield; and two brothers, Richard J. Hynes of Lanesboro and Thomas A. Hynes of Pittsfield.

Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at the Sherwood Funeral Home, 1377 Third Rensselaer, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 9:30 at St. John's Church there. Burial will be in Rensselaer. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Friday from 4 to 9. Main union negotiator is switched by teachers The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) representative who has been the main negotiator for teachers in the Pittsfield public schools this year has been withdrawn from the local bargaining table.

Robert Bates, described in a 1972 book about the AFT as the organization's top national negotiator, has left Pittsfield to take over contract talks in New Orleans, according to an official of the AFT's state affiliate, the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers (MFT). Replacing him in local talks is Peter Laarman from the MFT's headquarters in Lynn. Southern 'hot spot' blighted housing and rebuild roads in the Circular Avenue section. Architect Margaret Lewis of this city has been engaged by the PRA to work with property owners to preserve the architecture of the area, which contains some of the city's most interesting houses. The meeting will be held at the PRA office on Francis Avenue at 7:30 p.m.

"The change doesn't signify any trouble in our talks," said Laarman in a telephone interview today. "New Orleans is a hot spot, and the national (AFT) decided Bates was needed down there." Laarman said Bates is continuing, to follow the Pittsfield negotiations, which last week reached an impasse and are Probate Court Administration has been allowed in the estate of Carmella P. Sacco of Pittsfield. Her daughter, Virginia B. Sacco of Pittsfield, was appointed administratrix.

Wills filed are those of: -Ethel Sheldon Brockway of Great Barrington, who leaves her property to her cousins, Ruth Corser of Sheffield, Howard -R. Sheldon of Dora, Helen I. Kair of Sheffield, Nancy T. White of Granby, Ralph Warner of Sand Lake, N.Y., Carl Warner South Egremont, Kenneth Warner of Monterey and several other relatives. -Emma Spadaccini of Great Barrington, who leaves the bulk of her estate to her sisters, Catherine Sellew, Anna M.

Crine and Eva Morrison, all of Great Barrington, and to her brothers, John Spadaccini of Great. Barrington and James Spadaccini of Sheffield. Murray sees alternative to Dobelle's park plan Mayor Evan S. Dobelle's 5 year, should $3.8 million park program be or scaled because of the uncertain economy, according to challenger William P. Murray.

restraint should be our policy, especailly in any new public projects that, would require a large expenditure of public funds and that the city could get along without for the time being," Murray said in a campaign statement, Dobelle's park plan has also come under fire from the other candidate trying to unseat Do belle, Raymond J. Librizzi. Immediate needs Murray, a teacher and former coach in the local schools, offered a four-point program that he said would deal with the immediate park and recreational needs without putting a severe strain on the budget. The points: -Utilizing the Taconic High School football field a field he says has never been used for football as the site for home games for the city's three high schools. The games are now played at Wahconah Park, which is plagued by drainage problems.

-Providing a permanent practice field for the Pittsfield High School football team. -Rehabilitation of Wahconah Park tests prove that this is -An improvement program Bible school set by Grace Church Grace Congregational Church will open a one-week vacation Bible school Monday under the direction of Mrs. Frank E. Soules, wife of the church's pastor. The program, which will be held from 9 to 11:30 each weekday morning, will include Bible studies, recreation, crafts, music and games.

Children in kindergarten through Grade 6 are invited to enroll. A registration fee will be charged. for the city's existing parks an playgrounds. The city already has a park system that has served city's young people in "outstanding style" and is the "envy of many cities throughout the commonwealth," Murray said. While his plan is a "far cry" from the mayor's, Murray said, it is one that suits period which calls for fiscal restraint.

Librizzi says mayor fails on bus discipline Pittsfield officials including the mayor have failed to face up to the problem of vandalism and rowdy behavior on the city's school buses, mayoral candidate Raymond J. Librizzi said yesterday. Buses are damaged by students and stones and other objects are hurled at them, Librizzi said. In addition, language by the students directed at other students and the drivers is a common occurrence and the culprits escape scotfree," Librizzi said in a campaign statement. Librizzi said he has it on excellent authority that in some cases students have interfered with the drivers by trying to swerve the buses, "imperiling the lives of everyone on the "Why are the authorities refusing to resolve the Librizzi asked.

"What the hell are they afraid of? The least they should do is pull the culprits off the buses and let them walk at least until they learn their On another subject, Librizzi said the state is neglecting shrubbery it planted at the Coltsville intersection and as a result it is dying. $800.000 Coltsville rotary was a disaster in the first place," the candidate said, but negligence of the shrubbery is only compounding the wastefulness. Four in jobless-pay case get suspended sentences cused illegally accepting Four of eight area men acunemployment benefits have received suspended jail sentences. The other four received continuances. Ronald W.

Berkeley, 25, of 30 Robbins Ave. appeared before Judge Frank W. Cimini Tuesday and was given a sixmonth suspended sentence and placed on two years' probation on the condition that he pay back $635 to the state Division of Employment Security. The other three receiving similar sentences Wednesday were Edward M. Nixon, 30, of 7 Center Lee, accused of taking $688 in unemployment benefits; Frank J.

Nolan, 43, of 127 Daniels accused of taking and Ralph C. Lincoln, 49, of 134 Bradford accused of taking $995. Judge Cimini continued to Feb. 2, 1976, the case of Fred O. Public asked to watch circus tent-raising Representatives of Circus Kirk, an all-student circus ap pearing here tomorrow, have invited the public to watch the raising of the tents scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m.

The circus will set up and perform on the grounds of the Berkshire Center for Family and Children, 4 472 West for performances at 2 and 8 p.m. The three-ring circus is sponsored by the Greater Pittsfield Jaycees, who are offering advance sale tickets at England Brothers, Stevenson Co. of 34 North St. and most local drug stores. Cormier, 45, of 37 Olive Lee.

Cormier, allegedly received $3,601 in illegal benefits between December of 1971 and April of 1973, the largest amount of any of the defendants. Given continuances Two Dalton men, Dennis Sockey. 27, of 237 Park and Frank R. Murray, 29, of 67 Daly were also given sixmonth continuances. They were accused by Asst.

Atty. Gen. William D. Jackson, who appeared in District Court on the state's behalf. of illegally receiving $600 and $801, respectively.

The eighth defendant, Richard M. Alves, 28, of Old Quarry Road, Cheshire, received a continuance to Aug. 20. He did not appear for arraignment along with the seven other men on July 8 because police were unable to locate him at the time. He is charged with larceny of $1,725.

In total, the eight men allegedly accepted more than $11,000 in unemployment benefits in cases dating back to 1971. Jackson said the reason for the delay in bringing the cases to court was partly because there are so many of them statewide. Lottery numbers Massachusetts Green 1965 Yellow 669 Blue 24 Connecticut (To be drawn tonight) New York (To be drawn tomorrow) WE BUY SELL 'N TRADE USED BIKES "WE'VE BEEN GOING AROUND FOR OVER 20 YEARS" DALY'S BIKE SHOP EAST AT LYMAN STS. PITTSFIELD OPPOSITE IMPERIAL BOWLING LANES PHONE 442-6186 OFFERING COMPLETE SALES SERVICE FOR ALL BIKES Poverty in city to be topic of Unitarian forum The Unitarian Church will conduct a panel discussion on poverty in Pittsfield Sunday night at 7:30 that will attempt to "show the human of city residents living on welfare budgets. Panelists will include Kathy Farr, a staff member of the Pittsfield Urban Coalition; former City Councilwoman Mary Murphy; and Thelma Russell, representative of Berkshire Training and Employment Program.

program will not be an attempt to debate the pros and cons of proposed welfare cuts," said the Rev. William Baughan, the church's minister. is an attempt to describe the human condition of people in our own community. Without revealing clients names, panelists will describe their experiences with city families receiving welfare payments and predict the effect of the proposed cuts on those families. The program is the third in a series of informal summer sessions that are replacing regular Sunday services at the church.

The public is invited. RSVP's bazaar will start at 9 The Berkshire Retired Senior Volunteers Program (RSVP) has announced a new starting time for its annual bazaar and silent auction to be held Saturday. The bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Beaven Boylan auditorium at St.

Luke's unit, BMC, with raffle drawings at 2:30. A refreshment table will be open from 9:30 to mid-afternoon. Among the items to be sold at the auction are a dried flower arrangement, a knitted afghan. a set of golf clubs and silverware. Written bids will be accepted until 3.

Proceeds will go to support RSVP activities. The Berkshire Eagle, Thursday, July 31, 1975-13 State reversal sought on youth jobs-program An effort is being made to get the state to reverse its decision that this week killed the Safari East and Outward Bound programs providing summer employment for low-income youngsters in the county, While the state Office of Manpower Affairs shot down the specific programs, it said the 70 youngsters in them would be picked up in other jobs and would not lose their week salaries. Peter Perimutter, head of the federally funded manpower effort in the county, said he will meet with state officials today to try to get them to change Brandi named to historical society board Frederic H. Brandi of Great Barrington, retired chief executive of Dillon Read prestigious New York investmentbanking firm, has been elected to the board of directors of the Berkshire County Historical Society, it was announced today by Edward S. Sawyer, society president.

Mr. and Mrs. Brandi have been Berkshire summer residents since 1957, when they bought Wheelbarrow Hill Farm, a 200-acre estate on a hill off the South Egremont Road. They have made it their year-round home since his retirement several years ago. He has been increasingly active in the Berkshire community, currently serving as a vice president of the corporation operating the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge and as a trustee of Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington.

In April, the CIT Financial of which he has been a director since 1952, gave a $10.000 recognition award in his honor to Williams College. He has been a patron of Williams for some years, and two of his sons, Ernest Bruce and Frederic R.H., are Williams alumni. OVER 20.000 SWEATERS AT FACTORY PRICES ALEX PRICES COLMAN 83AO FACTORY prints, of Assorted California colors pol- and 000'OT AT yester. Sizes 8 to 20. SWEATERS $6.99 $8.99 IV 20,000 to AMOLDVI OVER MILL CHARLESTOWNO STORE S3Jidd OVER 20.000 SWEATERS Northside Drive 316 W.

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OVER 20.000 SWEATERS AT FACTORY PRICES their minds. Vishnu Wood, the Stockbridge musician and Hampshire College professor who heads the Safari East, said, "I think the only solution is to change the program to fit the guidelines." Gilder Palmer, a Tyringham farmer who heads Outward Bound, said he believes his program already fits the state guidelines. The state dropped both because it said that they were training programs rather than jobs. Safari East is a performing arts workshop in which about 60 youngsters are being trained in music, drama, art and dance. Outward Bound is designed as a confidence-building experience for young people with problems and involves mountain climbing, trail blazing and other conservation efforts.

Perlmutter said he basically supports both programs and considers them work even though the state doesn't. Asked if the teen-agers in his program are working for their pay, Wood said, "Most definitely, man. They don't have time to breathe except for Both Wood and Palmer said they can't understand why the state approved the projects in June, then stopped them in midstream. They also contend that the state arrived at its decision without adequate study of the programs. Perlmutter said he expected the state would have an answer by Monday.

-OURWEEKLY SPECIALS -RUNALL WEEK MONDAY THRU SATURDAY LISTS AVAILABLE IN ALL OUR STORES TERRIFIC STEAK SALE THIS WEEK OUR FINE QUALITY OUR USUAL CLOSE TRIM ADAMS EVERYDAY LOW PRICES PLUS TOP VALUE STAMPS! headed for a mediation session Tuesday at City Hall. taken care to insure maximum continuity in our bargaining Laarman said, adding that both sides are "still amicable." Bates was named the negotiator for the Pittsfield Federation of Teachers in January and, according to teacher sources, laid the groundwork for the local federation's contract demands that are now under discussion. The AFT and its state affiliates generally assign professional negotiators to collective bargaining talks in local school systems, as does the AFT's rival, the National Education Association. Laarman was careful not to discuss details of the Pittsfield negotiations. State Mediator Joseph Curran is slated to try to bring the two sides together in Tuesday's session.

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