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50 Years Ago■An ordinance establishing a fire prevention bureau in Northampton breezed through the City Council last night by a 9-0 margin. The bureau will be responsible for making a systematic citywide inspection taking into account fire and safety...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Everybody knows the parking is lousy. And shopping centers are all over the place, and if that’s not bad enough, a couple more are being built. There are also two big stores – Newberry’s and Todd’s—virtually sitting empty. For...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Rep. Silvio O. Conte R-Mass., said today he expects President Nixon later today will suspend oil import quotas on home heating oil for four months in an attempt to alleviate the fuel shortage plaguing many parts of the country. “This will...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Kevin Cramer, a senior at Northampton High School, has been selected by a faculty vote to represent the high school at the Presidential Classroom for Young Americans in Washington in March. Cramer was elected as student representative...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Private ownership of LaFleur Airport was raised last night as a possible measure to meet an expected doubling of private airplane traffic in this area in the next 20 years. Public ownership of LaFleur would not involve any substantial...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Western Massachusetts Theatre Associates Co. has leased 14 Massachusetts motion picture theaters including Northampton’s Calvin on King Street and the Amherst Cinema on Amity St. Nelson M. Wright, Robert Waldman and David E. Dick are...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will speak to Easthampton High School students tomorrow to kick off the second day of his whirlwind tour of western Massachusetts. His appearance in Easthampton is his only official appearance in Hampshire County,...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The fangs of winter are slowly sinking in. The weather these days is enough to make anybody want to take permanent refuge near a crackling fireplace as Hampshire County residents remained locked in a deep freeze. Last night below-zero...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The Rev. Robert Scott Denig will be ordained to the priesthood at St. John’s Episcopal Church Saturday at noon. Denig began serving as curate of St. John’s last July. ■With four vote commitments in hand, City Councilor Robert Patenaude...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Professor William E. Heronemus at the University of Massachusetts believes he has found a practical, economical and pollution-free source of energy which could service the entire world, and which would never run short. His answer to an...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Long waiting lines were the order of the day yesterday as the Registry of Motor Vehicles suffered its usual hectic first day of business for a new year. However, the massive delays anticipated because of the state’s tardiness in sending...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Electric power has been restored to at least 12,000 homes in 18 Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire County towns after a new year came in under the shroud of darkness. A major ice storm on Sunday wiped out electricity in homes in various...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Five cows valued at $4,000 and owned by Clark Joyner of Cummington Hill were electrocuted sometime Monday following restoration of electric power after a major ice storm during the weekend. Details of the electrocution remain unclear....