Ike's Gettysburg Farm Deeded To Government
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower deeded his 235 acre Gettysburg area farm to the government on November 27, 1987. The National Park Service will run it as a national historic site attracting visitors. He bought the property in 1950 for 44000 dollars and planned life use for himself and Mamie after his death.
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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Happy Ending buffalo named by Penn State fan wins contest
In Miami at the Orange Bowl Penn State beat Kansas 15 to 14 and a Mercer County sixth grader Susan Quinn won the 2000 pound buffalo by Gov. Shafer in a naming contest. She will attend a ceremony at Penn State April 19 with her parents. Second and third prizes went to Rebecca Hendershot and Keith Dingler who earned buffalo product and buffalo nickels respectively.
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Penn State
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Susan Quinn
Mercer County
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Buffalo
Kansas
Robert Docking
University of Kansas
Miami
Pennsylvania Heart Association
Shagey Critter
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Nittany Lion
Rebecca Hendershot
Grant School
Milton
Eugene B. Hendershot
Rebecca
Keith Dingler
Lewis D. Dingler
Montoursville
Keith
Miss Hendershot
Two Wattsburg Dairy Herds Top Milkers
Three dairy herds share top honors in Erie County DHIA records announced by Terry L. Rea. Calvin Henry of Wattsburg led with 49.1 pounds of milk and 1.9 pounds of butterfat per cow per day, Wilford VanTassel of Wattsburg posted 46.9 1.7 and Holdson Farms of West Springfield 41.7 and 1.7. Rea noted 46 cows reached 305 days producing 500 pounds of butterfat or more. Baxter's Nell owns fatters Penny 20 754 and 726. Contact DHIA lab Waterford for details.
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West Springfield
Terry L. Rea
Erie County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Calvin Henry
Wilford VanTassel
Holdson
Rea
Nell Baxter
Albion
Penny
Baxter
Dhia Lab
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Pennsylvania coal output declines in 1968 despite rising future
Pennsylvania coal production fell by about 3.9 million tons in 1968, but Mines Secretary H. B. Charmbury expects a sharp rise as new mine mouth generating stations enter service. Bituminous output totaled 75,714,611 deep and 20,512,477 surface plus 556,644 augur. Anthracite produced 11,025,482. Employment fell. Bituminous 23,117 and Anthracite 6,682.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Mines and Mineral Industries
H. B. Charmbury
Charmbury
Youth Conference visited Harrisburg Capitol tour with legislators
A group of youths from the Youth Conference toured the state capitol in Harrisburg guided by Republican lawmakers. In the photo left to right are Rep. David Hayes Fairview Mrs. William Gambleton advisor Corry Nancy Brown Fairberry NJ advisor and Rep. Wendell Good Erie during breakfast entertainment.
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State Capitol
Harrisburg
David Hayes
Fairview
William Gambleton
Corry
Nancy Brown
Fairberry
Wendell Good
Erie
Mamie Eisenhower Visits Tomb Scene After Service
Abilene reports Mamie Eisenhower, widow of Dwight D. Eisenhower, visiting the site where his grave is marked by a bronze plaque before a special train departs. Workmen finish setting the marble tomb slab as the widow, aged 72, briefly returns with family.
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Mamie Eisenhower
Abilene Farewell Ends With Quiet Train Departure
The scene in Abilene closed as she walked solemnly through the crowd. A gentle farewell wave to Ike's townspeople ended the memory of the rowdy figure on the Chisholm Trail and the town settled back into quiet normalcy.
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Abilene
Chisholm Trail
Soviet crackdown follows hockey victory riot
Interior Ministry reported 51 police officers injured in rioting, 99 in Slovakia. After talks with the party delegation, leaders held an all night meeting announcing stricter press censorship and stronger security. They blamed the media for anti-Soviet hysteria sparked by the win.
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Interior Ministry
Slovakia
Tecow
Soviet crackdown shuts weekly Politika and humor magazine
Authorities suspended Politika for serious political errors and halted the weekly Zurek. About 60,000 copies of the humor magazine Didkodraz were confiscated, reflecting immediate controls on press and satire after the invasion.
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Zurek
Didkodraz
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