Waterford Heritage Days Celebrates Bicentennial Theme
Waterford Heritage Days, sponsored by the Fort Lesccul Historical Society with community help, runs July 9 10 in Waterford. The three day event features a 1776 military drill, a non motorized parade, battlefield reenactments, band concerts, Indian dances, bluegrass, and an ecumenical service. No tax money is used and admission is free. support comes from buttons and donations. Participants include the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment Continental Line and units from Erie Dunkirk Cleveland Pittsburgh and other cities. A second battle re-enactment is planned Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Pennsylvania Regiment
Continental Line
Erie
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Royal Highland Regiment
Dunkirk
N.Y
Virginia Regiment
Cleveland
Butler's Rangers
Pittsford
Akron
Ohio
Salem
Grand Rapids
Mich
Aurora
Pittsburgh
Slippery Rock
Indiana
Tonawanda
Riots seeming over in South Africa Pretoria calm returns
Police report no violence overnight as calm prevails across the country after a day of upheaval. Brigadier Van Zyl notes ongoing tallies of casualties from rioting and police action, with figures still being compiled and verified in a complex count.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
P.N. van Zyl
Pretoria
Pennsylvania People Make News
Questions and answers profile Pennsylvanians such as Joe Namath’s Beaver Falls ties Donna Jean Young in East McKeesport humor and Judge Genevieve Blatt’s political prospects. It notes William Scranton’s career, PA legislative pay talks, and invites readers to send queries to The Advocate.
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Associated Press
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Beaver Falls
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Joe
Pennsylvania
New York Jets
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South
East Me
Donna Jean Young
East McKeesport
Donna
Pittsburgh
Burbank
TTV
William Scranton
Scranton
Lackawanna Valley
Slocum
U.S
United Nations
Better Wear That Uniform Versus Sweatwear at Service Academies
AP reports a House subcommittee hearing on service academy honor codes. Rep Thomas Downey argues cadets in sweats without insignia may be presumed to disguise identity, affecting alleged fairness of discipline. Testimony compares West Point Air Force and Naval codes. topic includes cheating scandals and expulsion risk. Separately Maj Eloise Dotts named first female ROTC instructor in Houston ISD at Sam Houston High School, with male student commander Rex Cauthher.
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Washington
West Point
Downey
Miler
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapalia
James R. Allen
Air Force Academy
Air Force
Colorado Springs
Houston, Texas
Eloise Dotts
Sam Houston High School
Houston Independent School District
Rex Cauther
Area Potato Growers Plan To Expand Market Research
Pennsylvania potato growers vote on a plan to raise funds for research to boost their share of the market. A one cent per hundredweight levy would finance studies to develop new varieties for chip and table stock use, with Erie County farmer Glenn Troyer noting the deficit production area and the need to expand acreage.
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Erie County
Glenn Troyer
Troyer
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Harold Campbell
Penn State Agricultural Extension Office
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