Weather Outlook Shows Mild Temperatures This Week
Sunny and breezy conditions prevail with highs in the mid to upper 50s and a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph. Tonight is clear with a low near 30. Tuesday brings mostly sunny skies and a high around 60.
14 Apr 1997
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Newspaper
Gettysburg Times
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1997
Page
1
Sunny and breezy conditions prevail with highs in the mid to upper 50s and a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph. Tonight is clear with a low near 30. Tuesday brings mostly sunny skies and a high around 60.
The Air Force began a ground search for Capt. Craig Button and his U 2 aircraft in the New York Mountain range. Five searchers used detectors and climbing gear to probe three potential crash sites but found no signs as weather and avalanche danger halted progress.
Reports from Aspers and nearby areas describe anglers celebrating the opening of trout season along Opossum Creek. Fishermen camped the night before while rain teased the streams, with locals noting heavy turnout in Pennsylvania as beyond a dozen early catches highlight the busy season.
Schools welcome relief but state spending freeze forces districts to trim budgets. Seven jobs cut and maintenance delayed as teachers sign a one year contract with no raise. Business manager Robert Mitten says the district is stretched and many districts share the same strain across Pennsylvania.
Nathaniel Sanders Hall, 76, died of sudden cardiac arrest after a house fire at 1485 Brysonia Wenksville Road on Saturday evening. Firefighters from Bendersville Aspers Biglerville Arendtzville and Mount Holly Springs fought a full house blaze until 12:25 a.m.Arriving crews faced a roof-penetrating blaze high on Bear Mountain requiring brush trucks and ferrying equipment up steep terrain.
Evelyn Duttera and relatives narrowly miss the Titanic voyage when Walter Pavlik injures a thumb and is prevented from boarding. The family’s planned departure from Monrovia, then in Czechoslovakia, would have reunited them with Walter and changed their fate as Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Modern sonar findings challenge the belief of a 300 foot gash, noting riveted seams buckled by the iceberg’s force.
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