Adams County Farmers Shared $1.1 Million in Federal Payments
Adams County farmers participated in 10 ASC programs in 1970 earning $1,129,341 from 2,306 approved applications. Eight participants had payments reduced for noncompliance while 40 canceled their applications. The report details diversions of 15,196 acres in feed grain, 5,418 acres of wheat, and 1,675 acres to public access lands for hunting and recreation, totaling 1970 program activity.
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Adams County
Pennsylvania
J. Glen Miller
ASC
Miller
feec
U.S
Tax Appeals Set for September 14 in Adams County
Adams County Commissioners scheduled September 14 for tax appeal hearings. Five year old tax liens will be revived, with notices sent to appellants. Atty. H. Thomas Pyle was directed to revive liens. courthouse will be closed September 4 for Labor Day weekend. bills totaling over 9000 dollars approved.
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Adams County Commissioners
Atty. H. Thomas Pyle
Local Weather Snapshot
Yesterday’s high and last night’s low are shown. The bulletin lists two observation times today at 9 30 a m and 1 p m with no further details.
Farmers Club Sets Nine Policy Meetings Through September
Adams County Farmers Association plans a series of nine policy development meetings starting this evening and running through September 28 to form positions on local state and national issues. The process aims to produce recommendations for the annual meeting on October 7 at East Berlin Firehall. Participants will help shape the association’s stance and forward proposals to the state group.
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Adams County Farmers’ Association
East Berlin
Thomas Dolly
John Woods
Cameron Garretson
Knud Hermansen
Arthur Musselman
Mr. Musselman
Boyer’s
Thomas 0. Oyler
Frank Sowers
James Behney
Russell Barbour
Paul Pitzer
John R. Pitzer
Auto Crash Near East Berlin Prompts Hospital Admissions
Two cars collide on Route 234 just west of East Berlin injuring four people. Richard E. Bass 17 East Berlin R2 and Mildred Weirick 47 Mount Wolf R1 were admitted to York area hospitals with facial injuries and a leg fracture respectively. Gurney Alwine 73 East Berlin R2 and Walter W. Weirick were treated for facial and nose injuries. East Berlin Fire Company transported the injured to York Memorial and York Hospitals.
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York area
Route 234
East Berlin
Richard E. Bass
R. 2
York Memorial hospital
Mildred Weirick
Mount Wolf R. 1
York Hospital
Bass
Gurney Alwine
Weirick
Walter W. Weirick
East Berlin Fire Company
Confrontation Ahead as Labor Battles White House Over Wage Freeze
Washington AP reports labor leaders prepare for a clash with the Nixon administration over the wage price freeze. AFL-CIO president George Meany faces sharp criticism from Secretary Hodgson and faces a Thursday meeting with Hodgson and White House economist George Shultz as unions threaten possible strikes.
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WASHINGTON
White House
Nixon
AFL-CIO
Coogee
Maas
labor federation
Labor
J. D. Hodgson
Meany
America
Hodgson
George Shultz
Migrant infants gain funding for Adams County center
Adams County Community Action Agency renews funding for a Migrant Infant Day Care Center through Special Grant 8100 from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare with Federal funds. The program, organized by the Migrant Program of Gettysburg Community Action Agency, serves infants up to three years old of migrant or seasonal farm workers, with about 27 thousand dollars depending on enrollment. The need arises from 1,128 migrants in eight camps, as many families struggle with childcare while parents work in orchards, facing weather, diseases and pesticides. JR. Firemen to Meet at York Street hall for 6 pm, then depart at 7 pm for Carlisle for uniform fitting.
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Adams County Community Action Agency
Department of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania
Community Action Agency
Division of
Gettysburg Community Action Agency
Adams County
Allies Send B52s Along DMZ in Heavy Strikes
Southeast Asia reports note half the B52 fleet took part in the day’s heaviest bombardments near the DMZ with 750 tons dropped on suspected NVA positions. Cambodian forces claim about 100 NVA and Viet Cong killed. 4 government troops died and 5 wounded. South Vietnamese Marines faced losses at Ba Ho outpost amid new shelling and ground clashes.
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GEORGE ESPER
Associated Press
SAIGON
Southeast Asia
DMZ
Mt. Ba Ho
Fuller and
Sarge
Ba Ho
Huynh Dinh Tung
Miss Fetters Wins Grand Champion at 4-H Show
At the South Mountain Fair grounds yesterday Miss Marcia Fetters was named grand champion of the 4-H horse show with Audrey Wolf as reserve. Grooming and showmanship winners included Marcia Fetters Audrey Wolf and Amy Evans in the senior division.
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South Mountain Fairgrounds
Marcia Fetters
Gardners R
Audrey Wolf
Orrianna
Amy Evans
Taneytown R
Buttons
Hunter
Carol Schadel
Gettysburg R
Lynnie
Barbara Ridinger
Pepper
Laurie Raffensberger
General Stonewall
Cassaandra
Renie Ridinger
Miss JE
Audrey
Gardners
Shapp to Probe Adams County Food Stamp Request
Gov. Shapp directs Attorney General to examine the Adams County plea for a state food stamp program. He met with about 150 residents urging aid as Gettysburg’s third battle. Speakers, including Mrs. Weiser, argued the program could help one in five county residents.
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Goy. Shapp
Gettysburg Times
attorney general
Adams County
Shapp
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Myrtle Carver
Fairfield
Chester
Lawrence
Weiser
Dinner bell stolen from lawn in Arendtsville
William R. Hale reports an antique dinner bell removed from a pole in his front lawn between 5 and 7 30 o clock Tuesday evening. The bell is valued at 150 dollars. Police said a similar bell valued at 190 dollars was stolen last week from Pearl Amanda Guise in Center Mills.
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William R. Hale
Arendtsville
Pearl Amanda Guise
Center,Mills
Contractor Helps Poor Train In Jobs
Johnstown entrepreneur Robert Furst of Haymar Construction and a black partner started a program 34 years ago to organize a disadvantaged workforce in Johnstown. The effort trained semiskilled and unskilled workers with union-skilled crews, stressing grassroots approaches and informed white coworkers about integration. The venture aimed to provide self sufficiency and avoid relief roles while avoiding job loss for white workers.
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Johnstown
WGET
Roger Gobbel
Robert Furst
Haymar Construction Co
Furst
Hospital Treats Seven Accident Cases
Seven persons were treated for injuries at Warner Hospital dispensary on Tuesday. Cynthia Gebhart, 16, of 211 Majestic Apartments Carlisle Street, fractured her right leg in a bicycle fall. Dana Thomas, 4, of Biglerville Route 1, cut herself with a toy while swimming. Elsie Lane, 71, of Gettysburg Route 1, sustained multiple bruises and a left arm injury after being kicked by a cow. Dennis Boottle, 24, of Flushing New York, injured his left hand and thumb with an axe. James Olivia, 1Lt., Brockway, Pa., strained his right arm while tanning. Susan Bucher, 9, of 935 West King Street, injured an arm in a fall from a swing. Garth Smallwood, 17, Harrisburg, injured his right wrist and thumb after slipping on broken glass at band camp at Gettysburg College.
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Warner Hospital dispensary
Cynthia Gebhart
Majestic Apartments
Carlisle St
Dana Thomas
Biglerville R. 1
Elsie Lane
Gettysburg R
Dennis Boottle
Flushing
N.Y
James Olivia
Brockway
IPa
Susan Bucher
W. King Sr
Garth ‘Smallwood
Harrisburg
Gettysburg College
AVTS Committee To Tour Facilities
The Adams County Area Vocational-Technical School Joint Operating Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting at Franklin County Voc-Tech School at night instead of the Gettysburg School Administration building. The committee plans a tour of facilities located three miles south of Chambersburg on Route H followed by a business meeting.
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Adams County Area Vocational-Technical School
Franklin County
Vo-Tech
atoaight
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Philadelphia board rejects Tose gift for varsity sports
AP dispatch reports the Philadelphia Board of Education received a $55,000 check from Leonard To se for reinstatement of varsity sports and city hall offer to pay, which the board reportedly rejected. Leonard Woodcock of the UAW said the 90 day wage price freeze could affect the union’s new contract talks.
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PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia Board of Education
Philadelphia Eagles
Leonard Tose
City Hall
Tate
BOSTON
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
UAW
Tower Case Set for September 22 in Gettysburg Monument Fight
Judge John A. MacPhail schedules September 22 at 1 30 p m for oral arguments in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania versus Thomas R Ottenstein and National Gettysburg Battlefield Tower Inc over a block construction of a commercial observation tower near the battlefield The case began August 3 5 with 13 witnesses including historian Bruce Dalton The suit was filed July 20 by Gov Milton J Shapp acting for the people to protect the shrine’s natural and historic values Attorney General J Shane Creamer will represent the Commonwealth Ottenstein is to be represented by Victor J Yannacone Jr a noted conservationist attorney
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John A. MacPhail
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Thomas R. Ottenstein
National Gettysburg Battlefield Tower Inc
Bruce Dalton
Milton J. Shapp
Patchogue, L.I
Services Here For Gen Elwood Myers
Funeral services for R Elwood Myers 61 a retired brigadier general who died suddenly Tuesday morning in Petersburg Va after a heart attack will be held at Monahan Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 1 oclock The Rev Dr Robert A MacAskill Presbyterian pastor will officiate Interment will be in the Foreurrann Sometom Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening from 7 to 9 oclock.
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R. Elwood Myers
Petersburg
Monahan
Robert A. MacAskill
funerial
Joint Funeral For Kumps On Thursday
A joint funeral for David W. Kump and his wife Grace Ann Kump will be held Thursday. Police called the deaths murder suicid e as they say Kump shot Grace near her Hanover home then killed himself. Interment is Flohr's Cemetery McKnightstown.
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David W. Kump
Hanover R. 1
Grace Ann Kump
Pleasant St
Hanover
Kump
York Hospital
James Larkin
Mary E. Hancock Corder
Alice
Ohio
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Wetzel Funeral Home
Carlisle St
Ernest E. Grosse
Church of the Nazarene
Flohr’s
McKnightstown
ACEIA Delays Meeting Date
The Adams County Environmental Improvement Association postponed its meeting at the Elks home after its attorney said the articles of incorporation had not been returned by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. A new meeting is planned in about two weeks with attendees notified by mail.
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Adams County Environmental Improvement Association
Elks
ACEIA
Donald M. Swope
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Nixon Moves Toward Approval on Economic Legislation
President Nixon appears close to securing congressional backing for his economic package as Democrats signal broad support for the main thrust while pressing for more individual tax relief. The White House called the 24-hour talks constructive with key lawmakers. In other developments the administration urged unions to end current strikes during the 90-day price and wage freeze and hinted at back-to-work orders for noncompliant workers. The Office of Emergency Preparedness sparked confusion by alternating positions on pay raises for state and local employees.
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EDMOND LEBRETON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Nixon
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Court to sign order for three regions in Conewago Valley vote
Judge John A. MacPhail said he will sign an order directing regional elections in fall for the Conewago Valley School District. Seven of nine board members approved regionalization. two from McSherrystown were absent. The district combines New Oxford, McSherrystown and Conewago Township with three director seats per region elected every two years.
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John A. MacPhai
Conewago Valley
Robert Sleighter
New Oxford
McSherrystown
Conewago
Abbottstown
Hamilton
Tyrone
Straban
Conewago Two
Oxford
Berwick
Rt. 116
Bonneauville
Mt. Pleasant
Charles Hash
Thomasville
Wage freeze clouding teacher pay at Gettysburg College
Nixon wage price freeze creates doubt over planned salary boosts for college and public school teachers. Gettysburg College raises tuition by 200 dollars to 2350 for September. Officials cite vacations and pending guidance from state and federal education departments amid unclear policy impact. Stock market dips after prior gains as new policies roll out.
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Nixon
Associated Press
Washington today
Gettysburg College
C. A. Hanson
F. Stanley Hoffman
George B. Inskip
Lincoln
state Department of Education
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
John &. Connally
NEW YORK
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