26 Aug 1982
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Newspaper
Gettysburg Times
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1982
Page
1
The period saw highs around 80 to 85 degrees with a low near 67. Rain measured at .08 inches at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. Thursday was sunny with west to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday brings increasing clouds with a small shower chance, then cooler, fair conditions through the weekend.
U S Marines smoothly assumed control of Beirut port on Wednesday and oversaw the evacuation of nearly 1 000 PLO guerrillas who left the Israeli capital by sea for Arab sanctuary after a loud sendoff of gunfire.
Straban Township residents pressed to limit a proposed historic district tied to federal sewer funding. Officials say the district could be confined to about 100 feet on each side of Route 30, narrowing the area originally bounded by Route 15 by pass, Rock Creek Brinkerhoff’s Run and Mount Joy Township. Local leaders acknowledge a district is needed, while petitioners hope for broader relief from new regulations and costs.
Small investors in Adams County increase stock buys as money market rates fall to about 8 11 percent. Orville B. Orner of Gettysburg says utilities, especially coal and oil utilities, offer attractive returns. many new buyers target 100 to 1,000 share lots and look toward retirement gains. The NYSE rate surge and falling rates spur shift from money markets to equities and tax free municipal bonds.
Adams County Children and Youth Services director Robert D. Hamm seeks community involvement and volunteerism to aid troubled youth. He outlines a 1982-83 plan featuring staff reorganization, expanded placement, a reopened youth shelter, and partnerships with other agencies for diagnostic testing and counseling.
Sheryl Jackson of the Adams County Chapter of NOW links the suffrage fight to today’s push for an Equal Rights Amendment. She notes shared strategies, state by state organizing, and lobbying, with opposition mirrors from both eras. She cites Tennessee’s resistance in 1920 and Florida Illinois North Carolina Oklahoma in the 1980s as pivotal moments.
Winter work in Gettysburg isolates leak findings near North Washington Street and Western Maryland Railway tracks. Four abandoned tanks under the former Gettysburg Item Co. site were drained, revealing mostly water and kerosene. Origin of the leak remains undetermined as Industrial Waste Removal and the telephone company plan further work.
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