Adams County Sets Six Justice Offices At 635 Monthly Rent
Adams County will pay 635 per month to lease six Justice of the Peace offices under the new judicial reorganization. Locations include Gettysburg 309 Baltimore St District One for 90 monthly, McSherrystown 334 Main St District Two for 125, Hampton Gettysburg St District Three for 70, Fairfield Main St District Four for 115, East of McKnights Town District Five for 115, and Rt 30 east of Gettysburg District Six for 120. Total annual rent 7,620 with secretarial support to be provided.
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Adams County
Justice of the peace
Frriday
Baltimore St
Gettysburg
Charles R. Leader
District One
Leonard M. Shearer
District Two
Harmon Dell
Main St
McSherrystown
District Three
Gettysburg St
Hampton
Edgar King
District Four
Wilbur F
Fairfield
First National Bank of
Herold “Dick” Deardorff
Samuel Baumgardner
District Five
Wilburn
McKnightstown
Dale W. Wetzel
District Six
Lester G. Schartiger
Harry Baker
Ward Taylor
Colorful Caper in Xmas Conifers at Gettysburg Square
Borough police were called Friday night to a quartet of Christmas trees on the square after a report that a woman removed white lights and swapped in colored bulbs. Officers found red and blue bulbs replacing some whites on each tree but couldn't locate the offender. The brighter lights remained until the trees were extinguished later that night.
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Gettysburg ‘borough
First Of 2 Yale Concerts This Evening
Two Gettysburg College choirs present the 35th annual Christmas candlelight concert in the college chapel this evening at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 8 p m Conducted by Prof Parker Waynild and Miss Edith June Ho Prof F Eugene Belt is the organist Three student soloists will perform ancient and modern carols and anthems The public is invited to attend either concert free of charge
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Gettysburg College
college chapel
Parker B. Waynild
Edith June Ho
F. Eugene Belt
Help and Humanity Noted by Gettysburg Visitors
Ridley Park resident Mary Freire praised Gettysburg neighbors for swift aid when her Rambler broke down near Dick's 66 Service Station on Biglerville Road. She recounted how Mr Storm and helpers arranged a water pump replacement, with local residents aiding until a solution was found.
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Ridley Park
Gettysburg
Mr. Storm
Richard Storm
Dick’s 66
Iman
Storm
Hanover
Manson may face murder charge in Tate killings
Los Angeles prosecutors seek an indictment for murder and conspiracy against Charles Manson the occult leader of a roaming hippie group in connection with the killings of Sharon Tate and six others. The grand jury hears testimony as Susan Atkins describes the stabbings and her supposed hypnosis by Manson.
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LIND A. DEUTSCH
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES
Sharon Tate
Charles M. Manson
God
Jesus
Satan
Dist. Atlv
Vincent Bugtlosi
JATL
Manson
Susan
Atkins
Independence
Miss Tate
Roman Polanski
Miss Atkins
grand jury
County seeks bids for computerized tax records system
Adams County commissioners advertise for bids to automate the tax assessing department with 45000 records to be digitized and a 24 hour duplicate. They also invite bids for six insulated four drawer legal filing cabinets for six magisterial offices. Total budget funds come from a 1970 line item including rent and furnishings.
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Adams County
Catholics Vote At School For Parish Advisory Council
About 2 000 St Francis Xavier parishioners aged 18 and over will vote Sunday in the Red Room for five of ten nominees to the parish advisory council. Voting runs 6 45 am to 1 30 pm and 6 20 pm to 8 30 pm to fit Mass times. Nominees include Mrs Marcus Ritter Lawrence Eckert Jr Timothy Farrell Robert Ford David K James Leo McDermitt Joseph Sanders Joseph Steinour G Henry Roth and Dr John Tully.
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St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Alphonse T. Marcincavage
Robert Kenworthy
Marcus Ritter
Lawrence Eckert Jr
Timothy Farrell
Robert Ford
David K. James
Leo McDermitt
Joseph Sanders
Joseph Steinour
G Henry Roth
John Tully
Collision in Hanover Involves Heiner Sedan and McMaster Truck
At 11 45 a m a sedan driven by Patricia E Heiner 23 and a pickup truck driven by Charles J McMaster 32 collided at an alley intersection in Hanover near York and East Middle Streets. Heiner's car sustained 450 dollars in damage while McMaster's truck owned by Columbia Gas Co. incurred 160 dollars in damage.
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Patricia E. Heiner
Spring Grove R
Charles J. McMaster
Third St
McSherrystown
Hanover
York
East Middle Sts
Heiner
York St
East Middle Street
McMaster
Columbia Gas Co., Inc
Pittsburgh
Raccoon Bite Sends Gardners Man To Carlisle Hospital
Johnny Wilson Jr. of Gardners was treated at Carlisle Hospital Thursday after a raccoon bit his thumb.
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Johnny Wilson Jr
Gardners
Carlisle Hospital
Local Weather and Store Hours Ahead of Christmas
Yesterday’s high was a9 with a low of 20. Today at 8 30 a m the temperature is 20 and at 11 am 39. Special Christman Open theater dreamer notes Thomas Fite at Country Store and Nialer Ivitta open every night until Christmas.
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Christman
atikpm
atrept
Thomas Fite
Nialer
Ivitta
New Church Elects President in Detroit
Mrs Theodore O Wedel of Arlington Virginia was elected president of the National Council of Churches at a Thursday meeting in Detroit. AP Wire photo shows the event and leader.
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Theodore O. Wedel
Arlington
National Council of Churches
Detroit
New Permits for Bone Shaped Dog Licenses 1970
Henry D. Lower announces bone shaped dog licenses for 1970 go on sale next Wednesday at the courthouse on Baltimore Street Gettysburg. 1969 licenses expire January 10. Licenses are available 4 am to 12 pm at the treasurer’s office or by mail to Lower at the courthouse. Mail applicants must provide owner name and address dog breed sex age color. For spayed females include a veterinarian certificate or 1969 license. Fees: 1 20 for males and spayed females 2 20 for females. Include payment by check money order or cash plus six cents postage or a self addressed stamped envelope.
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Henry D. Lower
Baltimore St
Lower
treasurer’s
Gettysburg
Mrs Chrismer Re-elected Leader Of Adams County Women
Evelyn Chrismer of Gettysburg R 5 was reelected president of the Adams County Women’s Democratic Club Tuesday evening. Marie Harbaugh of Gettysburg R 5 was chosen financial secretary. A Christmas party followed the business meeting with a gift exchange. Guest prize went to Mrs Anna Laura Slaybaugh of New Oxford.
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Evelyn Chrismer
Getysburg R. 5
Women’s Democratic Club
Adams County
Marie Harbaugh
Gettysburg R. 5
Anna
Laura Slaybaugh
New Oxford
Birth Announcements From Warner Hospital
At Warner Hospital a son to Mr and Mrs Ernest Light of Biglerville born Friday. A daughter to Mr and Mrs John Wantz of Thurmont R 2 born Friday. A son to Mr and Mrs Jerry Harris of Taneytown born Thursday.
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Warner Hospital
Ernest Light
Biglerville
John Wantz
Thurmont R. 2
Jerry Harris
Taneytown, son
Police Seek Men Who Robbed Store
County officers sought two white men in a late model red Pontiac suspected of an $8000 armed holdup at the Giant Food Store on Lincolnway East in Chambersburg Friday night. Police stopped a car on Buford Ave matching the description but the occupants were released after authorities found no connection to the robbery.
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Lincolnway
Chamersburg
Cumberland Two
Bernard Y. Miller
Buford Ave
Adams County Supervisors Association to Convene 52nd Annual Meeting
Officials of Towns Twos to Convene the 52nd annual gathering of the Adams County Supervisors Secretary Auditors Assessors and Tax Collectors Association. The event occurs Wednesday December 10 at New Oxford Fire Company hall with morning address by John A MacPhail and response by Oscar F Spicer.
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Adams County Supervisors
Mitton W. Delancey
H. E. Myers
Milton W. Delancey
Henry A. Graham
William H. Smith Sr
Oxford Twp
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
Pittsburgh
Mearl Heikes
Howard D. Waybright
Ervin J. Baker
Clyde A. McCatslin
Police seek tractor-trailer after hitting fire hydrant
Local police search for a tractor-trailer that struck and damaged a fire hydrant while pulling onto York Street from Fifth Street at noon Friday. William Bowling, who witnessed the incident, said the truck bore the word Dylite on its side. A municipal crew was summoned to repair the hydrant.
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York St
Fifth St
William Bowling
Licensed to Wed Edgar P Martz Jr and Linda J Wright
Edgar P Martz Jr of East Berlin and Linda J Wright of Carlisle secured a marriage license in Carlisle. The couple appears in the county notice listing marriage approvals.
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Edgar P. Martz Jr
East Berlin R
Linda J. Wrightstone
Carlisle R
Carlusie
Rest Case Against Seven Charged In Chicago Riots
The prosecution rested its case in Chicago after 10 weeks, presenting 54 witnesses led by Thomas Foran. Police agents William Frappelly and Irwin Bock dominated testimony, with 50 exhibits including newsreels and tape recordings of August 1968 demonstrations.
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Chicago
RICHARD CICCONE
Associated Press
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
liam Frappelly
Irwin Bock
William M. Kunstler
New York City
Leonard J. Weinglass
Newark
N.J
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Adams County Extension report highlights growth and outreach
The Adams County Extension Association annual narrative details 1968 work under the theme Progress Through People. It cites 631 meetings with 41 603 attendees, leadership training, 10 498 personal contacts, and programs in nutrition labor saving machinery youth development and public affairs education. Farm products yield about 26 million dollars, supporting 4 000 jobs and a 10 million payroll. Educational outreach covered fruit crops dairying poultry livestock and crops with 7 728 attendees at 113 meetings and 4 875 individual contacts for assistance.
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Adams County Extension Association
Thomas E. Piper
state extension organization
state extension service
Adams County
Pet, Inc
Student Art Show Opens On Campus
An exhibit of student works from Gettysburg, Wilson, Dickinson and Franklin and Marshall Colleges opens at Gettysburg College in Christ Chapel. Five Gettysburg students and recent graduates are featured, and the show, sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Consortium, runs at Gettysburg through December 19 and opens at Franklin and Marshall on January 6. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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Gettysburg
Wilson, Dickinson
Franklin and Marshall
Gettysburg College
Christ Chapel
Ann Schroeder
Pamela Hinchliffe
Sal DiMaio
Richard Shoupe
Leslie Coulbourn
Central Pennsylvania Consortium
central Pennsylvania
Franklin and Marshall College
My Lai Witness Refutes Massacre Claims at Pentagon Hearing
Army helicopter pilot CWO Hugo C. Thompson testifies before an Army hearing at the Pentagon on the My Lai investigation. Thompson warns of possible unnecessary killing of civilians in the South Vietnamese village and discusses the original inquiry.
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My Lai
WASHINGTON
CWO
Hugo C. Thompson
Pentagon
Thompson
Methodists Plan Xmas Event Sunday
The United Methodist Church will hold a Christmas service Sunday at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary. Students from Sunday School perform scripts and readings by grade level, with guitar background by David Polly, choral pieces by Cecilian, Chapel, and Cherub choirs, and an art exhibit from kindergarten through 10th grade.
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The
United Methodist Church
David Polly
Barbara Ecker
Earth
Cecilian
Evadel Crider
Chapel
Marian Shears
Betty Weaver
Dedication of Sonny Shep Pard Memorial Gymnasium
The dedication ceremony for the Sonny Shep Pard Memorial Gymnasium at Delane Catholic High School Me Sherrystown will take place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The public is invited.
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Sonny Sheppard
Delane Catholic High School
Sherrystown
Probation Chief Seeks More Staff To Cut Recidivism
Adams County Probation Officer Elwyn Cooper says 16 percent of offenders released on probation reoffend within three years. He argues more staff could lower the rate and handle 237 current cases. Frances Parker, hired to ease juvenile and female caseloads, recently joined from Dallas.
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Elwyne Cooper
Cooper
Frances Parker
Gettysburg
Dallas
Tex
Parker
Buffalo
N.Y
Adams County
Potter Co
cout
police department
Helicopter Down in Central Highlands Kills 11
North Vietnamese troops shot down a U.S. helicopter near Dak To in the central highlands, killing all 11 aboard including the American adviser to a South Vietnamese colonel. The crash occurred 15 miles northeast of Dak To in rugged hills, as ground fighting continued along the Cambodian border and near the DMZ with Allied forces claiming heavy enemy casualties.
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U.S
Central Highlands
GEORGE ESPER
Associated Press
SAIGON
Dak To
stroyed
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division
demilitarized zone
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