Adams County Taxpayers Association sues to halt 1.5 mill tax hike
The Adams County Taxpayers Association ACTA filed suit in Adams County court to stop a 1.5 mill increase in real estate taxes approved to fund a 1978 36 million budget. ACTA seeks a return of transfers to the general fund and argues the tax rate violates the County Code.
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Adams County Taxpayers Association
ACTA
Adams County
Michael J. Bura
Harry F Biresecker
Robert Klunk
Kenneth Guise
capital reserve fund
Hare
Carlisle Atty
Robert C Sardis
Sardis
general fund
Fay Sensenes Improves Daily After Reye’s Syndrome Fight
Fay Sensenes a 15-year-old Gettysburg High School sophomore shows daily improvement at Hershey Medical Center her mother Mrs Charles Sensenes reports. She is recovering her voice and can swallow liquids after being moved from intensive care December 26 as doctors note she is the first post puberty child to recover from the illness. Fay resides in room 759 and visitors are welcome with cold precautions in place.
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Fay Sensenes
Gettysburg High School
Hershey Medical Center
Charles Sensenes
Gettysburg R
Sensene
Reye
Hershel Medical Center
Fay
pubert
Tate
the
Medical Center
Crime total rises in Gettysburg in 1977 year end report
Gettysburg Borough reports 807 criminal offenses in 1977 up 28 from 1976. Clearance rose to 68 percent with 427 arrests. Motor vehicle accidents and arrests declined, but total complaints increased 3.7 percent to 7,401. Two fatal injuries marked borough auto fatalities.
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Gettysburg
Russell Potter
GPD
Clarence J Cluck
Potter
Cluck
fiat Fo
Faith and justice entwined in former judge’s reflections
Former Adams County Court of Common Pleas Judge John A MacPhail spoke at WGET about faith guiding his eleven years on the bench. He said faith never compromised impartiality, stressed personal conscience in tough rulings, and noted many youths lack clear moral standards or church ties. He urged church involvement as a potential guide for right and wrong.
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Adams County Court of Common Pleas
John A MacPhail
WGET
s “Seminary
MacPhail
Local Weather Update Summary
Yesterday’s high and last night’s slow conditions noted. Today at 3 30am a change to clear or slow weather. Precipitation listed as 1.37 inches.
Flu cases tapering in Adams County say doctors
Dr North Sterrett of Warner Hospital says the influenza peak passed about ten days ago with some new cases still reported. A Texas flu strains detected in blood tests and throat cultures. no effective vaccine yet. Most symptoms align across strains including chest pains fever and cough. illness lasts five to seven days, cough up to two weeks. No real epidemic in schools as most cases occurred during Christmas holidays.
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Adams County
North Sterrett
Warner Hospital
Sterrett
Atlanta
Israelis and Egyptians Make Some Progress in Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance reported progress in separate meetings with Israeli and Egyptian foreign ministers on guidelines for peace treaties. Deep divisions remained over the Palestinian issue and Egypt's call to dismantle all Jewish settlements in occupied Arab lands. Dayan and Kamel held informal sessions before the day’s formal talks as Prime Minister Begin voiced a national consensus against returning to pre war boundaries or defining Jerusalem.
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JERUSALEM
Cyrus Vance
Israel
Egypt
Arab terrtory
Vance
Moshe Dayan
Mohammed Kamel Dayan
Kamel
Brantner Won't Face Death Penalty in New Trial Hearing
The judge ruled Harry James Brantner will not receive the death penalty after a new trial request. Brantner, convicted of two counts of first degree murder for the 1976 Cashtown cabin killings, faced arguments over trial fairness and jury issues in Adams County Court.
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Harry Brantner
Harry James Brantner
Fairfield R
John A MacPhail
Branmer
Adams County
Robert Campbell Branmer
Juhn Egnatowsky
Robert L Willam
Cashtown
SUPREME CT
Egnatowsky
state Supreme Court
supreme court
Campbell
MacPhail
Brantner
pao
Adams County Loses Anti-Recession Funds Due To Low Unemployment
Adams County commissioners announced eligibility for anti-recession ARFA funds is denied for the first quarter of 1978 because unemployment rates from July October 1977 and the quarter end fail to meet standards. The denial shifts jail and dispatcher salaries back to the general budget while bids for 1978 tax-collector bonding proceed with McCoy Insurance Agency as low bidder at 6695.
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Adams
Marvin Breighner
Office of Revenue Sharing
Washington, DC
Adams County
McCoy Insurance Agency
Tae
Gettysburg
Fissel- Bricher Agency
Robert D. LaPorte
York
Hanover
Snow And Ice Turn County To Wonderland
Adams Countians awoke to a winter wonderland as ice coated trees sparkled in bright sun. By 9 am the temperature reached 30 degrees and county roads remained hazardous with traffic crawling. PennDOT warned treacherous conditions on all routes except US Route 15.
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PennDOT
Bob Neely
Caledonia
Neely
Kansan Named New County Library Director for Adams County
Carolyn Meiser of Concordia Kansas was chosen from 97 candidates to lead the Adams County Public Library, replacing Louise Pittman who moved to New York. Meiser, a former director in Concordia, arrives in Gettysburg this week and will be honored at a Friends of the Library reception Sunday 3 to 5 pm. Reservations for the January 21 dinner are urged.
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Carolyn Meiser
Concordia
Kansas
Adams County
John F Schwartz
board of
California
Louise Pittman
New York State
Werker
Frank Carlsen
University of Denver Graduate School of
Haverford
Wiker
Haverford Twp
Kutztown State College
University of Denver
brary
nm Concordia
lib
Carlson
North Central Area Arts Council
Gettysburg
Friends of the Library
Adams County Public Library
Fairfield school
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