Tragedy on Route 140 After Propane Truck Crash
An 18-year-old Emmitsburg woman died when her car hit a propane tanker on Route 140 three miles east of town. The crash blocked traffic for about 10 hours and prompted evacuations due to explosion fears. Christine Dillon was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m. at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Unit.
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Emmitsburg
Route 140
Maryland
Christine Dillon
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Miss Dillon
Harry J. Green
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Carl Woerner
R.8
Charles Dell
Shippensburg
Highland Township
George Harbaugh
Fairfield
Donald K. Tester
Harbaugh
Tester
Icy roads and fog trigger eight crashes statewide
Winter fog and icy roads in the county caused about eight traffic accidents on Wednesday morning. Three involved school buses. one Emmitsburg woman died in an unrelated collision. Multiple vehicles sustained light to severe damage, with no serious injuries beyond the fatality.
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ALEXANDER F. WILKIE
Emmitsburg
Emittsburg
Gettysburg
Mount Joy Township
St Allen Noble
Lithestown
R.1
James C. Tracey
Westminster
Robert Randall
Tracey
Janet R Cross
Bryan Pallett
Glenn Bernie
Rannell
Cross
Pallett
Littlestown
Lee Walker
Fairfield R.2
Edwin Bachman
Towson
Walker
Christine Collie
Bachman
Warner Hospital seeks mobil CT scanner to cut costs
Adams County Planning Commission backs Warner Hospital request to join Hanover Chambersburg and Waynesboro Hospitals in buying a $1.4 million mobile CT scanner. The unit would serve eight counties, perform about 1,105 scans annually, and cut patient costs from about 350 to 300 dollars per scan. A multi hospital corporation will finance and operate the van mounted system with fee for service charges.
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NANCY DI BLAS
Adams County Planning Commission
Warner Hospital
commission
William D. Myers
Myers
Hanover
Chambersburg
Waynesboro
Harrisburg
York
Health Resources Planning and Development
United States
mobil
General Electric
Williamsport
Mt Joy delays on township formation
Mt Joy Township Supervisors referred a state association letter to their solicitor asking whether to form a second class township in Lake Heritage using parts of Mt Joy Mt Pleasant and Straban Townships. Ed Fleming asked how the area could incorporate and a Blue Ribbon Committee report is awaited. Concerns included potential land expansion and sewer prospects.
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Mt. Joy
Pennsylvania State Township Supervisors Association
Lake Heritage
Edward Fleming
Lake Heritage Property Owners Association
ito
Mt. Pleasant
Straban
Supervius
Glenn Snyder
James Neth
Lake Heritage Owners Association
Snyder
EPA Chief Backs Reagan Plan to Relax Air Rules
The EPA administrator endorses the Reagan administration’s effort to ease air quality standards, signaling a shift in environmental regulation policy amid a broader economic agenda.
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EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Weather advisory forecasts Thursday snow and sleet mix
Travelers advisory calls for snow and sleet Thursday possible before daybreak with two to four inches possible. Highs mid 20s, cloudy, night snow and sleet risk Friday, lows 20 to 25, Friday highs 25 to 30, precipitation probability rising to 60 percent then falling to 20 by night. Winds northeast five to ten mph through Thursday.
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Suara
Review panel upholds open status for Conewago Union roads
Adams County review board rejected petitions to abandon three miles of Sheppard Road and Schriver's School Road in Conewago and Union Townships. The panel noted occasional illegal dumping and questionable use, but found roads essential for public access and aesthetics, with fuel tax subsidies offsetting maintenance.
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Sheppard Road
Schriver
Adams County review board
Conewago
Union Townships
Thomas Bross
Hanover Shoe Farms
Farmers Bank and Trust Co
tse
Gettysburg
Susan Howard Swope
Wayne E Lau
East Berlin
Wilbert Trump
County house numbering plan months away in Gettysburg area
Adams County planners and Gettysburg Post Office agree the house numbering system will not be ready for mail use until months from now. County official Callenbach said he will meet with Postmaster Golya to discuss rollout and address confusion after signs suggested an early February start.
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Gettysburg
Adams County
John
Callenbach
Stephen Golya
Adams County Planning Commission
Golya
Gettysburg arcade
Prominent Air Force General Nominee from Gettysburg Area
Former resident Col Stanton R Musser, long time Air Force veteran and Gettysburg native, will become brigadier general and vice commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center Utah. Born 1936 in Lewisburg he earned degrees from Gettysburg College and Central Michigan University and flew 4800 hours in F-100 F-4 and F-16 aircraft with 177 combat missions in Vietnam. He is married to Dawn Burg and has three children.
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Stanton R Musser
33rd Tactical Fighter Wing
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Harold L Musser
Gettysburg R. 1
Musser
Ogden Air Logistics Center
Utah
Air Force
Lewisburg
Gettysburg High School
Gettysburg College
Reserve Officer Training
Central Michigan University
Malden Air Base
Missouri
Laredo Air Force Bases AFB
Texas
Williams AFB
Arizona
Nellis AFB
Nevada
Stead AFB
417th Tactical Fighter Squadron
50th Tactical Fighter Wing
Ramstein AFB
Germany
U1st Tactical Fighter Wing
Homestead AFB
South Vietnam
Army of the
USAF
Thunderbirds
USAF Academy
Tactica Frehter
Langley AFB
Dawn Burg
Red Lion
Scott Shari
Kristen
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