Three-Year-Old Trapped When Tree Falls on Home
Ralph Bole of 83 Pifer Lane New Oxford narrowly escaped serious injuries when a large oak toppled into a bedroom at 7 Main Street trapping him. Firefighters freed him. he was treated at Hanover Hospital for a head cut and released. Fire Chief Richard C Stpe noted the tree crashed through the room and crews braced the roof while snow was cleared from next door buildings.
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Ralph Bole
Pifer Lane
New Oxford
Bole
Hanover Hospital
New Oxford Fire Co
New Oxford Fire
Richard C Stpe
Malcolm Powell
Barlow - Tuo Taverns
fire company
Bonneauville
State Horticultural Association Sessions Open in Hershey
The 119th annual meeting of the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania opens Tuesday at the Hershey Convention Center. Adams County Apple Queen Susan Sandoe and other local figures join Penn State Ag researchers in programs on labor, apple promotion, irrigation, and orchard safety with a state apple queen contest and banquet planned.
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State Horticultural Association of
Pennsylvana
Hershey
York
Sheraton Inn
Maryland
New Jersey
Hershey Convention Center
HODGE
New Trials Granted in Two Adams County Gambling Cases
Judge John A MacPhail ordered new trials for James Waiton Cunningham and Burnell Walter Wagner after ruling LCB officers exceeded authority in obtaining evidence. He cited fourth amendment rights violations over punchboards seized or guarded during arrests. Wagner’s case mirrored Cunningham’s, applying the same grounds for a new trial.
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beth
ilegally
Adams
John A MacPhail
James Waiton Cunningham
Hanover
McSherrystown Home Association
Burnell Walter Wagner
New Oxford R
New Oxford Social and Athletic Club
Liquor Control Board
autherty
MacPhail
Cunningham
LCB
Wagner
Pennsylvania blue laws referendum bill dies in committee
A proposed measure allowing a voter referendum on repealing Pennsylvania Blue Laws to permit Sunday sales appears dead after a 103 vote by the House Business and Commerce Committee against placing it on the May primary ballot. The bill faced opposition from labor unions retailers and religious coalitions including the Pennsylvania Council of Churches and the Catholic Conference.
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HARRISBURG
Pennsylvania
House Business and Commerce Committee
state Senate
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
the
Catholic Conference
Flooding Forces School Closures and Roof Collapses Across Regions
A severe storm drives heavy rain and melting snow across multiple states causing widespread flooding. Evacuations in eight West Virginia counties, power outages in Pennsylvania, and collapsed roofs in Adams and surrounding counties trigger school cancellations and emergency responses as fire crews work to pump basements and shore up structures.
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Tom Burns
Office of Emergency Services
Indiana
Guy Ons R. Bowen
National Guard
Kentucky
Bar
Gettysburg
Littlesroan
York Springs
Everett Weiser
Bankert
Francs 1 Linn
Middle St
Helen Kuhn
Swift Run
Editor To Address Banquet At Gettysburg Area Event
The Gettysburg-Adams County group plans a membership dinner Friday at the Sheraton Inn with nine directors to be elected to the board of trustees. Guest speaker Robert G Miner, president of the Early American Society and publisher of Early American Life, will discuss preservation of historic structures and sites. Miner, a U of Chicago MBA, has led Historical Times and Early American Life while publishing books on early American architecture. He and his wife Betty recently restored Mechanicsburg’s oldest log house.
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Gettysburg
Adams County
Sheraton Inn
Sounty
Robert G Mumer
Early American Society
Early American Life magazine
Harrisburg
U. of Chicago
Miner
Flower Grower” magazine
Early American Society and
Historical Times, Inc
Historical Times
wich
American History
Early American Life
Betty
Mechanicsburg
Planning and Zoning Commission
Adams County Cancer Crusade Leaders Named for 1973 Drive
Dr. Alcaro and Mrs. Dixon chair Adams County American Cancer Society educational and fundraising crusade starting April to boost cancer prevention, research, and patient aid. Kenneth J Cole as vice chair and local volunteers will canvass neighbors urging donations and information on warning signals.
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Alcaro
Mrs. Dixon
Cancer Crusade
Joseph F Alcaro
Gettssburg
Nanci Remecker
von Biglerville
Adams County Cau
Americana Cancer Societ
Dison
Dixon
Kenneth J Cole
T. Robert Whitmann
Robert S Weikert
Jay Schmidt Jr
Marlin Perkins
Carol
Written Word May Cause Problems In Africa
Dr Frederic Michelman of Gettysburg College argues that literacy may undermine traditional kinship and tribal authority in Africa. He cites the shift from oral to written culture, the Bible’s influence, and Western texts as factors creating cultural confusion and delaying literary adoption.
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Africa
Anca
Frederic Michelman
Gettysburg College
Michelman
Afica
Mieherman
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