Courthouse renovation near in Gettysburg plan advances
Adams County moves to approve a plan to renovate the 1859 courthouse on Baltimore Street with interior restoration and new windows. The project, estimated between 270000 and 320000, includes heating and air conditioning, potential museum space, and may use federal funds and capital reserves. bids could go out soon with work possibly starting this spring and finishing by fall.
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JEFFREY G. BARBER
Adams County Court
Gettysburg
Baltimore Street
Thomas L. Collins
state Department of Labor and Industry
Collins
Philadelphia
Edward J. Parnum
Commonwealth Court
John P. MacPhail Collins
Gettysburg area
Domestic Relations Department
capital reserve
Government urges 15 percent cut in wheat rice and cotton acreage
Agriculture Secretary John Block announced a 15 percent reduction plan for wheat rice and cotton acres this year and a 10 percent cut for feed grains to cut stockpiles. He noted rising January prices but a farm price index well below 1980 levels and a parity ratio near historic lows. Block spoke in Kansas City after returning from Washington, saying feed grains would face smaller cuts due to producer resistance.
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CRAIG HORST
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo
John Block
Block
Washington
Agriculture department
Crop Reporting Board
Black
Kansas City
wwever
John Junior Armstrong
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas
Bruce Hawley
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hawley
Carl Schwensen
National Association of Wheat Growers
Bob Mullins
National Farmers Union
hs Bai
Bendersville eyes new post office in former plant site
Plans to convert part of the Ogden Decker plant on Carlisle Street into a post office move are in negotiation. Dr Charles Turner reports blueprints and bids are being reviewed, with a possible summer relocation if pricing aligns. Snow removal, tax commissions, and water system mapping were also discussed at the borough council meeting.
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Bendersville
Charlies Turner
rough Council
Ogden- Decker
Turner
Main Street
Ogden-Decker
Carlisle Street
Robert Kime
Get a Job Poles urged to take second jobs or grow food
Polish martial law authorities urged citizens to take second jobs or grow food in backyard gardens to offset economic shortfalls. The government also admitted that more than 170000 citizens fled Poland last year. Weather reports show periods of rain and possible freezing rain with high temperatures in the 40s and near 100 percent precipitation, plus strong winds. Shroud evidence dates Turin cloth to the 6th century, Duke professor says, aging it about 800 years.
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Duke University
Turin
Mt Pleasant board waits for sewer proposal word
Mt Pleasant Township Supervisors await word from their attorney about a meeting last week on the Lake Heritage area sewer plan The plan would create a sewer district and finance planning and engineering shared by Mt Pleasant Mt Joy and Straban townships and a private development The tax base may be pledged as collateral for the work and service delivery to development areas including Drummer Bay Campground and Hazelbrook Heights.
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Mt. Pleasant
Lake Heritage area
Drummer Bay Campground
Hazelbrook Heights
Strahan Township
Mt Pleasant Mt Joy
Straban Township
Edward Smith
Birthday Song Shared With Grandma and Anna
A cheerful birthday moment as grandma and Anna share a song celebrating a joyful occasion. The image captures warmth and affectionate messages in a family setting.
Representative Cole to Speak at Public Affairs Luncheon
State Rep Kenneth Cole will address the Public Affairs Luncheon at the YWCA on Lincoln Square Friday. As minority chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee he will discuss Local Tax Reform legislation before the House and recent Finance Committee reports. Reservations advised by Thursday via YWCA 434-6112.
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Kenneth Cole
YWCA
Lincoln Square
Feats Hak deci
ted taffion
House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
Cole
House of Representatives
House Finance Committee
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Mt. Pleasant board
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