Battle of Gettysburg land donation on hold in Congress
The White Conservation Fund and the Richard King Mellon Foundation say they will donate 266 acres of East Cavalry Field near Gettysburg to the National Park Service, but Congress and the 1988 boundary study delay acceptance. Officials note the deed awaits authorization while efforts to preserve balance with the battlefield continue.
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Gettysburg
Straban
Mount Pleasant townships
Mellon Foundation
Conservation Fund
Department of Interior
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Interior
Manuel Lujan
EPA
William Reilly
GNMP
Davidson
East Cavalry Field
Congress
park service
Low Dutch Road
Route 116
Plum Run
Mount
Lynn
Interior Department
Taylor medical witness OK'd By Adams County court
Adams County's chief judge ordered the county to pay for expert medical testimony for Jeanette Ruth Taylor. Dr. John Hume was approved as defense witness with fees not to exceed 500 dollars without further court approval. Taylor faces multiple charges from a 1989 assault and was found near death in a Middlesex Township Econo Lodge days before a scheduled trial.
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Jeanette Ruth Taylor
Oscar F. Spicer
Adams County Court of Common Pleas
Michael A. George
John Hume
Hume
Taylor
cial
George
Hanover
Gettysburg
Kevin E. Wilson
Frances Drago
Middlesex ‘township
Marcos Khashoggi cleared by jury in Philippines looting case
A New York jury acquitted Imelda Marcos on charges of looting 222 million dollars and found Adnan Khashoggi not guilty of helping conceal ownership of four New York buildings. The verdict came on Marcos's 61st birthday as supporters celebrated outside the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
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Imelda Marcos
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Philippines
Adnan Khashoggi
U.S. District Court
St. Patrick’s
Manhattan
Marcos
Khashoggi
United States
Mecca
Islam
Khashoger
France
England
California
Eck tied to 1975 murder and weekend spree arrest
William Jay Eck, 32, of Lebanon, who in 1975 killed James Schauer and served six years, began a three day robbery and hostage taking spree last Thursday. He was captured Saturday in Monroe County after a pay phone trace. Observers note the June 30 arrest date mirrors the 15 year anniversary.
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Lebanon
Camp Hill
William Jay Eck
James Schauer
Thomas Zerby
Lebanon County
North Cornwall Township
Eck
Zerby
Schauer
Chestnut Hill Township
Monroe County
Jonestown
Penn Township
Hanover General Hospital
Emmitsburg
Mount Joy
Charles L. Bayer
Mount Joy Township
Mount Gretma
Mr. Bayer
Interstate 81
Dorris E. Tinker
Northwood Drive
Cornwall Township
Union Township
Tinker
Mark Wiazlak
Adams
York
Frederick County
Hospital Bridge Club honors centenarian founder in Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Hospital Bridge Club paid tribute to its oldest living founder on June 28 as it nears its 75th anniversary. Mrs. Charles Smith, affectionately Aunt Jean, will celebrate her 100th birthday with a $2,000 donation to the Gettysburg Hospital. The club began between 1916 and 1918 and supported hospital efforts since early days, funding rooms and equipment while growing dues from 28 cents per meeting to 15 dollars annually.
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Gettysburg Hospital Bridge Club
Charles Smith
Charles Duncan
Lincoln
Washington
Marian Dickson
Ruth Swope
Judge Swope
Mary Keith
Miss Edwards
Bess Cox
Mrs. Cox
Louise Huber
Gettysburg Hospital
Hospital Bridge Club
Betty Gifford
histore
John Warner
Annie M. Warner
Mrs. Gifford
bridge club
Gifford
Betty Frazee
James D
Ruth) Swope
Mrs. Frazee
Murrary
Hospital
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