Weather Outlook Shows Heat Wave With Humid Afternoons
The mercury climbs into the 90s by week’s end with Friday’s high at 91 at the National Gettysburg Battlefield station. Expect mostly sunny, hot conditions Saturday and Sunday with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and a high 90 percent chance of afternoon thundershowers. Winds will be light from the southwest. Overnight lows reach upper 60s to low 70s as humid conditions persist.
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U.S
Eisenhower
National Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg Garden Club ends year with library gift
The Gettysburg Garden Club closed its 1961 82 year with a picnic and reported a book purchased for Adams County Public Library in honor of Robert K Peters. Trustees of Gettysburg Hospital met to review the August 19 annual meeting agenda at 7 30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. Jersey Central Power and Light faces an 82 7 million rate hike adding 50 cents to monthly bills to cover Three Mile Island cleanup costs. Congressmen push for credit controls to lower rates as an administration official blames the Federal Reserve for high rates hindering recovery. Courtlandt S Gross retired hoard sngitman and his wife were found shot at their Main Line mansion, intruders suspected.
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Gettysburg Garden Club
Adams County Public Library
Robert K. Peters
Gettysburg Hospital
Holiday Inn
TMI
Jersey Central Power & Light Co
Three Mile Islands
Courtlandt S. Gross
sngitman
Reagan seeks help mobilizes four Republican governors in anti crime push
President Reagan on Friday enlisted four Republican governors including Dick Thornburgh of Pennsylvania to press Congress for a tough anti crime package in the House and Senate. Bobby Clampett shot a 6 under par to seize a five stroke lead at the British Open Friday. The sports pages cover a week of NFL danger and Elks tears at a Moose game with players' mothers in attendance.
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Reagan
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
Congress
House
Senate
Clampett
Bobby Clampett
McFeaters Celebrate 51st Anniversary
Dec and Mom McFeaters mark fifty one years of married life with family members John Meurine and Farniy Rov.
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Dec
Mom McFeaters
John
Meurine
Farniy
Adams County Courthouse renovation approved for 439222 plan
Final approval granted to renovation plans for the Historic Adams County Courthouse allowing the county to sign contracts for the project. The 439,222 dollar effort aims for completion by year end, with contracts awarded to McDonnell Construction and Hull's Electric. Local firms gain two contracts as officials move to fund the work through capital reserves and state reimbursements.
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NANCY Dt BLAST mes
Adams County
Thomas J. Colins
Catherine W. Cowan
Cowan
Collins
John R. White
Oscar F. Spicer
Robert W. Klunk
McDonnell Construction
Gettysburg
Hull
Electric of
George Groft
John R. Weaver
Capital Reserve
Domestic Relations Department
Tyrone Two Settles Suit Over Building Permit Fees
Tyrone Township and Bruce W. Cochrane, former code enforcement officer, settled a $9,443 claim he owed for issuing eight building permits to AMGRAR Inc. The suit, filed in Adams County Court, had alleged the township altered the fee schedule to reduce a $12,492 application fee, entitling Cochrane to 90 percent of legal fees. Terms were not disclosed. trial was canceled.
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Tyrone
awyers
Bruce W. Cochrane
Adams County
Cochrane
AMGRAR, Inc
David K. James TH
Gardners R. 2
Ocean City
N.J
AMGRAR lannch
Henry O. Heiser
Apple Line to Cut Senior Transportation in July and August
Apple Line Inc will reduce transportation for Adams County seniors in July and August to curb overspending. Delays in Pennsylvania Lottery funded reimbursement mean services drop from five to three days weekly at Gettysburg Littlestown Upper Adams centers, with limited trips for New Oxford York Springs and Fairfield areas until September.
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Apple Line, Inc
Louise Tinkler
Adams Count Office for Aging
Apple Line
independent transportation line
Adams County
Tinkler
Penneylvania Department of Transportaton
Bonnie Keckler
Keckler
Gettysburg
Littles
town
Upper Adams
New Oxford
York Springs
Fairfield
Gordon's 25 years on Freedom Township board praised
Guy T. Gordon resigns from the Freedom Township Board of Supervisors due to illness after 25 years of service. John M. Bigham and John J. Hert accepted the resignation and seek a successor to serve four years, with county approval required. The board also addresses mowing violations, road resurfacing with Cumberland Township, and planned repairs on Middle Creek Road.
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Guy Gordon
Freedom Township
MARTIN 7
SIPROFF -Times
Guy T. Gordon
Freedom Township Board of Supervisors
Gordon
the
Times
John M. Bigham
John J. Hert
Bigham
Adams County Court
Cumberland Township
Middle Creek Road
Cumberland
Teacher layoffs may hit county in gloomy year
A survey by the American Federation of Teachers predicts nationwide 59,000 teacher layoffs next school year with about 5,000 in Pennsylvania. Adams County will not be affected, as staff reductions occur through retirement, per PSEA representative George Karrer. The area’s districts show varied enrollment trends, with GetSaa t and Littlestown declining while Conewago Valley grows. Large cities face more layoffs. smaller districts rely on attrition. Fair field and Bermudian Springs negotiations were described as routine.
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American Federation of Teachers
Pennsylvania
George. Karrer
PSEA
Adams County
Karrer
Getsaat
Littlestown Area
Fairfield
Bermudian Springs
Conewago Valley
Upper dams
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Greencastle
Franklin County
Swedish student visits Adams County family
Swedish 12 year old Karin Nystrom visits Fairfield family after arriving from Gotland Sweden. She tours eastern United States with the Duchnowskis visiting Baltimore Washington Philadelphia Gettysburg and plans to return to Sweden with souvenirs and memories. The two families plan future visits and ongoing correspondence keeping Gotland and Fairfield connected.
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JOY CONNOR
Karin Nystrom
Sweden
United States
Albert Duchnowski
Fairfield
New York
JFK
Monica Duchnowski
Nystrom
Karin
Duchnowskis
Baltimore
Inner Harbor
National Aquarium
Hershey Park
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Franklin Ining
city
Jersey shore
aes
Duchnowski
America
Gettysburg
Atlantic
Dr. Scholl
Washington
Nystroms
Gotland
Swe
Megan
Monicaski
meath wi Duchnowski
inter Gelend
Thies
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