Tutu to receive Athinai Prize funds for education trust
Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu will use $100,000 from the Athinai Human Rights Prize to establish a trust fund for educational grants. A South African Council of Churches spokesman confirmed the plan, noting Tutu is the council’s general secretary and will be awarded the prize Friday.
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JOHANNESBURG
South Africa
Desmond Tutu
Onassis Foundation
South African Council of Churches
Tutu
Space
Ways and Means backs ending $255 Social Security death benefit
The House Ways and Means Committee approved eliminating the $255 lump sum death benefit in Social Security to save about $20 million annually as part of other cost-cutting measures. The panel also endorsed two additional money-saving steps to strengthen the retirement system amid fiscal strain.
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WASHINGTON
House
Ways and Means
Record 443043 serious crimes in Pennsylvania in 1980
State Police report a 7.9 percent rise in serious crime across Pennsylvania in 1980 with 443043 offenses. The count includes 806 murders, 2705 rapes, 20968 robberies, 18299 aggravated assaults, 121725 burglaries and 4976 arsons. Commissioner Daniel Dunn cautioned that improved reporting may inflate totals yet crime climbs at a troubling rate.
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HARRISBURG
Pennsylvania
Daniel Dunn
Gettysburg Visitation Figures Rise In May 1981
James Cole of the Gettysburg Travel Council reports May visitor counts set decade records. May visitor office signatures reached 3,137, estimating about 10,000 visitors. Gettysburg National Military Park recorded 161,928 visitors in May, up 12 percent from last year. Superintendent John Earnst urged cooperation between park and local businesses to boost shared goals. He also suggested reviewing the Steinwehr Avenue beautification plan.
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ALEXANDER F. Wi
Gettysburg
Carlisle Street
John R. Earnst
Earnst
Steinwehr Avenue
B ville Borough Holds Hearing On Sewage Plans
Bville Borough officials share details on alternate sewage treatment plans funded by an EPA grant. Engineer Nelson Green explains cost effectiveness studies, environmental impact analyses, and tests like television surveys and flow monitoring to decide which rehabilitation or plant option best fits a 20 year horizon. The meeting notes potential outfall options to Conewago Creek and how limited effluent discharges influence capacity and scope of the facilities plan.
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Nelson Green
EPA
Butler
Freever
jained Green
Green
Butler Township
Bower's Run
Conewago Creek
Bower's
Gaylord H. Fissell
state Department of Commerce
Robert McQuaide
Keystone Water Co
Greg Maust
Buchart-Horn
Public Utilities Commission
East Berlin Rethinks Refuse Contract After Dispute
East Berlin Borough Council moves to redefine the refuse contract with Adams Sanitation Co after a dispute over billing and collection. The feud has left uncollected garbage behind a West King Street apartment building and raised questions about residential versus commercial accounts. The council will discuss terms with the company and review responsibilities, while also approving a flood plain ordinance, a new well testing plan, and continued census protests.
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EAST BERLIN
Adams Sanitation Co
Lynn Siothour
West King Street
Slothour
ADS Co
John Purdy
Charles Spangler
Purdy
Ronald Spangler
Spangler
Couneil
Neil
Mervin Lau
Harry Nell
Nell
May Rainfall Short of Normal Amid Dry May
Gettysburg Times records show May rainfall half an inch below normal with a 1.47 inch five month deficit and 3.06 inches below the year-ago period. May temperatures ran cooler than last year, averaging 61.95 degrees versus normal 62.3, with measurable rain on eight days and a high of 90 on May 26.
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Gettysburg
Times
LIU to Apply for TMR Training Funds
Lincoln Intermediate Unit board grants permission to apply for a Governor's CETA grant of 50 000 to 100 000 to fund a training program for trainable mentally retarded students. The plan aims to prepare 55 students for factory and assembly jobs and promote self-sufficiency.
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Lincoln Intermediate Unt board of
Jesse Grimm
Grimm
Richard M. Campbell
Campbell
Frederick County Budget Nears Finalization for 1981 82
Frederick County moves toward finalizing its two budgets, operating and capital, after six months of work led by Budget Director Harold Keller. The 1981-82 operating budget is planned at 55,977,400, a 4.1 percent rise from the prior year, while the capital budget also increases. Tax rate approved at 2.28 per 100 of assessed value remains unchanged from 1980-81, and officials note taxes will not rise despite the overall budget increases.
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Frederick County
Harold Keller
Keller
FREDERICK
Round Hill workers and company reach injunction settlement
Lawyers for Round Hill Foods withdrew the permanent injunction request against striking workers at the New Oxford plant after a Tuesday Adams County hearing. The agreement dissolves the injunction, drops any damages claim, and calls for peaceful relations as both sides work to settle the labor dispute. Judge Oscar F. Spicer dismissed the petition and urged a peaceful resolution.
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NANCY DI BLASI
Times
Round Hill Foods
New Oxford
Adams County Court
Oscar F. Spicer
can
Spicer
Basi
John Tryon
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