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Gettysburg Times

Location

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1981

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Nazi SS officer faces 12 year jail in Auschwitz case

In Kiel Germany the prosecution seeks a 12 year term for Kurt Asche a former SS officer on trial for sending about 10 000 Belgian Jews to Auschwitz in Poland Asche aged 71 is alleged to have served as a "Jew consultant" in occupied Brussels from August 1942 to late 1943 A verdict in the seven month trial is due in July.

KIEL West Germany Auschwitz Poland Kurt Asche Brussels uly

Welfare payments exceed one billion monthly in July 1980

National dispatch reports the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children program paying out over 1 billion dollars per month since last July. The Health and Human Services release shows 16.7 million people, 7.4 million children, in 3.7 million families were receiving benefits in July 1980.

WASHINGTON Department of Health and Human Services

Tragic rescue attempt Ends in Death for Two Medics

Lancaster County officials said two emergency medics and a shreman died trying to rescue an year-old boy trapped in an abandoned methane gas filled septic tank. The boy was critically injured and the attack prompted a noninvestigation into the tragedy. Fire Chief Joseph Giordano said every effort was made to save the rescuers and the child. Emergency medics from St Josephs Hospital were called after Benjamin Walker became trapped in the 12 foot deep tank.

LANCASTER Joseph Giordani Giordano Wheatland Fire Co St. Joseph's Hospital Benjamin Walker

Local weather report fragment summary

Yesterday’s high and this morning’s low are incomplete. The entry records 8:30 AM and 11:30 AM readings but provides no specific values or locations.

Quick Fire Sweeps Warehouse Injuring Two Firemen

A two story warehouse on South Franklin Street burned rapidly at about 7 p.m. Monday. Firemen Jeffrey Gormley and Tim Linn sustained minor burns and cuts from falling debris as the roof collapsed. Owner Wilbur Sites said the units stored appliances and furniture. investigators will assess the cause.

South Franklin Street Barry Noel David A. Staub Jeffrey Gormley Tim Linn Charles Kerrigan Wilbur Sites Fairfield Adams County Board of Assitance P. Ross Ramer ames Gettysburg Noel

Fairfield district tax dispute at Fort Ritchie discussed

Fort Ritchie workers claim an occupational privilege tax of 10 dollars is not owed as they do not work in the Fairfield district. Ronald Hovis said about 120 to 140 employees are affected. Board will have its solicitor study the issue and reply in coming weeks.

Smithsburg Fairfield Fort Ritchie Cascade Ronald Hovis Adams County Samuel R McHenry Pentagon Hovis Delmar Richardson Ronald Linder board of education Rosemont College Faifield McHenry Linder Cheryl Sanders John W. Beach Kenneth L. Rotz Gettysburg Rotz Sanders Bet+sey J. Forrence West Middle Street Eimborn, Butler, Gingerich & Co CPA Faye Slusser Janice Pitts First National Bank of Fairfield G.H. Harris Associates Fairfield High School Wade A. Bert W. Guise

Littlestown Faces Tax Hike And Occupation Tax Shift

Littlestown School Board approves a four mill real estate tax increase raising the rate to 70 mills while adopting a 14 percent occupation assessment tax. After six defeated motions, a five-vote passage keeps the 1981-82 budget and hints at possible future reductions due to higher state aid. Farmers urge tax caps and equity, citing hardship on fixed incomes. The district considers census updates and capital improvements totaling 325000 over three years, with bids opening next month.

Littlestown David Krebs Fred tt Mervin Myers Adams County Farmers Association Beverly Kress Glen M. Moyer Kress Krebs Gall Nancy Boyd Walta Bernard Redding Maple Avenue

Contaminant Pinpointed in Ayres well tied to molybdenum

Gettysburg Municipal Authority hears from engineer Robert Stark that high molybdenum levels in the Ayres well may stem from a moly-based lubricant used during drilling off Route 30 in Straban Township. Officials note the metal’s toxicity is not yet fixed and the sole contaminant reading four times the recommended amount.

Ayres Gettysburg Robert Stark Gettysburg Municipal Authority GMA Stark Route 30 Straban Township Department of Environmental Resources DEA John Yesh Robert Eichelberger Mechanicsburg Eichelberger

Haig reports China visit went well in Peking

U S Secretary of State Alexander Haig met Deng Xiaoping in Peking and said the talks on the third day of his four day trip went very very well. Officials suggested the visit would advance Sino American relations in every sphere while downplaying arms sales to Taiwan.

R. GREGORY NOKES Associated Press PEKING U.S Alexander M. Hai Jr Taiwan Haig Deng Communist Party

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