Weather Summary and Local Notices Summary
The Times Today reports a 24 hour period ending Friday high of 80 and low of 55 at the Eisenhower site with 0.04 inches of rain. Weekend forecast shows variable clouds with 60 percent shower chances, highs 75 to 80, southwest winds 5 to 15, Saturday night 40 percent showers, Sunday mostly sunny with highs upper 70s, and a warm stretch into midweek. Notable items include a special Upper Adams School Board meeting on property and personnel matters, Gettysburg Hospital Annie M Warner Hospital entering partial retirement on July 1, legal notes on Daniel Sullivan appealing a two year probation and $1,000 fine for tampering with public records, Reagan’s continued oil and gas ban on the Soviet Union, Gulf Oil’s Cities Service Co bid reaction, and public protests over a Tate rate hike. Also mentions ship festival touring Tall Ships for Philadelphia’s Tricentennial and sports recaps from Phillies and Orioles games.
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Eisenhower National Historic Site
Local firms feel high interest rates squeeze Adams County
Local business leaders report rising volume but slimmer profits due to high interest rates. Executives from the Gettysburg Adams County Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association note steady employment and improving conditions, yet borrowing costs curb expansion, construction, and appliance sales. Some firms anticipate prices and construction activity shifting as rates ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BRIAN BOWERS
Adams County
Ruth Detwiler
Gettysburg
Caroline Scott
Retail Merchants Association
Charmed Circle
Chambersburg St
Scott
Kenneth R. Foust
Kennie's Markets Inc
Littlestown
Allen McDonnell
McDonnell Construction o
York St
Hill
James Reaver
Zerfing
Baltimore St
Reaver
Marshall L. Miller
Marshall L. Miller Real Estate Inc
Miller
Richard Guise
Adams County Motors Corp
Biglerville Rd
Guise
Adams County Commissioners Alter Title XX Funds Split
Adams County allocates 16806 in extra federal Title XX funds to Apple Line and the Office for Aging. Apple Line receives 7006 dollars and the Office for Aging 9806 dollars to establish a domiciliary care system, with Cowan opposing the Apple Line grant and advocating for Legal Services funding instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NANCY DI BLASI
Adams County Commissioners
Apple Line
Adams County Office for Aging
Catherine W. Cowan
Legal Services Inc
Office for Aging
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Cowan
Legal Services
DPW
Adams County
legal aid agency
Robert W. Klunk
Thomas L. Collins
Office For Aging plans
board of commissioners
Tait Named Gettysburg Hospital Board Chairman
Raymond L. Tait, local Herff Jones Yearbook manager, was elected chairman of the Gettysburg Hospital Board of Trustees effective July 1, succeeding Chester S. Byers. D. Richard Guise and Melinda Hutton were named first and second vice chairmen, with Robert C. Eicholtz secretary and Eleanor F. Adams treasurer. The board approved staff privileges for Drs. Michael McLaughlin and Melvin Watson and authorized recruitment for an anesthesiologist, radiologist, and Sheil to expand the medical staff. The finance committee reported year-end admissions at 4,440, patient days 27,646, and a net operating margin of 417,105 dollars directed to equipment and development. The hospital plans a joint purchase of a mobile CT scanner with Hanover, Chambersburg, and Waynesboro, totaling 1.4 million dollars, to be operated by a separate corporation. tentative fees at Gettysburg are set at 350 dollars per patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Tait
Herff Jones Yearbook Co
Gettysburg Hospital Board of Trustees
art
Chester S. Byers
Littlestown
D. Richard Guise
Gettysburg
Melinda Hutton
Gervetary
Robert C. Eicholtz
Arendtsville
Eleanor F
Wolf
arariss
Gettysburg Hospital
Myers
Jail break thwarted at Adams County Prison in Gettysburg
Guards stopped a planned prison escape at Adams County Prison Friday near 10 p.m. Inmate Samuel Rexroth struck guard Clarence Kuhn injuring his ear and shoulder. Inmates Michael Nicholson Vincent Richardson and others face pending charges including aggravated assault and conspiracy to escape amid reports of overcrowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Gettysburg
James Caskey
Clarence Kuhn
Warner Hospital
Kuhn
Michael Nicholson
Caskey
Samuel Rexroth
E. Thomas Stahl
cape
Nicholson
Vincent B. Richardson
Stahl
Felix B. Rivera
ing
Gettysburg retail group seeks funds for new Christmas display
Gettysburg Retail Merchants Association plans a community fundraising drive to replace nativity scene and 18 foot trees lost in the April 16 fire that destroyed the Gettysburg Item Co. building. With $10,000 in insurance, replacing all decorations could top $30,000, so they will solicit service clubs, civic groups, and a Mason convention event for support while seeking a large storage facility for new displays. The loss includes Santa Shanty furnishings. the nativity scene is irreplaceable after 35 years on Lincoln Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Retail Merchants Association
Lincoln Square
Gettysburg Item Co
Carolyn Scott
Crosby L. Hartzell
association
Frosty
Snowman
Hartzell
Scott
Ruth Detwiler
Gettysburg-Adams County
Santa Claus
Mrs. Claus
Detwiler
Larcoln Square
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
merchants’ group
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Annie M. Warner Hospital
Sullivan appears
Daniel L. Sullivan
New Oxford R. 1
Superior Court of
Pennsylvania
Reagan
U.S
Soviet Union
Corporate fight
Cities Service Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Wall Street
Pennsylvania Public Interest Coalition
Bell of Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Steel talks
Philadelphia
Phillies
Bucs
Garry Maddox
Mike Krukow
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Orioles
Yanks
Jim Palmer
Tippy Martinez
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
New York
David Broder
the
JAMES BEAVER
SHIRLEY WILLIAMS
Tait chosen hospital board
William D. Myers
JEFF THORESON
Rexroth
Richardson
Fairfield
Chambersburg
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