Adams County Commissioners veto day care plan for working mothers
Adams County commissioners rejected a Community Action Agency request to co sponsor a full time day care center in Gettysburg Baptist Church School for 30 children aged three to five. The plan could have yielded about 54000 in federal and state funds for one year.
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Adams County
Community Action Agency
CAA
Gettysburg Baptist Church
Harry F. Biesecker
Fairfield
Littlestown
Gettysburg
Kenneth Guise
Frederic Froelicher
Scouts Set for Wyoming Trek From Adams County
Six Adams Countians join 28 from the Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council for a August 12 departure to the National Girl Scout Ranch in Wyoming. Final encampment practice is July 28 at Camp Happy Valley near Fairfield, with a pretrip meeting August 11 and a 5 a.m. bus departure August 12. The voyage includes a 14 hour first day to Joliet Illinois and an 80 corridor route via Pennsylvania and Ohio turnpikes.
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Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council
Wyoming
National Girl Scout Ranch
Marie Phiel
Victor Sr
Camp Happy Valley
Fairfield
Joliet
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Omaha
Neb
Mitchell, S. D
Local Weather Update Snapshot
Yesterday’s high and last night’s low are not specified. Today at 8 30 am and 1 pm no details are provided. The fragment mentions ce alge but lacks usable forecast content.
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ce alge
Free Food Stamp Trial Offer Rejected by County Commissioners
The three member county board, led by Commissioner Harry F. Biesecker, declined a $1 506 gift from Lutheran Seminary graduates to fund a three month food stamp trial. They stated the proposal cannot be accepted as it would contradict prior decisions and is not in the county’s best interests. Simon Monforte and local representatives presented the offer and stressed it would cost the county nothing.
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Adams County
Harry F. Biejsecker
Kenneth E. Guise
Ward D. Taylor
Harrisburg
Biesecker
Lutheran Seminary
Simon Monforte
Helen Tunison
Cassie Nutter
Community Action Agency
Gail Fridenwalds
Gardners
Confirmations at Bermudian and Chestnut Grove Churches
The article lists youths confirmed in the Christian faith at Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church East Berlin and Chestnut Grove Lutheran Church Latimore. Names include Nancy Heikes Joseph Lerew Kevin Wolf Ronnie Zepp and Robert Jenkins. First Communion to be received this Sunday at Latimore and East Berlin churches officiated by Rev. Robert Rothermel.
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Bermudian
Robert Rothermel
U S Warplanes Hit Deep Into Cambodia Officials Silent
Cambodian military command disclosed that American jet fighters attacked deep into Cambodia in support of ground forces. U S officials in Saigon would not confirm or deny the claim as fighting rose near Kompong Speu and Kompong Thom. The strikes helped break a siege, signaling broader U S air power in the region. Maj Am Rong provided few specifics on locations, aircraft types, or timing.
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JOHN T. WHEELER
Associated Press
PHNOM PENH
Cambodia
U.S
Saigon
Kompong Speu
Kompong Thom
Phnom Nipwspa
Penh
Pentagon
United States
Maj
Am Rong
Will Filed for Kathryn Starry Estate in Cambodia
Eyewitness reports from Kompong Thom say Kathryn M. Starry died June 13 in Berwick Township and her will was filed for probate in the local register and recorder’s office. She appointed Jean Bulette as executrix and left 6000 dollars to her son and daughter.
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Kompong Thom
Kathryn M. Starry
Skoun
Berwick Twp
U.S
hadl register and recorder
South
Jean Bulette
Oxford
Grange Dedication Notables At Gettysburg Exhibit Ceremony
National Grange officials participate in the dedication of the William Saunders exhibit at the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors' Center on Tuesday afternoon. In the photo from left to right are William J. Brake Haslett Mich national lecturer Herschel Newsom Washington DC past national master now a member of the US Tariff commission John W Scott Washington DC national master A Wayne Readinger Harrisburg master of the Pennsylvania State Grange and Clifford Finklebaugh overseer of the Pennsylvania Grange.
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National Grange
William Saunders
Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors’ Center
William J. Brake
Haslett
Mich
Herschel Newsom
Washington, D.C
U.S. Tariff commission
John W. Scott
A. Wayne Readinger
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Grange
Clifford Finklebaugh
Pennsylvania Grange
Susan Pecher Crowned Fairfield Fire Queen 1970
Susan Pecher aged 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs George M Pecher of Fairfield R 2, was chosen queen at the Fairfield Fire Company carnival. She will represent Fairfield in the Adams County Volunteer Firemen’s Queen contest in Bendersville this August. Runners up included Yvonne Rodgers and Barbara Reindollar.
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Susan Pecher
George M. Pecher
Fairfield R. 2
Fairfield Fire Company
Pecher
Fairfield department
Adams County Volunteer Firemen
Bendersville
Juanita Lindsey
Ralph D. Lindsey
Fairfield BR
Yvonne Rodgers
T. Eugene Rodgers
Fairfield B
Fairfield R
Debbie Kemper
Richard L. Kemper
Nancy Armor
Horace Armor
Fairfield
Vickie Flenner
George Flenner
Nancy Schwartz
Charles Lott
Gettysburg
Janet Deardorff
AMA to Battle Warning Label on Birth Pills
At the 119th AMA annual convention in Chicago delegates approve a resolution opposing an FDA plan to add a health warning to birth control pill packaging. FDA Commissioner Charles Edwards defends the warning as patient protection and says it will appear within 90 days.
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CHICAGO
American Medical Association
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
AMA
House of Delegates
Dr. Edwards
Dolly Madison Files Petition To Reorganize
Dolly Madison Industries, a Philadelphia food and furniture maker, filed for reorganization under the federal bankruptcy act due to a severe cash shortage. Bernard T. Perry, president, cited repeated inability to meet obligations after selling several divisions.
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PHILADELPHIA
RPF
Dolly Madison Industries, Inc
U.S. District Court
Bernard T. Perry
Dolly Madison
Weitzel Dies At Warner Hospital Tuesday
Clarence J. Bud Weitzel 142 Seminary Ave died at 3 27 PM Tuesday at Warner Hospital after four years of declining health. A Shamokin native, he was superintendent of Gettysburg Throwing Co and formerly with J H and K Eagle Co. He is survived by wife Marguerite Miller two sons Terrance and Rev William H two daughters Mrs Walter Sports a sister Mrs Donald Lebo and two brothers. Funeral Friday.
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Clarence J
Bud) Weitzel
Seminary Ave
Warner Hospital
J. H
K. Eagle Co
Shamokin
Elks
Marguerite Miller
Terrance R. Weitzel
Gettysburg R
William H. Weitzel
Lewistown
Walter Sports
Fayletteville
N. C
Donald Lebo
Howard Weitzel
Henry Weitzel
Sha
Ladies Night at Hunterstown Ruritan Club Dinner
The Hunterstown Ruritan Club will hold a Ladies Night during its Friday dinner session in the Great Conewago Presbyterian Church chapel. Special entertainment is planned and dinner is served at 7 pm by women of the church.
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Hunterstown
Ruritan Club
Hanover Marine Acquitted in Son Thang Vietnam Killings
Pfc. Thomas R. Boyd 19, Evansville Indiana, was found not guilty of premeditated murder in the Son Thang killings after testifying he shot neither civilians nor enemy in Vietnam. The verdict prompted tears and celebrations among his crew and commander Lt. Louis Amort.
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DA NANG
Vietnam
Pfc
Thomas R. Boyd
Evansville
Ind
Howard T. Trackman
Son Thang village
here
Boyd
Louis R. Amort
Little Rock
Ark
Samuel G. Green
Green
Cleveland
Ohio
Michael A. Schwarz
Weirton
W. Va
Driver Faces Charge After $400 Crash
A driver faces charges after a crash that caused $400 in damage during weeklong events marking Gettysburg’s 107th Battle anniversary. The celebration, running July 4 with a fireworks display and reenactments, includes a fireman festival at Recreation Park and a queen contest with prizes.
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Climax
Motorist faces motor code charge after $400 collision
A 10:30 p m Tuesday collision at Queen St and Steinwehr Ave caused $400 damage with no injuries. Keith E Bowling Gettysburg R 3 will be charged with failure to yield the right of way after stopping at a stop sign on Queen St and pulling into the path of Helen M Greenawalt Gettysburg R 3 traveling south on Steinwehr Ave damage was about $200 to each car.
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Queen St
Steinwehr Ave
Keith E. Bowling
Gettysburg R
Bowling
Helen M. Greenawalt
Gettysburg
Two Gettysburg College students fined and jailed in drug case
Two former Gettysburg College students, Thomas Felkay and Gerald Franquemont, were sentenced to six to 23 months in county jail and fined $500 each after guilty pleas for possession of narcotics. Felkay received a suspended year and an additional $500 fine on a second count. A third defendant, Sharon Cox, was dismissed.
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Gettysburg College
Thomas Felkay
Gerald Franquemont
Washington St
Felkay
South Orange
N.J
Franquemont
Roslyn Heights
N.Y
Sharon Lee Cox
S. Washington St
Nathaniel Tyler
Gettysburg
Darnell E. Naugle
Fayetteville
James Lee Leatherman
Sprayer Fire HITS Two Musselman Workers
Two Musselman Fruit Products Division employees of Pet Inc were treated for burns after their speed sprayer ignited in an apple orchard on University Drive near Biglerville. Eugene McGlaughlin and William Bankert suffered burns to limbs. firemen contained the blaze with a pumper truck.
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Musselman Fruit Products Division
Pet, Inc
Warner Hospital
University Drive
Biglerville
Eugene McGlaughlin
Bigierville R
William Bankert
Biglerville R
Biglerville Fire Company
Robert Baker
Baker
Flight Of Soyuz 9 Advances Soviet Space Station Goal
The Soyuz 9 mission extends the Soviet push toward an Earth orbit space station and hints the U S may trail in establishing an operational long duration orbit platform. Astronauts Nikolayev and Sevastyanov returned after 17 days 17 hours, beating the prior U S endurance record by four days and prompting questions about long term medical effects.
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Russia
U.S
HOWARD BENEDICT
AP Aerospace
CAPE KENNEDY
Fla
Soviet Union
Soyuz 9
Andriai Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastyanov
earth
America
Nikolayev
Sevastyanov
BRBHIVE
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C. J. Weitzel
Hanover Marine
T. R. Boyd
Grange
Penn State University
47th State Grange leadership school
Ruth Holler
Wilmington
Delaware State Grange
Jack Sharp
Swedesboro
N.I
BEAUTICIAN
Penn State
B. Wayne Kelly
Ruth Ann Wilson
Blaine Schlosser
Jeanne B. Larson
Gettysburg beautician
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
Mildred M. Saultz
Somerset
Ross Meir
Allensville
James E. Diamond
Otisville R. 1
Dallastown
WSBA
Don Steele
Country Lads
Travel Council
Grand Army of the Reunion
Harrisburg Rd
Clara Barton
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Dale Biesecker
Reece W. Swatt
G’burg
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