Edinburgh Wwi cruiser wreck to raise for gold haul
A British salvage team aims to raise the World War II cruiser Edinburgh to recover 51 percent of the ship's gold cargo worth nearly 100 million dollars. The bullion was being ferried to the United States as Soviet payment for U S military supplies when the ship was torpedoed and scuttled on May 2, 1945 in the Barents Sea.
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LONDON
Edinburgh
Barents Sea
United States
U.S
Ponce
Schools to rely more on states for teen pregnancy aid
Reagan budget cuts push schools to seek greater state and local support with families communities and public and private partners asked to devise cost effective solutions for teenage pregnancy. Mecklender spoke Thursday in Washington.
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WASHINGTON
Office of
Marjorie Mecklender
Cholesterol Drug Duo Cuts Arterial Hardening in Tests
Dr Robert W Wissler of the University of Chicago reported at a Philadelphia symposium that combining two cholesterol reducing drugs cholestyramine and producol significantly reduces arterial hardening in monkey trials.
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PHILADELPHIA
Robert W. Wissler
University of Chicago
Local Weather Brief Lacks Complete Data
Readable text provides only scattered weather cues with no specific values. No denoted city or measurements for yesterday's high or this morning's low. Time stamps suggest data exists but is incomplete for an exact summary.
Pa Coalition Pushes Against Budget Slashes
A statewide coalition of 32 social and labor groups to lobby Congress against Reagan cuts in transportation Medicaid job training and other social programs. Leader James Pritchard says the aim is a budget compromise that can be lived with while opponents cite damage to poor and working people.
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vy RICH KIRKPATRICK
Associated Press
HARRISBURG
Washington
Ronald Reagan
James Pritchard
Pennsylvania Delaware Association for Community Action
Leon Lynch
United States Steelworkers Union
Reagan Turns Up Lobby Heat
Washington AP reports President Reagan sharpens lobbying pressure on wavering Democrats and Republicans as House debates his economic program. GOP leaders say votes are ready. influential Democrats like Rep. Carroll Hubbard Jr. recount long calls from the president. Reagan plans Oval Office meetings with as many as two dozen lawmakers before a key vote next week.
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WASHINGTON
Reagan
House
Carroll Hubbard Jr
D-Ky
Louisville
Hubbard
White House
Oval Office
Robert Michel
Illinois
Apple Blossoms To Be Best For Festival This Weekend
The Adams County Apple Blossom Festival returns as a two day event with orchard tours by bus, a Sheep to Shawl demonstration, a queen’s crowning, and an apple pie contest. Angie Sheaffer of Biglerville and Rep. William Goodling participate. prizes total 135 dollars across three age divisions. Entries are due Saturday morning at the South Mountain Fair grounds with judging at 11 15 a.m. and a Sunday auction at 2 p.m. Proceeds support festival costs.
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TERRY L. LADUE
Adams County
South Mountain
Arendtsville
Richard Trostel
Biglerville
Mountain View
Trostel
Judy Hull
Hull
Adams 20 association
Sheep Association
Angie Sheaffer
U.S
William F. Goodling
South Mountain Fairgrounds
Greener Mud on Sand Mound Regulations in Pa
DER and Penn State study prompt updated standards for sand mound sewage systems in rural Pennsylvania. Revisions loosen some rules but require soil percolation tests, smaller 1 inch pipes, and low pressure distribution with pumps or siphons to extend life and cut costs. Experimental and alternate systems allowed if criteria are met. project costs shown to drop from 3700 to 2600 in Lebanon County.
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M. EILEEN GRAHAM
Adams County
Pennsylvania
state Department of Environmental Resources
DER
Penn State University
University of Wisconsin
Gary Shaeffer
Division of Local Environmental Services
DER’s
Bureau of Water Quality Management
DEA
Huntington Township
Shaeffer
Sheaffer
Shhaeffer
Lebanon County
About 100 CETA Workers To Be Laid Off In Adams County
Adams County will see about 100 CETA workers laid off by September end as two CETAfunded program directors Donna Robbins and Jean Odom report. Beginning April 30 roughly 40 Title 1-D workers will be furloughed gradually while most others face June or September layoffs amid budget cuts and employer funding gaps.
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VIRGINIA L. ROHN
Adams County
CETA
Donna Robbins
public service
ral
SCCAP
Odom
Ms. Odom
the
Red Cross
Diana Grissom
CETA LD
Ms. Grissom
Timothy Berwager
SPCA
Berwager
YCC and YACC cuts threaten Gettysburg park programs
Gettysburg National Military Park faces loss of the Local Youth Conservation Corps and the Young Adult Conservation Corps with looming September elimination due to federal cuts. Park officials cite slowed land clearing and fence work, while Weitzel stresses the programs’ value for youths and young adults and warns of layoffs and local economic impact.
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ALEXANDER F. WILKIE
Times
Youth Conservation Corps
YCC
Young Adult Conservation Corps
ACC
Gettysburg National Military Park
John Earnst
YACC
Earnst
Baltimore
Victoria Weitzel
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