Adams County hosts second Gettysburg peace walk for nuclear disarmament
About 60 area residents joined a misty Saturday march through Gettysburg sponsored by the Adams County Peace Fellowship to protest nuclear weapons and Reagan era policies. The event featured speakers from Physicians for Social Responsibility and local activists urging a bilateral freeze and warning of the human cost of nuclear war.
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JEFF THORESON
Gettysburg
Adams County Peace Fellowship
Hiroshima
Los Angeles
New York
United Nations
National Battlefield Annex
Steinwehr Avenue
Peace Light Memorial
Christ Chapel
Gettysburg College
Bowen Auditorium
Baltimore Street
Lincoln Square
middle America
United States
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
Jacquelyn McArdle
Physicians for Social Responsibility
McArdle
Bob Smith
Smith
G.E. Five
General Electric
Philadelphia
Louis Hammam
Hamman
Elaine Jones
Penn State University
Jones
Bob Euler
York
Euler
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Washington
Civil War learning comes alive at Granite Farm for students
Fifth graders from Bel Pre Elementary School in Silver Spring Maryland join a National Park Service program at Granite Farm Gettysburg Battlefield. Students simulate Civil War life, with two groups acting as soldiers and farmers. They endure a simple drill, learn about hardships, disease and the reality of war.
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O.K
Bel Pre
Silver Spring
National Park Service
Eastern National Park and Monument Association
Granite Farm
Gettysburg Battlefield
Slyder
Gettysburg
Slyders
Constantine Dillon
NPS
Maryland
Becky Lyons
ARMY
Granite Hill
Gettysburg National Military Park
Sth
Alex Wilkie
Genital herpes a rising concern in Adams County health view
Health attitudes shift bring attention to genital herpes a sexually transmitted disease with rising public interest. Betty Creskin of Adams County Family Planning Center notes it is common among students but not endemic here while acknowledging underreporting and the broader context of awareness and seeking birth control. The article explains herpes is caused by herpes simplex virus type II often recurring with no cure and can be spread by people unaware of infection.
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JOY CONNOR
Betty Creskin
Adams County
Center for Disease Control
Atlanta
Adams County Family Planning Center
Creskin
New Life Pennsylvania Primary Boosts Reagan Trip
Pennsylvania's primary season, dulled by party endorsements, may gain momentum with a fundraising visit to Philadelphia by President Reagan. Leonard underwent surgery for a detached retina in the left eye, doctors cautious about boxing return prospects.
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NEW LIFE
Pennsylvania
life
Philadelphia
Reagan
Pleasant Weather With Warming Through Period
Fair and pleasant conditions continue with gradual warming. Lows dip to mid-40s to mid-50s early in the period, rising into the 50s, with highs from the mid 60s to mid 70s Wednesday through Friday. Temperatures climb to the 70s Thursday and 75 to 85 Friday.
Fahnestock fire arson investigated in Gettysburg
Fire officials say the Fahnestock building at Baltimore and West Middle Streets suffered about $10,000 in damage from an arson fire discovered early Saturday. Fire Chief Carr said the rear blaze burned for some time before detection, with $2,000 in merchandise destroyed on the first floor. Police also investigated a garage fire at 212 W Middle St later Sunday causing over $50 damage to the rental property.
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Fahnestock
Baltimore and
West Middle Streets
Gettysburg
Thomas Carr
Charles J. Kerrigan
Gettysburg Borough
Carr
GC Murphys
West Middle
Baltimore
Gettysburg Boroug
Middle St
Raymond Fair
Richard Keefer
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