Littlestown H S Not Closed By Board Denials Emerge
Littlestown Junior-Senior High School was not closed for the year, says board president Marvin P. Breighner. The district plans to restore Seventh and Eighth grades if staff allows, while a June 27 PLRB hearing on 19 unfair labor practice charges looms as teachers remain on strike. Maple Ave and Rolling Acres elementaries stay open with substitutes.
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Littlestown
Marvin P. Breighner
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
PLRB
Adams County
Maple Ave
Rolling Acres
Breighner
Littlestown Education Association
LEA
Hanover Sun
Charles A. Wilson
Luther W. Epley
Herbert Plunkett
Reid Pitlentorf
Epley
Mr. Pittenturf
Gettysburg Times
Bylaws Adopted for Gettysburg Area Council of Governments
Gettysburg borough council and Straban and Cumberland townships boards approve bylaws for the Gettysburg Area Council of Governments. The group, formed to boost inter-municipal cooperation, meets three times yearly with officers reappointed and funds split among Gettysburg Cumberland and Straban.
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Gettysburg
Kenneth P. Hull
Gettysburg Council
GACOG
Local Weather Fest Update
Weather briefing notes show today’s high around late morning and a low overnight. The schedule lists readings at 8 30 am and 1 pm with no further details provided in the fragment.
Two Injured In Series Of Car Crashes
State police report five traffic accidents on county roads Tuesday and today. Clarke 24 of Brodbeck Rhode Island suffered head neck and hip injuries after his sedan crashed on Hanover Street New Oxford at 6 30 am and was a total loss. Helen Bless 65 of East Berlin was treated for a left leg injury after another collision on Route 403 near East Berlin at 9 20 am. A truck rear ended a sedan on Route 16 near Hunterstown Interchange causing 675 dollars damage and no injuries.
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Parson Headley Clarke
Brodbecks R. I
Hanover Hospital
Hanover St
New Oxford
Clarke
east berm
west berm
East Berlin
L.A
Helen Myer Bless
Warner Hospital
Richard H. Bebe
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Emily Grams
Trilogy courthouse resolution urges rebuilding Topper Building
Upper Adams women favor preservation of the 125 year old courthouse. They call for renovation and expansion of the Topper Building to improve county offices and parking. The group re elected Mrs James R Oyler as president and plan a memorial program with the Gettysburg Junior High School Band.
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Trilogy
Upper Adams
Biglerville
James R. Oyler
William M. Lott
Gard
Gettysburg
citi
Adams County
yolution
atis
Nixon authorized wiretaps on NSC and Pentagon officials
The New York Times, citing reliable sources, reports President Nixon authorized taps on NSC and Pentagon officials starting in 1969. Three Kissinger aides Daniel, Davidson, Lake, and Winston Lord are named among those targeted. White House confirms it was a national security matter following a 1989 Beecher dispatch.
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NEW YORK
New York Times
Nixon
National Security Council
Pentagon
White House
The Times
Henry A. Kissinger
Daniel
Davidson
Anthony Lake
Winston Lord
William Beecher
Ba2
Cambodia
Beecher
Defense Department
Whitney Faces Damages Ordered After Truck Roll Over
In Adams County Court a non jury civil trial found Whitney liable for 591.30 in damages tied to a 1969 International pickup owned by Boyer’s Nurseries. The accident on June 4, 1969 at Cherry Lane near Arendtsville occurred when Whitney’s car skidded sideways blocking the road, causing the Nurseries truck to overturn off a soft roadside bank.
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Whitney
Gardners R
Adams
John A. MacPhail
Boyer’s Nurseries
Orrere Inc
Biglerville R. 2
Cherry Lane
Arendtsville
Butler Twp
Donald Boyer
nursery
Boyer
M. Raffensperger
Whit
Glatfelter to Speak at Hunters Town Memorial Service
Dr Charles Glatfelter of Gettysburg College will deliver the memorial sermon at the Great Conewago Presbyterian Church cemetery Hunters town. The annual service is set for 5 30 p m on Saturday May 26 changing from the prior announced date. Children of the community
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Charles Glatfelter
Gettysburg College
Adams County Historical Society
Great Conewago Presbyterian Church
Hunterstown
Lightner Is Nominated For Mayor
Charles N Lightner 63 of 46 South St retired former Adams County highway chief won the Republican mayoral nomination in Gettysburg facing Daniel B King II 26 of 38 E Water St an equipment operator who ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination Lightner led in all five districts to beat John Edward Kenigan Sr 54 manager of the Legion club and World War II veteran King was unopposed for the Democratic nod Mrs Jeanne S Harner incumbent tax collector won the Republican nomination with 708 votes over Robert Geigley 113 Continued on Page 5
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Daniel B. King II
E. Water St
Gettysburg
Lightner
John Edward Kenigan, Sr
Middle St
Legion club
King
HARNER
Jeanne 5. Harner
E. Lincoln Ave
Robert &. Geigley
Geigley
Fred C. Little
County May Lose Rural Atmosphere
County planner John S. Callenbach warned on WGET that without environmental controls Adams County could lose its rural charm. He said 500 to 600 more families might have settled here if growth were unregulated, due to state permit rules tied to on site sewer tests. He argued quality of life would suffer and described uncontrolled growth as a disaster.
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John S. Callenbach
WGET
Charnita
Lake Meade
Lake Heritage
Callenbach
Adams county
Frost Today Brings Near Record Lows in Gettysburg
Frost covered Gettysburg this morning as The Gettysburg Times weather station recorded a low of 39 degrees and WGET logged 30 degrees. This May 16 marks the chilliest since 1920 when the low reached 35, with the date record at 33 degrees for 1910.
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Gettysburg
WGET
Roy Gettier Dies at 70 After Bakery Career in Biglerville
Roy C. Gettier 70 of Penn St Biglerville died at Polyclinic Hospital Harrisburg after a long illness. He owned Gettier's Bakery in Biglerville from 1941 to 1959 and later worked at Gettysburg College. Survived by son Stephen and siblings, he served on St Pauls Lutheran Church council. Funeral Friday at 10 from St Pauls Biglerville, interment Biglerville Cemetery. Peters Funeral Home Carlisle in charge.
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Roy C. Gettier
Penn St. Biglerville
Polyclinic
Harrisburg
Middletown
Charles C
Lillian (Schriv’ er) Gettier
Alda Cline
Stephen Gettier
Trindle Rd
Mechanicsburg
Robert
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Biglerville
St. Paul's Church
Frederick S. Weiser
Peters Funeral Home
Carlisle St
Butler Two Plans Self Help Land Use Initiative
Butler Township planning commission moves to create a comprehensive plan in three phases using in-house work. Secretary-treasurer Dr. Barry Towers obtains two state maps showing roads, railroads and streams to form the land use map. Vice-chairman Arthur J. G. Ebbert volunteers to assemble background information on land use.
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Butler
township planning commission
Barry Towers
planning commission
state Department of Transportation
Arthur J. G. Ebbert
commission
Skylab temperatures rise to 150 degrees prompts cover option
AP reports inside Skylab in Cape Kennedy the temperature hit 150 degrees as experts weigh sending three astronauts to install a sun shield. Meanwhile Nepal leader Louis Reichardt heads an American climbing team to Mount Dhaulagiri summit.
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CAPE KENNEDY
Fla
Skylab space station
space agency
orbiting laboratory
KATMANDU
Nepal
Louis Reichardt
Mt. Dhaulagiri
Miller Wins Both Party Nominations For Sheriff
Bernard V. Miller secured both Republican and Democratic nominations in Adams county primary to seek another term as sheriff. Unofficial totals show Miller with 4,678 Republican votes to 1,202 for Charles I. Swope. write-in Democratic votes tallied 771 for Miller and 57 for Swope. Continued on Page 2.
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Bernard V
Miller
Adams county
Cumberland Two
Charles I. Swope
Swope
Clark E. Spence
Downtown signs plan gains state aid for replacement
Downtown merchants receiving state aid worth 75 percent of the appraised cost to replace signs aim to restore the 1863 downtown look. The Task Force, with Chamber, Merchants and Travel Council, met to urge sign owners to attend a May 23 meeting at Adams County National Bank to determine total signs involved. Stocks edge higher as dollar pressure eases and gold prices rise. Red Cross swimming class registration for Gettysburg Area Scouts moves to May 28 at the West St branch of the Gettysburg National Bank.
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towl
Chamber of Commerce
IPLAN
North Gettysboro
Adams County National Bank
Lincoln Square
Robert Weiland
Force
Forca
RED CROSS
Gettysburg Area
Schouts
West St
Gettysburg National Bank
Three Littlestown Youths Charged in Cemetery Vandalism
Littlestown Police Chief Rogier C Gouker reports three juveniles, two 13 year olds and one 14 year old, arrested for vandalizing the Littlestown Cemetery last Friday. Stones overturned and broken. In custody of parents awaiting county juvenile court appearance.
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Littlestown
Rogier C. Gouker
Gouker
Vo-Tech lawsuit prompts bond demand and court order
Adams County court orders Bernard B. Martin Thomas C Oyler and Olivier Spence to answer a petition seeking a one million dollar bond to cover costs and losses against Adams County Vo Tech Authority and school boards. A return date is set for June 15 at 9 30 a m with hearings on June 21.
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Bernard B. Martin
Thomas C Oyler
Olivier Spence
plain
Thord
Eva M. Pape
Idna
Settle
Cumberland Two
fie
alee
Rev Dr Edward Perry to Address Alumni Luncheon
The Rev Dr Edward Perry president of the Upper New York Synod will speak at the Lutheran Theological Seminary alumni luncheon on Thursday May 17 at 12 45 pm in the Gettysburg College Dining Room. He will discuss Remarks on Keystone. He is a Gettysburg College and Gettysburg Seminary graduate who studied sociology of religion urban sociology and earned a Doctor of Divinity from Hartwick College.
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Edward Perry
Upper New York Synod
Lutheran Church in America
thhe
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg College
Keyne
Perry
fyronx
New York
Lutheran Theologcal Seminary
Gettysburg
University of Buffalo
Services at Gettysburg Lutheran Home This Afternoon
Weekly worship services at the Gettysburg Lutheran Home were conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Harold Myers, former pastor of the Gettysburg Four Square Gospel Church. The Children’s Choir of St. Paul’s Tadheran Church at Biglerville performed Monday at 4 o'clock under Mrs. Kenneth Lawiver, singing a cantata about Noah and the flood.
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Gettysburg Lutheran Home
Harold Myers
Gettysburg
Nominated candidates for county school boards announced
The county school board race slate lists 25 nominees for November. Bermudian Springs Region I sees Kenneth M. Hankey and Hazel G. Hoffman competing on Democratic and Republican tickets respectively, with other candidates William E. Miller and Mac Lott in Region I. Conewago Valley names Barbara Washburn on both tickets Region I, with incumbent James Sneeringer winning only the Democratic nomination and Ronald Ialysely securing a strong Republican write in, plus Robert L. Berwager and Stewart Walker securing cross filings.
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Bermudian Springs
Kenneth M. Hankey
hhis
Hazel G. Hoffman
Hankey
Bermudian
William E. Miller
William “Mac” Lott
Fred J. Ebersole
CONEWAGO VALLEY
Barbara T. Washburn
James ©. Sneeringer
Ronald ialsely
Guaipaiza
Sneeringer
Robert L. Berwager
Stewart V. Walker
Conewago Val
Primary election yields limited nominations across townships
About 600 candidates were in the running for next fall’s offices after Tuesdays primary. Most nominations occurred at township and borough levels while many positions drew zero votes due to the 10 vote requirement. Abbottstown and Conewago Valley lists show scattered results with several officials elected or failing to reach nominating thresholds.
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ABBOTTSTOWN
Harry R Crawford
Harry L. Moul Jr
Carl E. Leese
Harold Lillich
Laverne Neff
Etta Mummert
Naomi M. Ural
Conewago Valley
Barbara T. Washburn
Harry Crawford
George Hollinger
George Meckley
Constable
Faith Peterson
Barbara Washburn
Conewago
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