Voter Turnout in Adams County Described as Boring and Low
Adams County primary turnout registered 24 percent with 6,866 of 28,600 voters casting ballots. Officials cited lack of competition and excitement, noting the scene was unusually quiet at Gettysburg as results favored William F. Goodling in the 19th Congressional race and unopposed candidates in state races drew muted participation.
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Adams County
mome
Thomas L. Collins
Gettysburg
Mary Walter
Carroll Valley
Callin
Walter
Fairfield
Rosalie Fitez
House of Representatives
Kenneth J. Cole
D-Orrianna
Cole
House
Federal State Relations Committee
John Wolfe
Wolfe
Inmates Lock Down Hagerstown Prison Yard Standstill
About 500 inmates refused to return to cells at Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown prompting a lockdown. Guards were treated for bruises after a brief scuffle as 65 state troopers and six canine units arrived to assist.
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HAGERSTOWN
Russ Butts
Bradford Shepherd
Donald Coulter
Shipley
Joseph H. Cook
Maryland Classified Employees Association
MCI
Maryland Correction Training Center
Cook
Maryland Correctional Institution
Maryland Penal Farm
penal farm
Maryland State Reformatory for
Maryland Institution for Men
Elmanus Herndon
Mason Waters
Driving Under the Influence Statistics for Adams County
Statistics show rising DUI impact in Adams County with 299 drivers charged in 1990 versus 299 in 1989. DUI fatalities reached six in 1990 alone, while overall driving fatalities rose to 21 compared with 1989 totals. The Mount Pleasant Township Tax Office of Sara C Sneeringer will be closed until May 30 1990.
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Adams County
Mount Pleasant Township
Sara C. Sneeringer
Hafer Casey Win Party Nominations In PA Primary
Gov. Robert P. Casey won the Democratic nomination with about 77 percent as 15 percent remained. Barbara Hafer edged Marguerite Luksik for the Republican nomination with 53 percent of 85 percent counted. Singel defeated Mezvinsky for lieutenant governor. Adams County results noted.
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PHILADELPHIA
Robert P. Casey
Philip Berg
Barbara Hafer
Marguerite Luksik
Cakeik
Hafer
Adams County
Luksik
Patrick Killian
Ron Ruman
Casey
Berg
Scranton
Mark Singel
Edward Mezvinsky
Singel
Mezvinsky
Sing
Fairfield Parents Rally for DUI Law Change After Accident
Steven Heinemann, 19, remained in critical condition after a May accident near Hamiltonban Township. His father Gary Heinemann, a U.S. Army warrant officer, demanded harsher DUI laws as he called for legal action and urged state Rep Kenneth Cole to address the issue.
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Gary
Mary Heinemann
Fairfield
Pennsylvania
York Hospital
Steven Douglas Heinemann
Weikert
Harold Deardorff
Gary Hemmemann
Steven
California
Heinemann
U.S. Army
Fort Ritchie
inci
dent
Michael
Sacramento
Calif
Kenneth Cole
D. Orrianna
Mr. Heinemann
Mrs. Heine
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Catherine W. Cowan
Ken Cole
Ken
Cowan
General Assembly
John H. Bronjos
Ron Truro
Republican state committee
Susan R. Benner
Robert J. Monahan Jr
Dale Biesecker
Democratic state committee
Gilbert J. Lupp
Lake Heritage
U.S
BILL GOODLING
Hagerstown state prison
DUI
GOF
Nathan Hockley
Dorothy Kellerman
Michael Heinemann
Hamiltonian Township
Hamiltonban Township
John Luntz
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