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Gettysburg Times

Location

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1981

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Pope John Paul II improves after shooting scare

The pope slept seven hours without sedatives and had a calm night at Gemelli Hospital. Doctors said he drank tea with milk at breakfast and had almost no fever this morning after previously running a fever around 100.4 for five days.

ROME John Paul II John Paul Eugenio Alcini Gemelli Polichnico Hospital Alcini Associated Press Mehmet Ali Agca Elizabeth III England ANSA

Bipartisan district swap highlighted as consciousness test

A rural Wisconsin Republican and a city Ohio Democrat trade districts for a few days in a bid to raise awareness. President Reagan plans a Memorial Day weekend ranch visit in Santa Barbara, then a West Point appearance after fewer trips west since the March 30 assassination attempt. A petition signed by 2,500 American professors calls for ending U.S. aid to El Salvador and withdrawing 56 military advisers, arguing El Salvador faces a junta protecting long‑standing oligarchy.

WASHINGTON Wisconsin Ohio Reagan Santa Barbara Calif Indiana White House West Pont N.Y U.S El Salvador

Picket line blocked Consolidation Coal HQ in injunction

Pittsburgh AP reports Allegheny County Judge Nicholas Papadakos issued an injunction against United Mine Workers pickets who sealed off Consolidation Coal Co. headquarters. About 100 miners in blue jeans lined U.S. 19 from hundreds of Consol employees as sheriff's deputies enforced the order. The judge ordered pickets to cease and desist and not block anyone from going to work.

PITTSBURGH Allegheny County United Mine Workers Consolidation Coal Co U.S Consol joing Nicholas Papadakos

Local Weather Report Snapshot

Yesterday's high temperature details are missing. Today's forecast is unclear showing a symbol 8S and a time stamp 1 aeem. No actionable weather data available from the fragment.

Sputtering Plane Sparks 2-Hour East Berlin Search

A two hour search failed to locate a reportedly down plane near East Berlin and Kralltown. Fire units and a Pennsylvania state police helicopter scoured about 10 square miles after a 2:30 p.m. sighting by a local woman. Eyewitnesses described a blue and white or white plane with a red stripe. Authorities noted no missing aircraft at area airports and discussed carburetor ice as a possible cause in the absence of firm evidence.

East Berlin- Kralltown East Berlin Fire Company Pennsylvania state olice Harrisburg East Berlin B. 1 Melvin Kreider East Berlin A. 1 Bermudian Airpark Kreider Mike Thoman Poff Shirley Klinedinst East Berlin R. 1

Aux Officer Request Is Withdrawn In Oxford Township

Oxford Township supervisors pulled back a proposal to hire an auxiliary female police officer after legal counsel warned the plan may violate state court rulings. Police Chief Edward Powers had sought approval at the April meeting to add an auxiliary officer for escort duties, but concerns focus on when such an officer could be used and how deployment is triggered.

NEW OXFORD Oxford Edward Powers Powers Adams County Control desk Clayton Wilcox Wilcox emery state Gannett, Fleming, Cordry and Carpenter, Inc Robert Stark Ayers Straban Environmental Protection Agency thier Larson EPA Stark

Fairfield Board OKs 2.1 Million Budget With Tax Hike

Fairfield Board of Education adopted a tentative 2.1 million budget raising real estate taxes from 47 to 52 mills for 1981 82. The plan projects a 3.3 percent spending rise with instructional costs about 46.6 percent and debt service around 13.4 percent. The group expects most revenue from local taxes about 50 percent and state funds around 37 percent with federal aid declining.

VIRGINIA L BOHN Times Fairfield Board of Education Samuel R. McHenry McHenry Delmar B. Richardson Fairfield Richardson L & M Transportation Transportation committee John Flenner Lee Johnson Flenner Luther Wolgamutt George Seiferd Volgamutt Dean Zerbe Johnson Robert Kidwell John Beach Carl Sturges Sturges Mt. View Golf Course Carroll Valley Golf Course

GMA and Westinghouse Eye Water Tower West of Plant

Gettysburg Municipal Authority plans a 120 foot water tower west of Westinghouse to boost system pressure. Project cost estimated at 450000 with GMA to provide land and ROW. Engineering targets include 30 psi pressure and overflow at 700 feet.

GMA Westinghouse aneaaNDERF WILKIE Times Gettysburg Municipal Authority Westinghouse Co Herbert Walborn American Water Co, Inc Gettysburg Allen Larson Walburn Larson sealevel Walborn Gannett Fleming, Cordry and Carpenter Inc Harrisburg

Daughters Of Charity Mark Founder's 400th Birthday Visit

The Very Rev. Richard McCullen of the Vincentians will visit Emmitsburg to mark the 400th anniversary of St. Vincent de Paul. He will visit Seton Center, St. Joseph's Provincial House, and the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, presiding at 4 30 p m Eucharistic liturgy and dining with the sisters. McCullen, 54, native of Drogheda Ireland, was elected superior general in 1900 and entered the order in 1945. The Daughters of Charity trace to Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. The union with the Daughters of Charity occurred in 1850.

Richard McCullen Congregation of the Mission Company of the Daughters of Chanty Emmitsburg St. Elizabeth Ann Seton McCullen Shrine Chapel Drogheda Ireland the Daughters of Charity St. Vincent de Paul Vincentian Fathers Da of Charity

Polls Open 7 A.M. In Adams County Municipal Primary

Voters in Adams County vote in 49 districts for mayor, township supervisor, borough council, school board, tax officials, and county offices including treasurer and sheriff. They decide on punch card versus paper ballots and state races for Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Commonwealth and Superior Courts. Polls close at 8 p.m. Today. Straban No 1 voters moved to Lutheran Home Route 15.

Adams County Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Supreme Court Superior Straban No. 1 Gettysburg

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