Afghan guerrillas ambush 140 Soviet troops near Kabul
World brief reports an Afghan exile leader claiming anti communist guerrillas killed 140 Soviet soldiers outside Kabul. Also noted are a Shanghai publishing house printing a Hemingway selection in Chinese, wives of arrested students in Kwangju staging a 12 hour sit in, Peru declaring a war on terrorism, and a Brazilian jet diverted to Casablanca after bomb threats.
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NEW DELHI
India
Afghanistan
Kabul
t E
PEKING
Shanghai
Wost Hemingway
Xinhua
SEOUL
South Korea
Kwangju
U.S
Supreme Court refuses to cut Dan White sentence
San Francisco AP reports California high court rejects eight month reduction for Dan White who killed Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk. Justices denied White’s bid to strike one of two gun-use related sentence additions. White’s July 1979 term stood at seven years eight months in prison.
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SAN FRANCISCO
state Supreme Court
Dan White
White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Philadelphia officer settles seven year sex bias suit
State Philadelphia AP Sgt Penelope Brace agrees to a settlement to end a seven year sex discrimination dispute with the Philadelphia police department. The deal was sent to U S District Judge Charles R Weiner for final approval.
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PHILADELPHIA
APt
Penelope Brace
Philadelphia police department
U.S
Charles R. Weiner
Local Weather Report Readouts Across Timeline
Yesterday showed a higher daytime peak while the morning low set earlier. Today, conditions are monitored at 8 30 a m and 11 30 a m with readings to follow for temperature and precipitation as the day develops.
DER Awards A 300000 Grant To Knouse
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources offers an additional 300000 grant to Knouse Foods Cooperative for a three year energy recovery pilot at its Orrtanna plant. The project aims to convert apple pomace into energy, reducing fossil fuel use by up to 90 percent, and the second grant comes from interest on a 4 million funding pool.
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
Knouse Foods Cooperative
Orrtanna
DER
Blasteytet
Adams County
Knouse Foods
DEA
pope
Clifford L. Jones
Jones
federal
Department of Energy
Memorial Day Observances In Adams County
Memorial Day events span Adams County with parades and services. Gettysburg hosts the 114th annual program Monday at Gettysburg National Cemetery after a 2 pm parade. Littlestown holds Saturday services at 6 30 pm with rain plan at VFW hall 7 pm and address by Rev. Ralph Mehle. York Springs plants Sunnyside Cemetery service Monday at 10 am with Rev. Amos Meyers as speaker. Biglerville and Fairfield AMVETS observe Sunday schedules. parades and cemetery services listed for 3 45 pm and 4 pm respectively.
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Adams County
Gettysburg
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Littlestown
Biglervil
e ang.ville
Ex-O'Borg Minister Emerges Unscathed From Shotgun Blast
Former Gettysburg minister Randall Saxon recounts a Long Island shooting where he was grazed in the neck by a shotgun during a tense standoff with a 23-year-old Shinnecock Indian he counseled. Police used tear gas and fire to force the suspect from the house. Saxon and the assailant survived with minor injuries. The incident raised concerns about mental illness and treatment.
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Gettysburg
Long Island
Randall Saxon
Presbyterian Church
Saxon
Bruce Smith
Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Southampton
ding
Athens
tome
Adams County weighs centralized assessment pilot program
Adams County Commissioners consider a centralized assessment program proposed by Chief Assessor John Snyder to streamline gathering of taxroll data. The plan would place local elected assessors under the chief assessor, coordinate school census data, and reduce duplication and inaccuracy while extending county reach to 12 to 14 assessors. George Fissel supported the idea. critics note cost and control concerns.
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Adams County
clal
John Snyder
Snyder
George Fissel
Adams County Assessors Association
John R. White
White
Union Township
Catherine W. Cowan
Lerew
Parker D. Lerew
Lifting Bans Delayed Despite Borough Vote
Abbottstown officials clash with state emergency management over water restrictions still in force after the borough council moved to lift them. Councilman Jerry Lillich says PA emergency management is reluctant to suspend all rules, citing future supplies and drought risk. The town reports higher water levels but warns of runoff losses and pending funding for a new storage and transmission system dependent on federal grants.
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ABBOTTSTOWN
Jerry Lillich
Lillich
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Lilich
Oldest Memorial Day Tradition Tied To Gettysburg Hero
Gettysburg’s Memorial Day observance traces to 1967 stemming from a Civil War soldier’s act in Gettysburg on July 1 1863. James Cole executive director of the Gettysburg Travel Council notes the ceremony grew from that event, now a revered local custom.
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James Cole
Gettysburg Travel Council
Cole
America
Waterloo
N.Y
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee
George Meade
Memorial Day Flowers Needed for Gettysburg Orphans
Memorial Day observances recall Sergeant Amos Humiston whose ambrotype of his three children moved a nation to seek the family. The tale led to an orphanage near Gettysburg and a lasting parade tradition at Gettysburg National Cemetery each May.
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Philadelphia
J. Francis Bourne
American Presbyterian
Portville
New York
Amos Hamiston
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Hamiston
Frank
Frederick
Alice
Gettysburg
National Cemetery
Sergeant Humiston
Amos Humiston
New York Volunteers
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LIMA
Peru
Jose Maria de la Jara
CASABLANCA
Morocco
Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro
PASADENA
Calif
David
Betty Whitmore
Whitmores
Lana
Tseee
Angelo Errichetti
Camden
Abscam
U.S. District Court
Chester County
Elgin
Bradley Bryant
Devon
Philadelphia Gas Works
Philadelphia Gas Commission
PGW
gas commission
Knouse
St. Joseph’s
Mary Clare Hughes
Emtmitsburg
Daughters of Charity
Marguerite V.H. y
O’Borg
VIRGINIA L. BOHN
Leren
JEFFREY G. BARBER
Times
O’ Burg
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