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Newspaper
Gettysburg Times
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1981
Page
1
A 23-year-old woman, Pegey Scherz Withers, won a $218,963 judgment against Dr James R. Dodds for prescribing pills after she had a history of phlebitis. Justice Albert Malouf ruled the error occurred in Quebec Superior Court.
A group of mainly professional women plans to raise 3.5 million to help Atlanta children escape the city’s violence. Funds would send kids to camps or cover travel costs to relatives outside Atlanta. Authorities reported related incidents across the nation including a crane rescue, a bus crash, and a grain silo collapse with fatalities.
In EAST NORRITON Montgomery County a still unidentified boy aged 10 to 14 died in a fire at Norristown State Hospital with autopsy set to determine identity. In YORK HAVEN a 12 year old boy died and seven others injured when a race car veered into a pit after being struck, a 10 year old girl hospitalized in serious condition. Virginia Liddick co owner described the incident at Susquehanna Speedway during a powder event heat.
U S Rep Corinne Lindy Boggs told more than 300 graduates at Mount Saint Marys College 173rd commencement that women must take their place in public life and business. She praised changes in the role of women and urged graduates to balance careers and families while facing future challenges.
Hundreds gather in Gettysburg for the 114th Memorial Day Parade and cemetery services. Lt. Col. Robert B. Karsteter urges honor for more than a million fallen service members and recalls lessons from history. Wreaths placed by veterans’ groups and school children close the ceremonies.
A 22 year old described as retarded black man Ronald Crawford told his mother by phone he was working near Augusta and picking peaches in eastern Georgia. The missing man’s case was added to a task force probe into 28 slayings since July 1979 and one disappearance. The task force declined to release details yet.
Americans honor war dead and slain Black veterans in Atlanta while recalling Vietnam sacrifices. Bush attends Arlington wreath ceremony as 346 people die on roads during the weekend. Vietnam veterans protest health care and Agent Orange, with hunger strikes and sit-ins at Wadsworth hospital.
The Times presents senior portraits from two area high schools. Biglerville High School seniors appear on pages 6 and 7. Bermudian Springs High School seniors appear on pages 9 and 10.
Gettysburg College received an original 1547 Luther portrait from Lucas Cranach the Elder workshop. The 13 by 14 inch oil had been housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for 66 years after being willed by John Henry Wilburn Stuckenberg. the college traced ownership through his widow Mary Stuckenberg.
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