Nader urges Gettysburg students to act for change
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader told about 300 Gettysburg College students that individuals can influence local and global problems by getting involved. He urged civic action over reliance on lawyers or politicians, urging focus on water protection, poverty, and world health.
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Ralph Nader
Gettysburg
Gettysburg College
Nader
Mr. Nader
Chevrolet
Bream Gymnasium
citizens movement
U.S
HBO
McDonalds
America
Nader urges solar shift to curb oil price gouging
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader spoke at Gettysburg College alleging persistent oil price gouging despite the Gulf crisis. He criticized federal and state enforcement, urged leadership for alternative energy, and promoted solar power as a universal environmental and economic solution.
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Ralph Nader
Gettysburg
Washington
Gettysburg College
Nader
U.S
Congress
consumer advocate
Cashtown Lions honor Civil War Captain John B Sachs tale
John B Horner of Gettysburg portrayed Captain John B Sachs at Cashtown Lions Club veterans and seniors night. Sachs, a German immigrant, fought in the Civil War, was captured, spent 18 months in a Confederate prison, escaped to Baltimore, and died October 5 1867 near Gettysburg at age 41. A nearby advertisement notes a going out of business sale with free cinnamon broom offers at Country Store in Gettysburg and Bodenville.
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CASHTOWN
Lions Club
Cashtown community fire hall
John B. Horner
Gettysburg
John B. Sachs
Sachs
Baltimore
G-burg
Adams County Adds Straban Farmland to Security Areas
Nineteen farms in Straban Township join Adams County Agricultural Security Areas, bringing total designated acres to 37,786 across nine townships. County officials note 446 farms owned by 310 entities, with funding of 3 million state and local dollars to preserve farm land for at least 25 years under Act 149.
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Straban Township
Adams County
John J. Corris
agriculture preservation board
Pennsylvania
Corris
Butler Township
Cumberland Township
Franklin Township
Hamilton Township
Hamiltonban Township
Latimore Township
Mount Joy Township
Mount Pleasant Township
Union Township
Townsnp
Edwin T. Calvert
Adams
Jeffrey M Conk
Matthew Fredenck
Conewago Supervisors unveil tentative 1991 budget
The Conewago Township Supervisors, short on reassessment figures from Adams County, present a tentative 1991 budget. The 10 mill levy may rise at most five percent. lighting and hydrant rentals strain the general fund. Total revenue is projected at 633,648 and available funds at 1,024,353 with expenditures at 813,523.
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Conewago
Adams County
Dwight J. “Squire” Adams
Adams
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