Gettysburg students endure homeless vigil for awareness
More than 30 Gettysburg High School students slept on the Lincoln Square sidewalk to highlight local homelessness. The Key Club raised pledges and donations for the South Central Community Action Program, aiming for about $2,000, while pledging continued efforts to address housing insecurity in Adams County.
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House of Bender’s
Gettysburg Times
Ice House
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Gettysburg College
South Central Community Action Program
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Adams Co
Arrington
Key Club
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J. J. Stafford
Philadelphia
Hartsburg
Greg Kneller
Adams County
college
Local pantries seek donations ahead of Thanksgiving
Adams County officials urge residents to donate food and essentials to SCCAP run pantries. Sandra Bentz says 130 to 150 families receive aid monthly and lists acceptable items from canned goods to paper products. Gettysburg pantry accepts turkeys when available and donation hours are posted.
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Sandra Bentz
South Central Community Action Programs
SCCAP
Ms. Bentz
North Stratton Street
Gettysburg
N. Stratton St
Benz
Gettysburg area
Salvation Army
St. Aloysius Church
Queen St
Littlestown
East Berlina
Center Square
Abbottstown
Fairfield food pantry
Fairfield Mennonite
Main St
New Oxford
Berlin St
Cristo Ray
Carlisle St
Bendersville
Pennsylvania
Arendtsville
Trinity Lutheran Church
N. High St
Bush heads to Europe and Middle East on eight day tour
President Bush prepares for a weeklong trip starting in Prague where he will lay a wreath for Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution anniversary. He then goes to Germany to meet Chancellor Kohl and finally Paris for a Cold War era treaty signing.
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House
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Senate
Bob Dole
Robert ae
Saudi Arabia
Dole
Bus Driver Drug Testing Push Across Nation
The largest school bus drivers group urged the federal government to require pre employment and ongoing drug and alcohol testing for all school bus drivers. Resolutions from three associations were sent to the Transportation Department for action. Costs and scheduling are debated, with Gettysburg Area School District the only one with pre employment testing in Adams County.
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Donaldson Carnahan
National Standards Conference
National Association for Pupil Transportation Services
National Association of Threaters for Pupil Transportation Services
Tacoma
Washington
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Safety Administration
U.S. Territories
Canada
Kinney
Adams County
Gettysburg Area
Gettysburg
Keating Five defend innocence before Senate Ethics panel
Five senators including Glenn McCain Cranston Riegle and DeConcini defend integrity amid Keating scandal as counsel Bennett highlights missing pieces. Hearing resumes Monday after emotional defense by Cranston and Riegle with witnesses to follow.
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Charles H. Keating Jr
Senate
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Ohio Democrat
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Reane
Robert Bennett
Glenn
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R-Ariz
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D-Calif
Cranston
Dennis DeCononi
D-Ariz
Bennett
Keating
lance in Savings and Loan
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