Pennsylvania crops lag behind schedule due to rain
State Crop Reporting Service notes most crops are one to two weeks behind normal planting and growth because of weeks of rain. Soil moisture is adequate to surplus. 90 percent of corn planted. barley coloring but lodging. wheat headed about a week late. oats show spotty growth but improving. tobacco transplanting in Lancaster County active. hay making slow but quality good where rain escaped. alfalfa hay still recovering. pastures above average. fall potatoes planted. sweet cherry harvest begun with large expected yield. peach crop forecast 2.2 million bushels, triple last year's frost-damaged crop. May frosts caused light damage in Adams Franklin York. pear 3250 tons, up 25 percent. sweet cherry 1000 tons, five times last year. strawberry production revised to 5 million pounds. May milk 300 million quarts, 17.7 million below May 1967. cow average 409 quarts. egg production 270 million, down two percent.
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Pennsylvania
State
Lancaster County
Erie County
Adams-Franklin-York
Vacation Bible School Ends at United Presbyterian Church
New Bedford News reports the Daily Vacation Bible School at United Presbyterian Church concluded with a program featuring songs from nursery to seventh grade, a finger play, memory verses, and a choral reading. Attendance averaged 181 with 24 women teaching alongside 24 assistants. Several outings and visits followed, including trips to Ohio Garden Club sites and family visits from guests in various states.
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United Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Bible School
Bob Gorley
Keith Kusky
Donald Holtzman
Peter Fisher
John J. McClure
Four plead guilty in Lawrence County court case
Four persons pleaded guilty in Lawrence County court yesterday. Michael D. Lazar of Ninth St West Pittsburg pleaded guilty to larceny and receiving stolen goods. He will be sentenced later.
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Lawrence County
Michael D. Lazar
Ninth St
West Pittsburg
Local men plead guilty to theft and driving offenses
Roy Rodgers of 415 Neshannock Ave entered a guilty plea for receiving stolen goods and faces sentencing later. George Messerschmidt of Youngstown pleaded guilty to cheating by false pretenses and was fined $1 with $60 restitution ordered. Carl Harding of 64 High St admitted guilt to driving while suspended, fined $1, and jailed 22 to 24 months.
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Roy Rodgers
Neshannock Ave
George Messerschmidt
Youngstown
Carl Harding
High St
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el Paso
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Roland Krowlek
John Brenner
Edward and
Margaret
Richmond
Wayne Dieter
Ruth Morse
Bradenton
Fla
Edmond Williams
Mary Sue Froman
Akron
William Froman
Westgate Plaza
West Long Ave
Hi-C
Lawrence Ave
Ellwood City, Pa
PVE
U.S
Super Blend
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Quaker State
Fay
Lawrence Savings & Trust
V.A. Loans
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G.I. Loan
Sears
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Robert Hall
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