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WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight, low 54 to 62. Saturday, chance of showers, high in the 70s. THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Guide The Public Good Our Aim ESTABLISHED 1902 With Honor To Ourselves And Profit To Our Patrons GOOD EVENING Women are not what they used to be. They used to be girls. Vol.

86, No. 159 Adams Only Daily Newspapst GETTYSBURG, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1968 Leased Wire Mtmbtr ef The Associated Prow Copy 40c DcliveFtd WILL DEDICATE NEW MEMORIAL ON WEDNESDAY The Emma J. Musselman Memorial Building at the Annie M. Warner Hospital will be dedicated at ceremonies Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, it was announced today. The $465,000 memorial gift was presented by the Emma G.

Musselman Foundation, whose advisory committee comprises Mrs. Willard S. Park, daughter of the donor; John A. Hruser, president of the Musselman Fruit Products Division, Pet, and Atty. Franklin R.

Bigham. The memorial building will provide a complete laboratory, Xray department, emergency and minor surgery room and other facilities in the enlargement and expansion of the hospital. Allen Stauffer, chairman of the public relations committee of the Warner Hospital board, will be master of ceremonies. OFFICIAL PRESENTATION The official presentation of the Memorial Building will be made by Mr. Hauser for the Foundation.

Henry M. Scharf, president of the hospital board, will accept it for the board of directors. Dr. Donald R. Heiges, president of the Lutheran Seminary, will deliver the dedicatory prayer.

He is a native of Biglerville, where the Musselman enterprise was founded a number of years ago by the husband of the woman in whose name the building is identified. Dr. Bruce N. Wolff, chief of surgery, wil describe the emergency and minor surgery room. Dr.

J. Lott Boyer, chief of radiology, voll describe the X-ray department, and Dr. C. H. Johnson, pathologist, will explain the functions of the laboratory Guests will be introduced by Mrs.

Charles Wolf, president of Brother-In-Law Of Westmoreland Killed SAIGON (AP) Lt. Col. Frederick Van Deusen, brother- in-law of U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. William C.

Westmoreland, was killed Wednesday when bis helicopter was shot down in the Mekong Delta. Van Deusen, 37, was shot down just a few hours after was sworn hi as chief of staff in Washington. Westmoreland had commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam the last four years. Van Deusen was the brother of Westmoreland's wife, Katherine He leaves a widow and three children hi Fayetteville, N.C.

He was one of 10 men aboard a UH1E command and control helicopter hit by Viet Cong gunfire during an infantry sweep in the northern part of the delta. It crashed into the Vai Co River 18 miles southwest of Saigon. Three survived the crash. Van Deusen and two others have been confirmed dead and four are missing and presumed dead. 12 LUTHERAN PASTORS GIVEN TRAINING HE RE Twelve Luflheran Church In America pastors will complete intensive training this week in "Ministry to Persons in Gnef" in an studies experimental institute held pastoral at the the Women's Auxiliary of the hospital Members of the Auxiliary will serve refreshments, after which the building will be open for inspection The public is invited to attend the ceremonies.

Attorney For Ray Says He Is Fine; He Is Not Insane By GODFREY ANDERSON Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) Alabama lawyer Arthur J. Hanes spent about an hour today in Wandsworth Prison, conferring with James Earl Ray, the man wanted in Tennessee to stand trial for the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When he came out of the jail gate, Hanes said: "He is feeling all right. His health is good.

He is being well looked after. His mental attitude is good. We talked of many things." Hanes, who said on arrival at London Airport earlier today that Ray might plead innocent through reason of insanity, was asked by a reporter if Ray showed any sign of insanity. "None," he replied and emphasized that the plea of insanity was only one of a number which might be used. But Hanes insisted the man he would he seeing was Ramon George Sneyd, not James Earl Ray as claimed by the U.S.

government and accepted by the British court which agreed to extradite him last Tuesday. INSISTS HE'S "SNEYD" Hanes said his client might plead innocent or innocent by reason of insanity to charges brought against him. He added: "Of course, he may not be extradited. I am not certain that he will be." Regarding the identity of the man wanted in the slaying of King, Hanes said: "He is Ramon George Sneyd as far as I am concerned. This man has identified himself as such.

I am laying that U.S. government and the authorities of Tennessee have the burden to prove otherwise. NO BEARING IN TENNESSEE "It will have no bearing in Tennessee that the British courts say he is James Earl Bay." King was assassinated April 4 in Memphis, and worldwide manhunt began for James Earl Ray. Ray was arrested at London Airport June 8 by Scotland Yard (Continued On Page 3) Lutheran Seminary. The eight-day program which began April 22-24 and resumed sessions July 1 is sponsored by the Lutheran Theological Seminaries at Gettysburg and Philadelphia and the denomination's Board of Theological Education.

Faculty personnel included Dr LeRoy Aden, associate professor of practical theology, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia: Dr. Robert Schultz, Lutheran theologian from St. Johns University, Long Island, N.Y.; Dr. Paul Irion. professor of pastoral care, Lancaster Theological Seminary, and the Rev.

William Gandy, clinical supervisor, Protestant Chap- laincy Services, St. Elizabeths, Hospital, Washington, D.C. PARISH PRACTICE Studies have centered on case presentations submitted by the participants from parish practice MRS, TRIMMER DIES THURSDAY AT AGE OF 102 Mrs. Sara E. (Myers) Trimmer, who was born the year the Civil War ended, died on the morning of July 4th at age JU2 A native of Adams County and a resident of New Chester for most of her life, she had resided-for about 17 years with a daughter, Mrs.

Norway Weaver, 254 York until age and illness forced her to move to Cumberland Twp. where death came at 1:10 Thursday morning. Born November 30, 1965, she was still active when she marked her 100th anniversary in 1965 by attending a dinner party at Lupp's Restaurant in Biglerville, surrounded by more than 25 of her descendants. Her husband, George F. Trimmer, died about 28 years ago.

They had three daughters, two Oi. whom preceded Mrs.Trim- mer in death. RITES SUNDAY She was a daughter of the late Israel and Cecelia (Raffensperger) Myers and was a lifelong member of St. John's United Church of Christ, New Chester. She had served as pianist at the church for many years and was a member of the Mite Society of that church for most of her life.

Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Norway Weaver, Gettysburg; 13 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and 15 great great-grandchildren. Funeral services will he held Sunday afternoon at o'clock from the St. John's United Church of Christ, New Chester, with the Rev. Alton M.

Leister, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call Saturday evening at the Feiser Funeral Home, New Oxford. The body will lie in state at the church Sunday afternoon from 1:30 until the (time of service. Rotary And Generals Win Galena, "Generals" appeared on the Gettysburg Rotary Club float which wen first prht for historical floats in Thursday's Fouth of July parade held here under sponsorship of the Gettysburg Fire Department.

Shown seated on the convertible pulling the float are Frank McCoy as "General Lee," George Eggleston as "Lincoln" and Thomas Bautsck as "General Grant." Rev. Dr. Robert A. MacAskill, past president of the local Rotary Club and chairman of the float committee, is seated in the front seat of the auto. (Times photo) BULLETINS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The traffic death toll during the long Independence Day holiday weekend passed the 200 mark today.

The total number of fatalities across the nation midway through second day of the four-day holiday period at 216. been given on "Stages in the Lectures have "Life Crises," Gnef Process," "Grief as Separation Anxiety," "Funeral Customs and Practices," and "The Theology of Gnef." The group also visited the South Mountain Geriatrics Center. Mont Alto. Participating clergymen were nominated by synod presidents hi seven- jurisdictiona! units of the Lutheran Church in America. They include: Rev.

Emil Engleman, Altoona; Rev. Harold Helfrich, Westminster, Rev. Evans Keim Jr Allentown; Rev. H. Henry Maertens, BJhinebeck, N.Y.; Rev.

Albert Patterson, Beach Haven, N.J.; Rev. John Rohrbaugh, Rochester, N.Y.; Rev. Earl Runge, Emlenton, Pa Rev. J. Kenneth Soderquist, Port Allegheny, Rev.

Carl C. Weaver, Lake Rankankoma, N.Y.; Rev. Richard C. Wolf, and the Rev. P.

Philip Zimmerman, Potts Grove, Pa. TWO INSTITUTES Also participating in a portion of the institute were Rev. Matt Sallman, Quincy, and the Rev. Robert Schrack, Irwin, Pa. Two additional 10-day institutes, (Continued on 2) TWO TAVERNS'! WOMAN DIES Mrs.

Annie K. Patterson, widow of Mervin C. Patterson, of near Two Taverns, Littlestown R. 2, died at the Hanover Hospital Thursday afternoon at 1:45. She had been hospitalized for a number of weeks.

A daughter of the late Edmund and Agnes (Miller) Snyder, she was a native of Adams County. Her husband died January 1, 1963. Surviving are three children: Mrs. Clarence M. King, Littlestown R.

Mrs. Wilbur Wehler, Pittsburgh, and Glenn D. Patterson, Hanover, five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a brother, Howard A. Snyder, Littlestown R. 2.

She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Two Taverns, the Sunday School of that church and the Ladies' Aid Society. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Little Funeral Home, Littlestown, with her pastor, the Rev. A. J. Schenk officiating.

Interment will be in the Grace Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home in Littlestown on Saturday evening. MOSCOW (AP) President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt had "a frank exchange of opinions" with Russian leaders today on the Middle East deadlock, Tass said. The terminology of the official Soviet news agency indicated they disagreed. Tass reported, however, the meeting opening formal talks Kremlin was "marked a friendly and cordial atmosphere." It said the Middle East situation, Soviet-Egyptian relations and other international is sues were taken up.

The Egyptian Embassy said Nasser might decide to stay in the Soviet Union two days longer than he originally planned. CONDITION CRITICAL. Harvey Warner, R. 3, was reported hi a critical condition today at the Warner Hospital where he was admitted after suffering a heart attack. Enemy Fires Two Missiles At B-52's Over Panhandle; None Hit; 28 Raids Flown WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -Rod Laver of Australia won Wimbledon's first open men's singles title with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory today over Tony Roche, also of Austrailia.

Laver, twice a Wimbledon winner in his amateur days, was top- seeded. Roche, in his first Wimbledon, was seeded 15th of the seeds this year. PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Eleven priests, headed by John Cardinal Krol, concelebrated a Pontifical Requiem Mass today for Francis Cardinal Brennan, a boy from Pennsylvania's coal fields who rose to the highest post at the Vatican ever held by an American. The noon Mass at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, seat of the Philadelphia Cathalic Archdiocese which Cardinal Krol heads, followed an early morning requiem service at St.

Charles Senv inary. The 74-year-eld Cardinal Brennan had taught there before going in 1WO to Rome, where he rose swiftly in the service of his church. SAIGON (AP) The United States will provide more than $7 million worth of wheat flour and tobacco to South Vietnam under an agreement signed today at the Foreign Ministry. new agreement brings to million the value of U.S. Surgeons Remove Ruptured Spleen Richard L.

Cook, 29, Bendersville, an employe at the Musselman Fruit Products Division, Pet, underwent surgery Wednesday for the removal of a ruptured spleen following an accident at the plant. Cook also suffered fractured ribs on both sides and possible back injuries. There were no witnesses to the accident but Musselman officials, piecing together what probably happened said Cook was driving a truck lift. He picked up a load of emplv cases and in some manner backed into a support brace on a beam. The impact threw him off the truck causing the injuries.

It was explained that this is a supposition of how the accident occurred. Cook has not been questioned about it as yet. He is married and has one child. More Than 50 Take Part In Vigil Here More than 50 persons stood in a silent line at the Peace Light on the battlefield here for three hours Thursday afternoon in a vigil for peace. The event was the annual July Fourth York Action for Peace-sponsored anti-war demonstration held from 12 noon to 3 m.

at the national Eternal Peace Light in the Gettysburg cemetery. This year's vigil was the sixth since 1962. About 20 of the vigilers gathered in Lincoln Square at 11:30 a.m. and marched silently through town to the Peace Light. Gettysburg borough police accompanied the marchers, sometimes walking or standing at the intersections, son etimes riding beside the marchers in patrol cars.

The group was greeted at the peace monument by a dozen other vigilers and two state police plainclothesmen. One of the officers snapped pictures as the group formed a line on the lawn in front of the monument. Mrs. Hoover, 74, Dies On Wednesday Mrs. Blanche E.

(Slaybaugh) Hoover, 74, New Oxford R. 1, died at the Hanover Hospital at 9:50 Wednesday evening. She had been in ill health the past seven and a half years. STATE OKAYS PLANS FOR Nl SCHOOL ANNEX New Oxford school officials announced at the monthly meeting of the school board Wednesday that the state Department o( Public Instruction has approved plans for an 11-room addition to the Berlin Avenue Elementary School. Bids for the proposed addition will probably be awarded in October, it was stated, with construction planned for comple turn in time for the opening of the 1969-70 school term.

The addition will have four kindergarten rooms, three class rooms, a library, music room art room and a large general in struction room. Construction wil be on an 18-acre plot adjacent to the present structure. A study on the financing of the new building presently is being made by the school authority. BIDS OPENED Bids for shop lumber and equipment and art supplies were opened by directors. There were 13 bids and directors authorized school administrators to award contracts to low bidders of all items.

Not all bidders bid on all items. The school district will join the Adams County Earned Income Tax Agency as an associate member at the annual fee of $10 While no such lax is planned for the district at present, directors felt that the time is fast approaching when it will be necessary to enact tins tax. In the meantime the district will hold representation in the tax agency as a nonvoting member. The resignation of Robert Weibley, high school physics teacher, was accepted. Charles W.

Stein, Shippensburg, a 1968 graduate of Shippensburg Stale College, 'was elected as a high school teach(Continued On Page 2) LOCAL WEATHER Wednesday's high Wednesday night's low Thursday's high Last night's tow Today at a.m Today at 1 m. 80 60 .80 52 61 77 By GEORGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP) Two enemy antiaircraft missiles were fired at U.S. Air Force B52 bombers attacking North Vietnam's southern panhandle Thursday, the U.S. Command reported today. Spokesman said none of the eight-engine bombers was bit The B52s have been fired upon before by the Soviet-made missiles on raids in North Vietnam's southernmost section, but er and lower-flying--ordinarily attack known enemy missile sites before the B52s he id for the MfZ or North Vietnam, and the B52s generally try to steer clear of these sites.

SEARCH FOR WEAPONS In South Vietnam, U.S. infantrymen gingerly probed booby- trapped enemy bunkers today as part of a massive search for weapons that could be used for an attack on Saigon. Troops of the 1st Division un- none ever has been hit so far in covered the enemy bunker com- the war. plex, which contained the third The B52s began a massive enemy rocket cache found in the bombing campaign Monday against enemy artillery sites and storage areas hi the panhandle and th northern part of the demilitarized tone. Since then, they have flown 28 raids in the area.

The giant bonJbers are considered vulnerable to the enemy high-altitude i i U.S. fighter-bombers--faster, smaH- agricultural imports this year. Most of this has been for rice, 800,000 tons of which is being KILLED IN FLORIDA Orley D. Polley, formerly of Arendtsville, was killed in a boating accident at Key West, on Wednesday, according to word received here by friends Thursday. Mr.

Polley had retired and moved to Florida about three months ago after serving for about four years as manager of the Foth fishing club, near Arendts- vffle. screening infiltration routes and supply distribution points 30 northwest of the capital Thursday. An initial search turned np- more than 35 of the 100-pound Russian 122mm rockets which have bombarded Saifon in recent weeks, plus more than! PROMOTED IN USMC James Rose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rose, York has been promoted to the rank of sergeant.

Sgt. Rose, who is spending the weekend at home, is serving as a marksmanship rifle coach at Camp LeJeune, N.C., where he was assigned following a 19-month tour of duty in Vietnam with the United States Marine Corps. IMto Eileen Holland, Philadelphia, spending two weeks as the house guest of the Misses Donna and Diane Cordell, (CsiHlimsH S) JWtadbrier Lane A native of Adams county, she was a daughter of the late Wilson P. Madilla (Bosserman) Slaybaugh. Surviving are her husband, Harry J.

Hoover, and four sisters: Mrs. Grace E. Klinedinst, York Springs R. Mrs. G.

Marion Stambaugh, Gettysburg; Mrs. Luther S. Myers, New Oxford R. 1, and Mrs. J.

Faber Wildasitt, Abbottstown. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Feiser Funeral Home, New Oxford, with the Rev. Jacob F. Stover and Elder Bruce Anderson officiating. Interment will be in the Mummert's Meeting House cemetery, East Berlin.

R. D. Friends may call after 7 o'clock Friday evening at the funeral home in New Oxford. VETS TO MEET The Gettysburg Barracks of the Veterans of World War I and its Auxiliary will hold separate sessions Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the VFW Home, E. Middle St.

Following the business meetings-a joint social hour will be conducted. 10,000 See 4th Of July Parade Here; Rotary Club, Lions, Cannoneers Win ILL, GENERALS GIVE TABLEAU AT CEMETERY The 192nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was marked Thursday afternoon with a program in the National Cemetery in which the "Galena Generals" participated. The "Generals," a ing history" group from 'liv- the Galena. 111., Elks Club, impei- sonated the nine men from that town of 4.500 who became generals in the Union Army during the Civil War and also appeared as "General Lee. "Abraham Lincoln," "Col.

Taylor" and as two sergeants of the Civil War period. In the program arranged by the Gettysburg Civil War Round Table the "Generals" depicted the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse of General Lee to General U. S. Grant, who was one of the nine Civil War generals from Galena. A tape-recorded voice impersonated General Lee in his last speech to his men.

WAS SENECA INDIAN The "Generals" included Thomas Bautsch as General Ulysses S. Grant. Thomas Fleege as General John A. Rawlins, Richard Harris as General Augustus L. Chetlain, Raymond Leubke as General Jasper E.

Maltby, James Glasgow as General John Eugene Smith, Terry Anger as General John Corson Smith. John Myers as General William R. Rowley, John Becker as General John O. Duer and Keith Wigman as General Ely S. Parker who was a full-blooded Seneca General Maltby was well-known as a manufacturer of rifles and many of his rifles were used in the Civil War.

Representing General Robert E. Lee in the tableau was Frank McCoy while Steven Vincent represented Lee's aid, Col. Walter Taylor. Abraham Lincoln was portrayed by George Eggleston. The two sergeants were Ronald Stienstra and Rob- srl Schubert.

The 14 men in the tableau plus 24 others from Galena traveled here by bus. riding all night in order to take part in he program and a parade here. TO KICK OFF 150TH The "Generals" were developed 'or the observance of the 160th anniversary of Illinois' becoming state The "Galena Generals" ll kick off that celebration with a presentation August, 8 at the Ihnois State Fair at Springfield. The Gettysburg Hi'gh Sdhool (Continued On Page 2) BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS At Warner Hospital Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Cool, R. 2, son, today. Mr. and Mrs. John Walkins, Emmitsburg, son, Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wetzel, 54 Water Wednesday. daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

James Bange, R. son, Wednesday. At Hanover Hospital Mr. and Mrs. J.

Glenn Miller, last Berlin R. 2, daughter, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.

Miller, few Oxford R. 2, daughter, Tuesday. 89 Persons Injured When Wooden Bridge Crammed With Spectators Collapses By FRANK WETZEL Associated Press Writer LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) A wooden footbridge jammed with people watching fireworks col- ASKS DIVORCE Bety Jane Riley, Aspers R. 1, is seeking a divorce from J.

Francis Riley, Littlestown R. 2, according to papers filed in the prothonotary's office. The couple wed March 22, 1941. Indignities are alleged, according to the papers filed by Attorney William H. Nast of Harrisburg.

lapsed Thursday Bighi. oiunaing scores of people into a lake near the center of Longview. All apparently survived. Police Chief Ralph Benefiel said as many as 200 persons may have been on the bridge. But no one could know for certain.

Skindivers scoured Lake Sa- cajewea today but said they found no bodies. Ambulances, hearses and even station wagons were pressed into service, hurrying 89 persons to two hospitals. Seven were admitted to St. John's Hospital for further treatment, two with broken legs. IN PUT LONG The footbridge waa 15 feet high, 5 feet wide and about IOC feet long.

Water underneath was up to eight feet deep. There, was no current. The fireworks display, sponsored as in years past by the Jaycees, had just ended, and Fourth of July celebrators were leaving through the the park that center of runs this planned, former company town when witnesses heard a loud snap. "The bridge bowed, then collapsed," said John Martin. "There were a lot of screams.

Mothers didn't know where their babies were. I heard people yelling, then it went down. The footbridge was closed at least once during recent years because of rotten timbers. Pieces of the bridge, pulled to shore today by a wrecker, showed signs of rot. REOPENED AFTER REPAIRS Don Gregory, a Cowlitz County reserve deputy, said the bridge had been closed to foot traffic several years ago, but it was reopened when repairs (CenHmitsI On Page 3) With an estimated 10,000 lining the streets from Recreation Park, to Sipnngs to Lincoln Square to Breckenridge St.

and back to the park, the annual Gettysburg Firemen's Battle Anniversary was held Thursday with probably more participants in it than ui years Some of the majorette groups boasted 200 members each. The Gettysburg Lions Club won the $100 first prize in the division for floats based on originality or beauty. The entry featured a huge American flag made of varicolored pieces of paper. The York Springs Fire won second prize of S75 in that division with "Little Bo Peep," featuring the York Springs Firemen's Queen, Clara Hershey, and a number of "sheep" made of paper. Third prize $50 went to the Rocky iRidge Youth Fellowship with is float on "The Hippy Religions, Good or Bad 9 The Spe- cail Hose Co.

No. 316" won the fuorth prize 01 $25 with its humorous presentation of a somewhat mixed up fire company. ROTARY FLOAT WINS Fust prize in floats based on, historic themes, $100, went to the Gettysburg Rotary Club entry which featured the Galena, "Generals." Second prize, $75, went to "The Valley of Death" scene recreated by Gettysburg Camp No. 112 of tfae Sons ot Union Veterans of the Civil War. Third award, $50, was presented to the Civil War float entered by the General Pemberton Light Artillery Brigade, Bridgeton, N.J.

Westminster Fire Department the $20 award for best appearing fire apparatus the line of march while the $10 prize for oldest fire appartus went to the 1895 hose reel entered by York Springs It was the first piece of apparatus of Ihe York Springs Fire Company. Anotlher ancient piece of fire apparatus in the parade was the 1929 fire truck still being used by Abbottstown as a regular piece of equipment of that fire company. CANNONEERS WIN $125 Fairfield firemen were awarded the second prize of $25 for best- appearing fire company marching unit despite the fact that it had no competition since the prizes were for 25 or more men in line and the company had only 13 marching members. The Shippensburg Municipal Band won the firsl prize of $125 for bands. Second prize.

$100. went to Shippensburg High School Band and third place, $50, to Emmitsburg Municipal Band. First prize for drum corps, $125, went to the Gettysburg Cannoneers: second prize, $100, to the Virginia Lancers of Winchester, $75 to the Lancaster Fencibles, a Civil War-style fife and drum corps and fourth prize, $50, to the Golden Majorettes Drum and Bugle Corps of Hagerstown. MAYOR IS MARSHAL Majorette units and Civil War re-enactment units were among principal winners in the "best- appearing marching units other than a fire company" classification. The prizes included "Twirlettes- Majorettes of Frederick," $75; ''Bilhe-Ettes of Lancaster," $50; "Wayne-Ettes" of Waynesboro, Thurmont, $35; "Golden Majorettes of Hagerstown," $30: "Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserve Corps," $25; "Sixth Maryland Regiment," $20; "Diana's Deckeerettes of Waynesboro, $15; "Donna's Twirletles" of Gettysburg and McSherrystown.

$10; "Slang's Cadets Junior Unit" of Germantown, $10; Fairfield Am vets, $10, and "New Oxford Junior-ettes," $10. Judges for the competition were Eugene Klee, Chambersburg, a licensed judge: Julian Estep, Prof. Parker Wagnild, Register and Recorder Carl S. Menchey and Rev. Fr.

John Weiglein Mayor William G. Weaver served as grand marshal for the parade, assisted as marshal for the first division by Miss Susan Welshonce, the 1967 Gettysburg Fire Department queen who is this year's Adams County Fire(Continued On Page 2) Satisfactory After Injury By Bomb Raymond E. Osborne, 17, New Oxford R. 1, is reported in satisfactory condition at Hanover General Hospital where he was admitted early Tuesday when a bomb he was assembling exploded in his hand. The upper part of the youth's right thumb was amputated by the explosion which also inflicted other injuries on the nand, hospital personnel revealed.

The mishap occurred about 2 a.m. while Osborne was atone in his home where he was making the bomb which contained a quantity of gun powder, state police of the Gettysburg substation reported, i.

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