Gov. Leader returned home from World War II Naval service, borrowed some money and began his own chicken hatchery. His father had been a school teacher, raised poultry and was a Roosevelt Democrat in York County. Gov. Leader earned a degree from University of Pennsylvania and did graduate work intending to be a teacher.
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PS4RS sweep of Penn State trustee election provides little power and more questions
Some group members also felt the process limited their ability to pick a candidate. There was angry debate on the group’s web and Facebook pages.
LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS
“Regional offers a 64 percent discount for self-pay patients, bringing its hip replacement charge to $21,757. “LGH offers a much lower discount for self-pay patients, 25 percent, bringing its total to $28,321, about $6,500 more than Regional’s.”
Justice Ginsburg says Roe gave abortion opponents target
USA TODAY: …The ruling is also a disappointment to a degree, [U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth] ] Ginsburg said, because it was not argued in weighty terms of advancing women’s rights. Rather, the Roe opinion, written by Justice Harry Blackmun, centered on the right to privacy and asserted that it extended to a woman’s decision on whether to end a pregnancy…
California Supreme Court Rules Localities Can Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: In a ruling that will leave California’s patchwork approach to medical marijuana dispensary regulation in place, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that local governments can ban dispensaries from operating within their jurisdictions.
Cutting HPV Vaccine Prices For The World’s Poor
Thanks to Pap tests, fatal cervical cancers are almost unknown today in rich countries. But the disease kills an estimated 275,000 women a year in poor countries where Pap tests are impractical and the vaccine is far too expensive for the average woman to afford, so the price cut could lead to a significant advance in women’s health.
Guns in the home proving deadly for kids
Through homicide, suicide and accidents, guns cause twice as many deaths in young people as cancer, five times as many as heart disease and 15 times as many as infections, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics…
A Worried Dad: Pain Patients Need to Unite for DEA Reform
State and federal lawmakers, working with the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Food and Drug Administration and most law enforcement agencies, claim to be well intentioned in their zeal to stop the wave of prescription drug abuse. Unfortunately, the effort to eradicate that abuse has led to the creation of panic among doctors, pharmacists and the patients they serve.
EPA: Susquehanna River not on impaired list, but not off it either
Instead, the EPA said not enough information is available to make a determination. The federal agency endorsed the more intense study of the river DEP began last year that is continuing…
George Leader dies: governor, reformer, chicken farmer, nursing home millionaire, wit
Pennsylvania political historian Paul B. Beers wrote of Gov. George M. Leader, whose tenure was 1955-1958: “The Leader administration was exciting and controversial – always politically, sometimes legislatively and often intellectually. It was an administration which could trip over hills but move mountains.”
LETTER: “When you die would you expect your Will to be executed as written?”
I just read your article and thought much of it was very good. To begin with…my name is S. Lee Strayer, President (Retired) of Junior Achievement of Western PA, Inc. and the founder of “Protect the Hersheys’ Children, Inc.” (PHC) and the first President.
Lancaster Marriott Hotel offering $99 rates for four to a room including parking
How is the operator of the Brunswick Hotel able to compete with that? How would a new hotel, without the Marriott tax exemption and cushy contract arrangements with the Convention Center, exist on $85 a night, net of commission?
AG Kane’s agreement with Hershey Trust disappoints reformers
Longtime Hershey Trust reformers are expressing bitter disappointment with Wednesday’s agreement between the Hershey Trust and Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
Attention Deficit Disorder: Misunderstood, but Nonetheless Real
To be stressed at this juncture is that ADD is a syndrome, as opposed to a disease because there’s no characteristic biopsy or laboratory test. It’s really a cluster of characteristic behaviors that can be seen in both children and adults. In my opinion, the critical mechanism responsible for those behaviors has yet to be recognized despite the increasing attention ADD has been receiving for over forty years.