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Graduates at SSC get advice from governor See page I Spectacular Bid easy winner in Derby See page 79 See page 4 Smile Fmbli Clear Highs, mid to upper 70s Details, map on page 2 Cheer up. If the postal service won't lose your package for you, one of the private carriers is equally adept at nondelivery service. (ISSN 0033-3808) A Gannett Newspaper 110th Year No. 246 Monday, May 7, 1979 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 32 Pages, 20 Cents 70,000 march in nuclear protest El Save Wilson Committee begins testimony By DAWN DeCWIKIEL-KANE And DAVE DUNKLE Staff Writers The Save Wilson Committee this morning began presenting testimony in Franklin County Court in support of their position that Wilson College should remain open and that the current Wilson College Board of Trustees should be removed from their The hearing on the Save Wilson Committee's petition to keep the 110-year-old private women's college open may last throughout the week, and Franklin County Judge John W. Keller, the presiding judge, indicated at the outset that he probably will not issue a ruling immediately following the conclusion of testimony.

The court hearing was scheduled after the Wilson College Board of Trustees announced Feb. 19 that the college will close June 30, citing declining enrollments and financial pressures as the main reasons for the decision to close. Following the announcement, members of the Save Wilson Committee filed a petition in Franklin County Court, asking that the court issue an injunction to stop the college's closing, remove the 25-member board of trustees, including college President Dr. Margaret Waggoner, and replace terms of numbers of women graduates who have gone on to receive doctorate degrees, behind only Bryn Mawr College and Swarthmore College. Tidball testified that while several private women's colleges either closed or merged with other institutions between 1970 and 1974.

not as many have closed or merged with other colleges since then, and that she is not aware of any institution of Wilson College's caliber that has closed. the trustees with persons selected by the committee. Petitioners in the suit include one member of the Board of Trustees, alumnae, students, prospective students and faculty members. The first witness taking the stand this morning was Dr. Elizabeth Tid-ball, a professor at George Washington University.

Washington, D.C., a graduate of Penn Hall and the recipient of an honorary degree from Wilson College, who has researched the benefits of women's colleges to women and published several articles on the subject. Tidball testified that her research has shown that women who are graduated from women's colleges are more than twice as likely to be cited lor their career accomplishments or earn Ph.D. degrees than women who attend coeducational institutions. In Pennsylvania, Wilson ranks third in higher educational institutions in Alumnae hear progress report during rally By DAVE DUNKLE Staff Writer More than 500 Wilson College alumnae attended a rally on campus Saturday morning to hear a progress report on the Save Wilson Committee's efforts to preven the closing of the college this year. The rally was scheduled during the college's annual May Weekend as a final opportunity for alumnae, faculty and students of Wilson to meet and at the hearing to show that the current college administration "has not done the things necessary to bring girls here or to keep them here." "We will try to present evidence that the school has not been operated in the best possible fashion in management, recruitment or curriculum." she said.

During the meeting, the alumnae took time out to thank the present students of Wilson for their efforts in trying to keep the college open. Several of the alumnae present said they first learned of the closing when students called them. Wilson College Government Association president Gretchen Van Ness addressed the assembled alumnae, saying. "It's been very hard trying to keep things together here. In the past few weeks, we've discovered what it means to be Wilson women in a way we never knew before even if we don't win, it's been one of the most incredible experiences we've ever been through." Other topics covered during the rally, held exactly 11 weeks after the trustees voted to close the college, included: Publicity chairwoman Joan Edwards said that 5.000 Franklin County residents have signed a petition asking 1 'mmmmmmm State panel to probe SSVCs alleged disciplinary problems discuss their plans for the college if the suit filed by the Save Wilson group is successful.

The first hearing on the suit, which seeks to reverse the college Board of Trustees' decision to close the college this year and replace the present board with alumnae-backed candidates, began this morning in the Orphan's Court of Franklin County Court of Common Pleas with Judge John W. Keller presiding. Alumna Eudora Roseman, chair Shippensburg, Saturday evening also injured three other persons, police said. Morgan D. Horn 62.

13 Roxbury Road, Shippensburg. the driver of one of the cars, is in Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, in fair condition this morning, according to hospital reports. Two passengers in Horn's vehicle were also injured. Stacey Schaffer, 12, 11 Roxbury Road, Shippensburg. is in fair condition at the Hagerstown hospital and Mary Ann Schaffer, 42, of the same address, is in satisfactory condition at The Chambersburg Hospital, according to hospital spokespersons.

Glenda Powell. 19, R.R. 3, Shippensburg. the driver of the car in which Bonnie Powell was killed, was treated at The Chambersburg Hospital and released, according to reports. Police said the cars collided nearly head-on on Pa.

696 about two miles southeast of Shippensburg at 7 p.m. Two truckers were killed and another was slightly injured early Saturday when a tractor-trailer turned over following a blow-out on 1-70 near Amaranth, State Police, McCon-nellsburg, said. Police said the driver, Lindy Alexander, 24. Baltimore, and Cecil Edward Seekford. 29, Hagerstown, were pronounced dead at the scene by Fulton County Coroner Russell C.

McLucas. Both men suffered person of the Legal Subcommittee, said the suit, filed March 27, is expected to take five to seven days of hearings to complete and that a final Additional photos and story on Wilson College's May Weekend, page 17. decision will probably not be announced "for two weeks minimum." Roseman said the Save Wilson Committee would present expert testimony Staff photo by Jean E. Covert severe head and internal injuries, according to police. A second occupant.

Linda C. Finner-ty, 18. Baltimore, was treated for injuries at the Washington County Md. I Hospital and discharged, according to a spokeswoman. The accident was the first fatality in Fulton Comity this year, according to police.

Miss Powell was born Nov. 26. 1945. in Chambersburg. daughter of John W.

Powell 15 E. King Shippensburg, and the late Mae Gates Powell. She was of the Protestant faith and was employed as a shipping clerk at Phoenix Clothes, Shippensburg. In addition to her father, she is survived by three brothers and a sister: John W. Powell 119 N.

Apple Shippensburg; Stephen D. Powell and Jacque Powell, both of Shippensburg; Mrs. Mary Lou Ash, Har-risburg, and her maternal grandmother. Mrs. Mary Gates, Waynesboro.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Norman H. Bricker Funeral Home, 142 E. King Shippensburg. with the Rev.

Charles E. Sunday officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour before the service Wednesday. finalized tor recruiting students, hiring new administrative personnel, establishing the "good communication among all the constituencies and developing a long-range marketing procedure." Curriculum Committee head Phyllis Gansz said.

"We see no conflict between a liberal arts education and preparation for a career." She said the college, if it remains open, will provide "the core of academic experience ith other programs, both required internships and on-campus programs, tilling out the rest." "My job is almost over." said Selection Committee chairperson Jane Taylor Fox, who is in charge of the search for alumnae-backed candidates to form a new Board of Trustees. She said the candidates selected include a minister, presidents of companies, a' former state cabinet member and six alumnae. Carol Bauer, who chairs the Financial Committee, said a total of $800,000 has been raised in pledges. She said the fund-raising efforts are continuing. Former Wilson Dean Margaret Dis-ert rose and told the audience she is grateful for the efforts made on behalf of the college.

"Wilson thanks you." Disert told the gathering. Moran said the department itself has no evidence of problems at the state-owned school for orphaned children but "we have received information in that regard from Sen. (Jeanette) Keibman's office." Please turn to page 2 He has now been employed as a welder with the Rouzerville Fabricating and Welding Company since June, 1978. But he also has been involved with the public through his service as a special deputy sheriff for Franklin County, as a Quincy Township Democratic committeeman and through his membership in the Mont Alto Fire Department and fire police. In his campaign.

Shockey has been taking the approach of avoiding criticism of any of the incumbent commissioners or other candidates. "After all. I cannot down a candidate when I am running myself," he says. Shockey also favors the general approach of incumbent commissioners who have worked to keep the county in the black, rather than going into debt, and to keep county real estate taxes at their current level. And he says he will work to do the same if elected to the commissioners' office this year.

Shockey appears to be pleased with the existing social services now offered by the county, and says he doesn't know of any new social services that should be provided to county residents. Please turn to page 2 By CHET CZARNIAK Gannett News Service HARRISBURG A special committee established by the state Department of Education will visit the Scotland School for Veterans Children Friday to begin an investigation into Rescuers work to free victims of Saturday's fatal accident near Shippensburg. Three persons are killed in separate accidents Shockey wants to help people and keep county taxes down Save Wilson Committee chairwoman Nancy Besch that Wilson College remain open. Director of Alumnae Affairs Dolly Swisher reported that plans are being alleged discipline problems. "We've put together a seven-member committee for the purpose of studying accusations of discipline problems that may exist there," said Frank Moran, deputy commissioner for basic education.

Orville Shockey sibilities often involved dealing with the public, and Shockey feels that experience will be beneficial to him as a commissioner. One person was killed in a head-on collision near Shippensburg and two truckers died when their tractor-trailer overturned in Fulton County on Saturday, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg and Mc-Connellsburg. The collision which took the life of Bonnie F. Powell, 33, 121 Meadow Dr. By DAWN DeCWIKIEL-KANE Staff Writer Orville Shockey has three main reasons for running for the office of Franklin County Commissioner to help people, to maintain the county's debt-free status and to keep county taxes from rising.

And Shockey feels he can accomplish those goals if elected to one of three county commissioner's posts this year. Shockey, 52, a life-long resident of Quincy Township, is one of three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Franklin County Commissioner in the May 15 primary election. In next week's primary, county Democrats will select two of the three candidates, who will then run against the two Republican nominees in the November general election for three seats on the board of commissioners. Shockey feels that his experience in dealing with people will be an asset in the commissioners' office. Shockey spent 11 years in employment with Waynesboro Ice and Cold Storage, including six years in a management position.

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