50 Years Ago

Herald of Feb. 11, 1971

The wearing of slacks by girls in school at Central High School has been approved by the Spring Cove School Board. Northern Bedford and Claysburg-Kimmel earlier had dropped their ban against slacks for girls.

The state government is putting the pinch on local school districts by withholding most of the third quarterly state subsidy payment and threatening to hold up all of the final payment if Gov. Milton Shapp’s tax program is not passed by the legislature.

Kenneth W. Ferry of Martinsburg has announced that he will seek the nomination of President of the United States...