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Pilot killed in crash

Cpt. Jeffrey A. Hill,
31, of York, pictured
at left, and three
other airmen were
killed Wednesday
after their C-17
crashed during a
training run at an
Susquehannock graduate Jeffrey Hill, 31, was time,” he said.
The military released the identities Alaska Air Force
assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron in Alaska. of the victims Friday afternoon. base.
Hill, 31, was a C-17A instructor pilot
ALASKA DEPARTMENT
By TERESA ANN BOECKEL tendent Thomas R. Hensley sent an e- and operations flight commander for OF MILITARY
Daily Record/Sunday News mail to the staff Thursday, informing the 517th Airlift Squadron at Elmen- AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Hill, a 1997
graduate of Susquehannock High
School, died Wednesday night when a
military cargo plane crashed in Alaska.
Southern School District Superin-
them of Hill’s death in the military dorf Air Force Base.
crash. Hill leaves behind a wife and The C-17, on a training mission for
two small children, he wrote. an air show this weekend at
“Our thoughts and prayers are • • •
with his family at this difficult See CRASH, page 6A

Residency rule
Law student remembered
Mayor
vetoes
repeal
Bracey said the council acted
too hastily, and a citywide
survey will be conducted for
feedback on the requirement.
By TERESA ANN BOECKEL
Daily Record/Sunday News
York Mayor Kim Bracey vetoed a bill
Friday that would have repealed the city’s
residency requirement for employees, saying
she believes council acted in haste without
properly vetting all informa-
tion available.
City residents deserve to
know their executive and
DAILY RECORD / SUNDAY NEWS — KATE PENN
legislative bodies of govern-
Patricia Fegely, left, and Heather Haas mourn the loss of their high school friend James Wallmuth III during a vigil in York’s Foundry Park, ment have objectively re-
where Wallmuth was shot and killed Wednesday night. ‘One single event can change so many lives,’ said Tess Laucks, whose children searched and evaluated all
data and information avail-
grew up with Wallmuth. Read about the vigil, 6A.
able before making a deci-

Boy charged as
sion, Bracey said in a news
release Friday. Bracey
“By way of veto, I York mayor
am sending this legis-
lation back to our City’s Online

adult in homicide
As he lay on the ground, James Wallmuth III said the
shooter tried to take his cell phone, documents state.
By ANGIE MASON and TED CZECH
Daily Record/Sunday News
A 15-year-old charged Friday with fatal-
ly shooting a law student Wednesday night
in York was part of a four-
person group looking for
someone to rob, according
to charging documents.
Witnesses told police
that, just after 11 p.m.,
they saw someone in a red
shirt walk up behind a
man sitting on a bench
near West Clarke Avenue
Wallmuth
and Grant Street, heard a
gunshot, and then saw someone running
away.
Council until further
due diligence may be As a resident,
performed,” she said. do you think
“It is my belief that workers should
Council acted in haste live in the city?
without properly vet- Go to York City
at ydr.com/
ting all of the informa- exchange.
tion available.”
Council president
Genevieve Ray said Bracey shared the news
The victim, later identified as James
release about the veto with her Friday after-
Wallmuth III, told a witness as he lay on noon. It states that a citywide survey will be
the ground that the included in upcoming sewer and refuse bills
shooter tried to get his to get feedback from the residents.
Online cell phone, charging “I’m disappointed because she had said
For the York
City Police
documents state. Wal- Jordan M. Wallick she would support whatever council decided,
and she isn’t,” Ray said, adding that the
lmuth had stepped out
news Jordan M. Wallick, 15, of the 2300 block of mayor, however, does have the right to veto
conference, of a York bar to use his Catherine Street in West Manchester Township
phone in Foundry measures.
go to was arrested Friday in York. He was charged as The council voted 3-2 earlier this month to
ydr.com. Park when he was shot, an adult with criminal homicide, criminal conspir-
acy to commit homicide, robbery, criminal con- repeal the residency requirement. Council
police said. members Toni Smith and Carol Hill-Evans
spiracy to commit robbery and possession of a
Jordan M. Wallick, of the 2300 block of firearm by a minor. voted against the measure, saying they
Catherine Street in West Manchester Wallick was arrested in connection with a wanted a formal survey of the residents.
Township, was arrested Friday morning in fatal shooting Friday night. James Wallmuth III City officials researched residency policies
• • • was shot outside a bar near Foundry Park while in other cities and conducted a survey of
See CHARGED, page 6A using his cell phone. York’s employees in June. Nearly 90 percent
of those surveyed said they would favor the
• • •
See VETO, page 6A

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Civil War Chapel
vandalized Friday
Stores create buzz with Christmas Market Pocket-sized Gospels of John were
in July sales and holiday displays. Dow: -1.22
strewn in the alley, and overturned hem-
lock benches and a splintered pulpit told
For the day of the destruction in the Gettysburg
By KEVIN HORAN chapel. 3A
Daily Record/Sunday News
Jane Kohl of Springfield Township scoured a display Index
of Christmas ornaments at Hallmark in the West Man-
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chester Mall Thursday afternoon. BIRTHS 3C Don’t forget to pick up a copy of the
She also checked out the ornaments on display on a York Daily Record/Sunday News
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table outside the store and a shelf of decorations on
sale for 40 percent off. COMICS 7C Sunday News
Kohl stopped short of buying any of the items, how- CROSSWORD 2C
ever. LOTTERIES 2A
“We’re still in the looking stage for Christmas,” she MOVIES 3C
said. YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS — BIL BOWDEN
Year 214, No. 182; York, Pa.
Nevertheless, retailers big and small, in York County Jaice Wise, 11 months old, and his mother, Rachel Wise, OBITUARIES 5A C 2010 York Daily Record
and beyond, kept alive the “Christmas in July” tradition look over the Christmas display Friday at the Hallmark OPINION 4A
• • • store in the West Manchester Mall. A number of retailers TELEVISION 6C
See CHRISTMAS, page 6A celebrated Christmas in July this month.

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