PITTSBURGH - A Pitt
sburgh judge last week
dismissed charges of con
spiracy brought against the
Pennsylvania Association of
Milk Dealers and the State
Milk Marketing Board
The conspiracy charges
were leveled by Jeanne
Terrence, Pittsburgh, whose
work as a consumer ad
vocate includes testifying at
PMMB price hearings.
Named in the action was
Henry R Geismger,
executive secretary of the
Milk Dealers Association
and the Association itself
Also mamed both as in
dividuals and as members of
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Court dismisses conspiracy case
PMMB were Board
Chairman George Brum
baugh, Huntingdon County;
and Donald E. Lamus, York
County
The charges involving the
Milk Dealers were heard
first,
The Association requested
a change of venue, or
relocation of the trial, citing
the distance between the
Pittsburgh trial site and
their Harrisburg offices and
other complications.
Following several ex
changes between attorneys
for both sides, it was agreed
to drop the case against the
milk dealers and Geismger
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The agreement was made
“without prejudice.”
As a result, the milk
dealers can not come back
and counfer-sue for defense
costs and Terrence has
agreed not to reopen the
case.
The judge then reviewed
the legal briefs and decided
there was no case for
Terrance without the alleged
involvement of the Dealers
Association
Terrance had charged
PMftJB and the dealers with
violating her First and
Fourth Ammendment
rights. She said the defen
dants had conspired to
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deprive her of her right to
free speech and to keep her
from doing her job as con
sumer advocate.
The action dated back to
an early December 1980
Pittsburgh milk price
hearing. Two days after the
hearing PMMB voted to
move the consumer affairs
office from Pittsburgh to
Harrisburg Terrance, who
.is married, said PMMB
knew it would be impossible
for her to move
Mie cited a private memo
from Geismger to members
of the Dealers Association
which called for PMMB to
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centralize its offices in
Harrisburg.
Geisinger termed the
timing of the memo and
move an unfortunate
coincidence
the
Apparently,
agreed.
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Pownall Jones was recently
re-elected Chairman of the
Chester County Con
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Without Dealers
Association complicity there
could be no conspiracy, the
judge ruled.
So, the entire case against
all defendants was
dismissed.—CH
courts
Directors. This year,
Pownall, a mushroom
farmer from
Toughkenamon, will
dedicate his 2bth year of
service to the Conservation
District.
Also, Bob Hodge of
Highland Orchards, West
Chester, was reappointed as
a District Director by
County Commissioners and
was elected by fellow
directors as this year’s Vice-
Chairman
Bob Struble Jr of the
Brandywine Valley
Association will again serve
as Secretary-Treasurer for
the District.
Other directors’ of the
Conservation District in
clude Harold Kulp, Pott
stown; Ralph Heister,
Malvern; Frank Mcßerty,
Oxford; Jenny Russell,
Lewistown, and Com
missioner-Director Earl
Baker
Protection of private
property through soil and
water conservation,
promotion of environmental
alternatives, and assistance
to farmers and other lan
downers' are principal ob
jectives of the Chester
Conservation District.
District Director meetings
are held the second Thur
sday of each month at 8 p m.
in the District office at 235
W. Market Street, West
Chester. For more in
formation call the District
office at 215/696-5126.
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