Proclamation : Penn State national football championship week, January 2-8, 1983, 1983 January 2.

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Proclamation : Penn State national football championship week, January 2-8, 1983, 1983 January 2.

Pennsylvania governor Dick Thornburgh honors the Penn State Nittany Lions football team and coach Joe Paterno for being the 1982 number one ranked collegiate football team in the country.

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