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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1972

Page

2

Dabney Death Services Held At Friendship Baptist

Funeral services for John L. Dabney of 213 Reed Dr died Monday. The 4 p.m. service at Friendship Baptist Church will be led by Rev. N L Bush with burial in Jessemine Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers include Royal Arkenites members and locals Sullivan Boyd Jim Prior James McElmurray Walter O Banion William Foster Morgan Holley.

John L. Dabney Reed Dr Friendship Baptist Church N.L. Bush Jessemine Memorial Gardens The Royal Arkenites

Mrs Allene Wheeless Wheless Dies at 78 in Greenwood

Mrs Allene Angel Wheless 78 of 701 Truett St Greenwood died yesterday in Self Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Martin Crossroads Congregational Holiness Church Lincolnton with Reverends Hicks Sorrow and Newsom. Burial in churchyard. Survived by son Billie Wheless Simpsonville four daughters Mrs Charles Long Miss Gertrude Wheless Mrs Albert Alexander Mrs Ray Young all Greenwood brother Leonard P Angel Harlem two sisters Mrs Claudia Cothran Lincolnton Mrs Bill Teasley Augusta pallbearers Men’s Bible Class.

Greenwood Allene Angel Wheless Truett St Hugh Frank Wheless Self Memorial Hospital Martin Crossroads Congregational Holiness Church Lincolnton Cullen Hicks John Sorrow L.J. Newsom Billie Wheless Simpsonville Charles Long North Augusta Gertrude Wheless Albert Alexander Ray Young Leonard P. Angel Harlem Claudia Cothran Lincolnton Bill Teasley Augusta

Ernest Mays ROOSEVELT Death Notice

Ernest Mays 60 died Saturday of an apparent heart attack in Roosevelt New York Funeral services will be conducted in Columbia Sunday and burial will be in Columbia He was a native of Aiken County Surviving is a step daughter Minnie Lee Bradley of Aiken

Roosevelt N.Y Ernest Mays Columbia Mays Aiken County Minnie Lee Bradley Aiken

Nixon to visit China on historic 1969 trip

Nixon travels to China with wife Pat and an official party of 13, aiming for unprecedented high level contact. Secret summer flights preceded the mission, with Kissinger and Rogers steering diplomacy and talks to follow in Peking and Taipei.

China Nixon William P. Rogers Henry A. Kissinger Peking United States Kissinger Taiwan Taipei

Pierce to face second trial in multiple slayings

Pierce resumes his murder cases next month for the slayings of Mrs. Helen Wilcox near Hazlehurst and Mrs. Miles in Appling County. He led investigators to Mrs. Wilcox’s body after the January 1970 disappearance. An armed group attempted to kidnap him from Baxley jail. six people, including Homer Wilcox, faced conspiracy charges. Wilcox was later killed in a Baxley tavern. Pierce is held at Reidsville prison while trial location and security are upheld.

Pierce Helen Wilcox Hazlehurst Miles Appling Wilcox Homer Wilcox Baxley Superior Court Gordon Knox Reidsville James L. Sires Beaufort S.C Virginia Carol Mains Gaston County N.C Margaret Cuttino James Cuttino Sumter Kathy Jo Anderson West Columbia Joe Fletcher Vidalia Lucy Thigpen Soperton Ann Goodwin North Augusta

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Barnes Mance

Mrs Mary Barnes Mance 92 of Ai ken widow of Robert Mance died after an extended illness. Funeral held today at Mt Cannan Baptist Church at 4 p.m. with Rev A Adams and Rev W H Hightower officiating. Pallbearers named Henry Ryans Grant Knight Raymond Brown Joseph Mathis James Minor Otis Newsome.

Mary Barnes Mance Aiken Robert Mance Mt. Cannan Baptist Church A. Adams W.H. Hightower Henry Ryans Grant Knight Raymond Brown Joseph Mathis James Minor Otis Newsome

John M Weathersbee Langley Obituary Notices

John M. Weathersbee of Langley died yesterday. Funeral at 4 p.m. at Langley First Baptist Church. Burial in Sunset Memory Gardens. Native of Aiken County retired from the textile industry. Survived by wife, son, four daughters, two brothers, four sisters. Pallbearers list included local officials and doctors.

Walter Weathersbee obituary notes North Augusta resident

Walter W. Weathersbee of Route 2 North Augusta died yesterday in a local hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow at Pine Forest Baptist Church with Rev. Robert L. Collum and Rev. Charles Mason officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. A native of Aiken County, he was a retired farmer and dairyman and a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, Mondella Cobb.

North Augusta Walter W. Weathersbee Rt. 2 Pine Forest Baptist Church Robert L. Collum Charles Mason Sunset Memory Gardens Weathersbee Aiken County Mondella Cobb

Commission mulls legalizing private marijuana use

A national panel may recommend legalizing private use of marijuana to defuse myths and reduce fear while stopping short of full legalization. The Shafer commission plans to keep penalties for public possession and driving under the influence, with some evidence suggesting moderate use has no clearly harmful effects.

Washington Commission Nixon Congress Raymond P. Shafer Pennsylvania

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