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KKBRUARY 7, 1875.MTHIS EDITION .12 FACES• ICUNOXl All POttAfl PAID AT f Ml DOIT OPPlCI IM MOUNT AI AT N Cit -• /■• ~wc Aim ok - HttNWwu -#** —*• ■lt;HKiWoman Held, HtiHband Shot16-Year-OldKidnappedAnd Beatenoff with the teen ager in the trunk nf hi* ear and then pulled to a Mop to check on him near theIntersection of Poplar* (iupKoad and Va 691 Deputies Raid that when the truck lid of thr curthrI 4*#'Thr investigation ir continuinginto a robbery shooting andkidnapping that left an elderly man and hiR daughter dead, thr daughter * rod beaten, and afourth per Ron critically woundedw a * opened, the tern ager managed to fire five shot* hittingMelvin FasterI-ronard, 45, of route 5, Mount Airy, widow of Joe If Leonard, were conducted Thursday at the saint Paul Church of the brethren withburial in the church cemeterySurviving is a *n Robertl,eunard of the home a sister, Mrs Oyde Hawk* of route 5, Mount Airy one nine, Mi»» Geraldine Hawks of route 5,Mount AiryKohert laxmard was treated and released at Northern Surry Hospital for injuries described as not seriousThe shooting* occurred in anapparent robbery attempt in Cana, Va . Monday night However, officials reported the elderly man had a large sum of money on him when his body wa» foundMrs Leonard * pockethook was reportedly stolen FmanuelKaster still had $1,500 cash on his jiersnn, deputies reported Following the incident, KarenFaster drove her husband toSheriff F ( Semones ofCarroll County, Va . identifiedthe dead as Fmanuel RobertWinston Salem baptist Hospitalwhere Mie was picked up byCarroll County authorities She waived extradition and wasFaster, 77, and his daughter, Mrs Foy la*e lasmard. 45, both of(ana, Va*aken to the Carroll County .fail Surry County authorities were notified to be on the lookout for aMrs Karen Cray Faster 20, of McBride Heights Koad, MountAiry, and Melvin Faster. 21, arecharged in warrants with twocounts of murder and one* counteach of robbery and kidnappingThe Fosters are married lait listblack Mustang transporting thepair through the countyFuneral services for Manual Robert Faster, 77 of route 5, Mount Airy, were conducted Thursday at the Flower (iupPrimitive Baptist Church withburial in the church cemetery Surviving are a daughter. Mrsseparate addressesFaster remains in critical condition at N C Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem with five 25 bullet wounds of thechestDeputies -reported that a manand a woman went to Mrs,Clyde Hawks of route 5, Mount Airy, a sister, Mrs Fred Leonard of route.5. Mount Airy, a granddaughter, Miss GeraldineHawks of route 5, Mount Airy, and a grandson. Robert Lixmard of route 5, Mount AiryHIATTers of the Carrol! County Sheriff's Department, inspect the spotFuneral services for Mrs FoyeRobert leonard was parked before he shotla*onard s house between HP30 and Up m Monday asking to borrow a jumper cable to start their stalled car.escapedThe Sheriff’s Department was apparently notified about the deaths after a neighbor heard shots at the house and went toAirport Authority Approvesinvestigate1*he neighbor reportedly found Mrs Leonard beaten and wounded in one room of the house When he went into the bedroom to telephone for the('ana Rescue Squad, he discovered the txxly of Faster He had been shot in (he headContract For New OperatorMrs la*onard was transported to Northern Surry Hospital where she died a short time later.Mrs Leonard's 16-year-old son, Robert Ia*onard, who was robbed, kidnapped and beaten bythe pair, apparently had concealed a gun on his body when he heard the pair knock on the door of the houseThe intruders reportedly droveA contract has been approved with Gateway Aviation Inc foroperating the Mount Airy Airport. hut apparently there issome dissatisfaction among local pilots with the choiceThe Mount Airy Surry CountyAirport Authority approved the proposal by Gateway Aviation at a meeting Saturday morning The firm which will herepresented locally by K CBenbow has operated several other airports, most recently ithe Greensboro area Since 1970,Benbow and his associate Bill) Payne have been mainly in theairport it would take four of five years for them to live up to the kind of service they promise now He suggested that having rental plans available is not enough, that there must be enough students who want to rentBaker conceded that the proposal is fine on paper hut he repeatedly stressed that the pilots should be listened to more He indicated that from what he has heard he is very skepticalabout the firm but plans to wait and si*e He said the airport has not Ihh n properly developedrunway is normal for this size airport but does allow room forexpansion Bentow declined to reveal themoney Gateway will pay for the lease Airports are not the most lucrative business, hut we expect this operation to be lucrative, Benbow declared He said the firm will continue its aircraftsales business and base theoperation hereGateway began operating the airport Feb tThe Airport authority is made up of three members appointedt» i_____ ... i,t h VI t \ 11 n ♦ A i r v f m
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Mount Airy News
Mount Airy, North Carolina, US
Fri, Feb 07, 1975
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