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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1974

Page

4

Despondent father drops off six children at stations

Henry Jackson, 43, left his home with six children aged five to eleven to drop them at police stations across England after his wife abandoned the family. He drove north from London describing worsening despair and aimed to give each child a chance at finding a home. Police located all six children in Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, Northampton, and nearby towns and released Jackson without charges after reuniting the family.

Andon Henry Jackson London Lester Leighton Buzzard Jackson de Lester Karen Bletchley Leighton Bur Northampton Kathy Lee Kim Leonard

Weather Outlook North and South Carolina Coast to Mountains

Coastal and mountain areas expect variable cloudiness through Thursday and Friday with a chance of showers and thundershowers mainly in the afternoons and evenings. Temperatures will reach mid to upper 80s across regions with humidity and southwest to variable winds, and rain chances around 40 to 50 percent on Thursday.

Ford Seeks Unity Amid Cyprus Crisis And Domestic Pressures

President Ford, greeted by supporters in Alexandria, snapped into a busy slate. He spoke with Kissinger on Cyprus tensions with Greece and Turkey, conferred with Wilson and Callaghan, and announced a Japan visit before year’s end. Ford pressed for inflation control, urged self sacrifice, and faced Senate aid cuts while backing a $11 billion urban transit reduction.

Alexandria Ford Henry A. Kissinger Greece Turkey Cyprus Harold Wilson James Callaghan London Britain White House U.S Japan Washington Anwar Sadat United States Anatoly Dobrynin Oval Office Leonid Brezhnev Senate Finance Committee Russell Long Louisiana Long TerHorst Senate Congress William Harsha Ohio

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