Deaths and Funerals: Cumbo Land Womack Murdock Schanz
Obituary notices report David L. Cumbo of Danville died at work in Abingdon. W. Frank Land of Mount Hermon, and Lenora Womack Murdock Schanz of Huntsville also died, with funeral details and survivor lists listed. Burial and services planned in local facilities.
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David L. Cumbo
Chatham Ave
Dan River
Riverside
Abingdon
Jesse Martin Cumbo
Maude Mitchell Cumbo
U.S
YMCA
Lisa Gail Cumbo
Westover Hills
Mary C. Adair
Glade Springs
Helen C. Gates
Marion
Dorothy Spoerle
Humble
Tex
Laura C. Guynn
Harvey H. Neal
Otis E. Cumbo
James W. Cumbo
Charles D. Cumbo
Danville
Edgewood Drive
Belle Drive
Druid Hills
W. Frank Land
Mount Hermon
Danville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville
Fla
Nathan
Nancy Dixon Land
France
WWT
U.S. Army
Dan River Inc
Liberty and Climax
Land
Glen Hill Baptist Church
Lona Ella Everhart
Lala Hodges
Janette Hyman
Mount Bermon
Nancy Jackson
Rose Mary Lewis
William Frank Land Jr
Nathan Land
Danny Land
Michael R. Land
Henry Alfred Land
Cecil Land
Mattie Durden
Steinhatchee
Ester Fields
Alpha Isom
Greensboro
N.C
Ethel McGilbrey
Clayton
Ala
Alma Watroop
Lowell
Norma Gurley
Forest City
Nora Peck
Lilleton
James H. Land
Glenwood
Swieegood Funeral Home
R. J. Barber Jr
Danville Memorial Gardens
Lenora Womack Murdock Schanz
Huntsville
Charles Braxton Womack
Maggie Womack Taylor
Gloria Ferguson
Jean Grimes
Edward Murdock Jr
Brunswick, Ga
Matilda Taylor Hoffman
Cantonsville
Sadie B. Womack
Laughlin
Hurstville
Buria
Water shortage hits UNC amid fall term prep
North Carolina colleges begin fall classes as drought stretches resources. At UNC Chapel Hill thousands arrive while University Lake reservoir falls to 60 percent. officials warn only weeks of usable water remain. Duke, NC State, and others report enrollment increases as campuses cope with conservation measures.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
University of North Carolina At
Unc-Charlotte
Unc-Greensboro
N.C. State University
North Carolina Central University
Duke University
Capel Hill
Board of Aldermen
Chapel Hill
University Lake
September festival sweep offers collards to drag racing
North Carolina hosts a wide September calendar from the Second Annual Collard Festival in Ayden to Pinehurst World Open Golf Championship and Mule Day in Benson. Linville Hang Gliding, Kitty Hawk Wright Brothers events, county fairs, crafts, horse shows, and a North Carolina Motor Speedway drag race fill the month with diverse pageantry and sport.
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North Carolina
Ayden
Pinehurst
Pinehurst No. 2
Jack Nicklaus
Mule
Benson
Linville
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
Wrights
Wilbur
Orville
First Flight Society
North Carolina Aero Club
Wright Brothers
Tar Heel
Cary
Southern Pines
Raleigh
Maggie Valley
Fairmont
North Carolina Motor Speedway
Rockingham
Erwin
Rose Fil
Inmate Stabbed at Dinwiddie Correctional Unit
Dinwiddie County inmate Edward Randall, 34, was stabbed Sunday morning in a basement recreation area of unit 27 and reported in serious condition at Petersburg General Hospital. A suspect was held in isolation as state police investigated. Randall is serving a six year statutory burglary sentence.
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Dinwiddie
Dinsiddie County Correctional Unit
Corrections Department
Edward Randall
Petersburg General Hospital
Correction
Randall
Operation Doorstop trims repeat offender delay in DC
In Washington, the District widens a crackdown on repeat criminals through Operation Doorstop. Since Monday seven repeat offenders are in jail awaiting trial, with prosecutors noting faster indictments and quicker lineups. A case involves a man charged with armed sodomy and stabbing a 1 year old, previously convicted of armed robbery.
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Washington
Det
U.S
Richard Cys
Cys
Three Powhatan Inmates Escape From Prison
Three Powhatan inmates escaped from Powhatan Correctional Center Saturday night by cutting through a dormitory window and a surrounding fence. One remains at large, Lewis Brewer, 21, a 16 year rape and breaking and entering convict from Arlington. Edens 19 and Brooks 30 were recaptured near Virginia 71L and 617 in Powhatan County. Edens is a 15 year robbery and statutory burglary convict from Alexandria, while Brooks, a murder convict from Alexandria, is serving a 1 year term.
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Powhatan
Powhatan Correctional Center
Corrections Department
Sih
Lewis Brewer
Arlington
Terry Lee Edens
Jack Brooks
Virginia
Edens
Alexandria
Brooks
Amtrak’s Five Year Toll on Taxpayers Exposed
A 1970s analysis shows Amtrak costing U.S. taxpayers about $1.61 per person annually, with subsidies projected to peak and long-term losses expected despite new cars and route takeovers. It notes inflation, mismanagement, and political pressure driving deficits while Amtrak shifts toward more self-financed operations.
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Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Amtrak
New Haven
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Hartford
John Volpe
Secretary of Transportation
Richard M. Nixon
Department of Transportation
Police Charge 73-Year-Old With Shooting Four In DC
A Sunday shooting outside a Northeast DC apartment building left four injured, with two in serious condition and one in stable condition. Police charged 71 year old William Mobley with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder after a fight in front of 307 S Street NE. The victims include Gregory Stewart Milton Gillespie Julia Deverse Laneca Davenport, all treated at Washington Hospital Center. Davenport was later released.
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Washington
D.C
William Mobley
Gregory Stewart
Milton Gillespie
Julia Devese
Laneca Davenpot
Mobley
Street
Washington Hospital Center
Gil
Stewart
Devese
Davenport
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Continental Trailways Bus Company
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