Abductor Captured After Shootout Near Durham
Georgia man Reuben Conley, 33, wounded and captured after a gun battle at a roadblock, is charged with kidnapping and assault in the abduction and death of Virginia State Trooper Garland West Fisher Jr., 33. Fisher was found with gunshot wounds after the incident along Interstate 85 near Petersburg and in Granville County North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N.C
Georgia
Virginia
Reuben Conley
Atlanta
FBI
Garland West Fisher Jr
Church Road
Col
E. W. Jones
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Fisher
185
Here
Duke University Hospital
Brannon
Dinwiddie County
Jones
Petersburg
Conley
North Carolina
Granville County
Harold) Burgess
Virginia State Police
Associated Press
Syrian Tanks Enter Beirut Amid Civil War Tensions
Syrian troops and Arab League peacekeeping forces entered Beirut to complete the occupation and curb 19 months of sectarian fighting. By midmorning the invasion was reported 99 percent successful, though sporadic clashes persisted among radicals and militiamen as 6 000 soldiers and 400 tanks moved into the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Arab League
Ein Rummaneh
Mossem
Tripoli
Sidon
Israel
Mediterranean
Fire Ants Spread to 14 Southern Counties Says NC Expert
Extension entomologist R C Hillmann confirms fire ants are in North Carolina and have reached 14 southern counties though not yet in High Point. Description covers appearance mound size and colony structure, sting severity, and federal state quarantine rules for movement of soil and plant material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
A. R.C. Hillmann
NCSU
High Point
Forecast Sees 3 to 4 Percent Rise in Food Prices Next Year
USDA forecaster Rex Daly predicts food prices will rise 3 to 4 percent in 1977, matching this year’s increase. He notes the 1973 and 1974 jumps were much larger, and a $10 food basket would cost about $15.10 to $15.24 next year if trends hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Department
Rex F. Daly
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Daly
Strong quake rattles Peking.scape into streets reported
An earthquake hit Peking causing people to rush into the streets with tall buildings swaying. No damage or casualties were immediately reported according to AP cables and the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado noted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Peking
National Earthquake Information Service
Golden
Colo
Kiwi fruit poised as the future of California growers
In La Grange California AP report farmers call kiwifruit the fruit of the future. After four decades in the US vines, production is rising with California leading. New Zealand exports, New Zealand origin, and growing U.S. plantings are detailed with expected harvests by 1980 and current market prices up to 50 cents per fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Grange
Calif
United States
Ted Shurtleff
San Luis Obispo
Joe Hall
Stanislaus County
China
New Zealand
California
U.S
Church votes to drop racial barriers in Plains
President-elect Carter said he was just a church member when Plains Baptist Church voted 107 to 84 to keep its pastor and open doors to all worshipers regardless of race. A black man attended service as the church set up a screening committee and moved to end whites-only limits amid a Klan protest outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Bruce Edwards
Southwest Georgia Agricultural Experimentation Station
Here
Walter F. Mondale
Atlanta
Plains
Frank Williams
Clennon King
Albany
Secret Service
Mr. King
Selma
N.C
Roger Sessoms
Jerome Ethredge
Western
Africa
Plains Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Bill Wilkinson
The
Invisible Empire
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonard Street Recreation Center
David T. Wilson
Cy Brooks
Rachel Gray
Camille Chamoun
Agriculture Dept. Forecast
USDA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!