Pilot abandons 20 Jonestown survivors in Georgetown flight
A Pan Am pilot left behind 20 of 30 Jonestown ritual survivors in Georgetown when no FBI agents joined the return flight to New York. The captain cited concern for the remaining 167 passengers as the reason for trimming the group, noting two adopted sons of Rev. Jim Jones were among those left. Survivors, some questioned by federal agents, faced uncertain futures after the mass death tied to the cult.
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New York
UPI
Jonestown Peoples Temple
FBI
United States
Jim Jones
Albert Brockob
Georgetown
Airlines
Jones
Frances Dawn
Gardfrey
Yolanda Mitchell
Ruby Johnson
Jakari Wilson
Versie Perkins
Beatrice Grubbs
Diane Rozykno
Leslie Wilson
Laflora Townes
Andrea Walker
New Jersey
California
Leo Ryan
Secret Service
Edith Parks
Jonestown Landing Strip
Ryan
Guyana
Multiple Mourners Named in Area Death Notices
Death notices from Dec 1978 record numerous local obituaries in New Castle and surrounding towns. Mrs Ruth B Pitzer of 1622 Pulaski Road dies at 10 47 am Dec 2 1978 in Jameson Memorial Hospital after teaching in Shenango schools. Mrs Faye Klumph 43 of 11310 Casa Grande Ave dies Dec 2 1978 in Kaiser Hospital Lake Side after illness. Funeral arrangements by local firms. Additional notices include Mrs Jesse Dean Bass Mrs Dorothy Huston William Stephenson Steven Lodovico Lloyd Phillips and John Stevenson Sr with services and burial details in Castle View New Wilmington Little Beaver Enon Valley Hubbard records.
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Ruth B. Pitzer
Pulaski Road
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Springfield Township
Mercer County
Ralph W
Harriett Masters Pitzer
Pitzer
Shenango
Northminster
John F
Alice) Morgenthaler
Harrisburg
William P
Mary) Driver
New Castle
James J
Catherine) Mayne
William L
Laura) Mayne
Castleview Memorial Gardens
Western Pennsylvania Heart Association
R. Cunningham Funeral Home Inc
Wilmington Road
Lake Side
Calif
Faye Klumph
Casa Grande Ave
Kaiser Hospital
Fayette
Edwin G
Vera Blake Huff
Alan
Mark
Scott
Joy
New Wilmington
Cary
Gloria) Pitt
Youngstown
Ohio
Harold W. Huff
Emporia
Gailey L. Huff
E. Gailey Sharp
William Rautner
Fair Oaks
Jesse Dean Bass
E. Division St
St. Francis Hospital
Edward A
Donald G. DeCarbo
S. Mill St
Joseph Moore
Union Baptist Church
Oak Park
Marchline Fava
N. Wayne St
Ashtabula
Philip and
Mary Ravella Fava
Fava
Castle View Burial Park
Rockwell International Axle Division
St. Joseph the Worker
Edward Cole
Castle View Memorial Gardens
Enon Valley
Dorothy M. Huston
Hastings
New Brighton
Little Beaver Township
Samuel and
Lucy Lusk Duncan
Frank L. Huston
Huston
Bethel UP Church
Earl
Helen) Derringer
Darlington RD 1
Robert P
Unity
Donald E
Chesapeake
Galen D
Ralph
Gladys) Anderson
Robert
Frances) McKim
Mount Jackson
van Dyke-Swaney Funeral Home
W. Martin St
East Palestine
George Yates
David Sutton
Little Beaver Cemetery
William C. Stephenson
Covert Road
Golden Hills
Frank and
Mabel Lowry Stephenson
Edith M. Barkley Stephenson
Stephenson
New Castle Revival Center
Lois Elaine
Virginia Bright
Valley View Cemetery
John J. Stevenson Sr
Edward
Esther) Isaac
Bess Long
Beth Long
Joseph W. Boyd
Harlansburg
Ellwood City
Steven Frank Lodovico
Crescent Ave
Purification Bvm
Francis Pucci
St. Agatha
P.O. Contrucci
Fifth St
Hubbard
Lloyd Phillips
Regina Drive
Caffaro Hospital
Kelley and Son
N. Main St
Funeral
Mahoning Valley Memorial Park
Austintown
Man accidentally shoots himself in quiet rural incident
A North Beaver Township man, Donald Vogel of 319 Vance Road, was investigating noises outside his home at 5 a.m. when he slipped and discharged a .22 rifle into his right shoulder. He remains in guarded condition at St Francis Hospital, according to state police.
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North Beaver Township
St. Francis Hospital
Donald Vogel
Vance Road
Vogel
Wisconsin Rep William Steiger Dies in Sleep at 40
UPI reports Representative William Steiger of Wisconsin died in his sleep at his Washington home. The 40 year old freshman-born congressman had served 12 years and sat on the Ways and Means Committee. He is survived by his wife Janet and a son.
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Washington
UPI
William Steiger
R-Wis
U.S. Capitol
Steiger
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Oshkosh
Wisconsin State Assembly
Janet
William
Area man recalls high school classmate Jim Jones
William Nichols of New Wilmington RD 2 recounts recognizing his Richmond High School classmate Rev. Jim Jones from the People's Temple tragedy. Nichols, an education instructor at Youngstown State University, says Jones was mild and not belligerent, and he learned of Jones's role after reading Newsweek.
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William Nichols
New Wilmington RD 2
Richmond High School
Indiana
People’s Temple
Nichols
Jim Jones
Jonestown
Guyana
Richmond High
Jones
People’s Temple Cult
Newsweek
Jim
Hood Held on Charge of Homicide
Anthony Hood, 35, of 10 Sankey Street is jailed without bond in Lawrence County after charges were upgraded to criminal homicide and murder in the fatal shooting of Angela Hawk, 23, of Youngstown. Hawk died from a head wound at South Side Hospital after being shot in Hood's living room.
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New Castle
Youngstown
Anthony Hood
Sankey Street
Lawrence County
Hood
Angela Hawk
Griffith St
South Side Hospital
Donald Williams
Williams
Public urged to shop and mail early for Christmas
The Postal Service partners with merchants to encourage early shopping and mailing to ensure cards and parcels reach destinations in time for Christmas. Postmaster Larry Flynn urges use of ZIP Codes and clear addresses, proper wrapping, and planning ahead with overseas mailing dates varying by region. Call New Castle Post Office for specifics.
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Larry Flynn
U.S
Flynn
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