Two admit to robbing grave site in Burke County
In Waynesboro Georgia two men William Watson 36 and Emory Leon Williams 41 pleaded guilty in Superior Court to theft a misdemeanor and to removing a body from a tomb a felony The pair admitted robbing the 130 year old grave of Mary Ann Price who died in 1853 at age 19 They dumped contents on the ground and sold the iron casket to an antique dealer for 25 They also stole a gate from the family cemetery selling it for 50 The grave had been robbed previously around 1960.
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Waynesboro, Ga
William Watson
Emory Leon Williams
Burke County
Gregory Coursey
Coursey
Mary Ann Price
Quadriplegic teen walks for diploma at graduation
In Anaheim California an 18 year old quadriplegic Erich Fenrich walked to receive his high school diploma at Lutheran High School of Orange County. Guided by physical therapist Judy Cirullo he inch by inch left his wheelchair and accepted the diploma amid applause. He had broken two neck vertebrae in 1980 from a fall at a church activity. Fenrich plans to attend Cal State Fullerton as a business major.
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Anaheim
Calif
Lutheran High School of
Orange County
Erich Fenrich
Judy Cirullo
Fenrich
Circullo
California State University At
Fullerton
From $40K to Welfare a Pittsburgh Executive Rebuilds Life
John Robert Owens Jr., once a U S Steel executive with a 15 year run, now lives on welfare in Pittsburgh. He bathes at the Greyhound terminal and washes jeans at a coin laundry while reading at Carnegie Mellon library. He hopes college study in literature but fears finding low paid work to support it.
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Pittsburgh
John Robert Owens Jr
Brooks Brothers
U.S. Steel Corp
Owens
Carnegie-Mellon University
U.S. Steel
Scott Township
Chicago
Carnegie Library
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Colisium
Sherw Bowling
New York
Eeace Litron
SONY
Jeeveveeerreeny
Boqny
Wireless
Raleigh
42Nd
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Little Joe & Son
37Th & Andrews Hwy
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