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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1995
Page
4
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely. Heavy rain possible at times. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Tonight sees more showers and storms with lows upper 60s to mid-70s. Monday stays cloudy with more showers and storms, highs 80s. Showers gradually diminish Monday night with lows in the low to mid-70s.
Strong south winds 15 to 20 knots with 1 to 2 foot waves across Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. Tonight the same conditions persist with continued south winds and 1 to 2 foot seas.
Mrs. Cather ine Harris Dail, 90, of 209 Velva Drive Chesapeake formerly of South Creek NC died August 24 1995 at home after 55 years in Chesapeake She was born February 14 1905 to George Washington Foreman and Julia Foreman She survived by daughter Bliss Harris Potter five grandchildren eight great grandchildren two great great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews Funeral services August 28 1995 at 1 pm from Paul Funeral Home Washington with Rev Greg Long officiating Burial in South Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Aurora. The family will receive friends 7 9 pm today at Paul Funeral Home Washington. Preceded in death by husbands Edgar Street Harris and Oliver Dail and son Edgar Street Harris Jr.
Leslie Lee Cox 66 of Ayden died Saturday at Beaufort County Hospital. He belonged to the New Bern Moose Lodge and Hopewell Pentecostal Holiness Church. Funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. at Cotten Funeral Home chapel, Rev. Virgil Hacker officiating. Burial Greenleaf Memorial Park. He leaves three sons John Curtis Jenkins Vanceboro, William Patrick Jenkins Greensboro, Alfred Lee Cox Vanceboro. stepson George Lilly Ayden. daughter Phyllis Cox Laughinghouse Vanceboro. five stepdaughters Mary Gay Roberstonville, Faye Batchelor Dessie Smith Evelyn Sutton Betty Sutton Greenville. two sisters Elizabeth Cashwell and Edna Grace Cox New Bern. 28 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren. Family receives friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Adolphus Roberts aged 76 of Pollocksville died. Arrangements are with Oscar's Mortuary of New Bern.
Clayton Polk, 39, of 1031 Biddle Street, faces possession of crack cocaine with a $2,000 secured bond and a Monday Craven County District Court appearance. Farrow Turkel Smith, 24, of 5609 Highway 17 South, is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon after allegedly stealing $435 from Frank Duffy III, threatening with a 25 caliber handgun, held on a $5,000 cash bond for Monday court. Richard William Powers Jr., 28, of Lot 5 3600 Neuse Boulevard, is detained on a fugitive warrant from Strafford County New Hampshire for a March 1988 burglary conviction, with a $5,000 secured bond and a Monday court date.
A public record disclaimer states that arrests and warrants do not prove guilt and that guilt or innocence must be determined by proper legal process. The statement emphasizes that procedural context and rights apply and cautions against assuming culpability from arrests alone.
The remnants of Tropical low Jerry will move into western Carolinas with showers and thunderstorms spreading from Virginia southward into the Carolinas and Georgia. A weak cold front may bring a few showers to the Northeast drought areas. The central U S stays warm and partly sunny with isolated showers in the northern Plains while the West Coast remains dry.
Tropical Storm Iris forced warnings across the eastern Caribbean as it moved between Martinique and Dominica. Islands from Dominica to Anguilla remained alert while St. Lucia and others south of Martinique saw warnings dropped. Some homes flooded. flights canceled and ports adjusted as Iris, with 45 mph winds, tracked northwest toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Oklahoma City lawyer James Linehan told the Los Angeles Times he saw Timothy McVeigh driving a speeding car around the Alfred Murrah Federal Building precinct at 8 38 a m, before the 9 02 a m blast. He noted the car matched the 1977 yellow Mercury Marquis McVeigh drove.
A 1986 Dodge pickup driven by 16 year old Timothy Scott Bridgers overturned on the Alfred A Cunningham Bridge over the Trent River Friday. The vehicle slid after braking to avoid a sudden stop by a van. No injuries, no charges, Bridgers left scene in his own car. Vehicle repaired by Morris Auto Body Shop, New Bern.
The 1996 Official Scrabble Players Dictionary adds the word yo to its list. Philadelphians welcome the two letter term for call and affirmation as players praise the extra scoring options and strategy it brings to the game.
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