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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1994
Page
4
Windy conditions and rain diminish tonight in New Bern with lows in the upper 50s. Tomorrow, clearing skies and mild with a high in the low 70s as northwest winds weaken. Outer Banks and northern coast stay very windy with rain tonight, then lessen. East winds ease, west stays sunny to partly cloudy with highs mid 60s to low 70s.
Col Harry Charles Besancon U S Army Corps of Engineers retired died November 10 1994 at age 76 in Brunswick County North Carolina He was a West Point graduate WWII Pacific Theater veteran and founder of the International Officers Christian Fellowship Funeral services were set for November 22 1994 at Arlington National Cemetery with interment following Survivors include his wife Sadie Katherine Annue Besancon two sons Michael and Charles a daughter Marie and siblings Clemintine Gilbert Paul William Richard and Robert Visitation for family and friends was scheduled for November 19 1994 in Wilmington North Carolina Flowers and donations details were provided to Demaine Funeral Home and Officers Christian Fellowship Greenville Colorado address listed
Terry Haddock 54 died Thursday at his residence. A lifelong Vanceboro resident, he was a farmer and Craven County employee and member of Epworth United Methodist Church. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel with burial at Epworth. Survived by widow Joan, son Bobby Allen Haddock, daughters Patricia and Deanna, brother William, sisters Faye and Lovie Haddock. Friends may call 7 9 p.m. today. Memorials to Vanceboro Fire and Rescue Squad.
Forecast shows winds diminishing to 25 to 35 knots tonight with waves of about 5 feet subsiding to 3 feet. Northwest winds 10 to 20 knots Saturday and waves near 2 feet.
The national forecast expects Gordon to be off the mid Atlantic coast tomorrow morning moving northeast away from the mainland. A Rocky Mountain storm will bring heavy snow to the southern Rockies and central Plains with rain and thunderstorms in the southern Plains. Rain and snow are forecast for the Pacific Northwest while the Ohio Valley Great Lakes and Southwest remain sunny and dry.
A three year study by UC Irvine found burglars receive longer sentences than thrift fraudsters. Of 580 thrift convictiones, 78 percent went to prison with average 36.4 months versus 55.6 months for burglars. Researchers note many thrift cases go unprosecuted and that federal guidelines later increased penalties.
Emmaline Farrow Thompson 85 of Oriental died. Arrangements handled by Oscar's Mortuary Inc New Bern.
George William Foy, 33, of 614 Brown Drive, charged with six counts of forgery and uttering for writing two thousand sixty five dollars in checks from Rebecca E. Davis’s account October 19 to 24. Bond set at 500 dollars. to appear in Craven County District Court Monday. Ricky Ray Arrington, 33, of 307 Cresent St., charged with three counts of forgery and uttering for writing three checks totaling 345 dollars from Beatrice Branch’s account between July 15 and August 10. Released on a written promise to appear in Craven County District Court Monday. Walter Heath, 37, of 497 Heath Road, Trenton, charged with one count felony larceny and two counts obtaining property by false pretenses for taking property worth 2570 dollars on August 30 and attempting to sell some of it to two New Bern pawnshops. Released on bond. to appear in Court Monday.
Annie Earline Taylor Rouse, 49, of 325 Olympia Road died Wednesday at Craven Regional Medical Center. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Pollock Wells and Best Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Roger Cope officiating. Burial in Greenleaf Memorial Park. Survived by widower Perry C. Rouse, son Johnnie Wesley Wheeler, daughters Phyllis Wheeler and Missy Garris, three brothers Johnnie Mitchell E Ray Taylor and Jimmy Spanky Taylor, one sister Ida Webster, and five grandchildren. Visitation 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and at residence times prior to service.
Johnie Lew Coughlan, 44, of Marietta, Georgia, died Wednesday at Shoreham Health Center. A Greenville native, she graduated from J.H. Rose High School and North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount and worked for the North Carolina Department of Social Services in New Bern. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville. She is survived by her father John C. Coughlan of Greenville and a sister LaVerne C. Rivers of Marietta. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home, Greenville.
Michelle Burns 34 of 101 Kenneth Blvd reported to Havelock Public Safety she was abducted outside Hard Times on US 70 by an unarmed white man with shoulder length black hair and a moustache. He forced her to drive about three miles. she fought back, scratched him, and he fled. No arrests yet.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich told Governor Pete Wilson that federal action is needed to stop illegal immigration or cover state costs. He pressed for border sealing and decisive steps, asking border-state governors to submit proposals and return them early for next year action.
The graveside service for Sybil Swindell Rawls 82 of Merritt who died Wednesday has been moved from 2 p.m. today to 11 a.m. Monday at National Cemetery. For more information call Norris Bryant Funeral Home in Alliance.
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