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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1994
Page
4
The forecast warns a freeze tonight for New Bern and eastern North Carolina except the immediate coast. Lows in the mid-30s inland, teens in the mountains, mid-30s to 40s along Outer Banks. Thanksgiving Day will be sunny and chilly with highs in the 50s and 40s in northern mountains.
A vigorous Pacific storm spreads rain and snow across the Northwest on Thursday. Precipitation remains light and scattered elsewhere with light rain in Texas and extreme southern Florida. A bit of light snow may touch the northern Great Lakes and northern Maine as the Northeast stays cold. The Southwest enjoys sunny skies and 70s.
South of Virginia Beach to Little River Inlet winds 20 to 25 knots tonight with seas 7 feet subsiding to 5. Northwest winds 20 knots and seas 5 feet Thursday. Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds Small Craft Advisory with northwest winds 15 to 20 knots tonight and waves 2 feet. Northwest winds 15 knots or less Thursday with waves 1 foot.
Brooklyn resident Katie Frances Dawson died Saturday at The Brooklyn Hospital. Native of New Bern she was a housewife who loved to dance sing and play piano. Funeral 11:30 a.m. Monday Frank R. Bell Funeral Home Brooklyn with burial in Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Staten Island. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. She is survived by daughter Cynthia Ardean Dawson Thomas four sisters eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Officials at the National Institute of Child Health announce a new pertussis vaccine tested in Sweden shows effectiveness with no serious side effects. The current vaccine, used since the 1940s, has been linked to adverse reactions and hundreds of deaths, prompting a long compensation fund and calls for safer immunization. AMVAX plans FDA filing in 1995 to market the new vaccine.
Sadie Bell Jackson of 516 Browns Ave died Saturday at Guardian Care of New Bern. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at Bryant Chapel AME Zion Church with Rev. J.C. Franks officiating, burial in White Cemetery. Survived by son Thomas J. Jackson of New York City, daughters Charlotte F. Brown and Ophelia J. White, three sisters, nine grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren. Viewing 1-3 p.m. Thursday at Rivers Morgan Funeral Home. Family to receive friends at home.
Millie Boone Pearson age 75 of 215 Capeson Lane Clarks community died Monday at Craven Regional Medical Center. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday at Pilgrim Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with Revs. R T Turnage and L A Dillahunt officiating. Burial in Pearson family cemetery. Survived by two sons Wendell Staten Pearson and Rev Daniel Pearson Jr of New Bern. three daughters Carolyn P Wesley Mildred P Dillahunt and Clarabell P Dillahunt of Fayetteville. 15 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Viewing 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at Oscars Mortuary.
Eva Mae Gaskins Joyner Harris 70 of 866 Howard St died Monday at her home. She was a retired JC sales associate. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter's AME Zion Church. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by Willie Harris widower 12 stepchildren brother Mark Phillips Brooklyn sister Catherine Lewis. Golden Circle ritual 7 p.m. Friday at Oscar's Mortuary.
Willie Gray Roberson, 44, of Vandemere Potters Road died Monday at Craven Regional Medical Center. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter's Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. F.L. Hyman. Burial in Hudwell Cemetery. Survived by mother Lucy Roberson Jones of Vandemere and six brothers: Henry Lee Roberson, Louis Roberson Jr., Simon Roberson, Charles Roberson, Linwood Earl Roberson, Bobby Roberson. Oscar's Mortuary handled arrangements.
Mildred Mat t ocks Thompson 82 of Box 171 Grantsboro R-1 died Monday at Craven Regional Medical Center. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Broad Creek United Church of Christ with Rev. H O Simmons. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by Gale Sawyer of Pamlico a brother William Mattocks of Royal and 10 grandchildren.
Soviet press says Nikita Karatsupa, famed border guard who served 1932 to 1961 on borders with China Poland Turkey and others died of pneumonia Saturday aged 85 He reportedly fought in skirmishes killed 129 intruders captured 338 and was named Hero of the Soviet Union and received the Order of Lenin.
Denise Brown told the Orange County Register that Nicole feared OJ Simpson would murder her, recalling her sister’s belief that he would get away with it. Denise recounted how she alerted detectives and pressed OJ with accusations as the murder probe unfolded. Prosecution argued over DNA evidence and questioned a defense witness as Harmon fought to subpoena the defense scientist.
James Anderson, 69, of 811 Miller St., reports a .22 rifle valued at $165 stolen from his home at 8:30 a.m. Monday. A 34-year-old New Bern woman says she was hitchhiking, was picked up by a tractor trailer driver, jumped from the vehicle on Broad Street at East Front Street, and escaped after unwanted advances. Sheriff’s office unsure of action due to missing driver name or license plate. Information drawn from public record. Arrests and warrants do not establish guilt or parties involved.
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