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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1994
Page
4
Scattered showers and possible thunderstorms early tonight then partly cloudy near dawn. Lows around 58 with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Friday will be partly cloudy and mild with highs near 75 and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Showers and possible thunderstorms east, clearing elsewhere. Lows 40s to 50s. Friday highs 60s to 70s in the mountains and elsewhere.
Peggy June Moore 57 of Greenville died Tuesday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. She retired in 1992 after working at State Bank NCNB and Nations Bank. She attended Unity Free Will Baptist Church. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel officiated by Revs Jeff Manning and Jack Weathersby with entombment at Pinewood. She leaves Walter David Moore Jr., two daughters Debbie McCoy Cove City and Angela Ree Hines Winterville, mother Agnes Forrest Greenville, sister Doris Hatton Pat Stackhouse Greenville and Soves Fulcher Newport, and three brothers and three sisters. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. today at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel. Memorials to National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina.
Leo Vance Lewis Sr., 99, of 6250 Highway 70 East died Wednesday at Craven Regional Medical Center. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and was a Bridgeton Christian Church member. Funeral at 1 p.m. Friday at Pollock Wells and Best Funeral Home chapel, burial in Greenleaf Memorial. Survived by son Leo V. Lewis Jr., daughter Ruby Lewis Connor, sisters Lilly Lewis and Bessie Weisiger, eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. Visitation 8 p.m. today at Pollock-Wells and at the home.
Etty Klosterman, age 92, died in New Bern. Arrangements are by Cotten Funeral Home.
A low pressure system moves northeast across eastern New England bringing scattered showers in the region. A weak disturbance triggers a few afternoon thunderstorms in Oklahoma Arkansas and Mississippi while a cool front weakens across the Upper Midwest. Steady light rain and cool temps extend through much of the Pacific Northwest.
Independent candidate Marshall Coleman campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley as North and Robb duel for votes. Coleman promotes himself as a moral alternative amid a high profile Iran Contra backdrop, noting he has no indictments. Polls show Robb and North leading with roughly a third to forty percent each.
The IRS states descendants of enslaved people are ineligible for a modern 40 acres and a mule. About 20,000 claims totaling roughly 43,209 dollars each have been rejected. Officials warn refiling after denial may incur a 500 dollar penalty for frivolous returns.
Deputies recovered a 14 foot aluminum motor boat reported stolen on Oct. 15. It was found in a wooded area near 1445 Old Brick Road in Vanceboro and returned to its owner. The boat was valued at $1,800. Lt. Ken Fillingame of Craven County Sheriff’s Office provided the notice.
The USS Eisenhower sails for a six month Mediterranean and possibly Persian Gulf assignment as the first U.S. warship to carry women on an extended mission. About 400 women join 5,100 men, building on earlier steps including the March 1980 combat ship debut and a Haiti mission last month.
A Mobil Oil refinery pipeline explosion in Torrance California injures at least 30 workers with flames reaching 40 feet. Three workers remain in critical condition with third degree burns to face and forearms. Cause under investigation as portions of the plant shut down but most operations resume within hours.
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