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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1971
Page
4
Infrared aerial pictures prompt a renewed search in a 600 acre Feather River orchard area near Yuba City after authorities say 25 slaying victims had already been recovered. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker notes some spots appear suspicious and will be checked as the search continues.
William Junior Pierce, 39, already facing multiple murders, was formally charged in the Aug. 10 ax slaying of James L. Sires near Beaufort, with $970 stolen from a service station. He had also been charged in an Aug. 21 murder in North Carolina and faces seven other murder charges across three states.
In Sutter County investigators press on as as many as 10 more bodies could lie buried near Sullivan Ranch five miles north of town. Infrared images from a commercial firm and reconnaissance planes returned Saturday to seek hidden remains, while authorities reassess the hunt despite new bodies found earlier in the week. Dr. Walter Bromberg visited suspect Juan V. Corona in jail as officials analyze a green ledger listing names linked to the case.
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced at the USS Glenard P. Lipscomb keel laying that the United States is actively considering a new class of nuclear submarines. The plan includes an undersea long range missile system ULMS for 1980s deployment and an anti ship missile submarine capable of striking beyond enemy antisubmarine reach.
Government figures show southern schools desegregating rapidly with black students in majority white schools rising from 18.4 to 39.1 percent over two years. All black schools fell from 68 to 14.1 percent, while national figures also improved though more slowly. The data, tied to HEW surveys, suggests progress against the dual system despite ongoing legal and political pressures.
In New York a polar bear was shot by a Central Park officer after it bit Oliver Jones as the man leaned into the enclosure. Jones, 29, was treated at Lenox Hill hospital. the bear died from a shoulder shot after attempts to deter it.
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield warned of a long deadlock at the 1972 party convention with many ballots. He noted no frontrunner in polls and said candidates may split funds and weaken staff. He urged all senators to stay on the job and avoid delaying legislation for campaign travel.
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