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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1971
Page
8
Catherine Powell reports the 1971 Gala Graduation Quadrad at the University Mountainlair. Graduates and guests enjoyed bowling billiards swimming and dancing through dawn with chaperones and memories of 12 years of school.
A steamer carrying 130 passengers capsized during a storm near Corregidor Island. Early reports list 18 bodies recovered and 30 missing with 82 rescued. Navy divers cut into the hull as survivors feared trapped inside. The Ediesco was chartered by Sarkies Tours for an Independence Day excursion to the WWII site 28 miles west of Manila.
Patricia Nixon wed Edward Cox in an outdoor Rose Garden ceremony at the White House with Army String Ensemble. Guests included Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Luci Johnson Nugent among other presidential family members as the vows were exchanged in a blended Methodist Episcopal Catholic ceremony. Separately, a 1969 Opel coupe was stolen in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, the owner listed as Herbert M. Dannier.
Dan Fredrick Taylor 18 son of Mr and Mrs Fred Taylor of Newburg dies at University Hospital after ruptured aneurysm. A late handwritten envelope artwork from Dom Tucci Weston accompanied a message praising the young man who was to be valedictorian of NHS. Funeral services set at Concord Community Church with burial in Pratt Cemetery. Thousands attended memorials and a collection exceeding $65 was reported.
In Farmington Maine a doctor orders 12 yards of snow via prescription and druggist Ernie Bourgon coordinates with contractor Everett Vining to deliver it from last winter’s dump. The incident mirrors the odd weather tale amid forecasts of clouds and possible thundershowers with highs in the 70s to low 80s.
Obituary notices honor George Carson Bobbs 88 of Mt. Pleasant Pa and Robert Lee Tennant 26 of Vermillion Ohio, Clyde Plymale 77 of Buckhannon, and Ida Jones 87 of Fairmont. Details include birthdates, family survivors, burial plans, and funeral arrangements across Morgantown Fairmont Buckhannon and Vermilion.
Passenger watched the hijacker through cockpit glass and fired two shots. First Officer Ronald J. Dupuis, 31, and later a marshal fired. The hijacker returned fire, was shot by an FBI agent, and arrested after the plane landed at Kennedy. White was treated and jailed for arraignment in Brooklyn.
Roy H. Vadney, 18, reported missing from Kennedy Youth Center at 9 50 p m Friday, was found in his cottage at 1 a m Saturday. A center spokesman said he likely entered through a window since he did not use a door, and noted he may not be charged with escape as he did not leave the grounds.
Grafton residents and authorities continued to search for Earl Creed Mayle an 83 year old former school teacher who has been missing since Memorial Day. The case drew attention from local police and volunteers as investigators pursue leads in the community.
George Carson Bobbs 88 of Mt. Pleasant Pa died June 12 1971 in Pittsburgh calling hours Monday 10 to noon services Tuesday 1 at Hastings Funeral Home burial Mount Union Cemetery. Forte Jonn 56 died at University Hospital calling hours Monday 10 at Allamong Funeral Home services 10 at St Theresa Church burial East Oak Grove Cemetery rosary 7:50 Sunday. Ida Jones 87 of 627 Virginia Ave died Friday at Fairmont General Hospital calling hours at R C Jones Funeral Home services Monday 2 officiating burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Dan Frederick Taylor 16 Rt 1 Newburg died June 1 1971 at University Hospital calling hours until noon Sunday body moved to Concord Community Church viewing 1 2 pm service Rev Berlin Wilhelm Rev Kenneth Stevenson burial Pratt Cemetery near Newburg. Robert Lee Tennant 26 Vermillion Ohio died Friday morning after auto accident calls Owen Funeral Home services 1 30 Monday burial Pine Bank Cemetery.
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