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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 2012
Page
1
Former South Point star returns to spotlight as Duke meets Cincinnati in a high stakes bowl matchup. Highlighted by anticipation and player focus, the article previews key matchups, coaching plans, and potential impact players for today’s game.
A store explains its return policy requiring scanning each item’s receipt for returns. Non-receipted returns or exchanges require valid identification and verification to process.
Disappointed gift recipients may return over 62 billion dollars in unwanted presents after Christmas. National Retail Federation notes big return day while stores anticipate long lines. Gloria Starr offers seven etiquette tips for handling gift givers amid the exchange season.
Donald Baxter Wells, a Gastonia man twice tried for first degree murder, faces a new charge after allegedly threatening a Family Video Store worker and attempting a robbery on December 23. He remains jailed on a $50,000 bond while still a suspect in the 1997 disappearance and unsolved slaying of Sarah McAbee, a case in which two trials ended without a unanimous verdict. Wells has long maintained his innocence, according to his former attorney.
On the ten year anniversary investigators say Wells likely killed McAbee but the state could not prove it in court. McAbee lay hidden in about seven feet of water in an abandoned well for nearly ten months near Cherryville and Bessemer City. Crime scene notes mention smudges rather than fingerprints and a tip led to the well near Tryon Elementary School. The brain injury from head blows was the cause, with ongoing press interest driven by sustained coverage.
Obituaries list multiple honorees with ages and home towns including Barbara Sanders 65 of Kings Mountain Martha McGugan 65 High Shoals Jerry Decker 65 Maiden Joyce Lewis 71 Sharon Edwin Eccles Jr 90 Mount Holly Florenc Styles 103 Cherryville Douglas Blake 59 Woodleaf Willie Shuford 67 Newton Mildred Jordan 79 Salisbury James Andrews Sr Bessemer City Edith Fortner 89 Mount Holly Judy Saults 69 Blacksburg S C Barbara Queen 69 Dallas Becky Doggett 95 Cherryville Mathasena Bell 86 Gastonia Linda Abernathy 65 Maiden Roy McKee 88 Lincolnton Debora Moore 55 Gastonia Donald Jones 74 Lincolnton Kathy Ramsey 55 Crouse Sonny Clay Hoyle 49 Athalee Lee Ramsey 73 Gastonia Ina Ledbetter 100 Gastonia June Riddle 90 Gastonia
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