Sawyer brothers say they passed lie detector tests
Two brothers Lonnie and Sandy Sawyer imprisoned for the Monroe department store kidnapping say SBI lie detector tests were passed. They spoke from the Harnett County Youth Center near Lillington, claiming innocence, while Gov. Holshouser’s office awaits the official report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Monroe
State Bureau of Investigation
Sam Long
Jim Holshowser
SBI
Lonnie Sawyer
Sandy Sawyer
Mint Hil
Harnett
Lillington
Mint III Brothers
Charlotte Observer
Steve Davenport
Raleigh
Gilmore Execution Delay Pleas Protest Supreme Court Stay
In Salt Lake City AP report Gilmore awaited word on whether his mother’s bid to halt his Monday sunrise execution would succeed. Courts in Utah and the U.S. Supreme Court considered requests to delay the firing squad for the Provo motel clerk killer as his family and NAACP opponents weigh the case amid early pilot space restrictions around the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Gary
Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
Utah
Provo
Anthony Amsterdam
Bessie Gilmore
Milwaukie
Ore
Byron A. White
Utah Supreme Court
State District Court
White
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court
Texas
NAACP
U. S Supreme Court
Jast
Fred
Vern Dante
Federal Aviation Administration
Prion
Stock Prices Rise As Economic News Impacts Market
In New York, stock prices edged higher in early trading with the Dow Jones industrial average up a fraction. The New York Stock Exchange saw advancers lead decliners as the government released fresh data. The Labor Department reported unemployment at 81 percent of the labor force for November, the year’s highest level, while wholesale prices rose 6 percent driven by an 8 percent increase in industrial commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Labor Department
Deaths and funerals in Gaston County area
Henry Spry Shellman 86 of 246 Eighth Ave died this morning in Gaston Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Carothers Funeral Rome in Gastonia. Lawson Rhyne Henderson funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church with burial in Guston Memorial Park. He is survived by wife Eva Lisk Henderson and children. The family will receive friends at Silk Funeral Home in Bessemer City tonight 7 to 8. Clyde Haywood Bush 45 of 1190 Westover Dr died Thursday morning in an Oleen hospital. Funeral 1 a.m. Saturday at Norris Funeral Home. Burial in Bethlehem Cemetery. Mrs Chessie Baker Lambirth funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Carothers Funeral Home Mount Holly. J. Marvin Howell 84 of Cherryville RT 1 dies Thursday. Funeral 2:10 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem United Methodist Church. Robert Odell Turner 51 of 204 Winthrop St Clover S C dies Thursday night. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Adalee Robinson 64 of High Shoals dies this morning. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at St Paul Lutheran Church Hardin. Ref: Lincolnton area deaths and survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Spry Shellman
Cramerton
Eighth Ave
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Carothers Funeral
Rome
Gastonia
Lawson Rhyne Hentzerson
Chamerton
Lawson Rhyne Henderson
Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church
Robert Fingsel
Guston Memorial Park
Eva
Lisk Henderson
Wallie Mitchell
Roy Laye
Cramertor
Ken Morrow
Knoxville
Tenn
John G. Henderson
Inglewood
Calif
EM. Bain
Lillington
Silk Funeral Home
Bessemer City
Honight
Clyde Haywood Bush
Kings Mountain
Westover Dr
Oleen
Charles
Douglas
Curtis Bush
Bill Bush
Jacksonville
Fla
Bruce
Guy Cabaniss
Bethlehem Cemetery
Westover Baptist Church
Ceeeeeekan
Lambshy
Mount Holly
Chessie Baker Lambirth
Carothers Funeral Home
Homer Arrowood
Millcrest Gardens
Deyt James Lambirth
Vernon Lambirth
Pauline Ballard
Maude Tuning
Lexington
J. Marvin Howell
Cherryville
Lincs County
Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Craft, Leoneth
Willard
James
Pete) Howell
Neva H. Hollifield
Charlie ¥. Hollifield
Miles McLean
Carpenter
Robert Odell Turner
Clover
S.C
Winthrop St
Maxie
Lewis Turner
Brice Turner
Raymond E. Boyd
Faye Mivens
Glenn Smith
M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral
Warren Fowler
Donald Cavin
Woodside Cemetery
Ada Let
Robinson
High Shoals
Adalee Robinson
Sheis
Harry R. Robingad
William Anderson
High Stasis
Randall Anderson
Lincolnton
Harry RB. Robinson Jr
Durkan
Max Robinson
Carrol Robinson
Mabel Setzer
Joyce Waddell
Anne Caddel
Charlotte
Buster Stles
Vaughn Stiles
Murphy
Cherryville Christmas Parade and Local Meetings Schedule
Friday events include a 4 p.m. Christmas parade in Cherryville, 7 p.m. Gastonia Lodge 363 at the Masonic Temple, 7:30 p.m. Cherokee Council 44 Pocahontas at Redmen Hall, plus two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at Tabernacle Baptist Church and First Presbyterian Church in Kings Mountain. Saturday features a 5 p.m. visit to Sehlele Museum, a planetarium program, and an 8 p.m. AA session at St. Michael's School and First Presbyterian Church in Cherryville and Gastonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherryville
Gastonia Lodge
Masonic Temple
Cherokee Council
Pocahontas
Redmen Hall
Linwood Road
TwelveStep Group
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tabernacle Baptist Church
P.m
First Presbyterian Church
Kings Mountain
Sehlele Museum of Natural History
Visitation
St. Michael's School
Gastonia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sawyer
Robert Wayne Hinson
Collins Department
Hinson
Robert Erskine Thomas
Matthews
Davenport
Holfhouser
Indy Sawyer
Lonnie
Sandy and
Lonn
Awyer
Gaston College
G.I
Gastonta Crette Tapant
Man Wiis Bia
Vipa
Sy canniEn
Marth
Woolco
RGA
AG Atluat
Hoover
Hoover Deluxe
Sma
Paymeng Larter Ar
Tryonesi Avg Cena
Geslon
Apping Ce
Veo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!