Family Is Desperate After Fire In Hessemer City
In Hessemer City, Trank and Dorothy Mathis lost their rental home and all belongings to a Tuesday morning fire. Dorothy, 21, escaped with two children ages one and two, suffering leg-brace damage and minor burns to the toddler. They stay with relatives in Gastonia awaiting a new rental as they seek housing and a replacement leg brace. Salvation Army provided groceries and clothing.
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Hessemer City
Trank
Dorothy Mathis
Frank Mathis
Daddy
Johnny
Salvation Army
Deaths and funerals mixed notices in brief
Bobby Joe Strange 20 of At Chay Inte died in a house fire. Survived by parents Sanders and Barbara Strange, stepfamily, siblings, and half siblings. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Mayla United Methodist Church with burial at Mountain Rest Cemetery. Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia. Mrs Dick Grogan Waters 68 died after brief illness in Brevard. Retired nurse with 21 years service. survivors include daughter Ruth Eilers and sister Ea Shelton. Services Saturday at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Moore Funeral Home Brevard handling arrangements. Rev Campbell C. Holmes 65 of 503 Talon Toad died Thursday night in Charlotte. Survived by widow Florence, one daughter Marion Becca, five sons, one brother, 14 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 8 pm at Hank Chairel of God? with pastors officiating. Burial Hillcrest Gardens, Stanley. Silk Funeral Home will have viewing. Mrs Frances Robinson Pursley 79 of Clover died Friday morning. Survived by daughter Mel Black, sons Robert, Marvin, Marshall. sisters Janie Adams and Kate Boyd. brother O Lee Robinson. eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral 4 pm Saturday at Clover Aime? Church. burial Woodside Cemetery. Ford and Sons handling arrangements.
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Bouday Joe Strange
Charlotte
Bobby Joe Strange
At Chay Inte
Sanders M Strange
Lois G. Burke
Jerry Burke
Fountain Valley
Gary
May Strange
John Peters
Donald Waters
George
Scott
Sanders Strange III
Mayla United Methodist Church
Ray von White
G. TL
Mountain Rest Cemetery
Kings Mountain
Carothers Funeral Home
Gastonia
Dicie
Grogan Waters
Brevard
Transylvania County
Transylvania Community Hospital
Ruth Eilers
Belmont
Ea Shelton
Spartanburg
Campbell C. Holmes Stanley
Campbell C. Holmes
Talon Toad
Clover
S.C
North
South Carolina
Florence Warren Holmes
Marion Becca
Newberry
Fred Holmes
Chester
Eugene Holmes
Silk Funeral Home
MIS
Frances Rolinson Pursley
Frances Robinson Pursley
R-1
Mel Black
Robert
Marvin Pursley
Marshall Pursley
Belvedere
D.C
Janie Adams
Kate Boyd
O. Lee Robinson
Clover Atlp
Jerry Wolff
Woodside Cemetery
Bony
Belstip
ML. Ford and Sons
Judge Holds Mobile Court at Dodge Truck Plant
In Warren Michigan a Macomb County judge appeared atop a Dodge flatbed truck in robes and ordered arrest of demonstrators outside the plant as a wildcat strike continued. He warned 50 sign-carrying pickets they would be arrested if they did not disperse.
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Warren, Mich
Dodge [Unter
Stair
Dodge
Macomb
Nixon memo dispute over Watergate hush payment wording
In Los Angeles the Times quotes a memorandum claiming Nixon said we should buy time by paying hush money to a Watergate conspirator, contradicting edited transcripts that Nixon said we can buy time. The memo notes Hunt’s blackmail payment was made the same day.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Los Angeles Times
John W. Dean
White House
Dew
Uyal
E. Howard Hunter
Times
Nixan
Hunt
Prince Charles secret date with Laura Watkins at London party
Prince Charles spent time with Laura Jo Watkins, daughter of a San Diego admiral, at Ambassador Annenberg’s farewell party. An embassy official confirmed the secret date as Charles attended the event instead of entertaining a California girl due to his great uncle’s death. James Watkins had met Charles earlier in San Diego while on Royal Navy duty.
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London
Prince Charles
California
Walter Annenberg
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Laura Jo Watkins
San Diego
Annenberg
Ambassador
Annenbergs
Miss Watkins
Firaice
San Diceo
Ue Royal Navy
Calley Loses Court Appeal In Custody Ruling
William L. Calley faces return to military custody after the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected bail and ordered him back to military custody. Lawyers said they may seek an emergency U.S. Supreme Court order to overturn the decision. Calley was convicted in 1971 of murder tied to the Vietnam War.
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New Orleans
William L. Calley
Dtc
U.S. Supreme Court
Calley
Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Army
Lai
Woman joins North Carolina death row in poisoning case
A North Carolina jury sentenced Roselle Oxendine Hunt to die for murdering Joseph Hunt by poisoning his tea with rat poison laced with arsenic. The 46 year old from Lilesville joins 38 others on death row awaiting action. Ernest Ray Simmons, 34, of Rocky Mount, was also sentenced to death for a 1973 robbery shooting that netted intruders $2, a pistol, a rifle and a shotgun.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Roselle Oxendine Hunt
Rt. 1
Lilesville
Anson County Superior Court
Joseph Hunt
Hunt
Satomy Chess
Ernest Ray Simmons
Rocky Mount
Nixon friend fights jail over contempt charge
G Arnholt Smith, longtime Nixon backer, appeals to a state court to avoid incarceration after being jailed for contempt for refusing to answer questions in the extortion trial of four men. Superior Court Judge Overton set a Tuesday deadline to respond or seek a higher court stay.
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San Diego
G. Arnholt Smith
Smith
Nixon
Sas
Superior Court
Paul Eugene Overton
North Carolina predicts gas cuts for industry next winter
The North Carolina Energy Office projected a 11 to 14 percent reduction in natural gas supplies for next winter. Homeowners and small businesses are spared as priority users, while industries may need to seek alternative sources of fuel.
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Ralbioa
North Carolina Energy Office
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