Cyprus president’s son freed by kidnappers
Achilleas Kyprianou, 19, a National Guard lieutenant, was released at dawn after being held in a 6 by 6 by 19 inch cell. He described blindfolded captivity, food shortages, and his captors asking amnesty for political offenders. He forgave them and said they may leave or stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
Spyros Kyprianou
Achilleas Kyprianou
National Guard
Los Mountains
Enka-B
Kyprianou
White Teens Held in Burning of Black Churches
Three white teenagers about 16 years old from Lincoln County were held after fires gutted four black churches in rural east Georgia. The blazes occurred within minutes of each other Sunday night, starting at Mt Zion Baptist Church in Lincoln County and spreading to Mulberry Baptist Zora CME and Antioch CME churches. No injuries were reported and officials note no race-related motive has been established. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and state fire marshal probed the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ga
Georgia
Wilkes County
Cecil Moore
Lincoln County
Wilkes
Moore
Albert Rucker
Mulberry Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Zora Cme
Antioch Cme
Prostitution Ring Trial Enters Fourth Week in Lynchburg
In U S District Court in Lynchburg Virginia former Pittsylvania County prosecutor Joseph Motley Whitehead and two others face a 20 count indictment alleging protection of a prostitution ring spanning North and South Carolina. Whitehead's defense resumes as witnesses defense and prosecution present contrasting accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg, Va
Pittsylvania
Joseph Motley Whitehead
U.S. District Court
Whitehead
Aubrey Henderson
Danville
Wayne Holley
Blairs
North Carolina
South Carolina
Holley
William Snead Jr
Holley Motor Sales
Harold W. Dowdy
Dowdy
Charles Dimsdale
Ed’s
Pittsylvania County
Explosions Puzzle Scientists Across Coastline
Acoustical experts from Columbia University report seven high altitude booms, two on December 2 and five last Thursday, felt from Connecticut to South Carolina. Officials deny military tests and seismic data shows no earth movement while Oak Creek plant employees heard the blast.
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Palisades
N.Y
Connecticut
South Carolina
William Donn
Columbia University
Lamont Laboratory
Pentagon
Defense
Donn
Joseph Manger
Barnegat Township
N.J
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Menahem Begin
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Washington
Associated Press
Humphrey
Georgia Bureau of Investigation and
State Fire Marshal's Office
Santa
Loudoun
Winchester
Virginia
Betty McGregor
Leslie Gene Francis
Glen Williams
Francis
SEIKO
Seiko Quartz
Cooper ® Jewelers
Loudoun St
Mali
Abe Cooper
MGR
Detroit
Michael Quatro
Quatro
Grosse Pointe Park
Oyster Creek
New Jersey
Lamont
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Vontcoare
C.B
Nytul
Roggel
Midland
Shaacaces
Montgomery
Ward Plaza
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