The Messenger Headline From Athens Ohio
Athens newspaper page dated December 21, 1949 reports local events and notices in a compact Sunday edition with regional updates, student and community items, and brief notices across city topics.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1969
Page
2
Dope Pedilling Grandmother Gets No Mercy
Justice John R. Starkey sentenced 271-year-old Minnie Townes to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty to selling heroin and barbiturates to Brooklyn school children. The judge rejected probation due to age, noting she had a history of gambling and five bookmaking convictions and had moved to narcotics for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John R. Starkey
Minnie Townes
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Starkey
Apollo Astronaut Bob Hope Team Up in Bangkok Tour
Astronaut Neil Armstrong and comedian Bob Hope will perform together in Thailand and Vietnam during Christmas holidays. They arrived in Bangkok within two hours of each other and will craft a comedy routine for U.S. troops and volunteers. Armstrong, named chairman of the National Advisory Commission on the Peace Corps by President Nixon, will meet Peace Corps volunteers in Thailand before joining Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Net
A. Armstrong
Bob Hope
Thailand
Vietnam
Armstrong
Hope
Apollo II
U. SS. Peace Corps
Nixon
National Advisory Commission
Peace Corps
Longest Christmas in captivity for Lt. Alvarez in Hanoi
Tangee Alvarez recalls the years since Aug. 6, 1964, when her husband Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. was reported missing and later captured in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The family, now in Santa Clara, leads a petition drive with 70,000 signatures urging President Nixon to secure his release and that of other prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Ual
Sual Tate Gee Alvarez
Lil
J. G
Everett Alvarez Jr
North Vietnam
Alvarez
Lyndon B Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
Tangee Alvarez
Far East
Tangee
Hortencia
Nixon
U. S
Della
Santa Clara
Alvaro
Fmmiiale
Everell Sr
Sntedad
Madeline
International Red Cross
Robert Williams
United States
Cuba
China
Wil
Liams
Brano
Willams
Williams
Inet
Everett
Vietnam
Delia
Reuters
Hong Kong
Del
Brando Owes First Wife 18250 in Divorce Ruling
A Santa Monica judge ordered actor Marlon Brando to pay his first wife Anna East 18250 in installments after Brando testified he could not meet her request for 3300 monthly support. Brando and East married in 1997 and divorced in 1999. The judge set at least 1000 monthly payments to be made starting immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Can
Warles Bromo
Anna East
Dersonale
Brando
National forecast shows rain on coast and snow in Great Lakes
The national forecast expects rain Sunday along the Pacific Coast and snow in the Great Lakes region. Warmer in the East and colder in northern New England. High Friday near 3, low Saturday around 22, with various monthly and yearly rainfall figures and a 5 09/1 pm timing footnote from weather observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
New England
Dormal
Elie Abel Named Dean at Columbia Journalism School
Elie Abel, NBC diplomatic correspondent, is appointed the new dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. The trustees approved the appointment Friday. he will assume the post February 1. Abel, 49, is a Montreal native and McGill alum who headed NBC's London bureau and previously worked for The New York Times and The Detroit News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Abel
McGill University
NBC
New York Times
Detroit
Washington
Belgrade
New Delhi
the Times
The
Detroit News
Cabin Entry Investigated in Hocking County
Charles H. Fox of Sugar Grove reported a breaking and entering at his cabin on Rockbridge and Buena Vista Road. Entry occurred between Monday and Timradsy by cutting a screen and breaking a basement window. Items taken included a radio, antique record player, bedding, clothing, rugs, kitchen gear, a saw, hunting rifle, and other miscellaneous belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Charles H. Fox
Sugar Grove
Fox
Rockbridge
Buena Vista Road
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