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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1969
Page
1
In Columbus a card reading Baseball Needs Jim Rhodes for Commissioner circulated with Rhodes for Baseball Committee John W Brown chair. Observers label as hoax. Lt Gov John W Brown and aide John McElroy deny knowledge and Rhodes not pursuing the post at this time.
A lone Greek gunman hijacked an Olympic Airways DC6 en route from Crete to Athens and forced a landing in Cairo. The 102 passengers and crew were aboard, while conflicting reports described two Arab gunmen at first.
Eight Logan girls enter the Hocking Queen of Hope pageant as part of today’s events. The paper notes cold across two thirds of the nation and marks reflections on local life with sports and obituaries also featured in this edition.
U S command reports 1968 ended with the lowest weekly American death toll since the North Viet Nam bombing stopped. South Vietnamese losses rose to 279, the highest in 13 weeks, as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths reached 2,135. The cease fire appeared nominal as new shelling hit bases and posts.
A runaway steel laden truck crashed through the Carpenter Stimson E State intersection and into the A and P parking area. Nine year old Lyle McGeoch of 142 Columbia Ave was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with a cut nose. Driver Charles Skelton of Florence Kentucky said air brakes failed and he could not stop the tractor trailer which struck several cars and caused them to crash into the market building. The trailer overturned but the tractor stayed upright and Skelton was uninjured.
Marina Elizabeth Habe 17, daughter of Hans Habe and Eloise Hardt, was found dead late Wednesday in a Mulholland Drive ravine after leaving a date. Police noted no visible wounds. autopsy pending. An alarm was issued for a suspicious car near her home and a man alleged to have tried to molest a woman was described.
President-elect Nixon will have a routine thorough medical exam with Dr. John Lungren in Long Beach lasting about 2 1/4 hours. He will attend a luncheon for California Lt. Gov. Robert Finch and later a welcome home rally in Anaheim. Nixon praised Ohio State's win over USC and noted USC errors.
A 27 member group led by Paul Petzoldt stays near timberline on Grand Teton as winds and weather delay a final ascent. Climbers reached a hut 2,100 feet below the summit before conditions forced retreat to Moose Meadows base camp. The decision hinges on today’s weather forecast.
Navy intelligence officers continued questioning Pueblo sailors returning from 11 months of North Korean imprisonment. Nineteen crew members spent New Year’s Day in Pasadena to watch the Rose Bowl. A second eight man mountain party led by George Lowe reported by radio they are well.
Ralph MacLachlan, a 37 year old meat cutter, shot and killed his estranged wife and three others in Westernville New York before fleeing in a jeep. He shot at state troopers during a pursuit and killed himself inside a Remsen tractor sales building after a gunfight. Several family members were injured including Mrs Pepper and her two sons. The rampage occurred after 10 p m with the suspect previously separated from his wife for about two weeks.
Israeli warplanes attacked Arab positions in Jordan to silence guns firing on an army patrol near the Jordan River by Beit Yosef. The army reported intercepting saboteurs who crossed from Jordan near Massa da and found an assault rifle with mines. Jordan said Israeli helicopters struck southern desert forces and a Jordanian soldier was killed.
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