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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1955
Page
11
Lulu Parr once famed as the World’s Greatest Lady Horse Rider died near destitute at 78 in a shack she called home. Deputies moved her body to a hospital after she lay ill from Saturday night through Sunday while Emma Parr, her sister-in-law, offered no help.
An OCR fragment lists clues for a crossword style set plus a crime scene snippet about two women Lulu and the in house hoarder story. It mentions a vigil, a stroke, and items like pistols and a cowgirl belt found in a Dayton area hovel. Lulu born in Iowa raised in Wyoming, moved to Dayton 17 years ago.
Robert Bailey of Gibson Station Virginia was indicted for the October 19 killing of Ronald Fox from Benham Kentucky. Bailey was arrested in Miamisburg Ohio while driving Fox’s car and claimed the vehicle was stolen in Mount Vernon Ohio.
School officials led by Superintendent Mark C. Schinnerer reported influenza affecting up to 15 percent of students in some districts. At John Marshall High School about 9 of 2,800 pupils were absent, signaling the impact of the flu on attendance.
WHERLing George Britt Griffith 20 of Coatesville Pa waived a preliminary hearing on a federal charge of interstate transportation of a stolen car and was returned to county jail. Griffith is charged with transporting a car stolen in Lancaster and accused of a $39 burglary in a Wheeling home.
A Brazilian air force plane crashed Wednesday near Tiheus, killing eight airmen, according to the Meridional News Agency.
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