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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1977

Page

2

Art lover in Dayton charged with grand theft

Ronald A. Valeria, 22, of Dayton faces three counts of grand theft over stolen art worth about 100000 from the Dayton Art Institute. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec 1. Bond fixed at 2500. Police recovered a statue and two paintings plus a Manet lithograph linked to other institutions.

Dayton Ohio Dayton Art Institute Ronald A. Valeria Valeria Frederick England Cincinnati Art Museum Williams College Williamstown Mass College Museum Williams Franklin Robinson

Thanksgiving Feast Basts Burgundy Turkeys At Albany Church

The eighth annual Thanksgiving Day Community Feast at First Presbyterian Church Albany, organized by Refer Switchboard, will serve about 2500 guests. Head chef Ronald Alheim describes a grand, grandmotherly preparation with butter honey burgundy and fresh cranberry sauce as volunteers solicit donations to feed the needy and others.

Albany N.Y Refer Switchboard First Presbyterian Church Ronald Alheim Alheim

Indian cyclone toll soars past ten thousand deaths

The cyclone and tidal waves along India's southeast coast killed at least 10 000 people with the Times of India warning the toll could reach 20 000. Andhra Pradesh faced widespread devastation as up to 100 villages were washed away and survivors were left homeless amid burning funeral pyres and bloated corpses in flood waters.

New Delhi India Times of India Andhra Pradesh Khrishna Rao Samachar New Agency Divi

First Transplant Surgeon Nears Retirement in South Africa

Ten years after the world’s first heart transplant, Dr. Christiaan Barnard prepares to retire from active surgery due to arthritis. He reflects on his career, media scrutiny, and personal life as he nears leaving Groote Schuur Hospital. Barnard notes 11 total heart transplants with two survivors from his early era, and 17 complex procedures since 1974 with 12 double-heart patients alive.

Maureen Johnson Associated Press Johannesburg South Africa Christiaan Barnard Cape Town Groote Schuur Hospital Barnard Louis Washkansky Groote Schur Hospital

Customs Agents Given Guerrilla War Training

Inland Calif AP The US Customs Service sharpens agent skills in a three week guerrilla warfare course in the Southern California desert south of the Chocolate Mountains. Navy SEAL instructors teach interdiction planning desert tracking and helicopter insertions as 30 agents aged 23 to 42 graduate with nine assigned to Southern California units for border operations.

Calif United States California Chocolate Mountains George St. Patton Bob Lasher San Diego US Customs Service Canada Nogales Ariz Mexico Treasury Navy Sea Air and Land SEAL Naval Amphibious Base Coronado Richard Kinzel

Francine Hughes Finds Freedom After Acquittal

Francine Hughes says life feels liberating after being acquitted of first degree murder by reason of insanity in the slaying of her abusive ex husband James Hughes. She and her children live with her mother in Jackson, adjusting to TV requests and a quieter home life.

James Hughes Associated Press Jackson Hughes Dansville Ingham County

Soviet Exhibits Stand Side by Side in L A

In Los Angeles the Soviet National Exhibition runs 18 days at the Convention Center sharing space with a Soviet Jewry counter exhibit. About 200000 visitors view scientific hardware and crafts while 40000 view photographs of persecuted Jews. An incident on opening day involved a dye balloon attack on official guest Fedor Nekhaev. a Santa Monica woman was charged with assault and Nekhaev filed a $300 claim for his suit.

Los Angeles Convention Center Jewish Federation Council Fedor Nekhaev Muriel Moorehead Santa Monica United States Nekhaev Bob Bussjaeger Burson-Marsteller

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