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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1977
Page
3
Rita Gibran from Utica Ohio received 5 to 40 years after pleading guilty to two kidnapping counts and one felonious assault count for her role in taking 11 hostages at a home for unwed mothers last February. Nine kidnapping charges were dropped in a plea deal.
Entertainer Shelley Berman said his 12 year-old son Joshua has had brain tumor surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Joshua was admitted mid-September during Berman's Cincinnati run of Don't Drink the Water. He is paralyzed and listed in fair condition after a second operation.
In Madison Indiana hospital patients at the Madison State Hospital will soon receive wine made from concord grapes grown on campus. The 7000 pounds of grapes yield about 500 gallons of wine with 325 gallons kept by vineyard owner Mike Mancuso and 125 gallons directed to hospital patients via the pharmacy.
Orlando officials partially lift the chicken ban allowing residents with existing fowl to keep them. Janet Harris, 17, will keep Sugar the Plymouth Rock rooster who rides bicycles and skateboards, as neighbors enjoy his antics and community delight. Approval rests with the community development director.
Gov James R Thompson placed a letter in a hospital cornerstone Tuesday with errors including misspelled names Muhammad Ali and Earnie Shavers and an incorrect Gong Show description. Press aide Jim Skilbeck tried to retrieve it after mortaring. The Gong Show rule was misdescribed as the contestant who does the most ridiculous thing wins.
The Supreme Court refused to hear Marcus Wayne Chenault’s appeal seeking review of his death sentence for the 1974 murder of Alberta King and Edward Boykins at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Chenault argued trial judge breached rights by combining competency and guilt determinations. appellate court upheld conviction and death sentence.
Miss Lillian Carter will join about 250 Iowans on a goodwill flight to Dublin, Ireland next month. The Friendship Force program began in 1973 when Carter was Georgia governor and about 700 people were considered for the November 8 trip.
A five day dock walkout by 50,000 East and Gulf Coast longshoremen could broaden to all cargo if shippers refuse a deal by Monday. ILA leader Anthony Scotto warns of possible Taft Hartley injunction and an 80 day cooling off, while New Orleans workers pledge to keep expanding the strike. Wayne Horvitz of FMCS urged a Washington meeting to review mediation progress as ILA seeks guaranteed pension and welfare funds amid automation fears.
Sen. Bob Dole cites a confidential cable claiming Panama objects to U.S. defense of the canal after turnover in 2000. The Panamanian negotiator warned against using the word intervention, suggesting Panama would not permit U.S. forces to defend neutrality.
Paul Simon aided in a police action after a gunman demanded diamonds or cash at his Central Park West residence. Doorman Jim Kelly grappled with the robber as Simon pursued and aided officers who arrested Gary Braverman on charges of attempted robbery and weapon possession. Rio Grande and Trimble Two win federal funds for public works projects.
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