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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1974
Page
5
Irish hostages released after 14 hours as 100 women inmates at Armagh jail held the warden and three guards captive. Violence across four Northern Ireland jails accompanied guerrilla bomb explosions and gunfire in Belfast as sectarian clashes continue.
Rioters at the Maze jail near Belfast ran amok on a Tuesday night attacking guards and torching quonset huts. The Maze houses about 1,400 detainees plus 500 convicted or awaiting trial men and was largely destroyed before troops suppressed the violence with gas and rubber bullets.
Ohio University received 2000 from the GE Foundation Corporate Alumnus Program announced by William A. Orme. GE employees matched gifts of 1000, part of a 656,303 total from GE staff to higher learning. The program supports gifts up to 3000 per employee with a 15 minimum, matched dollar for dollar.
Two juveniles from Athens were taken into custody Wednesday night after breaking into the Food Giant on East State Street. Police said the pair ran when confronted, but were caught. They allegedly stole a case of beer a carton of cigarettes and cookies and will be referred to Juvenile Court.
Ohio University delivered 13337 to the city of Athens as the first of 53350 from the Ohio Board of Regents to support fire and police protection in four small Ohio cities with large universities. Other recipients include Bowling Green Kent and Oxford.
Weather summary shows clear, cooler tonight with upper 30s to low 40s lows. Friday brings sunny, cool with upper 50s to low 60s highs. Ohio forecast calls for mostly cloudy Saturday through Monday with chances of rain Saturday and a cool start, warming to the 60s by Monday.
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