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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1974

Page

3

Hague Convicts Hold Hostages in Scheveningen Prison

Four armed convicts in the Scheveningen penitentiary keep 16 hostages as negotiators seek a surrender. Palestinian hijacker Adnan Ahmad Nuri threats to kill unless he talks with Sami Tamimah, who refuses to join but communicates by walkie talkie. Hostages include a priest, guards, and a volunteer choir member.

Hague Netherlands Scheveningen Adnan Ahmad Nuri Nuri Sami Houssin Tamimah Justice Ministry Tamimah

Armed Robbers Take $4000 From Logan Store

Three armed black men robbed the Super Duper Store on West Hunter Street at 8:55 p.m. taking about $4,000 plus cash from employees and customers. Police seek better descriptions: one 5 7 to 5 10 with mustache, others 6 feet plus with long black hair and a temple scar. The last robbery at the store occurred 11 months and one day ago.

Logan West Hunter Street

Obituaries from Belpre to Wellston in Ohio notices

Death notices detail Clarence Bent, 88, of Little Hocking and Marcella Cope, 61, of Zanesville, among others. The Belpre area, Arlington Texas, Wellston and Mount Vernon are listed with services, callers, and surviving relatives. Names include Bent, Williams, Waugh, Kinnison, and Maloy with church and cemetery details.

Belpre Clarence G. Bent Little Hocking Turtle Creek Nursing Home Parkersburg W. Va

Ruth Services for Ruth in Tampa and McArthur burial

Ruth Funeral services for Rolland C. Ruth 71 who died Saturday in Tampa Fla will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Hughes Funeral Home with Rev Cecil Cox officiating Burial will be in Bates Cemetery Friends may call today 7 to 9 p m and Wednesday until time of the funeral Chad Edward Hutt one day old son of Kenneth E and Doris Trivett Hutt of McArthur Route 2 graveside services will be held Wednesday at 3 p m at Hamden Cemetery Rev A B Maloy officiating He died Sunday at Children's Hospital in Columbus Survived by his parents maternal grandmother Mrs Pearl Trivett Jackson and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Orville Hutt McArthur Route 2 Arrangements by Blower Funeral Home.

Gilmer County W. Va Troy Adolphus Liza Bode Bent Bent Rockland United Methodist Church Isabelle Stacy Little Hocking Sharon Bent Akron Cora Riggs Bent Stella A. Bode Spencer Funeral Home Thomas Taylor Rockland Cemetery Jacksonville Marcella Cope 7Th Street Good Samaritan Medical Center Zanesville Jackson County Frank Ethel Sisson Williams Raymond Donald Stephenson Massillon Sadie Parks Arlington Texas Willard Bill) Kinnison Maudie Kinnison Murray City Leslie Kinnison Lois Edison Kinnison Chuck Donald Wayne Chicago Ill Charlie George Harold Homer Rockbridge Logan Adramn Boggs Grace Withem Maxine Withem Glouster Wellston Alva L. (Pick) Waugh Sr Wisconsin Avenue Houston Eva Dye Waugh Kathryn Marsh Betty Hambrick Dayton Erma Handley Nellie Conger John Waugh Xenia A. L. Waugh Jr Ronnie Waugh New York Bill Waugh Portsmouth J. P. Rogers C. H. Rice Ridgewood Cemetery Ethel Maloy Utica Martin Memorial Hospital Mount Vernon William and Menerva DePue Fink Stanley First Baptist Church of A. B. Maloy Athens Rolland C. Ruth Tampa Fla Hughes Cecil Cox Bates Cemetery McArthur Blower Funeral Home

Athens leaf pickup crews sweeping Morris and May Avenues

City crews in Athens collect leaves in the Morris and May Avenues area. Residents should place leaves at the curb or in bags for garbage collection, not in the street.

Athens City Morris May Avenues

Vandals Strike Gallia County Schools

Gallia County SHeriffs deputies investigate vandalism at Kyger Creek High School and Cheshire Kyger and Bidwell elementary schools. Windows broken papers scattered lockers damaged no large money taken. Juvenile or adult involvement will be prosecuted. Southern High School Racine in Meigs County also entered with damage.

Gallipolis Gallia County

Stewart Round and Square Dance Sponsored by Rome Two VFD

The Rome Two Volunteer Fire Department hosts a dance at the Middle School this Saturday from 9 p.m. to midnight. Music is by Frog Stack and the Greenhorns.

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Guusse de Nie Way Gary Baird Clarence Bent Willard Kinnison Alva Waugh Ruth Services Chad Hutt Earl F. Radcliffe F.J.C. Rt Ohio Modern Woodmen OF America Fraternal Life Insurance Rock Island Illinois Gallia Marting THE Athens Credit Union, Inc Columbus Road NCAA U.S. Government Ohio Credit Union League ON Pass Books Jane Colby Misses Sportswear West Virginia N. Court Street
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