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Title: Nun who eluded terrorists safe In Belgium.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30526 NUN WHO ELUDED TERRORISTS SAFE IN BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Safe in her homeland, a nun who escaped the terrorists who attacked Catholic and Protestant missions in Kwilu Province of the Congo is greeted at Brussels airport by Sisters and relatives. Three Roman Catholic priests were slain in the rebel uprising and one was reported missing; all were from Belgium. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 26, 1964, January 26, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Belgium--Brussels., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Brussels (Belgium), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), Europe--Belgium--Brussels-Capital Region--Brussels
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30526; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-30526
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353704

Title: Congo missionaries safely home.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30566 CONGO MISSIONARIES SAFELY HOME TALLMADGE, Ohio -- The clothes on their back and a souvenir spear were all the Rev. and Mrs. Harold Mullins and their four children could bring out of the Kwilu Province in the Congo, where anti-government terrorists burned their mission station and threatened their lives. The Baptist couple, with their 16-month-old baby, hid upstairs in their house but fire forced Mr. Mullins to knock out a window and jump. The baby was dropped to him as Mrs. Mullins also jumped to safety. The clergyman was knocked down and hit with a hammer in a brief fracas with terrorists. None of the youngsters was harmed. The life of another missionary was saved, Mr. Mullins related, when a former native Bible student jumped in front of a terrorist aiming a rifle. United Nations helicopters evacuated the group. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DM-Ohio-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Funston, Lelia Maude. (author)
Date Created: 1964, February 4, 1964, February 4, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mullins, Harold., Mullins, Juanita.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Tallmadge (Ohio), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Summit--Tallmadge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30566; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30566
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353799

Title: Rescued Congo missionary recounts experience.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30549 RESCUED CONGO MISSIONARY RECOUNTS EXPERIENCE LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo -- Details of a narrow escape from death are recounted at Leopoldville, Congo, by Miss Ruth Hege, 58, of Wellington, Ohio, who was hit in the arm during an arrow attack that killed her companion, Miss Irene Ferrel, 42, of Jerome, Idaho. Both women were assigned to the Baptist Mid-Missions station at Mangungu, in the heart of the area attacked by anti-government terrorists. Miss Hege, later evacuated by helicopter, was left for dead after being struck by the arrow. In a transcontinental telephone conversation with Baptist Mid-Missions headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, the veteran of 30 years of missionary service, many of them in Africa, said she planned to return to the U.S. "There is no future here," she said. "Conditions are chaotic...I don't want to return to the Congo." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 30, 1964, January 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Interviews--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Kinshasa (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30549; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30549
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353844

Title: Baptist missionaries victims of terrorists.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30534 BAPTIST MISSIONARIES VICTIMS OF TERRORISTS KWILU PROVINCE, Congo -- The first American known to be a victim of anti-government guerillas in a wave of Congo terrorism was Miss Irene Ferrel, 42, of Jermone, Idaho (left), who was killed with a poisoned arrow. A co-worker at the Baptist Aid Station in Kwilu Province, Miss Ruth B. Hege, 57, of Wellington, Ohio (right) was reported hospitalized after rebels hacked her hands off. Both women were associated with Baptist Mid-Missions of Cleveland, Ohio, an agency of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches. At least three other missionaries, all Roman Catholic priests, died in the widespread attack which was believed to have destroyed nearly all mission stations in the region. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ferrel, Irene., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kwilu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30534; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30534
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353788

Title: Slain Congo missionary's sister and family rescued.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30535 SLAIN CONGO MISSIONARY'S SISTER AND FAMILY RESCUED LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo -- One of two Baptist missionary sisters died and another was saved from Communist-inspired terrorists in the Kwilu Province of the Congo. Miss Irene Ferrel of Jerome, Idaho, died when a poisoned arrow hit her in the face. Her sister, Mrs. Winifred Grings, right, escaped injury in the nightmarish week. Mrs. Grings, shown here with her husband, Robert, and children, and Miss Ferrel both were missionaries for Baptist Mid-Missions of Cleveland, Ohio, an independent agency supported by the General Conference of Regular Baptist Churches. The Grings, together with three other missionaries at the Iwungu mission station -- 50 miles from the station where Miss Ferrel died -- were flown by United Nations helicopter to Leopoldville. The Grings children, left to right, are Becky, 8; Danny, 6; and Ruth Ann, 11. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization), Grings, Winifred., Grings, Robert., Grings, Becky., Grings, Danny., Grings, Ruth Ann.
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Children of murder victims--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30535; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30535
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353789

Title: In memory of Belgian martyred priests.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30598 IN MEMORY OF BELGIAN MARTYRED PRIESTS NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, speaks to bereaved members of the Oblates of Mary at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Three Belgian priests of the order were slain at Kwilu Province in the Congo recently when anti-government guerillas attacked Christian missions. Members of the order attended a Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by Cardinal Spellman for the souls of the three priests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Oblates of Mary Immaculate., St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Priests--Belgium--Brussels., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Memorial service., Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), New York (N.Y.), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30598; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-30598
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353718

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