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HIJACKING
An elderly Dallas art dealer, 76-year old Orest Devany, was badly beaten this afternoon by a would-be hijacker armed with a 45, revolver. Devany was knocked unconscious /'a ~ o t'Aucf ko
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c He was taken to Parkland Hospital where he is iin fair condition. Devany told police the man, described as a white male about 40 years of age, came into the uiu workshop and demanded money. A fight began, but the robber lef t with no money.
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Mrs. Devany arrives shortly after her husband is taken to the hospital. She says he has a heart condition, and she calls often when he is alone. She says she had just talk. ed to him and was on the way to the gallery when the beating occurred. Mrs. Devany says he never kept any money around the shpp, but had cashed a small check this