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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1970
Page
1
Chicago police faced snowballs rocks and bottles while ejecting 12 families backed by the Contract Buyers League who had withheld payments claiming unfair home buying contracts. About 25 youths were arrested during the confrontation near the eviction site.
An elm in the yard of the Wadsworth Longfellow house in Portland will be felled this weekend. Planted by General Peleg Wadsworth after the 1786 brick house was built, the tree has suffered Dutch elm disease and has stood by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born 1807, for nearly two centuries.
In Enid Oklahoma police reported the father and stepmother of Indiana Senator Birch Bayhs wife were found dead at their home. Authorities suspected murder and possible self inflicted death. No further details were released.
In Westerly Rhode Island police report Santa Claus visited the station Tuesday evening amid a spring snowstorm. He handed out decorated eggs and wished officers a Merry Christmas and Happy Easter as the state endures its second spring snowstorm within 48 hours.
A Royal Moroccan Airlines Caravelle crash near Casablanca killed 57 people and left 25 survivors, many badly injured, after the plane swerved during approach and struck a highway.
Cloudy cooler with rain and snow likely by afternoon and changing to snow tonight. Highs mid 30s to low 40s, lows around 30s, with 30 to 80 percent precip chances through Thursday. East to northeast winds, then north. Births list multiple local families with new babies. marriage licenses and deaths noted for several residents.
A Boeing 727 hijacked by radical Japanese students remains at Seoul Kimpo Airport with about 115 aboard. South Korea and the United States insist the passengers be freed, while North Korea offered safe passage and humane treatment if the plane departs.
Firefighters aided by 30 New London High School students fought four hours to contain a grass fire southwest of New London between Townline and Euclid Roads. The blaze covered about 500 acres and threatened two houses. A barn and several outbuildings on the Ray Dubois property were destroyed. The fire likely started from hot train embers along the railroad right of way west of Euclid Road.
The article notes Army commander Medina facing new charges for concealing felonies tied to a massacre in Vietnam after previously being charged with murder and maiming. Separately, United Rubber Workers Local 804 strike by Pioneer Rubber Co. in Willard and Attica ends wage talks with plants closed, union claims a generous wage-focused proposal.
Congressman Robert A. Taft, Republican Senate primary hopeful, will greet voters at the Elks Country Club on Saturday between 10 and 11 after a Huron County Republican Women’s Club dinner. County chairman Bernard Freeman announced the visit.
Norwalk Mayor Harold E. Finch details a nine year plus dieting approach losing about 70 pounds in two months while consuming only grapefruit juice or cottage cheese and occasionally four days without food. He reports starting at 258 pounds and reaching 185 to 190 with no doctor visit initially.
Wildcat walkouts by International Brotherhood of Teamsters spread to Ohio with pickets at 26 trucking firms in Cincinnati Dayton Cleveland and Columbus. The action followed the midnight contract expiry affecting about 12 000 firms as selective strikes target Consolidated Freightways and other large carriers across multiple cities.
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