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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1967
Page
6
The proposed Ohio Bond Commission appears on the May 2 special election ballot as Issue No. 1. The device seeks to skirt the $750,000 state debt limit and fund long range capital improvements. A simple majority wins passage.
In Columbus the Ohio Senate planned to vote on a bill granting teachers the right to negotiate a labor contract with boards to curb strikes. Backed by the OEA and opposed by the OFT AFL-CIO, the measure would appoint a nine year term five member board and set negotiation procedures plus bond finance rules.
Peace Corps volunteer James H. Stout 21 of Cincinnati Ohio died Monday in Casablanca Morocco from injuries in an auto accident. A second volunteer Mary Pichon Slidell Louisiana was to be evacuated to Frankfurt Germany for treatment of a pelvic fracture.
The American Medical Association told the House Ways and Means Committee that Medicare is unwise but would not repeal it. Dr. Charles L. Hudson opposed expanding Medicare for disabled under 65 and proposed using tax funds to aid the needy elderly to buy private insurance with government subsidies.
Comedian Bob Hope is awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Southern Methodist University for his gifts aiding the Owen Fine Arts Center on campus. The UPI telephoto image captures the moment of the ceremony.
The State Department voiced concern that American prisoners in North Vietnam may undergo brainwashing to force confessions. Spokesman Robert J. McCloskey rejected Hanoi’s humane treatment claims, citing Life magazine photos and reports of prisoners paraded in Hanoi. A Navy pilot Lt Cmdr Richard A. Stratton was shown in striped pajamas bowing to reporters, while a voice claimed a five page confession. Hanoi signed the 1949 Geneva Convention in 1957 but reserved rights to try prisoners as war criminals per Nuremberg principles. No Americans have been tried, though the threat existed in 1966 and drew worldwide condemnation.
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley campaigns for an unprecedented fourth four year term amid Democratic machine dominance. Republican John L. Waner predicts an upset while two write in candidates Dick Gregory and Lars Daley clash over race and civil rights amid City tensions. Daley avoids direct opposition, framing his bid as a clear march to re election.
Gov. Lester Maddox rejected a Georgia dairy commission proposal to challenge California Gov. Ronald Reagan to a milking contest prior to the Atlanta San Francisco baseball game on June 11. He said milkings were less important than other matters.
Public Defender Gerald Getty argued Speck was wrongfully arrested on circumstantial evidence and that police were goaded by the horror of the crime. Prosecutor William Martin planned to build the case around survivor Corazon Amarao, a 23 year old Filipino nurse who escaped the slaughter by hiding beneath a bed during the July 13 14 attacks.
Councilman Leo Jackson said he received a threatening phone call after proposing a probe into white and Negro hate groups. He charged Black Nationalist groups are trying to disrupt the community and urged a city investigation into who the groups are and their funding.
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