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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1972
Page
1
A 16 year old rural Huron boy confessed to writing the note that triggered Edison High School evacuation. Erie County deputies arrested him at home and said the youth gave a statement with no stated motive. He faces delinquency charges in juvenile court on extortion related counts.
DeLance Fiske, 19, was arrested by Norwalk police after trying to cash a Social Security check using a false claim of permission from the owner. He presented himself as the owner's grandson at Huron County Banking Co. drive-in. The owner denied knowledge of the check when contacted. Fiske is jailed in Huron County awaiting Common Pleas Court. Separately, 113 residents requested absentee ballots in the first week of voting. Those 10 miles from polls may vote absentee by mail or in person by April 27 deadline.
S E Johnson Co of Maumee won the Norwalk U S 250 resurfacing bid at 41 565 for 2 73 miles, under estimates of 51 200, with work due by July 31. Huron County Commissioners hired Richard E Mutz and Associates as consulting engineers for the new county sanitary district at 100 monthly retainer and up to 2000 plus expenses for early rule drafting.
An eight year old girl, Barbara Midkiff, wandered from a Thrif-T Mart on Benedict Ave while her mother shopped. After a one hour search, Barbara walked two miles home to 85 Milan Ave. The car was left with another child, who said Barbara went inside the store.
Partly cloudy today with a high in the mid to upper 50s and a 20 percent chance of showers tonight. Lows 38 to 40. Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s and a 20 to 30 percent chance of precipitation. Norwalk high 46 low 24. Married couples, births, and deaths listed. obituaries and notices include Edward G. Bauman 69 and James W. Jay Thayer aligned with local families.
FBI recovered 499970 dollars from Richard Floyd McCoy Jr in Provo home after the United Airlines jet hijacking. Agents seized a parachute, flight suits, helmets, a pistol, typewriters, clothes, a sport coat, and two suitcases. McCoy, a BYU student and Sunday School teacher, was arraigned on air piracy and interference charges. He had said he aimed to uncover organized crime and was held without bail.
Seventeen outdoor enthusiasts joined a Wild Weekend at Camp Conger sponsored by the Firelands Audubon Society. James Gibson and society president Glenn Bernhardt led field trips to gather edibles while local residents Bert Heiser Randy Wilcox and others participated in the overnight event and sampled woodchuck stew day lily salad and sassafras tea.
Gibson notes the lengthy prep for the wild foods experiment with rose hips thistle root winter cress and sumac berries. Joan Nielsen of Sandusky says she had never eaten wild plants before but enjoyed making the Saturday noon salad with evening primrose mustard day lily carrot root and wild onion.
Linda Brothers and Ellen Claytor juniors at Norwalk High School are chosen as Buckeye Girls State delegates. Linda is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Brothers residing 22 Walnut Street. Ellen of Mr and Mrs Luther Claytor at 18 Glover Avenue. Event runs June 17 at Capital University Columbus, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.
A massive quake struck southern Iran, leveling villages in Fars Province along a 250 mile zone and burying thousands. Governor General Manouchet Pirouz estimated 2,000 to 4,000 killed as landslides followed the disaster. The region lies about 610 miles south of Tehran.
Norwalk officials discuss two cab prospects as potential new operators. Ray Fuller of Fremont proposes 24 hour service with a 75 cent base fare and per mile outside the city while a Bellevue operator favors a zone plan and a 75 cent minimum.
James Francis Byrnes died at his home at 92 amid national mourning. He served as Supreme Court justice, secretary of state, governor, and “assistant president” in U.S. government. Byrnes' body to lie in state at the South Carolina statehouse rotunda before Wednesday funeral services. President Nixon called him a great patriot who placed country above party. Mrs. Nixon to attend the funeral.
Dr J Willis Hurst said Lyndon B. Johnson shows some signs of improvement but his heart has suffered permanent damage. He noted Johnson may leave the bedside safely to return to duties at Emory University in Atlanta.
Councilman Herbert Krogh and Clifton Cross traveled to Kernersville North Carolina to study a Medhtron Thermal Digester like the one planned by Leon Riley. The trip supports an injunction bid in Common Pleas Court against the digester’s operation citing air and noise pollution concerns.
Police say four shots were fired at a stray dog Sunday afternoon as it raided garbage cans and dog fought around Norwalk. Officers pursued along multiple streets before the dog, starved and sick, eluded capture and was not expected to survive.
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