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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1973
Page
1
Housewives formed the National Consumers Congress to push a second phase of the meat boycott. They plan a national protest day on May 5 and to halt all meat buying and eating on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
UPI reports Rep. John Ashbrook and Sen. Barry Goldwater urging Nixon to speak up on Watergate. Ashbrook aired criticisms at Suffolk University law school, calling the affair a damaging feature of the Nixon era and GOP history.
An early spring snowstorm dumps up to three inches of heavy damp snow in central Ohio. The National Weather Service issues a travelers advisory for central Ohio while predicting more snow in the eastern part of the state. Franklin County Sheriff’s Dispatcher Earl Taylor calls driving conditions terrible and traffic heavily congested.
Variable cloudiness and cold tonight with lows in the low 20s and mid 20s. Mostly sunny Friday with highs in the low to mid 40s. 70 percent snow chances this morning, then 30 percent this afternoon, 20 percent tonight, 10 percent Friday. Births include a son for Mr and Mrs Chester Fairchild Wakeman and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Raymond Arman Norwalk. Deaths listed for Edith Shoup Oregon City and Ralph H Chandler New London.
Angelita Hernandez a 25 year old police sergeant's daughter wins a Madrid labor court license to fight bulls overturning a bullfighters union ban. She says the ruling marks a triumph for women's rights and plans a distinctive suit of lights while male reaction remains mixed and critics call bullfighting a man's arena.
In Norwalk, former Senator Stephen M Young 83 said he is seriously considering a bid for the U.S. Senate this year after attending a Huron County Democratic meeting. The talk touched on his career and recollections of key figures, while a federal court order halted parts of the Nixon administration's OEO dismantling. The ruling emphasized that only Congress can abolish or alter the program.
Preliminary hearing set for 10 a.m. Monday in the first degree murder case of Larry D. Robinson 24 Willard soldier charged with shooting to death taxi operator Mrs Alice White Womack 57. Prosecutor says the hearing will test evidence to bind Robinson over to the grand jury and may be the county's first such proceeding. Robinson detained after arrest Friday night near Willard following the killing behind Greenwood Cemetery where Mrs Womack was found in her taxi.
United Press International reports farmers in the frost glazed South not only faced a cold snap but saw a crop destroyer. The unseasonable cold spread south to North Carolina and northern Florida with frost reaching Illinois fruit crops, marking a likely record fruit kill since 1955.
A flash fire in an elevator shaft between the 33rd and 42nd floors of the Sears Tower kills four workmen. The marble-lined blind shaft had no bottom exit, trapping victims as fellow workers forced a wall to reach them. One survivor died before ground transport.
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