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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1972
Page
1
A United Methodist Church general conference committee approved a resolution calling for relaxed federal and state marijuana laws. It urges research and rehabilitation for hard-drug users and discourages smoking and drinking, as the panel voted 67 0.
Gov. John Gilligan and State Sen. William Bowen backed Senator Edmund Muskie's 90 day freeze on food prices to curb supermarket inflation. Gilligan called it a positive proposal the Nixon administration has resisted during his Cincinnati visit for Muskie's May 2 presidential primary bid.
Saigon reports show South Vietnamese troops abandoning a base camp 40 miles northwest of Saigon and pulling out of two more artillery bases in the Central Highlands. Only five of eight bases remain manned, part of a line along Rocket Ride from Kontum toward the Cambodian border to block attacks from the tri border area. The Central Highlands has long been a Communist stronghold.
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie urged NBC CBS and ABC to grant him equal television time to reply to President Nixon’s planned Vietnam war address. In a telegram he asked to buy prime time noting the public has a right to hear the major presidential candidates and judge their views in the same format as the President.
Weather watch continues for Norwalk area with clouds and showers possible. Highs in the 50s, lows upper 30s to 40s, winds variable 10 to 25 mph. Norwalk high 58, low 39. Births: Mr and Mrs Eldon Mastman Willard report a baby boy. Deaths: Ella Pancoast 87 Monroeville Ida Miller 78 Norwalk.
Gov. Ray issues an executive order to immobilize 1700 National Guard vehicles until Air Force settlements for two Iowa farm losses are paid. Emma McCarville seeks 86000, Marie Tiernagel 130000. cases hinge on congressional action and cross state claims. Iowa officials travel to Washington to push for resolution.
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke planned a second seven hour lunar excursion to Descartes to reach Stone Mountain. They hoped to sample volcanic chunks and recover the interior temperature instrument, part of the $25 million science station, before an early return.
The bodies of Linda Sue Bryant and Charles Edward Biddinger were found in a southbound 1962 Ford on Euclid Road near Ohio 162 Friday night. Dr. William B.Holman ruled the deaths accidental from carbon monoxide asphyxiation. Funeral services for Bryant set for Tuesday at Fitchville Church of God.
Miami Beach Mayor Chuck Hall confronted opposition from his own city council as he pressed to relocate the Republican National Convention from San Diego to Florida. GOP pressure from California Governor Reagan and others mounted while Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo offered his city as a host, praising Democratic loyalty.
John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook, long at sea since leaving San Francisco, landed at Hayman Island aboard Britannia II after surviving two cyclones. Fairfax injured by a shark bite, both were reported in good shape aside from blistered hands. They planned to fly to Brisbane as police and locals confirmed their dramatic survival.
Congressmen and aides spent nearly 1 million dollars of taxpayer funds on official trips abroad last year. The amount for living expenses and commercial travel ranged from 800000 to 900000, with additional undisclosed military transport funds not included. Supporters call them study missions to broaden perspective and oversight. critics call them taxpayer financed junkets.
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