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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1966
Page
1
Norwalk flag collector Walter O'Mara loaned a new flag to Huron County Courthouse and will swap it with the old tattered courthouse flag after repairs. Officials expect the replacement to arrive soon and the courthouse will then display two flags.
Two of six American pacifists expelled from South Vietnam arrived in New York and charged the arrest was a planned act by the Vietnamese government with passive U.S. acquiescence. They criticized U.S. officials in Saigon for not interceding during their arrest.
The city will plant 2500 three year old trees this week as the first step in a replacement program. Morley Price says in 3 to 5 years the trees will be large enough to replant elsewhere. The city will acquire 1000 sugar maples 1000 green ash and 500 pin oaks from Green Springs nursery on Monday for planting near reservoirs.
Scattered showers and warmer in the afternoon with a high near 66 to 72. Cloudy and mild tonight with scattered and thunder showers tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 55 to 60. Sunrise 5 36 a m Sunset 7 16 p m. High Friday 56 Low Friday 35. Deaths: Corrigan 1 day Norwalk Stillborn infant. Robert Charles Gregory. Arthur Frederick Reitzel 75 Green Springs. Lester W Smith 80 1 King Court. Charles G Langhurst 61 Rt 224 East. Edith Box 60 71 E Main St.
Michigan Governor George Romney criticized James A. Rhodes and President Johnson during a Sigma Delta Chi conference speech in Toledo. He attacked federalism as dangerous and said Rhodes’ Viet Nam resolution was a blank check while noting his own support for Johnson’s plans at a White House meeting. Romney and Oregon’s Mark Hatfield opposed endorsing the Minneapolis resolution.
Four burglaries in Norwalk and Monroeville over the last two days involve money and items worth more than 800 dollars. Tools valued at nearly 400 dollars were stolen from a Monroeville garage Thursday night. About 225 dollars was taken from St. Pauls High School Friday night or early this morning. The two other break ins occurred.
Police report multiple break ins at St Pauls Episcopal Church Norwalk Medical Center and Norwalk High School. Thieves unlocked doors forced entries stole money and valuables including a Zenith radio 74.95 and 118 from two physicians offices. Investigators note possible links between burglaries but no confirmed connections.
William Cooper and Henry Bishop Jr were charged after tools valued at about 400 dollars were stolen from a private garage in rural Monroeville. Cooper pled innocent and Bishop pled guilty in Huron County Common Pleas Court with bonds set at 5000 and 2500 respectively. The sheriff links Cooper to other crimes including Christmas tree light thefts on December 6 with ten reports of property destruction. Tools recovered Friday in Bloomville.
Police investigate a BB gun incident at Fruen and Whittlesey where a 13-year-old shot a street light and a 15-year-old tried next door. both boys were detained and referred to Juvenile Court. A second report shows two city signs moved into Mrs. Shample's front yard on Norwood Street.
A chartered American Flyers Lockheed Electra crashed into a hillside near Ardmore Oklahoma during a thunderstorm, killing 81 of 98 aboard including 92 soldiers and six crew. Debris and bodies were scattered. 17 injured were taken to area hospitals. The CAB recovered the flight recorder to determine cause as weather and engine data are reviewed. Sheriff Harold Rudd described the scene with live survivors and casualties as investigators arrived from Washington.
A bomb blast wrecked the home of a federal liquor case witness in Montgomery injuring the witness Jessie Swanner his wife Wilma and their grandchild Renee Gibson. Police believe multiple dynamite sticks caused the explosion tied to testimony and an alert was issued for two Tennessee men.
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