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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1970
Page
1
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury sentenced Ronald Fouquet to death for murdering the 5 year old son of his common law wife after brutal beatings and torture. The 32 year old mechanic reportedly drank beer and watched cartoons as Jeffrey Landsdown lay dying after nearly three weeks of abuse.
Two Brunswick eighth grade girls Karen Huttman and Patricia Goff were killed when struck by a hit and run driver as they walked home from a supermarket. Police located an abandoned car about a mile from the scene.
Gov. Shafer signed a law banning previews of adult rated films during general audience movies. First offense carries a $1,000 fine. subsequent offenses face up to two years in prison and a $2,000 fine. The law takes effect in 60 days.
UPI reports NASA checks if a spark from aluminum or rubber in a fan connected to the oxygen tank could have sparked Apollo 13’s failure. Testimony before the Senate committee featured U.S. Space Chief Thomas Paine and Apollo program director Rocco Petrone.
The Pentagon reports hundreds of long and medium range Russian bombers joined the vast worldwide naval maneuvers in the Soviet Union's largest exercise. Adm. Smirnov observes from the cruiser Aleksander Suvorov as the operation features about 150 surface ships and 50 submarines.
A 60-year-old Formosan revolutionary and an alleged accomplice were charged after an attempted assassination of Nationalist Chinese Vice Premier Chiang Chin-kuo at the Plaza Hotel. Chiang was unshaken and planned to fly to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
Mostly sunny and mild today with highs in the 60s. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with upper 60s to low 70s. Monday brings variable clouds and cooler feel. Near zero today, 10 percent tonight, 20 percent Sunday. Winds shift from southwest to north and then south. Friday temperatures 43 to 57, humidity rising by day. Precipitation 0.79 inch in past 24 hours. Marriage license: Charles A. Thompson and Sue Ellen Rappulin of Norwalk. Deaths listed: Paul M. Sampson, Bertha L. Snyder, infant Michael Sean Knoble.
National Latex Products charges Maple City Rubber of Norwalk conspired with foreign firms to violate exclusive contract rights on an automatic balloon plant. The suit seeks one million dollars in damages and a permanent injunction. Millard Switzer says the action comes as a surprise and is being handled by lawyers Carpenter and Carpenter.
Hong Kong dispatch reports Communist China announcing the launch of a 346 pound satellite orbiting Earth every 114 minutes. Peking credits Mao with the achievement and its space effort is framed as a milestone alongside the US USSR France Britain and Japan.
Clarence Avers manager of Latham's Super Dollar Store reports a tire slashed and nails found under his car as pickets urge union recognition. Deputies observed about a dozen pickets in front of the store and the National Labor Relations Board plans a meeting with company and union reps next Tuesday.
Pope Paul VI’s Sardinia pilgrimage turned violent when a protester stoned his motorcade. Rioters fought police as 16 officers were injured and 27 youths were arrested amid a larger clash in Cagliari.
Edgar A. Hood reported a BB shattered the rear window of his car while traveling on Corwin Street between Madison and Main. Police checked local youths with BB guns, but none had their weapons out at the time.
Twelve contestants vie for the Miss Firelands crown at Norwalk High School auditorium at 8 PM. Winner goes to Cedar Point for the Miss Ohio Contest in July. Performances include singing by five contestants, dances by four, a dramatic pantomime, piano music, and a comedy skit by Janet Shepherd of New London High School.
Daylight Saving Time arrives Sunday prompting clocks to move forward one hour at 2 a.m. Local time. Arizona Hawaii and Michigan remain on standard time under the 1966 law.
Tipton 15 year old Ann Turner looked at a solar eclipse through a window on March 7 and instantly began losing vision. By evening she was 90 percent blind, with only outlines of large objects visible, and doctors say the damage is irreversible.
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