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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1973
Page
1
ODNR said a Lake Erie fish kill near Lorain appears from discarded catch. Most fish were sheepshead, whose market has been glutted, suggesting dumping not far offshore.
Leo Nostheide of Medi-Mart in Norwood says unpaid Medicaid payments by the state totaling 32536 dollars jeopardize his business. He plans to withhold 2190 dollars in collected sales taxes to cover supplier debts and continue operating. The notice follows his claims of cash flow strain from delayed reimbursements.
Shattered levees and sandbag shortages frame efforts to hold back floodwaters at their highest level in over two centuries. Crests arrive 36 to 48 hours later than predicted due to breaks between Quincy Illinois and St Louis Missouri. National Weather Service says 14 states face rising waters across multiple regions. In San Antonio United Press International reports a new fatigue crack detector aims to prevent bridge collapses like the Silver Bridge disaster of 1967.
Amoco Production Co workers sealed a runaway gas well that caused gas eruptions in Williamsburg for over a week. A Michigan DNR spokesman warned gas and mud geysers would continue for at least three days as gas in the ground remained pressure driven.
Partly cloudy tonight with a high in the upper forties at times and a 10 to 40 percent precipitation chance. Norwalk highs 51 lows 41 with humidity drops throughout the day. Births list two newborn boys at FT Hospital and obituaries note Theodore L. Stieber and Walter J. Franklin.
In Leicester England Mrs Sylvia Logan reports a mail order error led to wrong items and refunds but the computer keeps sending more. She lists bowls a cutlery set a lawnmower garden tools sheets and men's shoes with goods stacked in the spare room and a warning that the company can collect them.
Libyan leader Colonel Khadafy says Arab forces lack qualified air officers and will lose any future war with Israel citing traditional Arab mentality. He calls the Palestinian resistance movement finished, drawing Palestinian denial and sparking regional rebuttals. ישראל
Candace Messler Garrison, a Texas bank heiress, pleads for life as a masked bandit robs her Coral Beach Hotel suite in Miami Beach. He escapes with a diamond necklace, ring, and $1,000 while authorities search. Garrison previously faced a sensational murder trial. The report notes her banking ties and past marriages. Also mentions Norwalk Schools spring music festival and local choir performances.
At a Wednesday night meeting moved to the elementary cafeteria the Monroeville School Board voted not to rehire four staff members. Brenda March will lose her junior high English post while Donna Ott is not being hired. Coaches Ralph Fuhrman and David Rice also face nonrenewals with no reasons given.
Washington UPI reports President Nixon is sorting out Watergate impacts and planning a major staff overhaul. Speculation centers on H R Haldeman possibly resigning, though officials say no resignations have been submitted and no staff changes are official.
Monroeville teen David N. Lonz, 18, remained in critical condition at Lorain Community Hospital with facial lacerations and a dislocated shoulder after his car slid into the left front corner of a Monroeville school bus on Schaefer Road north of Norwalk. Two passengers Frances Durso, 17, and Walter J. Storch, 16, were less seriously injured while all 11 bus passengers escaped harm.
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