28 Apr 1977
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1977
Page
1
Cloudy windy and cooler tonight with a shower chance and temperatures down to 30s. Friday will be sunny and cool with lower 50s and 20 percent then 10 percent precipitation chances. Marriage licenses listed for multiple couples. birth announced for Norman Briggs and wife. Deaths noted for Dr. John Green and three others with ages.
ANPA reports rising newspaper circulation and advertising as papers seek to attract younger readers. The trend follows more women entering the field and industry adaptability across markets.
Neil Snarr chair of sociology at Wilmington College suggests America may need a decentralized lifestyle due to the energy shortage. He cites a Balkan historian who argues a return to Dark Ages conditions could occur and might not be entirely bad.
Dr. Roger Johnson at the 14th Space Congress outlined a plan for a satellite solar power plant assembled in space. He estimated a prototype five gegawatt system would cost about 15 to 20 billion dollars and aim for completion by the late 1990s.
The Natural Resources Defense Council cautions the Consumer Product Safety Commission that asbestos may be present in imitation fireplace ash modeling clay and other household items. The group urged action ahead of an agency meeting to decide on a potential crackdown.
Mormon genealogists in Salt Lake City traced the Carter surname back 10 generations to John Carter born 1575 in London. The research notes an indentured ancestor, a slaveholder who killed in a dispute, and several Confederate service members, with Wiley Carter owning land and leaving sizable sums to heirs.
Seneca County Judge Harry Bozarth proposes Haven County help buy and run a Green Springs jail with capacity for 130. North Star Executive Director Edward Leveritt says a regional work release facility could serve juvenile or adult offenders, funded by a possible three year federal grant, amid transport challenges and prior regional facility debates.
Cherylyn Fellows, nine, from Pasco Washington, previously diagnosed with an embryonal teratoma and a highly malignant cancer, shows tumors that stopped growing after experimental VM2 treatment and major surgery. Doctors call her case remarkable with tumors turning benign.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court orders Judge Donald J. Young to deny suppression of gunpowder evidence in the Swihart case. Swihart, a Fostoria gun store operator, faces six counts of transporting and receiving stolen ammunition after an informant’s tip led to a warrant. The court emphasizes magistrates rely on probable cause and deference to warrants in doubtful cases.
Playboy photographer David Chan visits Ohio State and other Big Ten campuses searching for women to appear in the Septoria issue focused on football. Chan says the magazine seeks career minded, sharp students with brains, not a fixed look, and notes pay scales of 100 to 10 000 dollars for clothed, nude, and centerfold photos with about a third willing to pose nude.
Police report a man robbed Maria's Bar in Norwalk at 11 55 a.m. A 90 year old bartender Ilton Crouch was struck with a beer bottle and knocked unconscious. The suspect, described as white male 45 to 50 in a green jacket, left with cash. No customers were present. The incident was reported after 12 30 p.m.
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