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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1965
Page
1
Police found a pry bar and paper bags at 43 E. Main St after a morning burglary attempt at Bob's News Stand. Entry was not gained. a lookout may have signaled accomplices before police intervention at 4:30 am.
Weather notes show fair skies and warmer conditions through Friday with a high near 78 and a low around 56. Sun rises at 5 33 a m and sets at 7 31 p m. Birth notices list multiple area families welcoming newborns in Monroeville, Greenwich, Shelby and other locales, with births to Falmer Myers Dague Schaffer Switzer Jewls and spouses.
Sailor-editor Robert Manry in the 13.1 foot Tinkerbelle nears England after 73 days at sea. calm winds and flat seas slow progress as a coastguard spokesman notes the sea’s pancake-like surface. a spotter plane searches and Manry’s wife travels from Falmouth to the Scilly Islands for a possible rendezvous.
In a violent night clash in a predominantly Negro area near Avalon Boulevard and Imperial Highway, thousands rioted after a drunken driving arrest. Police fought rocks and bottles, 32 arrested, 12 injured including officers and journalists, dozens of vehicles damaged as calm returned by dawn.
A U S Navy A4 Skyhawk was shot down about 50 miles southwest of Hanoi by a Soviet supplied surface to air missile. A second Skyhawk was crippled and the pilot reportedly perished as fuel streamed from a shattered wing on the night return to the carrier Midway. Westmoreland visited Duc Co amid mortar fire with no casualties reported.
First Sergeant Id Riedy reports the Huron County National Guard unit will depart Norwalk Friday around 11:30 p.m. to join a two week summer camp at Camp Graining Michigan with about 10 000 guardsmen and 1 500 vehicles. The 145 Infantry Company A battalion of 95 men plus 4 officers will train alongside 12 divisions of the 47th Infantry Division arriving Saturday morning.
The New London school board voted unanimously to request state aid from Ohio for adding classrooms. The resolution notes legal limits prevent adequate facilities without state help and the clerk will file the application with the State Board of Education for possible inspection if approved.
UPI reports the 1965 yak fat rate proposal by Jeroy Hilt of Lincoln Nebraska was suspended by the ICC as unjust and unreasonable. Major rail lines forming a committee challenged the plan to ship 80 000 pound lots from Omaha to Chicago at 45 cents per 109 pounds. The ICC denied permission to transport yak fat and closed the file.
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