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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1973
Page
1
Mae West, the platinum blonde star of the 1930s, celebrates her 81st birthday today. The iconic performer, famed for risqué lines, never was allowed to kiss her leading men during her film career.
The FTC asks Procter & Gamble and 27 other manufacturers to back up dramatic advertising claims and product efficacy depicted in TV ads. Separate reports show the economy's GNP growth slowing to 2.4 percent in Q2 from 8.7 percent earlier, amid revised data. Maryland Governor Mandel defends Agnew probe as politically motivated but backfires.
Astronomers at the Hayden Planetarium say Kohoutek, discovered this year, will pass within 80 million miles of Earth in the first week of January, potentially delivering a spectacle rivaling Halley’s 1910 appearance.
Lawrence Nowery age 30 will become Huntington police chief September 17 succeeding Gil Kleinknecht who left in April for St. Louis. Nowery is a Parkersburg native and has led Oberlin Police since 1970.
United Press International reports Harris C. Friedman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board estimates a buyer who postponed buying a $35 000 home from June to August will pay an extra 3600. The two month delay may have pushed him out of the market due to tight mortgage funds.
Partly cloudy through Saturday with a chance of thundershowers mainly afternoon and evening. Highs in the low 80s, lows mid 60s with 50 percent rain today and 30 percent tonight and Saturday. Births show Mr and Mrs Robert White Willard a girl at F T Hospital. Deaths include Mr William E McCord 90 New London.
President Nixon will tour the nation to shift focus from Watergate to domestic and foreign policy. He will speak at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in New Orleans then proceed to San Clemente for a Labor Day stay, aiming to regain poll momentum and possibly take questions on Watergate.
Wholesale meat markets in the Midwest fall for a third straight day as shoppers halt purchases after Phase III price controls end. Hog prices slide up to five dollars per hundredweight while cattle receipts remain light. Large firms file price hike notices under Phase IV, including GM Ford Chrysler AMC and US Steel.
Gwendora Ward 21 Willard faced intense cross examination in the first degree murder trial of Larry D. Robinson 24 Willard over the April 6 killing of taxi owner Alice White Womack 57. Ward testified they were together at Pat's Bohemian Beer Garden earlier that day and described Robinson’s requests to mislead police and his confrontational behavior with defense counsel. He disrupted proceedings, claiming the attorney refused to ask pertinent questions and was escorted from the courtroom after further outbursts.
T.R. Toby Storer former Norwalk school system history and math teacher for 50 years died at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He taught multiple generations, served in World War I, led local American Legion, and was a 32nd degree Mason. Funeral services are pending.
Residents of Huron County gather at 8 pm in Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital auditorium to decide on establishing either the Big Brother program or Volunteers In Action in the area.
Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadours performed at the Huron County Fair with two capacity crowds. He stated they average about 200 shows annually and travel about 250 days, with 75 percent one night stands and the rest package tours. Tubb noted the road life, family on tour, and discussed inflation and rising motel costs.
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