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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1973
Page
1
CBS-TV aired Sticks and Bones on Friday but over half of its affiliates refused to broadcast the antiwar drama. A CBS spokesman said 93 CBS stations did not air the play about a blinded Vietnam veteran, with others rescheduling. The drama ends with the veteran’s self-inflicted death.
A seven year old in Miami who burglarized 21 homes over six weeks will not be prosecuted and will be turned over to his grandmother for a spanking. Police say he stole hundreds of dollars worth of goods to buy candy and ice cream, then sold items for a few dollars. The detective called him a cute kid and noted his guardianship by his grandmother with several siblings.
The Grand Champion Hog owned by Jeff Balduff of North Fairfield sold for 512.55 at 2.55 a pound to Tom Hog of Sandy Ridge Fruit Farm from 201 pounds. The Junior Fair Livestock Auction drew a strong crowd as 278 animals went before auctioneers G A Pickworth and R L Garner.
A Detroit butcher reports horsemeat selling at 80 cents per pound while beef reaches 2 39. He claims 10 000 pounds of horsemeat sold Thursday as dealers warn price rises may follow nationwide. In Florida Julie Nixon Eisenhower says she boosted Nixon with a pillow note. Bob Hope apologizes for a Jamboree joke using a slur toward Japanese Americans.
Mostly sunny today with a 40 percent rain chance, highs near 80 in Norwalk and 80s Sunday. Tonight and Sunday mostly sunny with 20 percent rain and 5 to 10 mph winds. Obituaries note infant Joshua Steven Payne and Milan Mrs. James Cooper, 89, Norwalk.
David Lyons 23 of rural Monroeville died after two back to back crashes on Ohio 99 north of Willard. He struck Darrell Brett 18 of Sandusky in the second collision after first hitting Eric Myers 18 of Monroeville in the other lane. Lyons, employed by Certain Teed Products Corp, lived in the Monroeville area. Funeral arrangements are pending and memorials may go to St John Lutheran Church building fund.
Willard trial in Common Pleas Court hears BCI scientist link the .25 caliber pistol to the April 6 death of taxi operator Mrs Alice White Womack. Witnesses include Mrs Shannon Slone who found the gun eight days after the death and willard police and BCI investigators.
President Nixon plans to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars in New Orleans revealing a misstatement about the Watergate Convention Center. Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren joked that he meant Rivergate Convention Center, and reporters laughed as he asserted the matter is behind them.
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