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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1973
Page
1
The Reflector lists each pupil’s room and teacher this week. Page 7 covers Benedict School and Page 8 covers League School. Overall 1,666 public elementary students are expected: 215 at Benedict, 190 at Bronson, 375 at League, 538 at Maplehurst, and 348 at Pleasant.
An all-points bulletin was issued for Carter Camp 29 after he allegedly shot and critically wounded fellow American Indian Movement leader Clyde Bellecourt on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation Monday. The duo had been among five leaders of the Wounded Knee occupation last spring.
In Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 18 year old Chester Rolfe was crushed to death when a hydraulic section of the Cathedral of Tomorrow stage moved to make space for a film about Johnny Cash. His brother William said this was the first time their father could talk him into going to church.
Joyce Thomas, 25, of Detroit, was killed in Middletown when she panicked and leaped from a moving car her mother was driving. She was struck by a trailer being towed. The mother and another passenger were not hurt.
A full scale FBI investigation was ordered into the Monday letter bombing at the British Embassy. Nora Murray, 51, a British subject, was severely injured, losing her left hand above the wrist and portions of her fingers, with multiple lacerations treated at George Washington University Hospital.
Weather report for Norwalk area calls for Mostly sunny hot and humid conditions with highs in the 90s and lows around 70s. Winds from southwest to west at 8 to 20 mph. Rain chances minimal. Marriage license filings list four couples including Gockstetter Powley Ramsay Barman and Heidl. Births record three Norwalk area newborns. Deaths noted for Morgan Smith and Harding.
UPI reports two American housewives newly in Paris note stark price differences. They cite Paris meat butter and canned goods as notably higher, with cheese, fish, soap, and juice costing far more than in the United States, even after currency shifts.
Residents cope with 94 degree heat as National Weather Service forecasts showers and cooler air by Thursday. Stories from locals describe sleeping difficulties, fan use, and limited AC access while power usage spikes and a regional high pressure system fuels the heat.
White House confirms Charles G. Bebe Rebozo and Robert H. Abplanalp bought most of Nixon’s 28.9acre California Florida estate for 1.249 million dollars and 340 thousand for the remaining lot. Coopers and Lybrand prepared the report to reveal the financier links and defend the president’s finances.
STOCKHOLM UP IPI gunman Jan Erik Olsson and convict friend Clark Olofsson held four hostages in a downtown bank vault for six days turning it into a brutal space. Police drilled roof holes to watch as Olsson fired on officers wounding a policeman.
Theresa Hickey of Homerville won permission to enroll in industrial arts at Black River School District for next fall after suing for sex discrimination. A school board vote opened the male dominated classes to girls, ending the court case. She aims to assist her father with farm chores and plans to make a tierack for him in her first class.
The guardian of 14 year old James Gronen admitted guiding his nephew to install a magnetic device in the green racer that caused disqualification for cheating. Gronen won a $7,500 scholarship before officials found the electromagnet powering the car away from the metal starting gate. Lange blamed rule violations on poor inspection and said entries were tainted while denying his son tampered with the 1972 Akron winner.
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