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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1968
Page
1
In Fredericksburg Virginia a moving van rear ended a stopped school bus injuring about 30 students. Police say the driver tried to swerve too late and the crash crushed the bus seats trapping several children who were freed with welding torches.
A 53 year old widow and police widow Mary Hardie was robbed at gunpoint of 17 dollars while kneeling in St. Brigid Roman Catholic Church. A youth approached with a revolver and grabbed her purse then fled as a priest entered.
Becky Godwin, 14, the governor of Virginia’s daughter, died from lung damage after a lightning strike while surf bathing. Funeral plans set for Saturday at the executive mansion in Richmond with burial in Suffolk.
Republican candidate Richard Nixon will begin his bid for the presidency in Chicago with a noon motorcade through the downtown Loop on Sept 4 and then deliver a statewide television address to win the big city vote against Hubert Humphrey.
A British correspondent quoted in the Daily Express from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago alleges Chicago police resemble Nazi and Stalinist regimes, claiming they “enjoy their work” as they “eliminate” Jews and shoot down refugees at the Berlin Wall.
John McCormally editor and copublisher of the Burlington Iowa Hawk Eye described being heavily exposed to tear gas during Thursday night clashes between the National Guard and demonstrators on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. He recalled his Marine Corps training but said the experience left him severely affected.
Roving gangs largely described as Negro smashed store windows in Lima Ohio downtown Thursday night and started at least ten fires. No injuries were reported. Ten people, eight adults, were arrested.
Mostly sunny and warmer today and Saturday with fair cool nights. Norwalk Thursday highs around 75 and 42 lows, no rainfall. Humidity 80 percent at 8 am, 44 at 2 pm, 52 at 8 pm. Marriage licenses issued to Buff and Truble, Bores and Miller, Mellon and Crum. Births reported for Herner Schwenn Ewing. death notes for Taylor W Beelman, 90, Hicksville.
Beverly Hills police and the FBI report the four year old Stanley Stafford Jr is recovered after a high speed chase. Abductor Robert Lee Dacy is captured wounded in the arm and the child is hospitalized with leg injuries from a traffic accident.
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Humphrey accepted the presidential nomination with Muskie as running mate and pledged to move away from Johnson policies to seek peace in Vietnam. McCarthy refused endorsement and stayed away from the closing session amid ongoing protests and earlier clashes with National Guardsmen.
Tommie Smothers says a new look and ideas reflect his awakening to war policy minority complaints and youth issues. The duo with Dickie perform at the Ohio State Fair with Pat Paulsen and John Hartford and plan a TV show shift toward youth perspectives.
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s staff rooms on the 15th floor of the Conrad Hilton were used as a medical center for antiwar demonstrators. Aides said 15 staff members were slugged and beaten and three youths were injured in a raid. Police investigated reports of objects thrown from the 15th floor as McCarthy sought leadership amid chaotic convention conditions.
County superintendent Ralph Brown reminds residents three elementary schools will open Sept 9 with the regular bus schedule. The high school will open on Tuesday as planned.
The Rev. Martin Donnelly assistant pastor at St Pauls Catholic Church will transfer to Lima to become assistant principal at Lima Central Catholic High. He has served at St Pauls since 1965 and will be replaced by the Rev Kenneth Kehres from Immaculate Conception Bellevue. Both assignments begin next week.
Five Huron County jail inmates volunteered to paint the facility with one eligible for sentence reduction under a state law that allows time off for jail work. Two face rape charges, one break in and entering, and one a non support charge so no credit is given. The eligible man, serving suspended five months for resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon, led the project.
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