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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1970
Page
1
A destructive blast and ensuing fire struck the Checkmate Boat Co. plant in Bucyrus Ohio, a maker of top racing hydroplanes. No injuries reported and cause under investigation. The 1968 single story frame building with metal siding suffered unknown damages.
A UPI report summarizes a failed effort to place a space telescope into orbit as a coalition rallying funds for air crash victims at Marshall University and Wichita State University receives high level support. McCormack donated personally after Hechler urged Congress to back both disaster relief drives.
Pope Paul VI condemned Australia’s white Australia policy urging openness to non Caucasians and calling leaders to examine conscience during Oceania bishops meeting. Separate report notes NASA’s OAO failure blamed on a stuck nose cone ending a $98 million observatory mission.
Dr. Joseph Geoghan, a Norwalk dentist and former 1963 candidate, was appointed to fill the remaining year of Dale Olsen’s school board term after Olsen resigned for business reasons. Geoghan, 46, is active in local civic groups and lives at 10 Christie Ave with his wife Mary and six children.
The committee tentatively backs restrictions on shoe imports as part of a House trade bill that would also limit textiles. New England lawmakers express disappointment as the shoe industry, hurt by cheap Japanese, Mexican, and Italian goods, centers in the region.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told reporters that Vietnamization has cost the United States 1.5 million jobs and will push another 750,000 out of work in six months. He cited defense industries as a major economic factor and said a Cabinet committee is studying the issue. He argued for maintaining a military industrial labor base for future needs.
Variable cloudiness and warmer with possible showers this afternoon and evening. Highs mainly in the 60s, tonight partly cloudy and windy with lows in upper 30s to 40s. Wednesday cooler with highs near 50, then Thursday cloudy and cooler. 70 percent precip today, 20 percent tonight and Wednesday. Norwalk high 54, low 39. BIRTHS Mr and Mrs Billy Sandefur Birmingham a boy. MARRIAGE LICENSE Stanley W Burton Wakeman and Mary L Johnson New London. DEATHS Marcia Sue Jenkins 10 Greenwich Mrs Mary KE MecEndree 71 Willard.
Ohio lost no seats but must reduce its 24 districts to 23 by January 1973 as reapportionment follows the 1970 census. Officials note total Ohio population reached 10,730,190 with 10,652,017 residents and 78,183 abroad while national gains prompt shifts in 14 states.
Interior Department report warns SST may cause landslides harm fragile seabird habitats and alter global weather. The document dated October 27 questions proceeding to commercial SST production or foreign flights before prototype completion. Senate vote looms on a $290 million SST prototype program amid environmental opposition.
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