03 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
1
Atty Gen Saxbe ruled school bus drivers cannot legally administer corporal punishment to a passenger. Warren County Prosecutor Oswald asked for the opinion to maintain bus decorum. he did not name the driver who sought the ruling.
A Blue Ribbon Income Tax Committee urged a one year delay for a municipal tax in Norwalk to review government operations while proposing a 0.5 percent income tax starting in 1970. The panel pressed for spending limits, a potential city election, and a closer look at the water department and proposed reservoir plans.
A city tax study compares officials estimates with the citizens committee’s decisions on projects. Light projects use existing revenue. water plant, reservoir, sewer upgrades, and bridge repairs face delays or revised funding. Police and fire staffing shifts are proposed with civilian dispatcher and staged fireman hires. deficits and street fund gaps noted without recommendations.
Tens of thousands of Italians marched through major cities to protest a clash in Sicily between police and striking farmhands that left two dead and 52 injured.
Mostly cloudy with occasional rain this afternoon. Highs near 40s, tonight turning to snow flurries and colder. Wednesday stays cloudy and cold with more snow flurries. Monday highs 47 in Norwalk, lows 41, rainfall 0.03 inch. Births list several area families, marriage license applications filed, and deaths of Rose Oviatt and Daniel G. Hartnett Sr.
An inexperienced pilot stole a Piper Comanche from Lakewood Airport and after four failed landings at Kennedy Airport steered toward the Atlantic. Coast Guard planes pursued 50 miles east of Norfolk as the craft ran out of fuel and sank. the pilot was plucked from the water and described in good condition.
UPI reports at the AMA 22nd Clinical Convention that doctors describe a serious venereal disease epidemic among minors and urge legal changes to allow minors to consent to treatment. The AMA House of Delegates votes on the resolution. 4,500 physicians attend as progress in cardiac pacemakers is noted and a new arteriosclerosis treatment for leg arteries is discussed.
South Africa surgeon Christiaan Barnard completed the first heart transplant on December 3 1967 when Denise Darval's heart was placed in Louis Washkansky. Nearly 100 transplants followed worldwide with praise from Dr Denton Cooley and others as Blaiberg later recovered well.
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