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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1977
Page
1
Toledo teachers meet at 7 am Monday to decide whether to continue working without pay after Lucas County judge barred spending for 14 days. Superintendent Dick and School Board President Daoust vow to keep schools open despite levy challenge.
Novosti reports President Carter will add Egypt to his world tour with a January stop in Cairo to back Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The visit is slated for January 4 or 5 after an overnight in Saudi Arabia.
Superior Court judge approved the final accounting of Jack Benny estate totaling 5.8 million dollars. The distribution follows Benny's will with trust funds set for wife Mary Livingston, daughter Joan Blumoff, and four grandchildren after his December 26 1974 death from cancer at age 80.
Washington policy review by the Military District of Washington follows complaints by six women in an Air Force ceremonial unit who say they were barred from White House details. Congress probes the matter after the women appealed to First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
Washington reports unemployment at 6.9 percent in November, the Carter administration saying the year end target of 6.6 percent is no longer achievable after Labor Department figures. The rate remains unchanged from eight months prior.
United Press International reports mudslides inundated homes and swept away railroad tracks and roads in the Pacific Northwest. Washington state bore the brunt with Gov. Dixy Lee Ray declaring a disaster area as hundreds evacuated and more flooding feared through the weekend.
Periods of snow today through Sunday with one to three inches of accumulation. Highs in the mid to upper 30s, lows around the upper 20s. Precipitation probability 70 percent through Sunday. Winds variable then NW 10 to 15 mph tonight. Friday temperatures 41 to 29. Humidity morning 64 percent, afternoon 62 percent, evening 79 percent. Friday precipitation 0.01 inch. Sunrise 7 36 a.m. Sunset 4 58 p.m. Moonrise and moonset noted. Marriage license filings for several couples listed. Births recorded for two families. Death reported for Donald J. Kiser, 34, Wellington.
Hubert Humphrey attends a Washington dinner and fund-raiser that raised 7 million toward a 20 million Hubert H. Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. Presidents, lawmakers, Kissinger and celebrities attend as Humphrey, frail yet hopeful, speaks of faith and strength amid cancer treatment.
Mayor Wayne Goodsite seeks a 12 percent spending increase with a proposed 2.9 million dollar city budget for 1978. Salaries fringe benefits rise driven by wages and pension costs. jet cleaner for sewer work and a new fire truck add about 96 thousand and 36 thousand respectively. A bids path for group health insurance is set, and second reading votes on vacating the alley behind the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church on Cline Street are planned.
Los Angeles police questioned Bennett Merrett 24 of Hesperia amid the Hillside stranglings case. He is also under review for the rape and robbery of a woman unrelated to the victims while investigators compare his car and clothing to witness descriptions.
Local auctioneer Dick Garner becomes owner of Blinzley Furniture at 32 West Main Street after purchasing from Larry Ware who had run the store for 42 years. The deal includes the building for 85000 dollars. Garner plans to add antique pieces and in home custom work and to remodel in spring. hours changed to 10 to 8 daily and 1 to 5 Sundays. Ware and family will relocate to Ft Myers Florida.
A semi-trailer loaded with soybean meal overturned at the junction of Ohio 113 and U S 250 Friday evening, blocking the northbound lane for about 90 minutes. Driver Vernon Henson of Rising Sun Ohio sustained minor injuries and was treated at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. Bulldozers cleared the meal from the highway.
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