05 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1977
Page
1
Several thousand Toledo teachers voted to strike until the Board of Education funds their pay. About half of the district's 4,400 teachers attended a mass meeting at a Masonic Hall. Snowstorm closed all Toledo schools.
Iraq walked out of a Libyan called Arab summit while remaining leaders and the PLO signed an agreement freezing diplomatic ties with Egypt. Algeria Libya Syria Southern Yemen and the PLO endorsed the accord. The move aimed to isolate President Sadat and weaken anti-Egypt measures.
Weather section notes snow flurries and much colder tonight with lows in the teens. Tuesday will be cloudy with snow, high in the low to mid 20s and a 60 percent chance of precipitation. Winds NW 20 to 30 mph. Sunday temperatures 33 to 16 with humidity around 75 percent in morning.
Malaysian Airlines jet with 107 aboard is hijacked en route Penang to Kuala Lumpur. Gunmen open fire, midair explosion sends Boeing 737 plunging into southern Malaysia tidelands killing all aboard. Japanese Red Army connection debated by officials.
Evelyn Gilbert, 34, becomes acting retail advertising manager replacing James Zellner. Gilbert has six years in Reflector advertising and plans to add staff soon. She lives at 169 South Main Milan with her three sons Glen Brian and Todd and has served on the Milan Village Council for years.
Nearly 3,500 Ohio coal miners stayed off the job in early bird walkouts and eight deep mines were closed. Consolidation Coal Co. and Peabody units in Meigs and Coshocton counties faced closures, with hundreds of workers affected across Eastern and Southern Ohio.
United Way campaign adds 5535 in pledges raising total to 65649 or 71.5 percent of a 91790 goal. New Departure Hyatt workers give 3726 while Van Dresser Ohio Edison schools banks and savings and loan and retailers donate smaller amounts. UMW Local 1886's Gene Osler cites contract talks and health benefits as tensions rise amid a possible Ohio strike.
A major snowstorm battered Huron County Ohio with up to six inches in places and 40 mph winds near Toledo. Schools closed or delayed, motorists slid into ditches, the Ohio Turnpike saw jackknifed trucks, and road crews salted and plowed as temperatures near the teens drop tonight.
Ronald E. Young faces trial for the June 4 stabbing death of Thomas A. Dillon whose body was found near North Hester Street. After a 2023 jury deemed him competent, Young pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and seeks a bench trial before Common Pleas Judge Robert W. Smith in the county courthouse.
Huron County Common Pleas Court hears airport authority dispute as Richard Chase testifies about staffing and certification questions. Snow delayed opening, and proceedings may extend into January with further sessions and a public briefing planned.
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