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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1967
Page
1
The Reflector seeks Norwalk residents whose yearlong acts show care for others. Nominations, in letter form, describe charitable giving or neighborly favors. Submit by 5 p.m. Thursday for a chance to be featured in Christmas stories next week with six nominees chosen.
A 16 foot blue spruce trimmed in early American style serves as the presidential Christmas tree. It carries 12 000 decorations including gingerbread Santa Clauses snowmen and toy soldiers. Grown by Howard M Cowan of Portage County Ohio it was gifted to the White House by the National Christmas Tree Growers Association.
U.S. infantrymen repelled North Vietnamese human wave assaults within 25 miles of Saigon near the airlift landing site. Spokesmen said the fighting marked one of the closest and fiercest moves against the capital in the war.
UPI reports Sen. Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut abandoned his $2 million conspiracy and libel lawsuit against columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson. The suit was amended after he cited financial hardship and alleged the columnists used documents they knew were stolen.
A three-truck pileup on Ohio 2 about 15 miles west of Port Clinton left Charles Stoughton 35 of Detroit dead and inured a second driver. The crash occurred today.
Paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division join the buildup in Vietnam as the largest troop airlift ever, aiming to raise American strength to 525000 by early next year. Half of the new arrivals are veterans returning for a second tour after fighting in Vietnam before. In Saigon, Sen. Charles Percy wore combat boots and fatigues returning from the Mekong Delta and said there were no mortars that day, noting VC actions in Dak Son prompted widespread broadcast reactions.
Greek King Constantine fled Athens to mount a counter coup against Premier Constantine Kollias and the military government. Tanks and troops moved into central Athens while reports of a showdown between the junta and the monarch spread. He had left Larisa after a broadcast urging citizens to help restore democracy and freedom.
NLRB set for December 20 at 10 a.m. the election for Saginaw Wire Products Inc. employees in Norwalk. Two unions UAW and Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators petitioned for the vote. Employees can choose UAW, BPDA, or neither.
Considerable cloudiness with little temperature change and scattered light showers through to night. High near 40, low in the mid 30s. Thursday mainly cloudy with a chance of light showers or snow flurries. Also notes births: Mr and Mrs Larry Case of New London welcomed a son.
A Norwalk businessman urged promoting the operating school levy like soap chips and offered $100 to help promote it. The Better Schools Committee presented a survey distribution plan to send questions about expected education quality to students to bring home to parents. Board members weighed concerns about public intimidation and the approach.
Norwalk's charter commission heard proposals for a centralized finance director with tight spending control. City Auditor Charles Hipp warned that without reform and stronger procedures, the city faces financial trouble due to lax practices and missing central authority.
Two men and a 16 year old from Mansfield were stopped by Norwalk police near Benedict Avenue after a break in at League Street School. Items from North Fairfield Elementary and League Street School were found in their car. The juvenile was jailed. the others held in the city jail awaiting charges.
U S Army serviceman James Wray son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wray West Main Street is in intensive care at Womack Hospital Fort Bragg after a single car crash at 10 30 p m Saturday Smithfield state patrol reports internal injuries a concussion and a broken arm A second man is charged in the crack ing of a safe at Reineck Brothers Gerald E Reese 24 Lima pleads innocent bond set at 10000 cash or 20000 property A Norwalk safety program for parents of junior and senior high students is at 730 tonight in the Norwalk High School auditorium Less than a dozen attend Tuesday night’s elementary parents session
Former Norwalk resident Patricia Stewarts Dyke and her husband William V Dyke Jr died in a Wheaton Illinois house fire around 9 30 p m Smoke reportedly suffocated the couple Mrs Dyke 57 was the daughter of the late George Stewart of Norwalk The Dyke family had lived in Wheaton eight years Three sons survive Ensign Stewart Dyke head of U S Navy public affairs for the Oriskamy bound for Vietnam William V Dyke Jr a UW Madison senior and George M Dyke II a Yale senior Memorial services set for Trinity Episcopal Church and burial in Milwaukee Donations to Central DuPage Hospital were requested
Norwalk St. Paul players Bill Rospert and Dick Hill were named to the Associated Press All Ohio Football team in a just announced roster.
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce president Ralph Bache said the campaign to retain Norwalk Truck Lines is ongoing and declined to elaborate beyond stating they are working. Local football players received All-Ohio recognition with Rospert and Hillman on the second defensive unit, Grine honored, Kaiser on defense, and Welfle Kaatz Zimmerman also cited among area honorees.
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