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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1970
Page
1
A work camp near the U S nuclear test site was evacuated after a second underground test released a cloud of radioactive particles. About 300 of 600 evacuees had trace radiation on clothing but officials said exposure outside the site posed no health hazard and doses remain within permissible limits.
Former Army intelligence officer Quentin Burgess says agents targeted blacks and antiwar groups for surveillance in late 1968 and early 1969, with other civilians scanned occasionally. He connected the disclosures to an NBC interview and Senate inquiries into spied on Illinois Democrats.
Drizzle gives way to light snow and plunging temperatures today with highs in the 30s and overnight lows in the teens to low 20s. Snow chances 50 percent today, 20 percent tonight, 10 percent Sunday. Southwest winds shift to northwest later today to 15-25 mph, easing tonight and Sunday. High 51 and low 32 shown for Norwalk. humidity readings throughout the day. Births, marriages, and a death noted with further details on page 3.
Four major candidates filed campaign expense reports showing a combined spend of about 3.8 million dollars. Governor-elect John Gilligan led with 1.4 million spent and 1.5 million raised. Taft Jr and Metzenbaum also lists of debts and loans.
Los Angeles grand jury charges five female followers Catherine Share Ruth Morehouse and Lynette Fromme plus two unnamed men with attempted murder by lacing Barbara Hoyt 18 with LSD in a hamburger to stop her from testifying at Charles Manson Tate-LaBianca trial. Hoyt survived and testified.
Timothy J. Thompson 20 of Norwalk died December 13 in Chu Lai Vietnam after stepping on a land mine while carrying a wounded man. He served one year in the army two months in Vietnam and was employed at Meek's Bakery. He is survived by his widow Juliette Winkler and his parents Mr and Mrs William Thompson. Funeral arrangements by Kubach Smith Funeral Home. Thompson is the 23rd area service member killed in Vietnam.
Howard Wheeler of Helena pleads not guilty to selling stale and contaminated food at the GMS Auction Sale on Schaeffer Road Dec 7. Customers report worm-infested cookies and candy. Wheeler faces a misdemeanor charge for selling candy filled with bugs to Joyce Jirak. Bond set at $500 by Judge Robert J. Vetter.
Firemen answered a late Friday night call at the P. M. Mantet residence 38 Oak St. They found a gas burning oven that had been left on and smoking. No fire was discovered.
Monroeville profile of state highway patrolman Chuck Campbell and his wife Kay as they balance Christmas Eve and Christmas Day duties. Campbell works the 4 p.m. to midnight shift and pauses for a half hour lunch with family, while relatives in Clyde and Kentucky plan to visit for meals.
The city council schedules a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday session to consider four ordinances including emergency passage to adjust fund balances for year end. Mayor Harold E. Finch notes measures include coal purchases, federal aid advice for sewer, and engineering plans for sewer separation funded by a $2.5 million November bond issue.
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