23 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1969
Page
1
UPI reports tribes are invited to a pow wow on Alcatraz to seek support for the group occupying the former federal prison since November 20. Invitations were sent to 5,000 tribes, bands and organizations claiming the island under a treaty returning government abandoned property to Indians.
Israel launched warplane raids into Jordan for the third day and fought a 75 minute artillery duel with Lebanon. Israel claimed its troops raided a major Egyptian naval station on the Red Sea while Washington weighed limits on arms sales after Israel rejected a U.S. settlement plan for the conflict.
Nixon administration wins a major victory as Congress approves the Philadelphia Plan requiring government contractors to hire more Black workers in construction until they reach 20 percent. Senate reversal after four days and a strong House vote override organized labor opposition.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers planned a public defense of a contentious Middle East peace plan today. Israel has accused the United States of trying to appease the Arabs, making the issue the hottest topic in foreign policy during his first major briefing in four months.
Weather outlook warns heavy snow with four inches or more, highs in the 20s and lows in the teens. Snow tapers to flurries later. Near 100 percent precipitation today, then 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Wednesday. Winds varying from today to Wednesday. Norwalk high 28 low 16. Births include three local newborns. marriage license applications listed. two deaths noted.
Erie County deputies arrested ten adults a 13 year old girl and a teenage boy after finding a guns cache at a Maple Avenue farmhouse in Margaretta Township The Misfits motorcycle gang faces armed robbery assault with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to wound charges Two counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors are filed against nine adults and one against one woman Bond is set at 5000 dollars on each count Names listed for contributing charges and one counts vary by individual The armed robbery charge is linked to a shotgun theft at gunpoint Deputies continue inventorying seized weapons while no victim identified yet by Sheriff Al Hess
An armed man robbed the manager of the F W Woolworth Co on East Main Street taking about $300. The gunman forced the manager to disrobe and fled as officers opened a search aided by a BCI composite drawing. Separate note: Ohio State Auditor Roger Cloud filed Republican gubernatorial candidacy petitions.
In the last week of 1969 the Huron County fox bounty fund ran dry. A man turned in seven sets of fox feet but only enough money remained for six bounties, each set worth two dollars. The fund allocates $1,000 annually for red and gray fox bounties payable per four feet. Foxes may await 1970 funding.
Texas financier H Ross Perot arrives in Hong Kong en route to Bangkok to press for access to Hanoi for delivering 1400 Christmas dinners and medical supplies to U S prisoners of war. Hanoi rejects direct entry, prefers mail via Moscow. Perot says a second plane stands by in Los Angeles and the operation totals about 600000 dollars with significant private donations.
Heavy snow blankets Ohio with 4 inch accumulations forecast statewide. A low pressure system moves from the Rockies, urging caution on major routes including the Ohio Turnpike. One crash near Milan involves Mrs. Mary Passeno. she was hospitalized after a collision with a propane truck driven by Howard L. Gasteier.
Birdie Urban and more than a hundred Northern Ohio Telephone Co. operators will work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the Norwalk exchange switchboard. The board will be lit up like a Christmas tree as operators route calls to distant loved ones, with many customers including service men. Urban, a mother of five, works 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. and plans to attend church and prepare Christmas dinner after work.
A nighttime power outage hit most of Norwalk after the municipal light plant boiler began losing water. The boiler was shut down shortly after midnight, per Service Director William V. Mount, causing residents to wake up later than planned.
A break in at West Clarksfield Seventh Day Adventist School on Fitchville River Road over the weekend saw gifts from a student gift exchange and a television loaned by the Bridges family of Oberlin taken. Contact filed with sheriff's department. entry described as front window forced open and crawling inside.
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