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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1972
Page
1
Former President Harry S Truman, aged 88, slipped into critical condition after his heart again beat irregularly. Wayne Conery, spokesman for Kansas City's Research Hospital, said at 6 45 a m doctors described Truman as critical due to his heart condition.
South Vietnamese intelligence cites an intercepted North Vietnamese radio message claiming Gen Vo Nguyen Giap was killed Friday in Haiphong by a time bomb set by an anti-war faction. Hanoi broadcasts did not mention the death.
The 4 p.m. Friday deadline for filing November election campaign expense statements expired with neither the Committee for the Re-Election of the President nor George S. McGovern’s Ohio campaign committee filing. Secretary of State officials said reports wouldn’t be late if mailed before the deadline.
Arnold R. Miller, after 24 years as a coal miner, became president of United Mine Workers at a swearing in in Washington. For about 300 miners, the visit marked their first trip to the union headquarters and the end of John L. Lewis era influence.
Michigan officials declare Stanley K. Yao the $200000 winner after a number mix up sparked a dispute with Betty Coleman who refuses a $50000 consolation. Coleman vows to seek the full prize as Yao receives the top award and a correction is issued.
Gordon Rule a civilian Navy official and longtime critic of Pentagon waste was reassigned after he refused a request to retire. The move follows his public attack on President Nixon’s choice of Roy L. Ash to head the Office of Management and Budget.
Cloudy with patchy fog today and tonight and a chance of showers Sunday. Highs in the upper 30s to low 40s, lows in the low 30s. Norwalk highs 36 lows 30. Deaths Mrs. Dorothy Miller 68 Norwalk.
Managua suffered heavy damage as a 6.5 magnitude quake struck early today. Buildings collapsed including the Balmaral Hotel, many fires erupted, water supply was cut off, and communications were disrupted. No casualty figures were immediately available.
The Howard Wheeler family of 37 S Garden St plans annual pre Christmas caroling. The five member clan visits about 15 stops over four hours singing two carols at each, with Joy to the World and We Wish You A Merry Christmas as favorites.
The Reflector will not publish Monday to allow employees to spend Christmas Day with their families.
After a brutal mountain crash, Canessa and Parrado tied a note to a rock and tossed it to a farmer. They stated they are Uruguayan, have walked ten days, fourteen others remain injured in the plane, they lack food, cannot move, and plea for rescue.
North Vietnam accuses the United States of intensifying air and naval strikes over three days as talks in Paris resume. Hanoi says B52 saturation raids leveled villages hospitals and schools in densely populated regions, with embassies and city quarters reported destroyed.
The Reflector named first prize winners Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Landoll of 47 State St and Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Lescher of 6 Erie St for a Christmas home lighting display. Other winners included C.E. Smith 28 Elm St and C.O. Doughty 70 Washington St for second, J.E. Churchill Jr. 48 Fryen St and R.J. Kerner 100 Wooster St for third, with several honorable mentions. Prizes include appliances and electrical items. honors delivered by Christmas Eve.
The Owens bid to unseat Freeman for county prosecutor was the priciest race in Huron County this fall, with Owens and allied committees spending 2258.25 versus Freeman’s 925.65. Republican spending topped 6693.17, while other races like sheriff and Norwalk mayor shared large totals with multiple committees and candidates.
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