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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
1
A military tribunal in Pleiku Vietnam sentenced four Montagnard rebel leaders to be executed by firing squad in a public square. The ten day old uprising spread across four central provinces as 20 soldiers faced trial for their roles in the rebellion against Vietnamese troops.
Former President Harry S. Truman denounced the Viet Cong for breaking the Christmas truce calling it a dirty trick. He said the 30 hour window would not have harmed them and criticized promises not kept.
Dr. Harry B. Taylor of the Church of the Covenant called for peaceful demonstrations to light candles of patriotic protest amid U S casualties in Viet Nam. He warned that burning draft cards and violence likely harm the antiwar cause.
Thickening cloudiness with light snow later today and evening then scattered flurries tonight. Highs 32 to 36, lows 10 to 15, colder Tuesday with sunrise 7 53 and sunset 5 05. Marriage licenses issued to Kaeser Hyde and Tyree Smith. Death notices include Lord Kramer Nagle Runion Ault Pusback Vinson Wermuth Mayhew, plus births to Garrett.
A swinging aerial cable car at Puy de Sancy in central France burst open on Christmas Day, flinging 23 skiers onto rocks. Six dead and 12 injured, all French, many teens from an Orleans ski club, with fog hindering investigations and reconstruction plans underway.
Ohio Highway Safety Director Warren Nelson cited carelessness and good weather for the worst Christmas holiday traffic toll in state history. The UPI count shows 49 highway deaths from Thursday 6 p m to Sunday midnight plus two fire deaths and three other fatalities, totaling at least 54. The prior record was 49 in 1956 during a four day weekend.
In Berlin, East German guards fatally shot two German men fleeing toward the West near Hein rich Rheine Strasse crossing. A third companion was wounded and an East German girl captured. West Berlin youths protested at the checkpoint as Allied leaders called the killing wanton.
Three Toledo men Bryan J. Smith 21 Jimmie Clyde Lipscomb 22 and Clemm Baldwin are jailed in Huron County on auto theft kidnapping and strong arm robbery charges. They were picked up by State Highway Patrol after a Wakeman woman gave them a ride to Norwalk following a wreck on Route 20. The car had been stolen from Henry L. Jones who said the men beat him and forced him from the vehicle en route to the bus depot.
Three people were held for possible charges after homicides in Cleveland. Roger Turner 37 was shot in a restaurant. Norman Hutchins 59 was shot in the abdomen by his estranged wife during an argument. Elba Sanchez 28 was fatally shot in the abdomen by her husband.
Phillip Ippolito 19 of New York City and passenger Joseph Brennan 23 of Hackensack NJ parachuted into a landing on the George Washington Bridge center lanes after engine failure. A trailer truck was struck by the wing tip. both men suffered injuries but survived. They were treated at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan.
Burglars broke into the Elks County Club this weekend and stole about $40 in change from the cash register, two transistor radios valued at $60 each, and damaged the cigaret machine area. The main entrance was left unlocked to allow locker room access. a juke box was pulled but not opened. Custodian Ray Fell discovered the break-in at 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Bauer family awoke to 2 a.m. lights and found 4-year-old David had opened all presents under the tree including those for his sister Julie and parents. Wrapping littered the floor and it took over an hour to rewrap. Mrs. Bauer noted they warned Santa might skip if they all weren’t asleep.
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