27 Dec 1976
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1976
Page
1
Time magazine selects Jimmy Carter as Man of the Year 1976 citing his impressive rise to power and the new phase he marks in American life. The announcement calls Carter a natural choice amid high expectations for his presidency.
Northeast Ohio General Hospital ran smoothly on Christmas Day after using distilled water as ice clogged Lake Erie intake pumps. Water pressure dropped to a trickle for about 1,600 residents. service was restored seven hours later as valves froze in 20 feet of water off Green Rd. lakefront plant. Gary Gilmore's bleak Christmas weekend included courtroom visits from attorneys and hundreds of cards while in solitary confinement before his scheduled Jan. 17 firing squad.
A travelers advisory is issued for tonight as snow accumulates 2 to 3 inches by evening and may continue. Snow flurries likely Tuesday with highs near 25 today and Thursday. Tonight winds shift from southwest to east and north. Several births, marriages, and deaths appear in notices including a marriage license for David L Katterhenrich and Marcella J Lockhart and obituaries for Marilla Plietz, Richard J Ward, and Arthur J Lombardi.
A town poll asked if the sheriff should boost rural night crime patrols. Of 201 votes, 92.7 percent favored more patrols, 7.3 percent opposed, with callers citing election promises and past debates. Voters urged timely action and noted past proposals by McKinley.
A five car Amtrak Broadway Limited derailed near Downingtown Pa injuring at least 36 passengers. Four cars left tracks after departing Philadelphia en route to Chicago causing power outages. Most patients released after treatment with several still hospitalized in Chester County and Coatesville.
President elect Jimmy Carter calls his Cabinet and top advisers to St Simons Island, Georgia, for a three day conference amid reports of a $15 billion tax cut. Budget director designate Thomas Lance notes the figure but cautions on Ford’s budget. Mondale joins sessions. Carter hosts a welcome dinner as talks focus on economics, foreign policy and domestic plans.
Strong winds kept millions of gallons of heavy fuel oil from the sunken Argo Merchant away from shore near Nantucket. Northwest winds halted the threat as oil drifted two miles closer earlier, with 7.6 million gallons spilled after grounding and eventual breakup. A $60 million suit names Captain George Papadopoulos and Thebes Shipping Inc.
In Carrel Day's third grade class in Granby Missouri a battered orange bathtub with iron claw feet sits in a corner. Students earn turns in the tub by completing work and read along with tape recordings using headphones. Day says the setup boosts reading skills and makes learning enjoyable. The tub was initially a joke about teaching cleanliness.
Commonwealth Edison says it has been bilked out of as much as 5 million dollars through a meter rigging scheme. Police have checked thousands of meters since June, with thousands found tampered, most losses arising from commercial users in the Chicago area and surrounding Illinois.
Ohio University Student Body President Monroe Slavin announced a statewide lobbying push to secure additional state aid for colleges. He said the 12 state universities will pressure legislators on tuition freezes and the Ohio Board of Regents 1.4 billion dollar request for 1977 79. Slavin noted 83 percent across the board cuts have driven up tuition and fees and urged support for the Rhodes budget plan beginning July 1 1977.
In Overland Park Kansas a Christmas Eve car crash left Stephanie Shoemaker and her 3 year old daughter Natalie with only minor injuries after their car was struck by a faster vehicle. The grandmother called the incident the miracle on 89th street as the family survived with scratches and bruising.
Thirteen year old Alvin Dye awoke to flames and alerted his mother and a neighbor. Firefighters reported three men escaped a second floor apartment above a nearby grocery store after burglars started the fire causing about nine thousand dollars in damage.
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