Norwalk’s notable 1970 events cited by officials
City officials recall 1970 as a year of major events from Bill Mount’s death and flood cleanup to a vote to retain the power plant, a rise in drug arrests, a plastics fire with 280 hours spent and 220000 dollars in damages, and the Kroger car fire that claimed a firefighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Mount
Jane Schauss
Norwalk
L.C. Hilson
Lawrence Hilson
Precision Plastics
Kroger
Kenneth Link
Ed Haas
Norwalk Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries and Births
Considerable cloudiness and cold with a chance of snow today and tonight. Highs in the upper 20s, lows in the mid 20s. Friday brings more clouds and a chance of snow flurries with highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Birth notices list a Norwalk boy and two Norwalk girls. Deaths include Mantz, Leonard, Riegel, Nickols, Esker, Culler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Hubert S. Mantz
State St
Thomas E. Leonard
Berlin Heights
Emma M. Riegel
Collins
Albert P. Nickols
Greenwich
Clarence H. Esker
Woodlawn Ave
Myrtle L. Culler
New London
U.S. Begins Year By Juggling Paychecks
On New Year’s Day the government starts a pay cycle shift as Social Security taxes rise while income tax withholding falls. The break-even point is $150 weekly, with automatic 0.4 point tax-rate increase on all wages. Singles gain under Tax Reform Act 1969 with lower relative tax burden and higher standard deduction rising to 13 percent up to $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
Coal Mine Blast Kills 38 Miners in Kentucky
An underground explosion in a Finley Coal Co mine near Hyden Kentucky killed 38 men at 1,600 feet depth. Rescue teams pulled 36 bodies by 8 am, as officials cited possible faulty dynamite or electrical failure and noted the mine had been closed for safety violations a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyden
UPI
Finley Coal Co
Kentucky
Dwayne Miller
Conny Couches
Alonzo
Louie B. Nunn
Paul
Internal Revenue Service
Powell
Rendleman
Gray Fox
Vienna
Michael J. Howell
Jesus
Appeals court commutes two Leningrad Jews to 15 years
In Moscow the Supreme Court commuted death sentences for two Leningrad Jews convicted of plotting to hijack a Soviet plane. Relatives and press outside cheered as the men faced a 15 year term instead of execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Leningrad
Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Also Mentioned on This Page
News Beat
Safety and Service
Mayor’s Office
Police Department
Fire Department
Urological Instrument Co
James Ferris
Income Tax Department
Charles Woodward
Charles Hipp
State Highway Patrol
Jack Walsh
Huron County
Hilson
Linn
Walsh
Amos Albright
David Glover
William McMahan, Jr
U.S
Illinois
Laura Michelle Stewart
Reflector
Fred Stewart
Defense Department
Southeast Asia
Aviation Electrician
Johnny Ratliff
Anna Clifton
Sabina
Ohio
William E. McLean
Jacksonville
Tony Fuller
Springfield
Ill
Paul Powell
Mayo Clinic
Richard Ogilvie
St. Nicholas Hotel
John S. Rendleman
Southern Illinois University At
Edwardsville
Capitol
Margaret Hensey
Rochester
Minn
Illinois National Bank
John Rendleman
Mansfield, Ohio
Newville
Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
U. S. Command
Nixon
Reflector Women’s
Virginia Patton
Ist
Green Davenport
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