03 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1968
Page
1
Mrs. Roger Chaffee, widow of the Apollo disaster victim, announced in Houston on Friday her plan to remarry. She will wed Bill Canfield, a Houston land developer she has known since last spring. She is 30 and has two children, Sheryl, nine, and Stephen, six.
Ohio Information Committee poll shows 91 percent oppose government funding of presidential and congressional campaigns and 93 percent oppose teacher strikes. About 6,000 Ohio business and civic leaders were contacted in the survey.
Princess Margaret shows good progress after Friday tonsil removal surgery. Lord Snowdon said she is not as well as can be expected but needs rest, noting the operation is somewhat serious for an adult. The princess is 37.
Paris police report 22 year old Michel de Genouil lac admitted to fatally beating Princess Aniette de Rohan during a quarrel. He then soaked the body in gasoline and set the apartment ablaze to conceal the crime. The princess, 37, was found charred in her upscale Paris residence.
C Eugene Jones of Spector's Junior Department Store in Norwalk said a woman's coat valued at $45 was taken Friday night by two women. One entered from the front, the other from the back. the first was 5 foot 6, mid thirties with stringy grey hair, the second 5 foot 4, younger, good looking with dark medium length hair and a yellow and grey jacket.
The Highway Patrol reports three area accidents on Friday. Norwalk residents Henrietta Noon and Roseanna Frederick were treated for injuries at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital after a State Route 61 crash involving a semi truck driven by Robert Peters of Erie Michigan. Peters was uninjured and cited for speeding.
Dozens of incidents reported at Norwalk police station include five accidents and two hit sks on Friday. A car spun on East Main Street striking road signs near Routes 18 and 20. On North Prospect Street two cars collided injuring drivers Kyle Jameson and Gloria Houghtsen. Willard high school students died in a head on crash with a Republic School District bus on Route 224 near Attica. Four Willard seniors died: James Robinson, Jerry Layne, Arthur Watts, Stephen Elmlinger. Survivors include Julian Bordner and Eldon Sealey hospitalized. Funeral arrangements announced for Robinson and Elmlinger. other details list obituaries and subsequent services.
United Press International reports Nixon in New Hampshire Romney in Wisconsin and McCarthy opening Oregon campaign swings as candidates push for early primary momentum. Separately Seoul says U.S. and North Korea will meet soon at Panmunjom to discuss freeing the Pueblo and its 83 crewmen after last week’s seizure.
Gov. George Romney cruised through Wisconsin lambasting the South Vietnamese for not taking a larger part in the war effort. At Ripon College he urged more responsibility and carried the message to other Friday stops as Wisconsin prepared for the April 2 Republican primary seeking 30 delegate votes.
Ten cars of the Santa Fe westbound Super Chief El Capitan derailed near Kansas City injuring about 40 people. Rescuers searched derailed cars as ambulances rushed to area hospitals. The engineer A D Mount of Emporia said emergency braking activated suddenly at 50 to 55 mph.
Variable cloudiness and wind with scattered snow flurries today high in the 30s. Clear and colder tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Norwalk Friday temperatures 27 to 40 with dawn humidity around 74 percent. Birth announcements list a boy for Gerald Palm and a boy for Richard Heimbaugh. Death notices: Dennis David Cherry, infant son of Earl W. and spouse, New London.
UPI reports Marines and Vietnamese forces fight Viet Cong holdouts in Hue amid rain and mortar fire. Marines press from house to house along the Perfume River as Citadel buildings suffer damage and casualties are described as light.
A strong earthquake struck southern Mexico causing widespread power outages in Mexico City and rattling luxury hotels in Acapulco. Health officials reported no immediate injuries as tremors lasted two to three minutes with a brief sharp jolt felt in the resort area 250 miles away.
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