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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1970
Page
1
Authorities suspect Martin Berns 21 shot psychiatrist Dr. Irving Rosen at Suburban Community Hospital then died in a blast at the Shaker Heights police station. Rosen had treated Berns, a mental patient, and the events occurred Monday.
San Bernardino California judge Theodore G Krumm defends ruling that heroin found in a nine month old girl's diapers without consent was inadmissible. He condemns pranks and letters as slanderous and upholds the Constitution.
In Los Angeles a court approved dissolution of Jimmy Rodgers and Alya Colleen Rodgers after 13 years of marriage. Alya receives $2000 per month alimony, half interest in music publishing ventures, the family home valued at $175,000, and $400 monthly for two children, Michelle and Michael.
Rocket expert Dr. Wernher von Braun shaved his vacation beard to appear more scientific. Friends urged more drastic props like a pipe and dirty jeans, but he kept only the mustache.
Weather overview shows cloudy conditions with little temperature change. Highs near 40 and lows around 30 with a 10 to 30 percent chance of precipitation through Saturday. Southerly winds remain light as sunrise and moon phases are noted for Norwalk. BIRTHS Hippler and Silcox announce two newborns in Berlin Heights and Norwalk. DEATHS Harold E Johnson Norman H Bittikofer Norman H Stein listed in Willard and Tiffin.
UPI reports the National Communicable Disease Center adds Maryland Mississippi Ohio and Oregon to flu outbreaks bringing the total to 13 states. Most activity centers along the East Coast Southeast with Baltimore noted as an exception among big cities.
A brown and white basset hound wandered into a fire station on Whittlesey Avenue seeking pats. Firefighters escorted the dog to the police station where officers traced the owner to Mrs. Robert Ryan of 64 State Street. The dog was reportedly sold out of town and a search for the buyer continues. The dog was a year old last November.
Five major farm organizations denounced the Nixon Administration farm bill as inadequate and political, pledging to oppose the measure and back a farm bloc alternative. They warned the policy would empower Secretary Hardin and likely trim farm income by lowering price supports.
In Norwalk the Huron County Banking Co main office alarm shorted out and brought authorities on the run. Two police cars and four sheriff's deputies responded as bank employees learned of the alarm after it rang.
Harold Risner 18 of Shelby had bond set at 10 000 cash or 20 000 property after entering a not guilty plea in Common Pleas Court to armed robbery at Willard City Loan Co January 12. The gunman demanded cash, manager said several hundred dollars was taken, and a false alarm led police to respond.
Philip B. Hall, 23, of New London, was arrested by the Ohio State Patrol on two traffic counts and jailed in Huron County. Deputies then charged him with breaking into the Norwalk VFW hall on October 19, 1968, and he was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing in Common Pleas Court. The patrol alleged driving left of center and fictitious vehicle registration.
In Akron Ohio six children aged 3 to 13 died in a house fire believed caused by ignition of paint thinner used to strip furniture finish. Parents Paul and Mrs Griffiths were hospitalized as investigators assess the blaze that caused eight thousand five hundred dollars in damage.
A fire at a neighbor’s house killed a daughter aged 10 while Griffith and his wife Sally escaped by breaking windows. The Akron Fire Department said the blaze began near a living room television and spread upstairs as children slept on the second floor. Mrs. Griffith jumped from a second floor window and the father leaped from a first floor window shouting for help.
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