07 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1968
Page
1
New York faces a mounting health risk as garbage piles up six days into a strike by sanitation workers. 60000 tons remain uncollected, while union leader John J. DeLury is set to begin a 15 day jail term for willful contempt of a back to work order, promising no negotiations while jailed.
Norwalk officials acknowledge plans to study a municipal income tax to offset revenue losses after Norwalk Truck Lines relocation. City Council President Delbert Crawford and Finance Chair Allen Hakes outline steps including hiring a consultant to assess a 1 percent tax, with potential $300,000 annual revenue, open to public discussion.
A near disaster on Norwalk’s west side was averted when gasoline fumes ignited and gutted the Certified Gas Station and damaged a fuel truck. The 8,000 gallon truck held 1,000 gallons at the time. fire Chief Kenneth Link said empty tanks posed the real danger. The alarm came at 11 57 p m Tuesday. driver John Paul Jones escaped with singed hair as traffic backed up for over an hour on West Main Street.
A biology honors class led by Frank Webster conducted a two hour frog heart transplant at Brookhaven High. The procedure was deemed a success by the teachers and students, though the recipient died 22 minutes after surgery.
Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower aced the par three 13th at Seven Lakes Country Club in Palm Springs California on Tuesday. He celebrated the shot with his usual quiet joy and golf enthusiasm.
Five men file for two Republican nominations to the Huron County Board of Commissioners. Ray Feichtner of Willard joins others including Richard Garner and incumbents Arthur Herner and Donald Robertson. Democrats Maurice B. Smith Norwalk and Richard Pflieger Norwalk expect to file, while F. Robert Fowler Norwalk may also file. County treasurer candidate Douglas Colvin Norwalk, facing incumbent Harold Collier. Gerald W. Simon Norwalk plans to file for clerk of courts.
Cloudy and colder today with intermittent light snow developing forenoon and possible 1 to 3 inches by evening. Highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Tonight windy and colder with snow flurries and a low in the teens. Partial clearing Thursday with continued cold and a few morning flurries. Readings for Norwalk Tuesday ranged 21 to 45. Deaths listed include Ethel M White 73 Bellevue and Walter M Ellis 77 Willard.
U S Army Special Forces camp Lang Vei near Laos border is overrun after a Soviet T34 tank attack. About 9 tanks entered under cover of darkness. defenders including Green Berets and local fighters fought back with air and artillery support. Casualties unknown. coalition forces report the camp fully overrun after 17 hours.
Norwalk Charter Commission conducted a closed executive session Tuesday night in the city council chamber. Members described little to no newsworthy discussion and said future meetings would include speakers, with a March 1 evaluation planned. Next meeting time and place to be announced.
Kenneth Eugene Allen 21 is in Huron County jail on probation violation as Willard police probe his role in the use and supply of drugs to teenagers and young adults in the Willard area. Chief Jack Fryman says officers are questioning people and pursuing many leads.
A $480 000 bond proposal to expand and improve school buildings and sites in the Western Reserve District was filed with the Huron County Board of Elections on Tuesday. The measure asks 2.9 mills and will appear on the May primary and special elections ballot.
Huron County's first random inspection by the State Highway Patrol saw nine arrests and 57 warnings from a temporary Route 20 station between Norwalk and Morroeville. Two inspectors and a patrolman conducted an eight hour check stopping three of four cars at a time.
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