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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1972
Page
1
UPI reports comedian Phyllis Diller, age 54, invested $4,000 in cosmetic surgery after seeing herself on television. The procedures included a face lift, nose job, teeth realignment, and eyelid, chin, neck tightening to preserve her onstage persona.
Doctors warn increasing iron in white bread risks harming men while aiding anemia in women. A Santa Clara physician argues extending life expectancy for men may be jeopardized by the policy. In Rockford, police recover the decomposed body of 6 month old Peter Bross found in a steamer trunk, tied to a prayer-based死 revival belief propagated by David Leroy Bross.
A helicopter leased to a Canton radio station for traffic reports crashed in a Stark County field injuring both the pilot Roy Goosman and WOIO newsman Rick Babb. The craft was demolished and both men suffered only minor cuts and bruises. They received treatment at Timkin Mercy Hospital. Cause of the crash was not immediately known.
President Nixon prohibited shooting poisoning or trapping eagles hawks coyotes falcons and other predators on federal lands to protect wildlife and ecosystems.
Mostly sunny this morning with clouds this afternoon and cold today. Highs 12 to 18. Chance of light snow tonight and Wednesday. lows tonight zero to 5 above. Highs Wednesday 15 to 20. Precipitation probability 20 percent today and 30 percent tonight and Wednesday. Norwalk temperatures highs 15 lows 8 below. Moon and sun data included. Marriage license filings list several couples from New Haven Norwalk Bellevue and rural areas. Births report a daughter to Mr and Mrs Charles Cleavenger Berlin Heights. Deaths note infant Mary Ann Gravenhorst and adults Oma Campbell Arthur Sarles.
Senator William Proxmire refused to explain weekend injuries as he returned to work at the Capitol with two shinered eyes. He wore dark glasses during a Joint Economic Committee session and on the Senate floor, offering only a terse no comment to questions about the incident. Aides said no one could determine what happened.
President Nixon will be accompanied to China by Walter Cronkite John Chancellor Harry Reasoner and William F Buckley among 87 reporters and technicians chosen from over 2000 applicants The group includes 6 wire reporters 21 newspapers 3 columnists 12 TV network commentators and 8 still photographers with 3 women in the contingent.
Darrell D. Gray, 17, of rural Wakeman, sustained cuts and bruises after stepping in front of a moving school bus in Western Reserve High School lot. He was treated at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital and released. No injuries reported in a second Erie County bus incident on Kelley Road.
Mrs. Robert Cousino and Mrs. John Sheetz are circulating petitions to protest the one to seven year sentence given to local bookseller Robert Summerlin for selling an obscene book. They report 100 plus petitions sent, with three or four already returning 66 signatures each, and urge adults to sign once only. Summerlin remains free on bond pending appeal in U.S. District Court. conviction dated 1970.
Norwalk city budgets near completion with potential wage increases for certain workers. Mayor Wayne Goodsite says raises will be based on job descriptions and salary ranges from Haskins & Sells, not a uniform across the board raise. Service Director Herbert Krogh notes no salary cuts and individual evaluations. Permanent appropriation ordinance due by March end, with March 7 council meeting possible for consideration.
Local Salvation Army unit appeals for used clothing donations to aid cold weather and disaster victims. Lt. Gerald Hitzka says families in need, including a burned family, will receive held items if donated at the store on 100 Whittlesey Ave between 9 and 12:30 each morning.
Norwalk Mayor Wayne Goodsite and township trustees plan letters to the Ohio Department of Health objecting to a liquid waste incinerator a mile south of the city. Huron County Commissioners will question site suitability and potential noise. The project near Christie Lane and Shady Lane Home faces opposition from local officials who cite proximity to schools and a hospital.
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