20 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1968
Page
1
Daryl Raymond Knudson, 12, slept on a sofa when a car broke through a wall early Monday and rested on him. Rescuers freed him after two hours. he escaped with minor injuries. The driver fled the scene.
South Korea plans to mobilize about one million of its 2.5 million army reservists by year end to deter Communist infiltration, after meetings sparked by the January 21 Seoul raid on President Park Chung Hee.
Huron County Treasurer Harold B. Collier noted rising real estate taxes as the first half of 1967 tax collection closed. Total receipts reached $2,380,126, surpassing the prior year by over $200,000, with advance payments of $87,276 and special assessments of $39,937. Unpaid taxes stood at $121,736, reflecting current delinquencies toward foreclosure.
Fostoria resident M Marie Baker 42 a Ford plant employee and UAW leader files as a Democrat to oppose Republican incumbent Jackson E Betts in the 8th district after redistricting shifts Huron County to the seat. Baker vows an active campaign while Betts prize long service in Hancock County and Ohio politics.
Occasional light snow 1 2 inches in the north mixed with light freezing rain to the south today. Temperatures fall to the teems and 20s with a high in the teens. Tonight colder partly cloudy and 5 to 10 above. Wednesday mostly cloudy and colder. Births list includes multiple families in Norwalk Greenwich Willard Elyria and twins. Deaths reported Irene Baird Lida Shafer William Avers. Marriage licenses issued for Sidney Boyd Myrtle Havey and Timothy Dorf Sandra Carmean.
Hue mayor Lt Col Phan Dang Khoa told U S officials that Viet Cong prisoners captured during the siege would be publicly executed by firing squads with support from top American advisers. Heavy fighting continued around Saigon as Rangers and supporting forces battled Viet Cong entrenched near cemeteries and key routes into the city.
News summary from Novy Mir cites Kontorovich showing half of Soviet university graduates work outside their specialties and factory lab research at 2 percent, with high schools pushing college prep while universities admit only a quarter of graduates. Also notes American industrial output versus Soviet engineer surplus and a separate traffic accident near Monroeville.
Norwalk police investigate theft of 1200 to 1300 dollars from a safe at East End Certified Service Station. Robert E. Sanders of Huron reported the loss at 4 46 p m Monday after discovering the key missing Sunday night. A company representative arrived with a key and found the cash missing. Two men were asked to take lie detector tests and were released.
Louis LaBonte, in 30 years in show business, manages Norwalk Theater and plans redecorating and restoring old paintings. He notes a cinema renaissance with 396 new theaters last year and revenue gains, while predicting fewer payrolls and more part time roles postwar. He cites Valley Of The Dolls as a revenue record and criticizes TV as harming film profits.
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