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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1972
Page
1
NBC Today broadcast live a Peking dinner with President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai. Sportscasters described food, table settings, and conversations as the first TV allowed during a guest meal.
The Canton Repository plans editions Tuesday despite a strike by the Newspaper Guild. About 135 workers in editorial, classified, business office and maintenance walked out after rejecting the wage offer, canceling Sunday paper. Guild says it will try to avert publication but all craft unions honor picket lines.
Coal deliveries to thousands of cold British homes resumed after six weeks, but strict power cuts stayed in place. The government warned it may take a month to restore full electrical power, with Arthur Hawkins noting efforts to secure every available ton of coal from all sources.
San Francisco longshoremen returned to the docks ending the 185 day walkout, the longest and costliest waterfront strike in U.S. history. Mack Smith, a 27 year veteran longshoreman, declared the workers would go back to stay.
Considerable cloudiness and wind with a warmer day and a chance of showers. High near 40 with a low around 20s tonight and lingering showers possibly changing to snow flurries. Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the 30s. Births announced in Norwalk Wakeman Willard and Plymouth areas. Deaths listed for Milan and Willard residents.
President Nixon met Mao Tse-tung for a one hour discussion at Mao's home during a surprise Peking visit. Kissinger attended with Chou En-lai and Rogers while Ziegler offered few details. The talks followed earlier meetings at the Nixon guest house and Great Hall of the People amid a sparsely attended arrival.
Walter Winchell, famed columnist and radio commentator, died at 74 in Los Angeles after cancer. He had been hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center since November 19 and had retired from his daily column in 1969 following personal tragedy.
Detroit fire claims Cletus Sexton 34 and infant son Joseph. Mrs Sexton died in hospital after severe burns. Mr Sexton in critical condition with burns over 80 percent. Two other children hospitalized in serious condition. Joint funeral planned Tuesday at Secor Funeral Home Willard, burial Maple Grove Cemetery New Haven.
Norwalk Reflector publisher Dudley A. White announced James A. Londot will become business manager in early March. Londot brings radio management and marketing expertise from Ohio Radio and Cedar Point, and plans to oversee office procedures after learning the technical differences between newspapers and radio. He resides at 10 Garcia Dr with his wife and three daughters.
Rev Sixto Adorno known as JoJo, once head of 600 strong Coney Island Dragons, describes his past and how he turned to preaching Christ after heroin addiction. He plans to base his New York office in Norwalk and has four days of local appearances.
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