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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1978
Page
7
National Bowling Hall of Fame Week prompts bowlers to buy a $2 Charter Sponsor decal to support America’s great new Sports Shrine. The scorecard cites numerous bowlers with high series and individual games, listing scores from 200s to 9521 for Ruth Gurney and other names, reflecting a lively club meet and sponsorship drive.
The St. Pauls Booster Club meeting set for Wednesday evening is postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday March 1 at 8 30 PM in room 12 at the high school.
Radford of Indiana earned Big Ten player of the week after leading the Hoosiers to wins over Ohio State and Michigan. He scored 23 points in 20 minutes against Ohio State and a career high 30 points against Michigan, shooting 18 of 25 for the week. Other contenders included Lester, Johnson, Gregory, McGee and Thompson.
Spanish middleweight Juan Rubio, 23, lay in a coma in Francisco Franco Hospital after suffering serious brain damage when knocked out by Francisco Rodriguez in a Friday bout. Doctors said his coma deepened and vital functions were harder to maintain. Rubio collapsed after a seventh round knockdown and was stretchered from the ring.
In Chicago, the Bulls defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 106 to 95, snapping Cleveland's four game win streak. Cavs coach Bill Fitch urged three officials per game and five-player coaching challenges, citing officiating concerns as Elmore Smith and Foots Walker ran into early foul trouble. Gilmore led Chicago with 21 points, while Terry Furlow and Campy Russell starred for Cleveland. Walt Frazier was taken to hospital for X-rays after a calf injury.
The Marquette Warriors hold No 1 in the UPI coaches poll with 19 first place votes and a 20-2 record after wins over Wisconsin and Cincinnati. Kentucky stays No 2, UCLA climbs to No 3, with Arkansas at No 4 and New Mexico at No 5. DePaul rises to seventh, and the top 10 includes Kansas, North Carolina, Michigan State, and Florida State with several ties and notes on exact records through Feb 19.
Chester Sisson, 72, of Norwalk, was cited for failure to yield after a two car crash on Benedict Avenue near Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital. He turned left into a grocery lot and failed to see Randolph Biller, 29, driving northbound, amid a pickup turning into Fisher. Police also cited Patricia Sprowl for failure to yield after she misjudged a right turn onto Hester Street, causing a collision with Michelle Signs.
A Milan fire destroyed a modular home on Ohio 13 north early Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cockran escaped unharmed after their dog woke them as firefighters arrived at 6:13 a.m. The home owned by Al Wharf was a total loss. cause is undetermined.
Robert Crowder, 29, of Roanoke Virginia, indicted by a Huron County grand jury on robbery and grand theft for allegedly stealing a woman's purse at TJ's Bar in Norwalk earlier this month. Credit cards in the purse prompted the grand theft charge, per Assistant Prosecutor Reese Wineman. This was the sole indictment returned.
Ambulance units were dispatched Monday at 10 20 PM for Irah Robertson age 33 of 33 Welton Avenue who fell at home and was transported to Fisher Titus for treatment. The rest of the text appears to be an unrelated classified advertisement offering car sales.
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