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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1973
Page
1
Economist Walter W. Heller told a Senate committee that a federal tax increase would be preferable to the social spending slashes proposed by President Nixon. The remarks come amid debates on fiscal policy.
The Fed raises its discount rate from 5 to 5 percent marking the second increase in five weeks and aims to curb inflation. Chairman Arthur Burns urged banks to resist profiting from the rise. In a separate note, the Army dropped court martial charges against POW Spec. 4 Keith A. Albert, citing his time as a prisoner of war and no further punishment planned.
In San Francisco Charles Malone, 46, a pest exterminator and head of the United Irish Defense Committee, was sentenced by Federal Judge Samuel Conti to two years probation and a $1000 fine for gun running. The judge also required Malone to stay out of Irish pubs. Malone was the first Irish Republican gun runner convicted in the United States since World War I.
A Chicago bank messenger phoned CTA to report losing 375000 in negotiable stocks and bonds on a CTA bus. The envelope was found intact within an hour by R A Williams, a CTA supervisor, on the second bus checked. The bank plans to award 2500 to the finder.
Senate Republican leader Ted Gray and Democrat Marigene Valiquette visited the Women's Reformatory in Marysville to assess a work stoppage. Inmates pressed for priority changes including improved job training, hospital administration, better medical exams, sickle cell testing, more nurse support, and expanded work furloughs.
Partly cloudy today with a 30 percent chance of snow flurries, highs around 30, tonight and Sunday cloudy with higher chances of light snow. Norwalk records high 32 and low 16, humidity fluctuating through the day. Marriage license applications list six couples from Norwalk, North Fairfield, Wakeman, and Berlin Heights. Births note three newborns at F-T Hospital. deaths report two Monroeville residents.
Cmdr Ben Cloud a part Indian part black executive officer on the carrier Kitty Hawk testified at a court martial he offered to take a beating by 150 black crewmen to quell rioting. The related civil liberties union suit seeks impartial probes and polygraph tests in the Kitty Hawk cases.
President Nixon criticized welfare programs as bloated and wasteful, claiming too much money funded poverty workers while the needy remained under served. He vowed reform and warned against spending to ruin the economy, noting progress in Social Security and cancer control.
Two Huron County officials Judge Robert J. Vetter and Judge Russell T. Antrim will close offices on Saturdays starting March 3 after a county bar association recommendation. Other offices may follow the majority, while some like Judge Wiedemann plan to stay open.
Arnie Missler of Norwalk said a 20 second California quake rattled his downtown Los Angeles hotel room during a National Bicycle Dealers Association convention. He described a swaying motion eight inches side to side and noted chandeliers swung hours later while he and his wife planned exits.
UPI reports Laos cease fire with a 50 percent drop in Communist violations across two days. Government spokesmen note reduced fighting on the Bolovens Plateau after warplanes resumed bombing strikes.
Norwalk hosts three groups this weekend with theater and youth events. Shoestring Players perform Night Must Fall 8:15 p.m. today and Sunday at Milan Town Hall. Father-Daughter Square Dance 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Norwalk Junior High. Cub Scout Pack 234 Blue and Gold Banquet 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Norwalk Armory.
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