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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1978
Page
1
Anti-government demonstrators and National Guardsmen fought for five hours in eastern Nicaragua amid ongoing protests after the Jan. 10 assassination of opposition publisher Joaquin Chamorro. Witnesses reported at least eight deaths as the crackdown continued.
Mayor Dennis J. Kucinich accuses the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co of seizing assets through U.S. marshals to speed a $20 million debt payment the city owes. He says CEI aims to take control of the Cleveland Municipal Light Plant to monopolize electrical service in Greater Cleveland.
In Guernsey County two workers were involved as one man died and another was injured when a welder's torch sparked an explosion at the Dover Oil Co. facility in Claysville. The building was destroyed and the victim's identity remained withheld pending next of kin notification.
Florence police estimate 25 to 50 people were hurt when an Auto-Train derailed inside the city, sending the locomotive and about a dozen cars off the tracks. Most injuries were non life threatening and victims were taken to McLeod and Florence General Hospital for treatment.
A Cleveland judge ruled prosecutors and witnesses may use the phrases cosa nostra and mafia in the trial of six alleged underworld figures charged with the October murder of Daniel J. Danny Greene, a former waterfront boss, in Lyndhurst.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows in the upper teens to lower 20s, highs in the lower 30s, NW winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday temperatures 30 to 7, year-ago 55 to 35. Births: Oscar and Ruth Villalon, Bellevue, a girl. Death: Adele C Niederwimmer, 82, Norwalk.
The winter of 1978 sets new snow depth and freezing records across Chicago Minneapolis Des Moines Indianapolis Evansville and Illinois with 77.5 inches in Chicago and 82 days of freezing in parts of the Midwest. Illinois sees bus accidents amid heavy snow while road crews rely on slag salt blends as salt shortages strain Chicago County crews.
Japanese fishermen armed with clubs and machine guns slaughter about 1000 dolphins blamed for eating smaller catch. The operation, authorized by Nagasaki officials, used guns borrowed from the Self Defense Force, with bodies dumped at sea. Dolphins ranged 12 to 15 feet, weighing over 1000 pounds. The event follows a drop in local fish catches and precedes a planned dolphin export to the Netherlands.
Mamie Eisenhower seeks to join 300 women at the Army Distaff House in Gettysburg but must wait for an available vacancy. Retired Col. Edward Shirley says there is no way to know when a unit opens and she will not be bumped ahead on the waiting list. The 81-year-old widow agreed to wait for a one bedroom apartment after applying in April 1977.
Ohio Governor Rhodes invites state mine operators and United Mine Workers to meet in Columbus to push a district level settlement as the 81 day coal strike strains supplies and sparks layoffs. UMW District 6 chief Guzek supports Rhodes move while Carter faces pressure to intervene.
Barbra Streisand claimed her fifth and sixth Grammy awards, Debby Boone was named best new voice, and Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles were major winners. The awards featured a historic tie for song of the year between Evergreen and You Light Up My Life.
A House Ways and Means subcommittee voted to postpone another Social Security tax increase slated for 1979 as part of budget actions. The panel also rejected a $30 billion cut proposal for 1979, leaving the 1981 increases in sight. The current law raises the payroll tax to 6.13 percent and lifts the wage base to $22,900 in 1979.
President adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski charged that a Soviet general commands Somali forces in the Ogaden conflict with Ethiopia. He said Cuban troops aiding Somalia have increased to about 10,000 to 11,000 fighters.
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