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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
2
In Mexico City a tank truck carrying aviation gasoline exploded near a school as it emptied. At least eight people were killed and about 70 burned, many critically, with mainly children among the victims. A pregnant woman died in a nearby house.
In Chicago a hero named James Walker 27 was shot while pursuing gunmen who had robbed Albert Anderson 51. Walker and suspect Carl Finkley 27 were treated at Cook County Hospital after an emergency operation. An officer said Walker aimed at two fleeing suspects, one of whom was shot. the other officers fired in self defense. A second incident mentions a separate driving accident and a court waiver.
Mark Persons a 19 year old from Santa Ana California registered for the draft last year and now in a wheelchair faced a physical exam after his 1 A classification. His father drove him to the induction center and Army personnel sent him home.
FBI officials traced the package that killed Samuel Hammons, a 42 year old NASA Lewis Space Flight Center physicist, to a man in Salt Lake City who used a fictitious name. The parcel, mailed February 19 from Salt Lake City, was opened at Hammons home in Cleveland. No motive yet established.
Local social event Quickies K of C Wednesday Night Social Party will be discontinued during the Lenten Season.
Hospitals Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital admissions include Richard Pflieger Toinette Jacobs Clayton Lehnert John Grell Edward Powers Nellie Widmaier Mary Brooker Baby Kerr Bright Edwin Burley Iver Solomon and others. Discharges include Clyde May Barbara Maer kisch and Joseph Hipp.
Funeral services for Loyd A Burkett 75 of Collins will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Myers Funeral Home Greenwich with Rev Myron Ramsey officiating Burial will be in Greenwich Greenlawn Cemetery Friends may call today at the funeral home Elizabeth Bardis 49 New London died Monday at Tiffin State Hospital after a lengthy illness She was born in Cleveland a New London area resident since 1940 member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Survivors include son John three sisters and a brother Funeral services will be at 10 a m Thursday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church with Msgr Raymond Gorman officiating Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery Friends may call tonight and Wednesday at Eastman Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited at 7 p m In Cleveland UPI livestock prices follow.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Pills as a laxative to activate slowed down lower tract muscles and relieve irregularity. It claims quick relief, urging sluggish readers to try the product at 49 cents and join millions of satisfied users.
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