27 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1976
Page
1
EHOVE Milan-EHOVE Joint Vocational School will host an open house at its Mason Road facility Sunday from 2 30 to 4 p.m. Parents and prospective students can tour labs and speak with instructors about vocational programs. Guidance counselors from 13 area schools will be on hand to discuss enrollment.
Snowmobile races are set for Sunday at Recreation Park. Practice runs run 9 a.m. to noon, with races starting shortly after noon. Spectators pay $1.50 for adults and $1 for students, while entry fees are $5 for stock and super stock drivers and $10 for super modified.
The week’s winning numbers include three-digit 644 and four-digit 5453, with five-digit 78886 and six-digit 983381. Spirit of 76 results list two-digit 42 43 31 27 and four-digit 9000 five-digit 30724 six-digit 657951.
Weather shows considerable cloudiness and mild pace with lows 30 to 35 tonight and highs upper 40s to low 50s Saturday. Precipitation chance 20 percent. Winds SW 10 to 15 mph. Also a marriage license application for Michael R. Wassie and Beverly J. Potts and a birth notice for Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Orshoski reporting a girl.
Norwalk residents weigh in on whether Dorothy Delianides was right to reveal board views on Dr. Albion V. Gotaas contract. Readers offer support for transparency and criticism of closed meetings. Public turnout urged with phone lines for votes by midnight.
Nixon era testimony of Raymond Britt recounts a 1957 Alabama River bridge incident where Willie Edwards Jr. leaped to escape a Ku Klux Klan threat. Britt's testimony prompted a grand jury action against three Montgomery men for murder as prosecutors plan to present the case. Britt testified he witnessed the event nineteen years ago and now seeks justice.
The Ohio Senate blocked Gov. Rhodes appointee Charles Lopeman as chairman of the Board of Tax Appeals on a party line vote 20 to 11. Democrats accused Republicans of illegal tactics while Republicans called Lopeman a sacrifice for enforcing the governor's real estate tax freeze. Rhodes said Lopeman acted to ease taxpayer burdens and that the vote reflected a political clash over tax policy.
UC athletes and campus groups stage a 60 second mattress stackoff aiming to break a 46 person record. Sigma Alpha Epsilon members and a university band vie for top on a single mattress amid safety tweaks and talk of a possible intercollegiate sport.
Former President Richard Nixon and wife Pat attended a gymnastic and ballet program in Kweilin, China, the final stop on his three city visit. Nixon, aided by a medical corpsman, showed fatigue and a swollen left leg requiring periodic rest during the event and sightseeing.
United Press International reports eight former Republican national chairs endorsed Ford for the nomination. Democrats criticized Carter over his mortgage interest tax deduction proposal after New Hampshire’s primary. Henry Jackson and Morris Udall attacked Carter’s plans, while Reagan campaigned in Florida for the March 9 primary.
The Walt Disney film Escape To Witch Mountain will be shown at 8 tonight at the Towne and Country Regional Art Center.
State arson investigator Bud Bratton calls the four church fires in Norwalk deliberate. He notes difficulty proving crimes to a jury and doubts a single pattern exists, while urging more help for overworked investigators in North Central Ohio.
Deputy and sheriff Bratton turned state fire investigator in 1975 and discussed four Fitchville arsons with police. He noted the difficulty of proving arson in court and recalled a 1976 Findlay case where a suspected arsonist was caught staking out. He cited NFPA figures on arson prosecutions and broader crime trends.
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