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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1972
Page
1
City officials announced a new Harris Avenue well to yield 360000 gallons per day or 250 gallons per minute year round. Layne Ohio Co. will drill at a cost of 10945 dollars, with water piped to reservoirs but not during high levels. Emergency legislation to authorize drilling goes to council tonight.
Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts batted through heavy snow and 40 mph winds on a Window Rock to Albuquerque drive. State police closed highways after his safe arrival, marking a tense five hour ordeal amid winter storms.
Weather advisory warns of 1 to 3 inches of snow with possible rain mixed in southern areas. Lake-adjacent spots may see more. Highs in low to mid 30s, tonight colder with flurries. Norwalk report shows 44/26. precipitation 0.2. Births list and multiple deaths noted across locals.
Andy Horujko, 49, an Alaska hermit, ends a 12000 mile trek from Anchorage to Ushuaia to protest pollution. He walked in homemade kangaroo boots, faced a Chilean desert bat, and was greeted by the Tierra del Fuego mayor before TV and a meeting with the governor. He began the journey in 1970 after years of planning.
HEW reports half a billion dollars misspent yearly in a $9.6 billion welfare system across 1,152 offices. Affected states include cases of mismanaged forms and excessive inquiries, with 29 percent of families either ineligible or over/underpaid. Nathan urges Congress to back Nixon plan for centralized computerized eligibility and fraud control.
Stephen E. Renneckar of Norwalk, who lost both legs in a 1967 Florida sailing accident, has been named corporate counsel for Estes Corporation in Tucson Arizona. He moved to Arizona after earning a JD from Ohio State and passing the Ohio Bar, later becoming assistant financial officer and then full counsel for the multi million dollar residential builder.
Sen Edmund S Muskie taped a 10 minute national TV announcement from a Maine cottage to seek the 1972 Democratic nomination. The CBS program cost 30000 dollars and followed Muskie arranging meetings with reporters before returning to Washington with his wife and three children.
Washington sources say the U S government weighs cutting up to 11 million dollars from the 37 million dollar sky marshal program for the next fiscal year. Since 1970 about 1500 marshals have been trained. No hijack has been thwarted by marshals onboard an airliner but they will be reassigned rather than laid off.
UPI reports that U S passenger car production by GM Ford and Chrysler rose 2 253 540 units in 1971 to 8 723 126 from 6 469 586 in 1970. GM led with 5 259 197 cars in 1971 up from 3 201 924, and December 1971 output reached 363 283, up 36 040 from 327 243 in December 1970.
Three boys aged 12 to 15 admitted starting a rubber fire at Durable Mat Co after allegedly stealing flares from a Norfolk and Western Railway building on North Pleasant Street. They were charged with delinquency by theft and causing damage. A fourth boy faces a hearing next week.
A 10 day old rubber blaze at Durable Mat Co is to be drenched and buried in holes Wednesday. Service Director Herbert Krogh announced the method, supported by Fire Chief Kenneth Link, to conserve water. Bat the city will supply one fireman and a pumper while Durable Mat covers expenses.
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