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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
1
The 250000 member United Auto Workers of Ohio endorses Senator Edmund S Muskie of Maine as the strongest candidate. William Casstevens cites Muskie's leadership to unite the country in coming months.
An Iberian Airlines Caravelle with 98 aboard crashed into Mount Atalayasa, 1515 feet high, while attempting to land at Ibiza in rainy conditions. Initial reports offered no casualty details, with some foreign tourists on board and uncertainty about American presence. The Valencia to Ibiza flight was disrupted amid bad weather over the Balearic island.
A black couple aboard a jet hijacked the plane over California and forced a Havana destination after a refueling stop in Tampa. Passengers in Los Angeles freed reports mention a shotgun in a portable baby bed wielded by the man, while the woman carried a pistol. details about an infant present vary.
British troops in Belfast shot an ambushing sniper and seized eight men during a raid on what security forces called an IRA recruiting center in the Roman Catholic Andersonstown district. The soldiers shot the sniper who opened fire as they moved to secure the area.
President Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato signaled a concluding summit in San Clemente. They discussed gifts, yen for American goods, a hotline, a Peking policy, and Okinawa as outcomes while preparing for Nixon's trips to Peking and Moscow.
Variable cloudiness and wind with a high in the low to mid thirties. Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the upper teens to lower twenties. Saturday looks fair with a high in the thirties and a 20 percent chance of precipitation today tonight and Saturday. Southwest to west winds 15 to 30 mph today, then NW 10 to 15 mph tonight. Sunrise 7 54 a m Sunset 5 12 p m Moonset 11 21 a m. Marriage license filed Theodore G S Whitney Norwalk and Patricia L Fordham Norwalk. Births a Collins girl to Mr and Mrs William Renftle. Deaths Catharine B Simmons 78 Cleveland Clayton Brod 65 Berlin Heights Clayton D Ellett 88 Hudson.
A 1905 built cottage at Gallipolis State Mental Hospital burned early today. One patient is presumed dead. 26 residents were inside, 25 escaped. An attendant was on duty as firefighters fought the blaze, which spread rapidly despite functioning alarms and protective wiring. The cottage housed patients who worked at the dairy farm. The hospital complex covers about 10 to 12 acres in Gallipolis, Ohio.
Anonymous letters to media claim hazardous devices planted in safety deposit vaults at nine banks in New York Chicago and San Francisco. A device at Marine Midland Bank New York used an electric clock and smokeless powder. another at First National Bank Chicago was removed by police. A second New York bank Manufacturers Hanover Trust reported a device. FBI and hazardous device squads assisted in all three cities.
Ethel G. Swanbeck announces plans to seek a tenth two year term in the Ohio House, running in the newly created 72nd district including parts of Huron Lorain and Erie Counties. She notes seniority on finance and education committees and leads the welfare subcommittee.
The Norwalk Planning and Zoning Commission will review a tabled request from Eugene Widman to rezone land on Whittlesey Avenue to expand a mobile home park. Also up for consideration are John Roth’s rezoning for a furniture refinishing shop, Firelands Development Co.’s 10 lot Gibbs Road subdivision, and a carport addition for Herman and Mrs. Hay at 161 Main Street.
Huron County real estate bills for the first half of 1971 mail Monday with payments due January 31. Total taxes due across 26 districts reach 8,256,342, up from 3,069,599 last year, while delinquencies total 129,115 and a 70,600 balance remains for Penn Central.
City officials expect the rear rubber fire at the Durable Mat Co to be extinguished by Saturday after progress in quelling it over the past two days. Mayor Wayne Goodsite and Service Director Herbert Krogh said the burning material is torn apart and drenched with water, started Dec 26 by juveniles using stolen railroad flares.
Huron County incumbent engineer Urban C Livengood and coroner Dr. William B Holman both Republican filed petitions with the Board of Elections on Wednesday seeking re election. Bach is seeking his third complete term in office.
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