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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1978
Page
1
Selfmade billionaire John D. MacArthur died at 80 after pancreatic cancer surgery. He requested no funeral due to inconvenience to friends and willed his body to science. His passing leaves Daniel K. Ludwig as America’s last living billionaire.
Malvern, Pa. UPI reports charges were dropped against Rev. Kenneth Williams, pastor of Radnor United Methodist Church, after a preliminary hearing found insufficient evidence. Williams wore a disguise during the alleged time and said the outcome was overwhelming.
In a North Pacific gale a wheat freighter Chandragupta was abandoned with 68 crew members and six passengers missing after leaving Portland December 28 bound for the Middle East. Aided only by a radio position, six long range Navy and Coast Guard planes scoured stormy seas for lifeboats and signs of those aboard.
In Johannesburg a blast at the Modderfontein Factory killed one man and injured up to 20 others. Public relations officer Michael Blizzard said two of the injured were hospitalized in serious condition. The dead and seriously injured men were white.
LM area weather page reports cloudy with dense morning fog and highs 40 to 45. Showers tonight with lows in the 30s, then windy colder Sunday with rain changing to snow flurries and temperatures slipping from the 30s to the 20s in the afternoon. Precipitation chances are 20 percent today, 70 percent tonight, 80 percent Sunday. Winds SE near 10 to 15 mph today, increasing to 15 to 20 mph tonight. Friday temperatures shown as 37 to 31 with humidity around 96 percent in the morning, 85 percent at 1 pm, and 92 percent at 7 pm. Sunrise 7:54 am, sunset 5:14 pm. Also lists marriage license filings for several couples, births in Greenwich and Willard, and death of Joseph A. Lawler, 85, Bellevue.
Donald Pratt, a Burlington contractor, landed a Cessna 182 after pilot Peter Kirwan collapsed from a heart attack 30 minutes into the flight. Pratt, with only six hours of lessons from 32 years earlier and about 4 ounces of whiskey, steered the plane through thick clouds and requested ATC guidance before a safe arrival at the destination. Kirwan died at a hospital. Pratt credited his nerve and old training for the successful landing.
A 12 year old finds a June 23 1881 Norwalk Chronicle in a Woodlawn Avenue wall revealing the paper’s spicy items and ads. Editor Finney Loomis’s era shines through jokes and hoaxes as a 1881 circus advert looms. Funds from sale may go to carpet for a remodeled room.
President Carter, fresh from a 19,000 mile nine day trip through Poland Iran India Saudi Arabia Egypt France and Belgium, pledged to ask Congress for a substantial defense boost and to send 8000 additional U S troops to Western Europe. He also said the United States would sell nuclear reactors to Iran with safeguards and would continue nuclear fuel sales to India and France despite policy disagreements.
Ohio farmers were urged to join a 15 day sales halt as a show of solidarity with a nationwide strike. At Jolly Lanes west of Monroeville, 75 northwestern Ohio farmers attended. Harry Hintz, a 63 year old Norwalk area farmer, said his operation sold 80,000 dollars worth of produce last year but still lost money and will cut back. The movement seeks a pricing system that guarantees farmer income in line with 1920s standards.
A World War II era UPI dispatch claims Japan attempted to develop an atomic bomb, but US officials had limited awareness of documents and the project. The Tan issue reportedly notes Japan sought to build weapons or engines, while US worry over Japanese access to atomic materials persisted, with unclear details.
The Norwalk Area United Way reports 80971 in pledges the highest for a Norwalk drive but only 88 percent of the 91790 goal. President Curtis Casper warns agencies may come up short unless the gap is raised and urges residents with unreturned pledge cards or new donations to mail contributions to United Way Box 1% Norwalk.
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