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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1973
Page
1
Hollywood actor Elliott Gould and his girlfriend Jennifer Bogart announced the birth of their second child, an 8-pound 8-ounce boy named Sam delivered naturally at home. The couple already has a two-year-old daughter, Molly, from their relationship.
Massillon faces potential citywide trouble as uncollected garbage piles up after a weekend strike by city workers. Mayor Mark Ross warns that heavy snow without salt crews could worsen the situation, stressing the risk to public safety and services.
UPI reports that a new Agriculture Department forecast projects January through June 1973 supermarket prices will climb about 4.5 percent, up from an earlier estimate near 3 percent. The shift dims consumer hopes for a slower inflation pace.
United Press International reports Chicago teachers walked out today closing public schools for about 570000 students, amid a nationwide spate of walkouts. A Philadelphia strike of similar scale adds to nearly one million students nationwide out of classes.
Weather mainly sunny with a high near 20 and a low around 5 to 10. Cloudy with light snow possible later. highs 20 to 25. Norwalk temps: 25 for high, 3 low. Births include Bruce and wife Berlin Heights baby at Good Samaritan Hospital. Deaths note Russell Miller age 81 Willard.
Six area officials traveled to Washington to urge NASA to rethink closing Plum Brook Research Station by July 1, 1974. The group met with NASA head James Fletcher and Lewis Research Center chief Bruce Lundin after learning the facility employs about 460 people with $8 million in federal payroll plus $2 million in contract work and $2 million in local purchases annually. If reversal fails, they explore alternative uses for the site. Ohio Rep. Ethel Swanbeck also urged an alternate use in the statehouse.
Mantua Ohio mayor Robert Thomas defends classical oratory and local democracy in a 1973 state of the village message. He cites Lincoln Churchill and Teddy Roosevelt while outlining plans to hire a village manager, repaint village hall for the 75th anniversary, and annex land. He criticizes inflation tax burdens and advocates strong local home rule to preserve democracy.
Seventeen year old Daniel C Fairfax driving a Downtown Dodge company car said the gas pedal stuck as he crossed Seminary Street into a Water Street lot Tuesday afternoon. The car hit a utility pole then slid about 140 feet, damaging three parked cars and a pole while leaving Fairfax uninjured.
White House says President Nixon will not deliver the State of the Union in person to Congress. Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler stated no oral address is planned as the message will closely follow Nixon's January 20 inaugural speech and the date has not been set.
The downtown hotel sniper who killed six people and was linked to a police cadet slaying was Mark James Robert Essex, 23, identified by neighbors as hating whites and associating with Black Muslims. Navy records show a general discharge for unsuitability in 1971.
Lawton area case filed in Common Pleas Court by Robert F. Thornton on behalf of eight plaintiffs all residents of New London. They allege illness from milk bought July 30 1971 at the Lawson New London store including maggot like material. Damages vary by plaintiff with Consolidated Foods Corp named co defendant.
The phased shut down by 1974 will affect 465 NASA workers and 125 contractor staff, many of whom live in Norwalk and Milan. Community leaders fear economic and civic shifts as locals seek new jobs, sell homes, and realign services while area businesses adjust to the loss.
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