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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1976
Page
1
Jim Graner longtime Cleveland Browns radio color commentator and former WKYC-TV sports director died Thursday night at Cleveland Clinic Hospital. He was 56 and had been readmitted Dec. 29 after a coma following his previous illness.
Robert A Taft II was chosen by Ohio House Republicans to fill the 65th District seat after Rep Frank H Mayfield Jr resigned. The 33 year old law student from Cincinnati is to be sworn in next week and serves the unexpired term through December.
Ford Motor Co reduces its 1976 model price boost by most of 113 dollars per car after dealer and competitor pressure. Bennett E. Bidwell says refunds will be encouraged for any extra charges since the January 5 change.
Snow flurries likely tonight with low around 10 and 60 percent precip. Saturday partly cloudy and cold with highs in the teens and 20 percent chance of rain or snow. Also listed are Thursday temperatures and sun and moon times. Death notice: Mrs Alma E Justi, 83, rural Monroeville.
Readers debate whether employers treat workers fairly with 67.6 percent saying no and 32.4 percent saying yes. Quotations allege blame on staff, overtime and promotion issues, and past bungling by bosses. A school psychologist warns Norwalk students lack challenge in elementary schools. Vote lines and phone numbers provided.
Plans for a 12 million U S 250 bypass around Norwalk have been shelved with no local funds available. The 70 percent federal share would require 3.6 million in local or state matching funds, which officials say are not currently in the pipeline. Local leaders urge pressure on state officials to raise the local share and start discussions.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio sets a January 28 public hearing to decide if two natural gas suppliers may bill emergency industrial allocations to residential customers. Columbia Gas of Ohio faces 17.1 million dollars and Dayton Power and Light 2.6 million dollars. A second hearing February 17 will consider extending charges to other utilities. A bill to block such increases was introduced by Rep. Mike Stinziano.
Gulf Oil Corp chief Bob Dorsey, 63, steps down eight days after a scathing internal report traced a 13 million dollar political slush fund over 13 years. No criminal finding against Dorsey. board cites eyes closed in face of ongoing Watergate era investigations and widespread political donations. Dorsey rose from UT chemical engineer to CEO and board chair, guiding record profits before turmoil.
UPI reports Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life for attempting to kill President Ford. Judge Samuel Conti urged the United States adopt capital punishment, arguing it would prevent such violence. Moore, 45, a mother and former FBI informant, pleaded guilty in December and faces possible parole in 15 years.
Norwalk Towigh teams face Mapleton in basketball at Norwalk Junior High School with varsity at 8 15 PM and junior varsity at 6 30 PM. Mapleton prepares to challenge the Norwalk squad in a narrowing showdown.
James Dougherty, Marilyn Monroe's first husband, writes in a McCalls excerpt that she was innocent and naive when they married at 16. He details her longing for stardom and disputes sensational poverty tales, saying life changed once she pursued acting.
Americans paid more taxes to the states in fiscal 1975 with total state tax receipts at $80.1 billion, up 8 percent from 1974, while expenditures rose 15 percent. California led receipts at $9.6 billion, followed by New York and Pennsylvania. Michigan and Connecticut posted declines. Alaska showed the largest increase at 63.9 percent.
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