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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1978
Page
1
Mayor Wayne Goodsite announced a city ordinance requiring homeowners and businesses to clear sidewalks of snow with a $100 fine for noncompliance. He noted increased sidewalk use as Norwalk schools resume and asked Chamber of Commerce director Howard Sawyer to urge merchants to shovel walks.
Georgia State Sen. Julian Bond spoke at Ohio University during a King's birthday observance, saying 10 years after King's death blacks still face key rights battles such as employment housing and education, despite some civil rights progress.
The National Weather Service warns of heavy snowfall across southern Ohio today with 4 to 6 inches possible in the southwest and up to a few inches in the southeast. A low pressure system from the Texas panhandle tracking toward the Ohio Valley prompts a travelers advisory for northern Ohio.
A travelers advisory remains in effect with cloudy cold conditions. Snow will accumulate one to three inches by tonight then continue with additional amounts overnight and Tuesday. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Highs on Tuesday in the 20s. 100 percent tonight and 90 percent Tuesday for precipitation. Sunrise 7:51 am, sunset 5:24 pm. Also reports births in Sandusky Norwalk and deaths including Loren Chevalier and John Draves.
Milan residents recount a quiet blue and white light seen near 4 a.m. on Arlington Road and Ohio 113 east. Police checked the area and found no trace while witnesses describe beams and silent movement. Officials offered a plane as a possible but uncertain explanation.
In 10 degree below zero cold, more than 20,000 pass Humphrey’s flag draped casket in the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda as the public in state mourns. Hubert Humphrey III mingles with mourners while Monsignor Terrence Murphy leads prayers and recalls a life of service.
The Huron County airport case involving Ron Zoellner and the Huron County Airport Authority is postponed to January 24 to allow settlement talks. Weather delays and the executive session on litigation are noted. Zoellner seeks punitive damages, but those are not part of the current proceedings. Ohio Edison reports improved conditions after severe weather.
Berlin Heights fifth grader Missy Houghtlen won the Pupils Energy Program contest with a survey of town residents on nuclear plants. Her entry, part of National Energy Week, found locals wary of atomic power and opposed to the plant, contrasting national poll trends. Over 13,000 students entered the program.
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