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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1972
Page
1
The Soviet Embassy said two trawlers seized by a U S icebreaker were seeking shelter from heavy ice and not violating U S fishing grounds They refused a Coast Guard ultimatum to move toward a U S port around St Matthew Island.
Two college youths Alan Schwander and Steven Pera were charged with conspiracy to murder for a plan to contaminate Chicago water with typhoid. Officials held $250000 bonds each and cautioned no infection occurred. Rise organization linked. investigation ongoing.
Norwalk council voted unanimously to withhold water and sewer services for the proposed Wiggs department store until annexation is completed. Six residents urged the decision citing zoning, traffic and downtown impact concerns as they urged the company to pursue annexation for municipal services.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania two men perished when an elevator they rode to warn upper floor residents stopped on the fire floor. Robert Carter 40 a hotel handyman and Adam Donofrio operator and owner of a beauty parlor in the building were killed.
San Francisco report says West Coast shippers banned all military cargo including guns and ammunition to speed a settlement in the renewed longshoremen's strike. Ships already in port for military equipment will be the last vessels loaded, the Pacific Maritime Association announced.
FBI agents recovered a multi ton stone pillar valued at 350000 dollars that had been stolen from a jungle riverbank in Guatemala. The find is described as the first such recovery by U S law enforcement of a Latin American archaeological treasure.
Mostly sunny today with highs around 40. Tonight partly cloudy with mid to upper 20s. Thursday rain possible with remaining in the 40s. Precip totals 10 20 and 60 percent. Winds NW to W 15 25 mph today dampening tonight. Births marriages and deaths listed for local residents from Attica Norwalk Greenwich and Painesville. Audrey Post 55 New London Irene L King 60 Painesville among the deaths. James M McClain and Amelia G Riffe among marriage license applicants. Several births noted in Norwalk and Attica. Sunrise and sunset times provided. Weather temps given for Norwalk with a 47F high and 30F low. Humidity readings span morning to evening.
The FDIC approved 60 million in emergency loans to Bank of the Commonwealth in Detroit to avert closure. Depositors are insured up to 20 thousand, and the bank faced a 1 billion plus deposit base with prior losses of 10 million in 1970 and 4.1 million in 1971.
President Nixon plans to send Congress a red-ink federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year totaling about 246 billion dollars with a projected deficit likely between 10 and 20 billion. Treasury officials privately warned the deficit this year could be exceptionally large, though no figure was given. A separate report notes a burglary at Toots and Barth Grocery Store in Fitchville, with 30 to 40 dollars in change and 15 cartons of cigarettes taken.
John Arthur, 65, of North Fairfield and 154 West Main Street, becomes the third Republican candidate for Huron County treasurer. He is operations officer at Huron County Banking Co. with 35 years there and prior banking work in Willard and Florida. His wife Marian is a deputy sheriff. Other GOP candidates are William Kennedy and Edward Spoerr.
Norwalk council cancelled Erie Air Service's airport franchise amid disputes over hangar and fuel rights and management. Erie Air says it will remain on the field and continue operations, while the county airport authority may assume interim control and seek a new operator.
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