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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1978
Page
1
National Guardsmen are deployed with ambulances bulldozers and dump trucks to assist in New York City amid heavy snow and ice. Temperatures in the 20s to 30s worsen icing, schools airports and businesses closed, six foot drifts reported in places.
Cold tonight with light snow ending, then partly cloudy and NW winds around 10 mph. Lows near zero to 10 above, Sunday sunny with highs mid 20s and a 30 percent chance of precip tonight, 20 percent Sunday. Friday temperatures 24 to 13, sunrise 7 48, sunset 5 30. BIRTHS Charles and Dorothy Smith Wakeman girl James and Susan Lindenberger Monroeville boy Kelly and Linda Moon Norwalk girl Bruce and Cheryl Bourma Willard girl. DEATHS Zetta P Dickinson 86 Greenwich Lloyd R Hannel 67 Norwalk Ilah Dell Cline 78 Norwalk
Area residents and crews dug out from seven inches of snow driven into four foot drifts. Only Ohio 162 west of U S 250 and Ohio 269 between U S 20 and Ohio 4 remain blocked by snow. Gov James Rhodes sought disaster designation for Huron County and 30 other counties to obtain federal emergency aid. Snow remains a threat with 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Sunday. Temperatures may dip to zero to 10 degrees.
President Carter proposed a 24.5 billion tax cut to ease higher Social Security taxes and inflation burdens. The plan targets low and moderate incomes with most benefits under 30 thousand dollars, while reform measures curb deductions for state taxes and medical expenses and tighten tax shelters.
The piece outlines administration thoughts on a broad tax package with 1979 individual tax credits, reform deductions, corporate rate cuts, and changes to business deductions. It notes limited economic stimulation and a net overall reduction, detailing specific dollar figures and affected areas. The summary highlights proposed credits, deduction curbs, and excise tax changes discussed by officials in the New York briefing.
The film The Slipper and the Rose will be shown at 8 tonight and again at 2 p.m. Sunday at Towne and Country Theatre. A World Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service is planned for 3 p.m. Sunday at St Paul Catholic Church.
Ohio Gov James A Rhodes asked President Carter to declare 31 counties federal disaster areas to obtain aid after a historic snowstorm. National Guard troops were deployed across counties to aid snow removal and rescue stranded motorists as further storms threaten. Downtown Dayton and county roads faced closures, roofs caved in at Montgomery County Fairgrounds, and Warren County sheriff Roy Wallace’s corruption trial was postponed again due to weather.
Rita Hoefling, a white hospital worker, reports her skin darkening over four years, leading to segregation, eviction from white buses, and rejection by a driver despite a white travel card. Her doctors cite an inoperable tumor and she endures cortisone treatment while her husband and son abandon her.
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