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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1969
Page
1
Ernie Green of the Cleveland Browns, sidelined since injuring his knee in the opening exhibition game in Los Angeles, remained at Shaker Heights Medical Center for treatment and surgery scheduled to begin today. He had endured the issue throughout last season.
Sandra Johnson a Harvard graduate student described her Vietnam captivity and poverty driven choices during a Bluffton College inter term event. In Philadelphia the Penn Central Metroliner shattered speed norms by ripping five windows from a passing commuter train near Chester. In Columbus the Ohio House opened without Speaker Kurfess amid a skeleton session while legislators attend a Burr Oak workshop.
A bipartisan group of U S senators introduced a bill to end the military draft in favor of a professional all‑volunteer army. Senator Hatfield led the measure with support from Goldwater McGovern Dole Nelson Packwood Schweiker and Prouty. The draft would end six months after enactment while registration continues and Congress could resume inductions if the President requests.
California Governor Ronald Reaga proclaimed a state of emergency as the first major winter storm drove hundreds from their homes along numerous rivers and streams. Rain eased in the west while a cold front brought rain to Arizona and New Mexico and snow to Nevada and Utah.
Communist ground fire downed three F 100 Supersabres in South Vietnam. One pilot was killed while two parachuted to safety. The first jet went down near Quang Ngai City. the other two 92 miles east of Saigon and 14 miles northeast of the capital. Navy boat sank 45 sampans off the northern coast. Prague Radio reports third self immolation in Brno amid liberal reform protests. First Nixon cabinet meeting held with 11 of 12 sworn in. Norwalk council rejects 12 million apartment plan after Maplehurst opposition concerns drainage and school impact.
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher called it senseless to man two machine guns while the Pueblo was surrounded by four Communist torpedo boats two warships with cannons and two MIG jets circling overhead.
Attorney General John N. Mitchell says the administration will pursue crime on all fronts such as wiretapping and possible bail tightening. He cautions that crime rates are unlikely to drop immediately.
Considerable clouds today and tonight with scattered drizzle or light rain. Highs near 45 to 50, lows in the 40s. Thursday turns cloudy and warm with possible showers, highs upper 40s to low 50s. Friday showers and milder, turning colder by night. East to southeast winds 5 to 10 mph today, 10 to 15 mph tonight. Births list Norwalk and nearby towns with several newborns. Death reported: LeRoy Mattoon, 87, Norwalk.
President Nixon presided at an 8 a.m. White House ceremony swearing in 11 department heads while Walter J. Hickel remained ineligible without Senate confirmation. Chief Justice Warren administered the oaths as Nixon declared the group a working cabinet to defend the Constitution.
Council veteran Russell Cunningham said he will not run again after 12 years in the Second Ward. The move makes him the third incumbent to retire, joining Louis Nardecchia and William C. Saladin Jr. In the ward, Becker and Hutton have filed for the seat, while a Democratic Fourth Ward primary appears set for Robert Williams, a Clevite foreman, and Robert Lynch had prior intentions to seek the post. Meanwhile Louis Stokes was named to the House Un American Activities Committee.
Home Savings and Loan Co. of Norwalk reported assets over 24 million dollars as of December 31 1968 and a record dividend total of 900000 paid to 8400 account holders at its annual meeting Tuesday night Herbert R Freeman and Claude V Martin were reelected to the board Officials foresee 1969 competition for savings and expect mortgage rates to stay at 1968 levels due to tighter savings.
Paraffin tests on the hands of Dale Crist and Richard Henry principals in a shooting near Perkins support Crist's account. Crist, 20, told the Erie County Sheriff's Department Henry shot him during a telephone dispute. Henry's body was found on a bed and the coroner ruled death a suicide.
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