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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1970
Page
1
A CBS documentary will examine Ohio school closings and funding struggles Tuesday night. It centers on Fremont where residents prepaid property tax installments to avert a 1969 school shutdown, and includes ten other districts that closed temporarily in November and December.
Five day outlook for Ohio shows temperatures near normal Tuesday through Saturday with highs in the mid 30s north to low 40s south and nightly lows from about 20 to the upper 20s. Skies bring light precipitation, mainly showers or snow flurries, totaling about half to three quarters of an inch, most between the start and end of the period.
Spiro T. Agnew was named the best dressed politician of 1970 by the Fashion Foundation of America in New York. The vice president replaces President Richard Nixon, last year’s winner, with the foundation praising his figure for clothes and its expression of integrity.
Ohio Highway Patrol reported at least five fatalities over a 54 hour period, the lowest weekend toll in five years. All five deaths occurred Saturday. no Friday or Sunday fatalities. Four victims inside cars were not wearing seat belts, and one victim was a pedestrian.
Cleveland promoter Don Elbaum proposed a $100,000 guarantee for middleweight champion Nino Benvenuti to meet the winner of the Doyle Baird Emile Griffith bout. Elbaum also manages Baird and weighs whether Griffith would draw as a opponent. Gil Clancy seeks a Benvenuti shot through Elbaum.
David Eisenhower son-in law of President Nixon is poised to join Navy Officers Candidate School after Amherst graduation in June. At 21 he is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grandson and plans a formal service announcement soon. White House would not confirm Navy OCS physical clearance.
Gov. James A. Rhodes said three men arrested in the slaying of a rebel United Mine Workers leader, his wife and daughter would not be extradited until a federal grand jury investigation is completed.
Considerable cloudiness and colder tonight with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Tuesday brings little temperature change with highs in the 30s and northwest winds shifting southwest. Precipitation chances 60 percent today, 20 percent tonight and Tuesday. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Richard Hammerhuber and a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Chavez. Deaths listed: Samuel G Willis and several others. Marriages licenses filed for multiple couples in the Norwalk area.
In Istanbul the former Czechoslovak reform leader Dubcek arrives for ambassadorship as reporters rush the scene. Police restore order after windows are broken and photographers are ejected from the VIP lounge amid the scramble for his first public comments.
Washington UPI reports George Romney says he and wife Lenore will not seek the Michigan Republican nomination for the Senate seat held by Democrat Philip Hart. He urges party leaders to unite behind a consensus candidate while noting his cabinet duties. Ford had floated Mrs. Romney as a possibility. Michigan GOP officials meet Friday in St. Clair to select a consensus candidate. In Youngstown, the Education Association plans talks with Superintendent Zinser over immediate pay raises for 1,250 teachers.
Mexico City reports 14 newsmen among 20 aboard a Convair 300 that crashed near Poza Rica in heavy fog while covering the presidential campaign. Four crew and a doctor also perished. one reporter survived. Presidential candidate Luis Echeverria rushed to the site, later resuming his Poza Rica rally.
Donald Kirkton of New London resigns effective January 1 from Selective Service Local Board 63 after 15 years of service as postmaster. Governor Rhodes and a three member local committee will submit a replacement for President Nixon’s appointment. no successor named yet. An explosion in Houma Louisiana killed three men and damaged a city block. officials investigate a gas pocket between basement and first floor as the cause.
Mayor Carl Stokes dismissed Patrick Gerity as Cleveland police chief effective immediately. William Ellenburg, 50, safety director from Grosse Point Michigan, is named to replace him, while Gerity, 52, returns to deputy inspector after 15 months as chief.
Barney Dussault, 44, a Lowell cabbie working long hours for income after an Army pension, returned home to a pre dawn fire that killed his wife Gertrude 38 and four children Gertrude 12 Christian 11 Elizabeth 6 and Jenny 22 months. Fire Chief said space heater probable cause and state fire marshal to investigate. Dussault later learned all were dead and coworkers organized a donation drive.
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