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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1975
Page
1
Value of money a wristwatch and a diamond ring totaling 1000 dollars disappeared from Willard Golf Club. Golf Pro Robert Prentiss found the break-in after arriving at work. Entry was gained by removing a window pane and pushing out an inside screen.
New York reports three major oil firms increasing gasoline prices on Tuesday. Atlantic Richfield boosted wholesale by 2 cents per gallon in all marketing areas with immediate effect. Texaco raised all grades by 1.4 cents and Standard Oil of Indiana by 3 cents per gallon.
Clear tonight with a low in the 60s and a near zero to 10 percent chance of rain. Monday high 84 and low 54 with humidity readers around 70 percent in the morning dropping through the day. Marriage licenses issued to Arnold Hartwig and Canter Shepherd. Births reported a girl to Mr and Mrs Swander in Willard area. Deaths include 77 year old Clark H Washburn and 35 year old Joseph P Greaser.
Voters are urged to call 668-8544 or 668-8345 to cast their vote by midnight. The simple deadline underscores a quick decision process for the ballot.
Police said multiple juveniles broke into the city zoo overnight, stomping and stabbing 27 animals including rabbits guinea pigs geese and a baby camel. Dozens of youths helped restore the zoo while donors replace the losses and mourn the loss of names the workers had given their charges.
Cambodian city residents escape en masse to Saigon as Khmer Rouge seize Phnom Penh. Reports indicate hundreds, possibly thousands, dead on road journeys. Ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese follow toward Saigon while Khmers settle in Mekong Delta towns. Refugees travel on foot up to six weeks, aided by relatives or housed in pagodas. Medical teams treat the ill though no starvation reported.
Gerald Deaton 31 Paul Craft 18 and Harold Huggins 17 of Marion Ohio face two armed robbery counts one kidnaping and murder in a Lenawee County case that began with a Tecumseh gas station hold up and ended with the killing of Adrian Officer Bobby Williams. They were ordered held without bond in Lenawee County jail awaiting preliminary examination. The trio were captured after a manhunt following a vehicle shootout and the escape of hostage Terry Hale 19.
A 61 thousand dollar swimming pool financed by private donations was finished on the White House south lawn. The one third size Olympic pool sits 60 feet south of the West Wing and will be used by President Ford after a weekend fill and Monday finish to cleanup and landscaping. The 54.8 by 22 foot pool depths range three to nine feet with a 10 foot diving board near a Secret Service guard house, shielded by pine trees along 17th Street.
The Norwalk City Council will convene at 7 30 PM in City Hall to discuss local matters. Residents urged to attend and comment on scheduled items.
In Knoxville Tennessee two Troy Ohio brothers Jeffrey Emmet 14 and Douglas 12 remain in intensive care after a weekend motorhome crash that killed two brothers Delmer Davis 61 Evelyn Davis 56 and grandsons Steve Emmel 11 and Ray Emmel 16. The brothers’ losses trace back to 1964 with their father’s death from cancer and their mother Genevieve Emmel dying a year later.
Syndicated advice columnist Ann Landers, real name Eppie Lederer, announces to readers from Chicago that she and husband Jules Lederer are divorcing after 36 years of marriage. She calls the split one of life's ironies and says she owes readers the truth with no details.
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