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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1964
Page
1
Lemuel A. Penn, assistant to the DC public schools superintendent, was killed by a sniper fire from another car on Highway 172 near Colbert Georgia at about 5 a.m. EST. The incident was reported by local police.
Mostly sunny and warm today with a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow. Marriage licenses issued and applications listed for Norwalk and surrounding areas. Birth announcements for Eberhart Light Fannin Shoup. Death notices for Felder and Miller.
Izvestia reports Communist official Popov led a group that hurled an empty vodka bottle at a Yak 12 farm plane spraying fertilizer. The plane diverted and forced to land after a hole appeared in the left wing. Five picnickers, including two men and three women, were involved and reportedly drank vodka to fortify the act.
GOP governors faction led by Gov. William Scranton vows to press an anti-Goldwater platform at the 1964 convention. Scranton charges the platform committee is rigged and seeks to rally voters to influence delegates despite Ohio’s pledge release and Goldwater leading on first-ballot votes.
A midnight strike by the International Union of Operating Engineers halts major highway construction in Ohio. Officials hope to reach a settlement this weekend with talks led by James Shacknessy. 30,000 workers idle and about $180 million in projects stalled.
A Chicago woman, Bernice Hayes 52, died after a westbound vehicle was rear ended by a semi on the Ohio Turnpike at 1:45 a.m. Two others, her husband Michael 65 and daughter Mary Margaret 11, were treated for injuries. The crash near exit 7 involved driver John Burmeister 24 of Helena who was cited for failure to stop within assured distance. The incident remains under investigation.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said three missing civil rights workers are likely dead and pledged continued efforts to solve the case. Neshoba County Sheriff Rainey and Deputy Price face conspiracy charges with white supremacy groups over the men’s disappearance from a Philadelphia jail after beatings in Hattiesburg.
The Huron County Red Cross Blood Chapter announces a Bloodmobile visit at Eagles Hall in Norwalk on Monday July 20 from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m. Blood Chairman Mrs Oscar Komarek notes a 125 unit quota was met only twice last year and urges volunteering to save lives. The Red Cross supplies 2 5 million pints annually and aims for 40 million since starting in 1948.
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