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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1978
Page
1
Mansfield Ohio prepares for the annual Miss Ohio Pageant from June 15 to 17 with 29 contestants, Rebecca Ann King as host, and six crowns six albums six memories theme. Miss America Joan Gilger will crown the winner as Susan Perkins arrives for news events.
Huron County voters head to the polls Tuesday to pick nominees for county offices and a slate of state races. GOP and Democratic ballots include multiple officials from county commissioner and auditor to state senate and governor, with local option questions and tax levies also on the ballot. Local notices include a dispute at Delaware State Park over camping Indians, and a nationwide probe into FCC hoax rumors about banning religious broadcasts.
Veterans Affairs chief Max Cleland promotes Operation Boost urging eligibles to use the GI Bill for job training or education, noting Ohio and 11 states have low takeup. Benefits expire within 10 years of discharge. monthly stipends range from 311 to 422 dollars plus 26 per extra dependent.
Clear and cool tonight with a low in the upper forties to low fifties. Tuesday partly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper seventies and a ten to twenty percent chance of rain. Sunrise at 5 55 a m and sunset at 8 57 p m. Marriage license applications list Frederick W Paden and Walter A Warren among others. Births include Chris and Peggy Polachek and Ricky and Nancy Stephens. Deaths include John Kar and Claude S Wilcox and Josephine C Nardecchia. Old Oraibi is cited as the oldest continuously inhabited town in the United States with inhabitants since A D 1150.
Jo an Jacobs a 22 year old Baldwin Wallace College student from Parma Ohio surfaced in a northwest Chicago suburb reporting she was abducted and drugged for 10 days by a man described as about 35 with a gun. Bloomingdale police said she was not seriously harmed and was taken to a hospital for examination.
In Athens Ohio during the end of term celebration about 2 000 people gathered downtown as bars closed. Twenty one were injured one seriously and ten arrested in a rock and beer bottle melee. A student was treated after eye surgery and two stores were damaged. Police in riot gear faced rock and bottle throwers as the crowd dispersed by 4 a.m. Authorities noted annual disturbances here during finals week.
Norwalk High School assistant principal Thomas Tattan testified about seven visits to Barbara Hart's class from September to December 1977. He described a shouting match, extreme disruption, and a class unwilling to participate while noting Hart attempted to maintain control. Names of students leaked during testimony.
Ronald Ventola and OSU Professor Robert Fenton discuss an automated ground transportation system developed at Ohio State University. A converted 1965 Plymouth acts as a model with no steering wheel and dense electronic gear. Ventola envisions a future where a small dashboard box and lights will control the car, letting passengers read or nap while traveling to exits.
After 85 graduates at St Pauls High School received diplomas, Rev Robert R Thomas urged fidelity beyond fashion and warned against higher divorce rates and clergy leaving ministry. Valedictorian Kristin Schlader and Salutatorian Barbara Dible spoke on growth, hope, and pursuing happiness as awards were announced and diplomas handed by Principal Rockie Larizza and Pastor Thomas.
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