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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1972
Page
1
In Atlanta a crowd of about 10 000 watched Evel Knievel perform three wheelies at 60 mph after arriving by ambulance. He apologized for not making the advertised jump over a Saturno car lot and instead had a stand in jump seven cars before being returned to Piedmont Hospital for treatment.
Leon Riley plans contracting with industries for liquid waste disposal after a successful digester test on U.S. 250. The project faces two lawsuits by a citizens group and the Norwalk Board of Township Trustees with health and city officials joining the trustees. Riley reviews engineer applicants as Richard Mutz and Associates continues supervising digester operations. Petitions for a city income tax increase are to be circulated next week with a target of 1,000 signatures to place the measure on the ballot.
Gen. John D. Lavelle testified before a House subcommittee that he ordered bombing raids on North Vietnam last winter beyond stated rules, arguing the actions were justifiable to counter a growing enemy threat. He said his interpretive moves aimed to protect U.S. crews amid intensified air defenses.
UPI reports the Rapid City flood after Canyon Lake Dam burst left more than 200 dead with authorities warning the total could reach 300. Rescue dogs searched mud choked areas as Gov Kneip and Sen McGovern toured floodlands seeking survivors and aid.
Partly cloudy today with a high in the mid to upper 70s and a 10 percent rain chance. Tonight and Tuesday bring more clouds and higher chances of thundershowers with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and lows mid to upper 50s. Norwalk temps: high 72, low 43. humidity 60 percent at 7 am, 37 percent at 1 pm, 43 percent at 7 pm. Deaths listed: Harold R. Walters 64 Monroeville, Anna Loretta Carley 64 Norwalk, Julia A. DeVeny 82 Willard. Births: three Norwalk area boys and one Milan area boy. Marriage license applications filed for several couples in Norwalk, Willard, Bellevue, and surrounding towns.
Donald Phillips 59 suffered a chain-saw accident while cutting wood on New State Road. His left foot was amputated below the calf at Willard Area Hospital after he crawled to a tractor and drove home for help.
Melvin H. Robinson, 34, of Norwalk, filed petitions to run as an Independent for mayor. He previously sought the Republican nomination in 1971 and works for the Huron County Highway Department. A press conference is set for 3 p.m. today to discuss his campaign.
The Pfeiffer family from Norwalk lost their trailer in a South Dakota flood but all relatives remained safe. Herbert Pfeiffer, a hospital custodian and former Air Force officer, sheltered two other families and worked around the clock amid the crisis at Rapid City and Ellsworth Base Hospitals.
President Nixon invited Emperor Hirohito to Washington, first such invitation if accepted. Kissinger announced the offer as Hirohito, who spent hours in Anchorage en route to Western Europe last year, receives the formal invitation via Prime Minister Eisaku Sato.
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