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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1976
Page
1
Vietnam War veteran Gustavo Grillo testifies he and other mercenaries in Angola were financed and armed by the CIA. He claims payment in new $100 bills and asserts American military equipment was supplied. Grillo says CIA agents may have been present in northern Angola to monitor spending.
UPI reports that a plan to exchange U S prisoners in Mexico and Mexican prisoners in the United States for term completion in their home countries was proposed in Mexico City and is being considered by American officials. Also in brief Akron’s United Rubber Workers strike costs the city tax revenue and idles 70,000 workers in 47 plants nationwide since April 21.
The state Board of Education salutes J. Burton Haerr III of Northeastern Local Schools Clark County as Ohio's top school bus driver for 1976 after he and five others topped 550 entrants in written and practical tests. Cleveland area transplant trip planned to raise donor awareness includes Hal Vincent Dan O'Dell and Michael Doyle with wives.
Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk issued a dress code requiring modest attire for City Hall workers after spotting his secretary in shorts. The order applies to both sexes and to those facing the public, with outdoor staff and off site workers exempt. Perk allowed casual wear for certain aides on weekends.
Becky Martone and Ruth Page, both high school seniors, won party endorsement at a mock caucus for the Nationalist nomination. Buckeye Girls' State opened at Capital University with 1,290 Ohio seniors checking in as the exercise runs Tuesday election.
Partly cloudy and warm with humidity high and a chance of nighttime thundershowers through Tuesday. Lows tonight in the upper 60s to low 70s. highs Tuesday in the mid to upper 80s. rain chances 40 percent tonight and 50 percent Tuesday. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, briefly higher with storms. Also: marriage license application for Charles Alt and Cynthia Ely of Norwalk. deaths include Janet Shepherd of Greenwich, Myrtle Terry Turner of White Plains, and Robert L. Watts of Norwalk.
In a weekend survey voters weigh who should join Jimmy Carter on the Democratic ticket if he secures the nomination. Respondents favor names with national experience and geographic balance, signaling interest in a decisive choice for vice president.
A call to voters urges support for Rocky Larizza as principal of Norwalk St. Paul High School. Voters are asked to call 668 8544 to vote yes or 668 8345 to vote no by midnight.
Sen. Frank Church of Idaho quits the Democratic presidential contest and endorses Jimmy Carter, releasing 74 delegates he won. Church cites Carter as uniting Democrats nationwide and healing regional divides as Carter nears the nomination.
Ohio farmers urge rain as crop prospects dim across the state with forecasts calling for continued heat and scattered thundershowers. Norwalk faces a drying reservoir outlook as Memorial Lake declines and officials weigh lawn watering restrictions while water supplies hold for now.
A Willard man 36 and his wife 19 were charged with arson and complicity to commit arson after a 1967 Dodge fire at 521 Pleasant St. A 16 year old was also arrested. The car belonged to Jimmie Stephens who is in the Toledo Workhouse. The Reeds were jailed and the juvenile detention center while hearings were expected today.
A semi trailer truck and a straw load were destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon when the straw touched low hanging power lines. The driver Herman Seasly was at the Robert Hauser farm on Sectionline Road 30, rural Willard. Firemen and the Huron County Sheriff's Department responded. the loss totaled both truck and straw. Power lines and service in the area were affected for about four hours. The call came in at 12 05 p.m. The Blue Ribbon Tax Committee meets at 7 30 tonight in City Council chambers. The VFW will fly an American flag from 5 30 to 8 tonight behind the VFW Hall on Milan Avenue for Flag Day.
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