29 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1967
Page
1
A pretend grand jury led by Dr. Martin Luther King found Cleveland landlords guilty of discrimination and trampling Negro dignity. Witnesses, many veiled, described conditions such as lead poisoning from peeling paint on house exteriors.
Queen Elizabeth II departed for a seven day Canadian tour chosen to avoid Quebec protest sites from 1964. In Ottawa a Quebec member shouted non in parliament as a loyalty declaration to the queen was read during centennial celebrations preparation.
Columbus Ohio lawmakers approved the 4.9 billion dollar appropriation for the next biennium in the form favored by Republican leadership and sent the measure to the governor for signature.
Weather notes show fair tonight with low near 60 and partly cloudy mild Friday with scattered thundershowers. Wednesday temps ranged 63 to 76 with humidity rising to 73 percent and no significant precipitation in 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Wednesday. Births list two families with a girl and a boy and a daughter born to Harold Bowling’s family. Deaths record Winford R. Lewis and Katherine Bonigut.
Richwood Electric Inc of Marion will receive the airport contract with a base bid of 132385. The agreement awaits signatures from Huron County commissioners Arthur Herner and Arthur Leak after a convention in Youngstown.
The Pentagon released an unclassified Navy court of inquiry finding the Israeli attack on the Liberty was unprovoked and well coordinated. It noted the ship was in international waters and properly marked but offered no conclusion on motive or why a late misrouted message arrived after the attack that killed 34 Americans and wounded 75.
Jayne Mansfield famed as the smartest dumb blonde died when the chauffeured Buick carrying her party crashed into a slow moving truck on a two lane road near New Orleans. Also killed were her lawyer Sam Brody and chauffeur Ronnie Harrison. Mansfield’s three children were injured. The truck driver escaped injury. The party was returning from a night club appearance to the Roosevelt Hotel.
The Berlin Milan board approved a 1.47 million bond issue for a new high school to appear on the November ballot, a 70 000 increase over prior estimates. Squire Sanders and Dempsey was rehired to handle legal papers as the plan advances after two prior defeats.
Milan residents and 93 PTA members gather in the school cafeteria at 8 p.m. to decide if the organization should continue. After seven months of controversy with officer resignations and no installation, the session may also decide whether to sponsor a booth at the Melon Festival this summer.
A powerful thunderstorm swept Norwalk causing heavy rainfall and power outages. Shiloh in Richland County reported about four inches of rain in two hours, with evacuations for a flooded home and numerous basements flooded. Unconfirmed funnel clouds were sighted near Galion while Norwalk logged 0.14 inches and New London 0.75 inches of rain.
Oil hit on Harold Beck farm off DeRussey Road in a unitized Hefner contract with Robert Reidy and Hefner Oil Production Co. Earlier this week Marion crew produced 84 barrels in 24 hours, but company official Harry Hurd says the find is only mediocre and no development plan is set. The site is near Beck’s first successful well, now producing after 18 months. four producing wells exist in the area with eight dry holes in 12 attempts, and no further drilling planned.
The Norwalk Police Department will run a five day Safety Town program for preschoolers entering kindergarten. From July 17 to 21, 9 to 11 a.m., children learn safety via a painted miniature traffic intersection on the League Street School playground with a traffic light and road signs. Registrations are at the Norwalk Police Station with a July 12 deadline.
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