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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
1
Washington reports Turkey will eradicate poppy cultivation by fall next year in response to U.S. appeal. President Nixon calls the Ankara pledge a significant breakthrough in stopping heroin supply. Opium comes from Turkish poppies grown by about 75,000 farmers. Heroin is derived from opium.
In a taped interview Ted Uhlaender says he is quitting baseball and may seek work in family business from Medina Ohio. His father Henry confirms the plan in a Texas phone call though Ted remains unavailable for comment at his home.
The Ohio Senate voted 30 to 2 to approve a resolution backing a federal constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18. Supporters aim to spur House action and place Ohio among the required 38 states to ratify the measure.
Pat Nixon says it is a scream that Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward Cox slipped from their wedding reception and drove to Camp David undetected. The couple remains at the Maryland retreat enjoying swimming hiking and fishing in a tranquil setting.
Washington reports the draft lapses at midnight with Congress unable to act amid a Vietnam War dispute. The House and Senate pass extensions of Nixon's draft authority for two more years. The Senate adds an amendment pledging national policy to exit Vietnam nine months after the law takes effect.
Weather today mainly sunny hot and humid with highs in the low to mid 90s. Tonight partly cloudy warm with a chance of thundershowers and lows in the 70s. Norwalk records a boy born to Mr and Mrs William Markel and a boy born to Mr and Mrs Elmer Yates.
Senator Mike Gravel read hundreds of pages from the secret Pentagon study on Vietnam at a surprise hearing noting potential risk to his seat. He accused President Nixon of suppressing the report and aimed to continue reading the rest on the Senate floor, before the session broke for lack of quorum.
Three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev died after reentry returning from a 23 day 17 hour 40 minute orbital mission Western experts blamed a sudden gravity shock for their deaths Tass said the men were found lifeless in their seats after a safe landing in Central Asia NASA officials voiced condolences and noted the tragedy may affect future space plans The crew launched June 6 and helped establish the first manned orbital space station
Auditor Charles Hipp warned the city electric fund will likely end the year in the red for the second straight year. He cited a $12 000 appropriation for replacing a coal pulverizer shaft and a $1 665 prior payment for a grinding ring. He noted the fund has already repaid a $135 000 loan and paid $3 257 in interest, forecasting exhaustion before year end.
Former Norwalk service director William Mount and a Bedford Heights mayor may appear before the Norwalk Charter Commission about charter options. Mount, who resigned for a Florida city manager post last year, could visit Norwalk in August or answer questions by mail.
City sprayed 400 acres with 1 percent malathion by Snyder's Flying Service at a cost of 608 dollars. Service Director Herbert Krogh announced the plan to spray would end after protests from Audubon Society members and local residents. Krogh supported malathion as safe per health officials, while opponents warned of potential harm to crops and people.
Washington reports the 1971 fiscal year will close with a deficit about $20 billion, the second largest since World War II. Treasury Secretary Connally says the shortfall will run well above Nixon's January forecast, with further deficits anticipated for the new year.
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