03 Mar 1971
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1971
Page
1
Norwalk City Council again tabled a controversial ordinance raising parking fees. Sponsor Councilman Allen Hakes seeks delay until a decision on a $74,000 Main Street lot purchase by the Norwalk Area Development Committee or a possible ramp at the fire station site.
The government gains permission to widen the murder case against Lt. William L. Calley Jr. by introducing testimony about alleged atrocities before My Lai. Witnesses will testify Calley killed an old Vietnamese man a month prior while his soldiers beat him near a well.
FBI agents seek Senate employees to identify three young white men captured in photographs from the Capitol bombing. The blast occurred at 1 32 a.m. EST Monday in a Senate wing washroom. dynamite charge 15 to 20 pounds.
Claude L. Fly a 65 year old U.S. agriculture expert from Fort Collins Colorado was freed by Tupamaro guerrillas in Montevideo Uruguay and left at a British hospital. Doctors described his condition as serious but not critical and he faced three to four weeks of treatment. Fly said he was excited to be free again and to see his family.
In Jefferson Ohio eight auditor’s office workers join a protest by calling in sick over wages and staff cuts. Treasurer Howard Fortney remains alone in the treasurer’s office as property tax payments pile up.
Weather report notes cloudy windy cold with light snow risk and 40 percent precip today 30 tonight 10 Thursday highs around 30 lows in the teens northeast winds 20 to 30 mph easing tonight then north to northwest 15 to 25 mph. Marriage licenses births and deaths listed for local residents including Rebecca Jade Palmer Frieda Behrens and families.
The New York City School system will lay off 6,500 workers, mostly teachers, over the next two weeks to close a 40 million dollar deficit. It will halt almost 11,000 substitute hires and bar repairs maintenance and student transit passes to save funds.
A 17 year old Willard High School student denied making a telephone bomb threat to the school on February 8. In Juvenile Court Tuesday his case was continued to March 24 to allow witnesses to be called. His parents sought a court appointed attorney, but the judge declined saying they are not indigent. The building was evacuated for 14 hours during the search. no bomb was found. A second 16 year old boy faces a written threat case that closed the school for four days last week and was also set for a Tuesday hearing but continued.
Norwalk councilman George F. Linn Jr charged that light plant superintendent Donald Davis bought more than 5000 dollars of coal from Capitol Coal Co without a city contract. The panel debated legality and price while officials defended the purchases as cheaper for the town.
In the latest blow of a 24 day South Vietnamese drive, eight UH1 Hueys were downed over Laos. The losses, all troop carriers, occurred as U.S. command notes AAC fire brought down the planes with no immediate word on Vietnamese crew aboard.
Cairo sources say Egyptian forces along the Suez Canal are on full alert as Cairo weighs rejecting a proposed extension to the Middle East cease fire ending Sunday. Observers report Israel has likewise boosted alert status.
City wage committee approved a six percent raise plus doubled longevity benefits for most departments. Ambulance staff seek 1 per hour vs 80 cents with the raise. Finance chair will draft the ordinance by March 16. Total wage costs exceed 1.3 million with the new package.
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