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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1977
Page
1
In Tower City Pennsylvania a rescue crew drilled through 50 feet of coal to reach Ronald Adley 37 who has been trapped since noon Tuesday in the Kocher Coal Co mine after flood damage. Officials say all eight miners were known to be alive but evidence is inconclusive for the others.
A major winter storm sweeps the nation’s midland region with foot-deep snows across the upper Midwest and tornadoes over parts of Oklahoma and Texas. Blizzard and heavy snow warnings span Colorado Nebraska North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin while South Dakota and Iowa endure winter storm alerts.
Gov. James A. Rhodes submitted legislation to the General Assembly to curb bootleg cigarettes. The proposal would empower Taxation Department investigators to arrest illicit cigarette suppliers and create a new crime for transporting more than 2,000 cigarettes into Ohio without department permission, aiming to recover about 22 million dollars in annual lost tax revenue.
The House approved its first strict ethics code to disclose finances abolish slush funds and curb outside earnings after eight hours of debate. The 402 to 22 vote followed calls from Speaker Thomas P. ONeill Jr. for passage as Senate action looms and enforcement plans hinge on new laws.
Showers likely tonight and Friday with a 70 percent precip probability. Lows 35 to 40, highs 50 to 55. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Also marriage license application for Dewey Jones and Deborah L Montgomery in Willard. Death notices for Lloyd Wood Stuart K Chase and George E VanDette.
A survey shows 61 percent oppose converting the junior high to a high school and moving juniors to the old high school and Cole Building. Voters push for retaining schools, adding rooms, and focusing funds on education over athletics.
Lolita Lebron, 57, a former Puerto Rican nationalist gunman, returns to Barceloneta for her daughter Gladys Mendez's funeral after a furlough from Alderson. Large independence supporters welcome her. parties plan a pro independence demonstration at the funeral. Lebron remains one of five Puerto Rican nationalists jailed for 1950s terrorist acts. The case for presidential pardons continues to be weighed by Carter after Ford previously refused.
In Washington, many Americans reportedly reject the $50 per person rebate tied to a $12.7 billion tax bill. Republicans push for a permanent tax cut as an alternative while Democrats, though wary, largely back the governing agenda. The House debate centers on whether to amend the bill, with no amendments allowed under the current rule.
Brian Schwartz of New York describes being seized by military police in Uganda and held for four days amid threats and a feared death, then released after Idi Amin ordered Americans to leave. He fled to Kenya as tensions rose, with three other tourists also departing while some remained detained in Kampala.
Schwartz described captors as evil-looking men and recounted being driven to a dark alley for 20 minutes and later to an empty garden for questioning by four armed Ugandans. He said drunken soldiers woke him during the night and beat other prisoners, then he smuggled his identity out via a receipt and Kenyan coin toward his escape.
Ohio State Highway Safety Department launches a month long push to curb teen fatalities. Director Robert Chiaramonte cites 388 young Ohioans aged 15 to 19 died in 1976, over 20 percent of all road deaths despite under 10 percent of drivers.
George E. Van Dette, president of Midway Inc., died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Sandusky at age 52 after a year of illness. He lived in Huron eight years, led multiple Midway companies and chaired several service boards. Survived by wife Jean, two sons, two sisters, and several relatives. Funeral and memorial rites were planned with church and Masonic ceremonies. Expressions of sympathy to the American Cancer Society.
Shari Klett, a freshman at Norwalk High School, earns as a Reflector carrier delivering on West Elm and Maple Streets for six months. She deposits her earnings in the bank and lives at 18 Maple Street with her parents Mr and Mrs David Klett.
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