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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1965
Page
1
Construction of an Atlantic Refining Co. service station at West Main and Case continues despite pickets by the Sandusky Building and Construction Council. Art Mowry of Mowry Construction Co. says non union labor is the issue while George Beach protests. Mowry reports no crossing problems and deliveries on schedule.
Superintendent Ralph Brown announced the oral report of the vocational survey in the junior high building is canceled. Two survey committee members are temporarily stranded in Chicago and northern Michigan. The meeting will be rescheduled for a later date. SAIGON Viet Cong attack incident kills 20 to 30 schoolchildren near Da Nang. The bombardment also kills 10 Viet Cong at a cave shelter. Johnson pushes voting rights bill with accelerated timetable and hearings chaired by Emanuel Celler.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said an accord with Montgomery County officials was reached to protect all persons during civil rights demonstrations. He planned to return to Selma and hoped Dallas County would follow with a similar agreement.
Cape Kennedy officials warn the long range forecast for next Tuesday shows poor weather for the Gemini mission opening a 10 flight program. A delay would postpone the first step toward crewed space travel akin to the Soviet achievement reported today by a space pilot. Moscow observers call Khrushchev’s possible return to office fantasy after his five month ouster and first public appearance since then.
Diminishing winds bring a dip in temperatures into the 20s by late afternoon. A mix of snow flurries remains in the northeastern section with partial clearing later today. Fair and colder tonight with low 15 to 22. Friday partly cloudy and still cold with more snow flurries in the northeast. High in Norwalk 47, low 27. Reports show 07 precipitation and high winds, sunrise 6:35 a.m., sunset 6:37 p.m. Marriage license applications issued for Hughes and Wenz. Lorcher and Johnson issued at home in Norwalk. Birth announced for a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Pflieger. Deaths listed for Luther J. Randleman, 55. Raymond C. Burdick, 73. Mrs. Augusta Dircks, 98.
Cleveland Ohio report: Collinwood High School shut as white and Negro students clash. Police surge to quell fights after 700 to 800 youths paraded around the campus. clubs and weapons seized. Tensions traced to YMCA dance and local segregation protests linked to past violence.
Lt Col Alexei Leonov and Col Pavel Belyayev rocketed aboard Voskhod II on a one day mission. Leonov left the capsule for about 20 minutes connected by lifeline and floated 16 feet in the void while photographing and observing Earth and space. The event aired on Moscow TV as the U S readied its first two man flight from Cape Kennedy with Virgil Grissom and John Young set to launch next Tuesday.
A windstorm unleashed 70 mph gusts across Norwalk and surrounding areas causing widespread outages. More than 100 outages in Norwalk occurred between 11 am and 1 pm, with trees and limbs severing lines and blocking streets. Power was restored by 7 pm as Ohio Edison and Northern Ohio Telephone reported scattered service resumes.
Mary Ann Ruth Stang a Monroeville High School graduate and former Fisher-Titus nurse will serve as a battlefield style backup in the Cape Kennedy blockhouse for Project Gemini. A first lieutenant in the U S Air Force nurse corps she is stationed in Laredo Texas and joined the Air Force about a year ago.
Employees at Bob Meyer Chevrolet in Norwalk checked tools and equipment after a Tuesday night break-in. Police found fingerprints and footprints near a south side window and noted a hole and wire manipulation of a latch. A storage area at the rear garage had a prior Feb 22 entry report. Ralph R. Spiegel named Norwalk’s Outstanding Young Man at the Junior Chamber Distinguished Service banquet.
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