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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1969
Page
1
Bill Cosby apologized on the Tonight show for a joke likening communion wafers to individual pizzas. NBC said about 400 viewer calls protested the routine.
Senator Albert Gore told Defense officials that the Safeguard ABM network is a defense in search of a mission that could endanger U S security. He spoke at the opening of a Senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing on Nixon's plan to deploy a $6.6 billion ABM system to defend U S offensive missiles.
The 82 foot private railroad car used by former President Harry S. Truman during the 1948 campaign was sold for 77000 dollars to Missouri banker Robert F. Koste for Alex Barker of Civic Plaza National Bank in Kansas City. The car built in 1940 and refurbished in 1959 features an observation parlor four bedrooms and four baths, and comes with crystal dishes and silver.
San Francisco State College settlement ends a months long protest led by the Black Students Union and the Third World Liberation Front with leaders claiming victory on all demands and mediators calling the accord a model for higher education nationwide.
Cloudy windy and cooler today with scattered light showers. High 40s. Tonight partly cloudy cooling to the 20s. Sunshine and cooler Saturday, low 40s Sunday partly cloudy and not so cool. Westerly winds 20 to 35 mph today diminishing tonight. Norwalk forecast highs 71 and 37 by day. Trace precipitation. Sunrise 6 30 am sunset 6 40 pm. Births list three new babies in local homes.
An early morning crash three miles west of Norwalk-Sandusky inter change snarled westbound traffic for over four miles. A tank truck and a car were first involved, later hit by a steel hauled semi. Three people injured, including Gerald Moore 34 Middletown in fair condition with back and possible internal injuries. Two other injured were treated and released. A separate family car accident near mile post 130 had four treated and released at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. Maple City Rubber Co. plans a new 11,600 square foot building at 55 Newton St costing about 120000. In Saigon, U S B 52s bombed Communist troops northwest of the city as guerrillas overran a U S camp at Landing Zone White 75 miles northwest of Saigon.
The Pentagon warns the Soviet Union could threaten U S Polaris and Poseidon submarines by the mid 1970s. Defense leaders say the danger supports approving the Safeguard anti ballistic missile system while noting limits on possible actions by the Soviet navy. A source in Congress disputes the ABM plan.
A 170 acre plan known as Sycamore Hills near Norwalk calls for 200 homes and a golf course on land once owned by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Metz. Annexation of 150 acres was approved. developers Harlon Jennings Claude V Martin Jr and Elmer Buki expect utility work to start soon with the course opening in summer 1970.
At New Orleans International Airport a DC3 crash in dense fog killed sixteen people aboard a West Tennessee Sportsmen's Association group bound for British Honduras. Frederick Thirkield III watched his father die as survivors, including Winford Smith, were hospitalized. Dr. Jack Brooks helped rescue others and criticized slow firefighting response.
Sewell Cameron announced a new seven acre site south of the Route 20 bypass and west of Route 250 on Huron County land donated at no cost. The Christie Lane School aims to open in fall 1970 with 90 students and an adult activity center, replacing the Benedict Avenue county building site.
At the Route 18 and Fitchville River Road junction, a Seventh Day Adventist School bus carrying many pupils collided with Beulah Funk's car. Driver John J. Castaneda 35 Oberlin charged with failure to yield. Funk admitted to Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. Castaneda and two pupils were shaken but not treated.
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