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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
11
Governor John J. Gilligan bites a large birthday cake presented by Indianola Junior High School pupils in Columbus for his 50th birthday. The image is a UPI telephoto capture.
Dean W. Jeffers said Nationwide Insurance has not earned an auto insurance profit since 1962 due to fragile cars and rising repair and medical costs. He noted 1970 net earnings of 24 million mainly from investments, while auto and fire lines posted a 2.1 million operating loss.
In Saigon, South Vietnam nears end of Laos incursion with rearguard fighting and possible completion by Wednesday. Communists strike Khe Sanh, ambush a U S armored column, and shell the base with 200 mortars before sappers attack helicopters. Two choppers destroyed. 20 attackers killed and three Americans dead. Nearby, Norwalk reports a bus collision with minor injuries. Fire disasters at Milan Avenue home, thefts during investigations, and multiple arson-related incidents are ongoing with significant property loss and missing trucks and shotguns.
Cleveland Trust Co and Society National Bank reduced the prime rate from 5 percent and cut passbook savings from 4 percent to 4 percent effective April 1. Both banks also lowered investment passbooks to 4 percent while one year income passbooks earn 5 percent and two year income accounts 5 1/4 percent.
Arthur Frank of Shaker Heights files a taxpayer suit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court seeking half the Browns income from television and film contracts. He argues the lease of Municipal Stadium obliges such a share.
Northeast winds 25 to 35 knots over Lake Erie with snow flurries and squalls. Cold tonight with highs in the 30s and 20s, mainly northeast. Births, marriages, licenses, and deaths listed for Norwalk and nearby areas including Mildred L. Simmons and Alfred Sprunk.
President Nixon told ABC in the White House Library that Laos operations show South Vietnamese fighters can stand up under pressure and have passed a milestone. He predicted possible accelerated withdrawals, saying long term results will define the mission’s value and may signal the end of the tunnel.
The proposed Railpax routes would serve five Ohio cities and bypass Cleveland, angering state leaders. Sen Taft vows opposition until more Ohio cities gain service. Mayor Stokes calls the move politically influenced and disappointing. Canton and Lima are included on a Pittsburgh Chicago link with Mansfield on the line.
Three Monroeville youths found kerosene in a car after taking fuel oil and kerosene from a home on Williams Road. They admitted sawing an old lock to drain a gas tank and were later released to their parents as the case goes to Juvenile Court.
The Census Bureau ranks Ohio cities by metropolitan population led by Cleveland Cincinnati and Columbus in 1970. Cleveland 12th nationally with 2,064,194. Cincinnati 21st with 1,384,911. Columbus 35th with 916,228. Other Ohio cities include Dayton, Toledo MIchigan, Akron, Youngstown Warren, Canton, Lorain Elyria, Hamilton Middletown, Lima, Steubenville Weirton, Springfield and Mansfield with listed rankings and figures.
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