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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1969
Page
2
Carrie L. Reilly, 27, wife of a local Marine recruiter, died in a one car wreck on Huron Avery Road in the early hours. Patricia Banks, 20, was at the wheel and survived with injuries along with Banks’ husband Roland and Reilly’s husband Robert, all treated at Sandusky Providence Hospital.
Ruth Hooke a 73 year old retired Norwood High shorthand teacher died March 4 in Cincinnati. Her 1963 will allocates all but 7000 for burial perpetual care and a memorial window at the University of Michigan. The document forbids heirs who contest and requests a special innerspring casket and pink silk dress.
Jack A. Metcalf a 33 year old North American Rockwell engineer from Bexley was shot while seated in a relative's backyard in Cleveland. He is listed in poor condition at Huron Road Hospital. This marks a second attempt on his life in under four months with a prior December shotgun shooting near his car. Police issued an alert for a man with an Afro haircut age 28 to 30.
Richard Jemison, 59, of Columbus, convicted of killing his wife Virginia and John Lyman, faces imminent electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary four days away. Gov Rhodes says he will not grant clemency despite Parole Board recommendation.
James McCullough 18 a Triway High senior died apparently of natural causes after an all night drinking party at an abandoned farm home east of Shreve Wayne County coroner Dr J T Questel said the group of about 20 youths spent Friday night there sleeping off alcohol. The body was found around 10 30 am Saturday and the coroner expected to determine exact time of death as investigators continued the probe.
The piece compares Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon for delaying promised statements. It cites Nixon in March 4 ABM remarks and his later March 14 and 17 18 schedule shifts. It underscores how changing timing fuels public speculation and the demand for consistency.
Summit County plans to cut the sheriff's department from 185 to 39 positions by April 1 due to a petition drive aimed at stopping a 0.5 percent permissive tax. Deputies vote to work through vacation for two weeks as layoffs loom, with churches offering to raise funds for salaries.
Nine antiwar demonstrators appeared in court for a preliminary hearing on burglary and destruction of property after they ransacked Dow Chemical offices in Washington. The group included six Roman Catholic clergymen and a nun who overturned desks broke two large windows and scattered documents. They said their actions opposed Dow's production of napalm defoliants and nerve gas.
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