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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1977
Page
1
Fergus Clydesdale notes Americans eat too much fat animal protein and other fun foods. He argues the problem is not industry or technology but human frailty and urges moderation to improve health.
The William Waddell murder case, set to start April 11, could become the county's longest criminal trial with two weeks scheduled but 73 state witnesses already summoned. Defense witnesses remain to be called amid ongoing suppression hearings and Supreme Court questions.
Officials call the Wednesday blaze the worst downtown Marion fire in years. The Crawbaugh Hardware Store on Main Street was a total loss. Four adjacent buildings, including National City Bank and its travel bureau, suffered heavy smoke and water damage to shops on the block.
The House defeated the effort to overturn Ford's 1975 veto of the common situs picketing bill 217 to 205. Rep Frank Thompson Jr. said the defeat ends a 25 year push by building trades unions, signaling trouble for labor's 1977 agenda.
Mostly sunny today with high temperatures in the upper 30s and a clear cold night with lows 15 to 20. Friday brings sun and mid 40s with near zero precipitation tonight and about 10 percent Friday. Marriage license for Burdue and Root of Norwalk. Births include Kurdinat boy and Campbell girl in Norwalk. Deaths list Robert White 90 and Walter Dawson 71. Weather data: Wednesday 46 21 temperature range digits unclear.
A 14 month Alpha-1 study of 100 markets for the Philadelphia Crime Commission shows price switchers are typically better educated and dressed than shoplifters. Both theft types focus on meat cheese and coffee, costing stores about 125 dollars daily.
Morarji Desai, 81, sworn in as India’s fourth prime minister in New Delhi after Janata party victory. He pledges to repeal emergency laws, restore judicial independence, guarantee free press, and pursue a nonaligned foreign policy while reviewing the Indo Soviet treaty.
In Blendon Township Ohio Mrs Hunsinger recounts a quiet home turned spectacle after a claimed haunting. Police reports and media stunts followed with visitors, letters, and campus scholars seeking access before fear and harassment subsided.
Municipal races hinge on petitions due by 4 p.m. today. In Norwalk, Republican mayoral frontrunner Ayne Goodsite faces Henry A. Schaper and Bernard McClure in the primary while four Republicans seek councilman at large. Democrat Robert Williams faces no GOP challenger. Democratic candidate for third ward council is William Smith with incumbent Richard Fritz contesting. First ward council remains with Lawrence Bresson as unfiled petitioner only.
Ohio Adjutant General James C Clem says the Go-Guard recruiting campaign ends after recruiting about 1 900 since January 1 and a retrain of 700. He cites weak support for volunteers, especially in Cleveland and northeast Ohio, and plans to focus on a 14 350 authorized strength after 38th Division reorganization.
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