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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1974
Page
1
Agnes Moorehead died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital Rochester after an undisclosed illness. The four time Academy Award nominee was best known for Endora on the TV series Bewitched.
Detroit reports show Ford Motor Co and the other two automakers posting sharp profit declines in the first quarter of 1974. Overall big three profits fell 80.6 percent as inflation, higher labor and material costs, and an energy crisis slumped sales. Ford posted 125 million in Q1, down 65.7 percent from 361 million a year earlier.
Ohio Vietnam Veterans Bonus Commission Director John W. Bush urged help in locating ex prisoners of war. To qualify for the $1000 bonus, a veteran must prove one year of Ohio residency before entering service during the compensable period.
N Dale Anderson, who followed Spiro Agnew as Baltimore County executive, was sentenced to five years in prison with no fine after resigning last week. The case stemmed from the same federal investigation that led to Agnew’s resignation. In San Francisco, two black men were arrested early today as suspects in the Zebra killings, with police naming J C Simon and Larry Green, both 29 and 22, booked on murder charges in the 18 slayings, 12 deaths.
Columbus attorney general says his April briefing on Patricia Hearst linked to SLA was based on substantial evidence and calls SLA common criminals. In Washington, Nixon sought libel suit against Sen. Weicker after Watergate accusations, urging use of the most vicious lawyer and cursing the expletive deleted remark in released transcripts.
Increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the mid 40s and a chance of rain by evening Thursday highs near 69 in Norwalk. Births report a boy to Mr and Mrs William Moore at 98 S Linwood and a death for Mrs Quintella Marie Cronk aged 75.
In Sioux Falls a courtroom melee during the trial of five AIM militants for the 1973 Custer riot led to a one day recess after 10 hospitalizations and two deaths. Police and Indians blame each other. Judge Bottum ordered a courtroom clearance amid protests.
Edited White House transcripts reveal President Nixon weighing paying $120,000 to buy silence from Watergate defendants and rejecting clemency as politically unworkable. The release covers 31 of 42 subpoenaed tapes and details debates, timelines, and key figures including Haldeman Ehrlichman Hunt and Dean with responses to impeachment inquiries.
Lyn Power, 27, Stanford graduate and John Glenn’s daughter, campaigns for her father in Norwalk. She says her views align with his and comments on Metzenbaum tactics, recalling past campaigns and her own history with political volunteering.
Standard Oil of Ohio boosts gasoline prices six cents per gallon effective midnight Tuesday setting regular and lead free at 57.8 cents a gallon at company owned stations.
Norwalk Planning Commission will meet at 6 tonight to reconsider a rezoning filed by Robert White while the Park and Recreation Board meets at 7 30 in council chambers. A fuel price check shows Sohio and Certified Oil Co raised prices with premium at 61 8 cents and regular near 57 8 cents. Dave's Sohio posted 61 8 for premium and 57 8 for regular. wholesale rates rose for Sohio and Certified. Other stations left prices unchanged as most dealers note April price hikes and no new notices yet. Marathon Oil of Findlay says it is studying the situation. Ashland Oil Co announces five cent decrease and Shell hikes 4 8 cents.
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