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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1978
Page
2
A fire in a two story barn at 50 W Hooker St New London left Jim Girard 20 with first and second degree burns and cuts. Police investigate missing wallet later found without cash. State fire marshal to probe cause as Girard’s condition improves at a local hospital.
In Willow Island West Virginia a funeral service honored Lee Steele’s brother Emmett and four Steele sons Ernest Larry Miles and Ronald with 33 children left behind. Gov Rockefeller proclaimed a day of mourning as federal investigators examine cause of the 168 foot scaffolding collapse at Monongahela Power Co. plant.
County commissioners interviewed two candidates for the Huron County Board of Mental Health and Retardation. Nelson Seibert and Harlon Jennings were in line for appointment, with Still noting Seibert’s letter and Jennings’ expressed interest.
In four months the Ohio General Assembly sent over 100 bills to Governor Rhodes while tackling energy policy, school financing fixes, and industrial development. A broad energy conservation bill geared to government, not private. low income heating aid extended. utility cost protections pursued. a measured rate review for phones. The House studied school financing with a tentative 10 point plan, deferring major funding to 1979, while the Senate Education Committee reviewed Cleveland's district with federal court oversight ongoing. The measure forgiving weather-related school closure days faced GOP criticism as potential double payments to staff.
Beverly Hills hosts the controversial 38 room Sunset Boulevard mansion of Sheik Mohammed al Fassi who has spent about 4 million dollars on lifelike nude statues and a new copper roof while gawkers stall traffic. The Al Fassi family, aided by 12 guard dogs, plans a 100000 dollar sound system for a basement discotheque as a mosque nears completion and the press notes the house attracts celebrities and heated opinions.
About 18 helmeted Nazis from the National Socialist Movement clashed with roughly 30 anti Nazi demonstrators at Fountain Square. Eight anti Nazis were arrested amid confrontations with police as protesters jeered and distributed yellow Stars of David. A Newport man caused the arrest disruption. police faced kicks and a purse attack but reported no serious injuries.
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