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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1973
Page
1
UPI reports major banks raise the prime rate from 6 3/4 to 7 percent effective Monday led by First National City Bank and Chemical Bank of New York. Cleveland Trust will keep 6 3/4 percent at least through Monday review.
Temperatures fell to the low 30s across Ohio with a record tying 33 degrees in Columbus. Youngstown Toledo and Zanesville also logged 32 33 and 34 degrees respectively as clearing skies and light winds allowed a statewide chill before a warming trend begins.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy told editors at their convention that the executive branch will emerge resilient and responsive to the nation's needs. He said the presidency, though faced with high level Watergate allegations, will survive and prove enduring.
The Mississippi River crested above flood stage from Iowa to Louisiana with floods described as the worst since 1937. Yazoo Ouachita Black and Red Rivers left millions of acres underwater while farmers catch catfish in fields. Army engineers expect many weeks of high water before fields dry enough to plant. The delay threatens millions in losses as cotton and soybeans have deadlines of June 1 and July 1.
A Boston Globe poll by Decision Research Corp. finds 49 percent support impeachment if Nixon knew in advance of Watergate or tried to cover it up. Forty-three percent think he knew ahead, 39 percent believe he did not, and 18 percent are undecided.
Arnold Levine, 42, an Army major who sought a compassionate transfer to Texas for his son's club foot operation, faces two counts of murder with malice after authorities say he beat his Vietnamese wife and their bedridden son to death. He was held on a $10,000 bond.
Clear and not as cold tonight with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Sunday sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Norwalk forecast shows 0 to 10 percent precipitation, NW winds 8 to 15 mph today, lighter tonight. Births include a boy to Mr and Mrs Isaiah Thomas and a girl to Mr and Mrs Lonnie Eagle. Death reported for Mrs Varda Reese Vasulka, 68, Willard. Norwalk National Guard unit to stage casualty recovery exercise at Upper Reservoir this afternoon with motor march from the armory, a reconnaissance boat, rubber rafts, and casualty loading on shore.
UPI reports Dr. C Walton Lillehei, famed heart surgeon, gets six months of charitable medical service in a public institution as part of five years probation after being fined 50 000 dollars for evading 127 000 dollars in federal taxes for 1964 to 1968. He faces back taxes estimated at 300 000 to 400 000 dollars. He vows to appeal.
Former White House counsel John W. Dean testified he hid nine classified documents in a safe deposit box and asked for its keys. E Howard Hunt testified Krogh ordered a burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist’s office and Hunt hired two Cubans to carry it out. Donald Segretti was indicted in Florida for a fake campaign letter.
A. Joseph Zannieri of Norwalk was named director of personnel for the New Departure Hyatt Bearings Division of General Motors. He succeeds Joseph H. Robinson who retired. Zannieri oversees personnel for NDH plants in Sandusky Ohio Bristol Connecticut and Clark New Jersey. He joined GM in 1951 and has held multiple personnel roles within the division.
Three Chi Chi Chi fraternity members at Pierce College pleaded no contest to hazing a fellow student. They were fined totaling 505 dollars and ordered to 60 days probation and 10 days of service work for the U.S. Forest Service in relation to the incident in Angeles National Forest last December. The victim Fred Bronner, 21, died after being abandoned near a 500 foot cliff.
Four armed youths abducted U.S. Consul General Terrance G. Leonhardy in Guadalajara after a police exhibition. They demanded 30 political prisoners be freed and threatened execution if not met. They sought a national TV broadcast and a Cuban ambassador interview, while the U.S. embassy confirmed awareness of the incident.
The grand jury will convene Monday with fifteen cases for presentation. Prosecutor William W. Owens notes first degree murder charges against Larry D. Robinson. Also on the docket are charges including breaking and entering rape and manslaughter. Willard and Norwalk taxi owner Willard is linked to the April 6 shooting of Alice White Womack. Others involve multiple indictments.
The Shoestring Players present No Walk Flapper's Folly at 8 15 tonight and again Sunday at Milan Town Hall. A Norwalk Lion of the Year and new club officers will be announced at a banquet tonight at 7 at Jolly Lanes, with a dance to follow. Open house for the Cooperative Extension Services, Soil Conservation Service and Soil and Water Conservation District at 180 Milan Ave from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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