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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1973
Page
1
Terrence G. Leonhardy described a terrible ordeal as four members of a leftwing guerrilla group held him captive in Guadalajara. The Mexican government released 30 political prisoners to Havana and paid an $80,000 ransom to secure his release on Monday night.
Saigon broadcast alleges Americans tortured Communist prisoners of war describing brutal beatings and surgical experiments. It claims up to 48 percent of returned POWs suffered mental disorders and cites a case where a prisoner became paraplegic after abuse. Carl B. Bradley buried in West Texas after drowning with his horse in Old Glory. An inquest ordered. witnesses say accident while breaking a horse.
Cmdr Lloyd M. Bucher who surrendered the USS Pueblo to North Korea will retire June 1 ending 22 years in uniform. The ship was seized January 23, 1968 after being surrounded by Communist naval and air units off the Korean coast.
The Ohio Senate Elections Committee refused to reconsider the ERA defeat, voting 5 to 4, ending the amendment’s chance in the General Assembly for now.
Increasing cloudiness tonight with a chance of showers Thursday. Lows tonight in the 50s, highs Thursday in the lower 70s. Rain chances 20 today 30 tonight 50 Thursday. Winds SW today then S tonight. Norwalk high 71 low 55. Deaths listed: Wagner, Ellis, Hessler, Barnett.
UPI reports strong indications Judge Matt Byrne may order acquittal for Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo Jr after 18 weeks of testimony. Defense motions seek dismissal amid Watergate and CIA involvement tied to the break in and Ellsberg psychiatrist case.
Ohio voters backed State Issue 1 by a 2 to 1 margin to lift the constitutional ban on a state lottery. If approved by the legislature, a nine member Lottery Commission could be appointed by May 15 and the lottery could begin after July 1 with revenues projected between 75 and 100 million dollars in year one.
Inside the village the damage is severe with homes leveled, garbage piles, and graffiti on walls. Federal officials describe the destruction as wanton and compare conditions to a pig sty. Seventy-one days after the siege ended, 120 people were evacuated and 15 arrested for federal court arraignments.
Pope Paul VI announced the first Holy Year of the space age for 1975 attracting Roman Catholic pilgrims from around the world to Rome.
Robert Lee Risner, 22, is jailed on charges of possession of marijuana, possession for sale, and fleeing after deputies say he picked up a metal ammunition box containing drugs near Dublin Road in Greenwich. An officer fired at the car’s wheel during a pursuit. the box was recovered as evidence.
Huron County voters backed a state lottery and General Assembly modernization while local school levies and a Tiffin area bond and levy were defeated. Monroeville narrowly approved a 1.4 mill levy 274 268, and Bellevue voters rejected a 1134 1520 school levy.
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