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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
1
Wage and Price Administration probes Norwalk elected officials pay raises approved Jan 1. Mayor salary rose to 5700, treasurer 3780, solicitor 4200, auditor cut to 4800. Officials discuss grouping limits and ongoing city projects.
Muhammad Ali and his wife filed in U S District Court to recover 97048 68 dollars in income taxes claiming the IRS disallowed a 100000 dollar contribution to the Muhammed Temple of Islam during 1966 audit and a 9538 90 dollar church donation in 1967. In Columbus Ohio Hubert Humphrey won 75 delegates to McGovern's 65 in the May 2 presidential primary with supplemental precincts reporting after voting machine problems halted earlier voting.
Sunny mild weather today with a high around 61 in Norwalk and a low near 37. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and a high in the upper 60s to low 70s, with a 10 percent rain chance. Birth announcements list two newborns from Norwalk and Monroeville. Death notices record three residents: John A. Baker 68 Willard, Aurilla M. Barnes 82 Wakeman, Richard A. Quillen 54 Vermilion.
The Soviet Union urged the United States to halt the North Vietnam blockade and return to Paris talks while Haiphong and other North Vietnamese harborsActivated mines began at 7 a.m. EDT. The 7th Fleet moved to enforce the embargo as US air raids reduced to about 200 planes in daylight.
Randall W. Snyder an 18 year old Wakeman area resident died after his southbound car skidded off Old State Road near Norwalk. The vehicle flipped end over end hitting a ditchbank tree and Snyder was thrown from the car. He died later at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital.
Huron County Commissioners hear Wiggs Department Stores request to grant a drainage easement for surface runoff from a new Norwalk store on U.S. 250. A 15 inch tile is planned, with Wiggs proposed to pay part of the cost, while Prosecutor Freeman opposes public money for private use.
Rescue teams recovered seven additional bodies at the Sunshine Silver Mine in Kellogg Idaho raising the death toll to 58 with 33 workers still missing. Marvin Chase, the mine's VP and general manager, stated the remains were found at the 3,700 foot level.
Major Jon R. Wise of Norwalk was wounded in the head and arm by fragments from an exploding missile on April 23 in Vietnam. He serves as senior advisor with the 22nd Division of the Army of Vietnam at Tan Canh and is hospitalized awaiting release.
Robert J. Hettrick a 34 year old railroad worker from New Castle Pa was shot in a Willard bar Friday night and is listed in fair condition at Willard Area Hospital Hettrick had been previously shot and was in guarded condition Robert DeHoyos age 23 faces charges of shooting with intent to kill in the incident
Hundreds of demonstrators were seized by police as antiwar protests spread coast to coast. Amherst College president Dr John William Ward and other faculty were among those arrested outside Westover Air Force Base. Police reported 300 to 400 arrests overall and clashes with officers occurred in several cities.
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