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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1970
Page
1
Reuters dispatch describes 100 Israeli tanks and 1,000 infantry in southern Lebanon clashing with Arab guerrilla bases amid air and ground battles with Lebanese and Syrian forces. Iraqi artillery shells Israeli positions from Jordan as three Syrian MiG 17s are shot down.
National Guardsmen and state police flooded Augusta Georgia in riot control after six black men were killed amid guerrilla style warfare. Authorities reported over 25 injured and 30 stores destroyed as 1,850 guardsmen patrolled 130 blocks where gunfire loomed. The unrest followed the jail death of Charles Oatman, a 16 year old black youth. Governor Maddox ordered forceful action to restore peace and warned against tolerating anarchy.
UPI report says Kent State students told Senator Stephen Young they saw an Ohio National Guard lieutenant order his squad to fire on demonstrators. A KSU student also testified in San Francisco Hastings College of Law. The lieutenant allegedly raised and snapped his hand, directing kneeling guardsmen to fire a volley.
Partly cloudy and cooler through Wednesday with a 40 percent chance of thundershowers mainly in the afternoon and evening. Highs in the 60s to low 70s inland, 60s near the lake. lows in the 50s. Norwalk highs 79, lows 54, humidity varying through the day. Also births, marriage license applications, and deaths listed for local residents.
Western Reserve teachers vote three to one to postpone a professional study day as Superintendent Ellis Dunmyer proposes an operating levy for next November to fund higher teacher salaries. WRTA leaders John Speer and Alice Stacey say negotiations continue this summer, with a new package due by next fall.
In Oberlin Ohio police chief Robert K Ferber and Sgt Eugene Barlow were suspended for five days amid protests by about 200 townspeople and Oberlin College students over alleged brutality and racism. A Friday dance criticism prompted resignations by four other officers and a city investigation by City Manager Edward Smith.
The city purchased a smoke machine to detect storm drains still connected to the sanitary sewer. Service Director William V. Mount said it will be used today in the Benedict Norwood and Christie Avenue areas. Smoke travels up downspouts if connected to the sewer and may appear at cave troughs. The ordinance bans storm drains into the sanitary system and urges directing water onto ground or driveway to prevent overload.
The Dollars For Scholars drive runs tonight and Thursday with students from Norwalk and St Pauls High Schools soliciting door to door Thursday 5 to 7 pm. Tonight a variety show at Norwalk High Auditorium 7 30 pm. A $250 gift from Firelands BPW Club was presented to president Edward Still.
A firebomb damaged the Nelson Commons Dining Hall at OU causing about 120000 dollars in damage. Fire Chief Dalton said a molotov type device started the blaze at 1 24 a m. The campus faced further vandalism amid demonstrations as OU leaders vowed to keep the university open.
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