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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1965
Page
1
Southern governors and many congress members met in Washington and agreed they cannot block the federal desegregation order for schools receiving aid and will seek adjustments to avoid harm to the regional school system. The session ran two hours in the Cannon Office Building.
United Press International reports violent storms with brilliant lightning across Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and Texas early today. Tornadoes skirted Mankato and Waseca Minnesota and York and Grand Island Nebraska. Hail marble sized struck Andrews Texas. Omaha Nebraska lost power briefly after a heavy rainfall. Frigid winds above 40 mph dropped readings into the 30s in Montana and North Dakota with Butte at 29 degrees.
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today with scattered showers and a few thunder showers, then cooler by evening. Wednesday clouds with showers ending northwest by afternoon and southeast by evening. High in Norwalk yesterday reached 80 with 0.02 inches precipitation. sunrise 5 06 a m sunset 7 42 p m. Marriage licenses granted and applications listed with multiple local residents. Birth announced for a boy at 179 Tucker Ave. death noted for Ernest Albert Coultrip, 70.
Ohio State University Extension says 17 year cicadas will emerge earlier due to hot May weather. The locust appeared in Gallia and Jackson Counties last Friday and will spread across much of the eastern half of the state within 10 days. Damage includes twig destruction from egg laying. control should begin before laying. SEVIN is recommended but should not be used before the second cover spray.
U S bombers from the USS Coral Sea resumed air attacks on North Vietnam after a five day lull. A Phu Qui petroleum depot was hit with 25 tons of bombs, rockets and bullpup missiles causing severe damage. North Vietnam claimed one F105 was shot down. South Vietnamese troops pursued a border base, while guerrillas overran Phu Long hamlet in Binh Thuan Province.
A council meeting after 7 30 p m Friday could mark a head on clash between two factions over selling the municipal power plant. Ohio Power Co bids 1 575 million for the plant while councilmen James Buzzard and Jack Gardiner say the bid is too low and oppose the sale.
The Firelands Development Co plans a 30 acre industrial park on Old State Road and started stock subscriptions. Norwalk Chamber of Commerce led by President Tom Paff enbarger bought the first share, with local officials and civic leaders present at kickoff. One thousand shares of preferred stock are authorized, five hundred to be sold, and meetings with prospectus copies will be arranged for interested investors.
Frank Lair, 43, of Wilmington Alabama, pleaded no contest in Huron County Common Pleas Court to traffic manslaughter for a Nov 2, 1964 crash that killed Bruce Sanders, 20, of Greenwich Road 1. Judge Robert J. Vetter fined him 100 dollars plus costs and revoked Ohio driving rights for six months. Extradition proceedings had been initiated to return him to Ohio.
Norwalk Township trustees met with residents and Huron County Sanitarian Clarence Ellett to protest Leon Riley’s private dump on Route 250 south used for Milan’s garbage. Residents cited odor and highway-visibility issues, while Ellett noted a County Court case over illegal dumping was dismissed for inspection legality, suggesting possible permit violations.
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