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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1968
Page
1
In ALSDORF eight Chemie Gruenenthal executives faced criminal negligence charges over thalidomide marketing. The case, set in a coal miners hall, could span a decade and shape civil suits by parents of thousands of deformed children born in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
UPI reports Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene J. McCarthy pressing campaigns in Portland Oregon as the Democratic presidential primary nears. Richard Nixon stays confident and heads to Olympia Washington to seek delegates in nonprimary states.
Gov. James A. Rhodes viewed flood devastated southern Ohio from an Army helicopter after a conference with department heads. The Weather Bureau reported May rainfall at 9.6 inches, a 63 year record, exceeding 9.52 inches set in 1900.
Inocencia Hernandez, 29, gave birth to five girls in Cruze de los Esteros Vera Cruz near Papatlatla. Two infants died soon after, while three survived in good health and were moved to Poza Rica municipal hospital.
North Vietnamese troops clash with U.S. forces near Dak To in two major engagements. Communists report 150 dead and the destruction of two armored vehicles in one column.
Cloudy conditions continue through Tuesday with light rain today and fog tonight. Norwalk highs near 63 on Sunday and lows 54, humidity rising midday. Birth notices show Wake man Dwight Bolf’s son and Milan couple Villarreal first girl, Greenwich couple Picklesimer a son. Deaths include Matie Kramer, 77, and Lois Youse, 75.
Gov James A Rhodes cancelled his plans to attend the Norwalk bypass dedication due to southern Ohio flooding. The ceremony’s date was tentatively moved two weeks, with a dispute over who would lead the ribbon cutting between former Mayor Louis G Frey and Chamber President Richard Mutz. Ed Still criticized chamber involvement in the dispute.
Paris reports a new wages and hours deal intended to end paralyzing strikes by 10 million workers. but Communist dominated unions vow to continue action and allege U S intelligence meddling while protests surge and public services falter. police brace for further clashes as factories remain shut and banks stock cash shortages.
Barbara Jean Hunter of Bellevue won Miss Firelands 1968 and earned a second Miss Ohio pageant ticket. She also took the talent award for Fantasie Impromptu. Bellevue contestants filled the top five with Jane Seaman and Mary Keiser as runners up, along with Susan Frankart and Stephanie Zeigler. Verlea Frederick and Robbin Ullman tied for Miss Congeniality.
More than two inches of rain drenched Norwalk from Sunday morning, with 2.04 inches recorded at the Sewage Treatment Plant in the last 24 hours. Mayor Harold Finch supervised flood response from his office as residents reported flooded basements and utilities troubles at the Light Plant.
Two Norwalk city officials are hospitalized at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. Morley Price, service director, is in satisfactory condition. Council President Delbert Crawford was readmitted Sunday after a brief discharge and is listed in satisfactory condition.
Mrs. Jane Heyman of Monroeville has been certified to the Huron county commissioners by the Ohio Department of Personnel. Her name is the only one listed, described as incomplete by state officials for lacking three candidates.
Two houses burned Saturday in North Fairfield leaving two families homeless. A 11:50 a.m. fire on Old State Road damaged a home owned by Mrs Mable Palm occupied by Florin Schaffer, his housekeeper and her two children. A later 11 p.m. blaze at a Delta Edwards Roads farm destroyed the Clinton Sparkman family home, with the 13 year old daughter spotting the fire. A Sunday chimney fire at the Lewis Conger residence caused minor damage. Secondary causes and damage estimates were not immediately known.
About 200 residents lost power for 10 to 20 minutes when a tube blew in a boiler at Norwalk Municipal Light Plant. Three smaller boilers were returned to operation and power was restored. Welders worked to repair the big boiler, with officials citing no weather link to the outage.
A 30 year old Wakeman man Herbert T Sexton died Saturday in a one car crash on Route 113 one mile south of Route 60. He apparently lost control of a 1968 Mercury and collided with a tree. Coroner's report expected to determine cause. Funeral arrangements by Gerber Funeral Home and body sent to West Funeral Home Oneida Tennessee for services.
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