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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1965
Page
1
Thick smoke and flame delayed rescue efforts as officials estimate 250 dead and mining sources warn up to 375 may have perished in the Dhori coal mine northeast of Calcutta. Eight bodies were recovered Friday.
In Havana UPI reports two American Baptist ministers sentenced on espionage and related charges. The Rev. Herbert Caudill Walters of Waynesboro Georgia received 10 years while the Rev. James David Fite Blackwelder of Omega Georgia got six years. In Paterson New Jersey a night clash in the Negro section saw bottles hurled at a police car after an arrest near Van Houten and Carroll Streets.
Wilbur F. Larrow 45 of 49 East Elm Street died this morning at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. He was Milan Steel Co. vice president in charge of sales, with 11 years at the firm. A World War II veteran, he served with local Company G. He was a member of St. Paul’s Church Elks Lodge and American Legion. Survived by wife Miriam and two sons Paul and Peter. Heagton Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Mostly sunny and cool this afternoon with a high of 60 to 65. Clearing tonight then increasing clouds and patchy frost in exposed areas as temperatures dip to 40 to 46. Sunday brings mainly cloudy skies with showers and little temperature change. Marriage license issued to James L Bates and Rose Mary Foster Clarksfield. births recorded for Mushett, Wilhelm, Koehn, and Halter families. deaths: Jess A Baker, Jerry Marsh, Wilbur F Larrow.
A 29 unit parade steps off from Church St and Case Ave at 2 p.m. Sunday to open Norwalk official Memorial Day observance. It proceeds east on W Main to Monroe then to the post office lot for a program near the fire station with veterans groups scouts bands and school units.
U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor postponed leaving Saigon for talks in Washington due to a cabinet impasse as South Vietnam’s government crisis deepens. Fierce fighting around Da Nang persists with at least one U.S. officer killed and 31 Vietnamese soldiers killed or wounded. conditions cloud Taylor’s return timetable.
Huron County Prosecutor Bernard Freeman said he will study the evidence from the REFLECTOR story on teenage drinking to decide if charges will be filed for illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. State agents interviewed the staffer and Norwalk liquor store personnel, with one arrest and several agents in town. Donald Hawk Jr. faced an affidavit for unlawfully handling liquor. he pleaded no contest and awaits Thursday bond status.
Members of the Kennedy family and a Johnson aide visited John F. Kennedy's Arlington grave on what would have been his 48th birthday. Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver prayed under rain, followed by Robert F. Kennedy and his family. Maj. Gen. Chester N. Clifton left a wreath as crowds gathered for Memorial Day weekend tourism and Kennedy's birthday observance.
Memorial Day observances will be held Sunday or Monday in several area communities. Greenwich hosts a 9 a.m. graveside service at Greenlawn Cemetery by the American Legion. Ernst L. Henes will speak at Monroeville at 2 p.m. Monday after a 1 p.m. parade. North Monroeville hosts a brief 10 a.m. program by the American Legion. Willard’s services start with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast and include Greenwood Cemetery. New London plans a Monday observance starting with breakfast at the American Legion Home and cemetery services led by Sheriff John Borgia at Monumental Park. North Fairfield sets a 3 p.m. Sunday program in the village square followed by a parade led to the cemetery by the South Central High School band. Berlin Heights memorializes Monday at Riverside Cemetery with Col. Daniel Hine speaking.
Ninety year old Burt Webster, a Spanish American War veteran from Norwalk, to resume his bugle duty this Memorial Day. He served with Company G in 1898 and later joined state guard in World War II. Webster has blown Taps for Civil War veterans’ burials and local disaster victims, and remains active in community service roles.
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