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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1968
Page
1
About two dozen welfare protesters were arrested as police cleared the Lucas County Welfare building after an all night vigil by around 100 women seeking larger winter clothing allotments. No violence occurred, officials reported.
Kenneth P. O'Donnell said RFK was absolutely convinced he would become president after his California primary victory last June. He told the Federal Bar Association that before that win Kennedy feared people doubted him riding the memory of his slain brother John F. Kennedy.
Firemen submitted wage increase demands to City Manager Richard L. Krabach. The Cincinnati Firefighters Union Local 476 seeks fulltime pay of 10 000 a year, a 1920 raise, and a reduction of the average work week from 56 hours to 42 hours.
Rep. John M. Ashbrook of Johnstown Ohio and fellow Republicans urge President-elect Nixon to scrap the NLRB. He says labor disputes should go to regular U.S. Courts, arguing the Board operates on politics from start to finish.
Oberlin Ohio UPI reports several students start a fast to protest military recruiters on campus. The first recruiters are not due until next May. Last year students held a Navy recruiter captive in his car for four hours during a protest against military presence on campus.
The Ohio School Boards Association said it favored a statewide income tax to help solve school financial problems. The tax proposal was included in several resolutions adopted at the fall conference in Columbus.
Dr George Gallup told editors at the National Conference of Newspaper Editorial Writers that poll testing can quickly gauge public reaction to ideas on crime pollution and other social problems. He extended the offer to newspaper writers and the incoming Nixon administration.
Vietnamese moderates in Paris predict a Yugoslav style nationalist Communist regime will govern both halves of Vietnam within five years or more. They believe peace is imminent and that South Vietnam must end its boycott of talks to join negotiations with the United States North Vietnam and the Viet Cong in Paris.
The 11,000 word pastoral draft says couples may use contraception in certain circumstances without sin and urges amending draft law to grant selective conscientious objector status. It also urges reappraisal of U.S. aims in Vietnam and calls for selective exemptions from military service.
Cloudy and warmer today with occasional rain and highs in the 50s. Tonight and Saturday bring more cloudy skies and light rain with lows in the 40s. Norwalk records a Thursday high of 53 and low of 35 with .44 inch rainfall. Birth announcements note a son for Mr and Mrs Cunningham and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Lykins. Death notice for Mrs Pansy Pickworth Cole, 57, Nova.
NIH scientists in collaboration with New York Medical College report a synthetic RNA medicine that boosts interferon to enhance the body's virus-fighting system. If successful, it could cure or prevent many viral diseases and may reach general use within five years. Tests show no harmful effects in animals so far.
The Huron County Board of Commissioners approved a 15 percent rise in Aid to Dependent Children benefits, boosting average payments by about $3 per child starting Jan 1. A family of five would receive $127 from state and federal sources with a $19 county supplement, restored by renewing the Relief for the Poor levy on Nov 5.
The Ohio Health Department warned Norwalk to fix a sewer system that allows raw sewage into Norwalk Creek. Nine combined sewer bypasses, two homes discharging to the creek, and a field tile spill near Benedict Avenue prompted the demand for new sanitary and storm sewers. Officials expect a comprehensive plan by 1970 and potential permit conditions due June 15, 1969.
Two Black students who walked out of a Jonesboro High pep rally plan to file a federal suit to prohibit the playing of Dixie at school events. The filing asks the court to stop practices promoting racial division and to address friction between White and Black students and teachers. The plaintiffs name Teresa Tate and Anthony Smith, with support from John W. Walker and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Debby Sweet, 17, from Norwalk, answered Marine Private Raymond Stogner’s marriage proposal after his ad in The Reflector. Stogner, at Parris Island, had written letters and proposals since leaving for camp, and Debby initially hesitated before saying yes in a moment of sentiment.
Greenwich firefighters battled a blaze at the Alfred Campbell residence on Fairfield Angling Road late Thursday afternoon gutting the second floor and causing heavy water damage on the first floor. Cause is undetermined and the family was away in Norwalk. Firemen saved a television and some furniture. no damage total released.
Miss USA claims judges favored politics over beauty in the Miss World contest won by Miss Australia. Miss USA and Miss Spain cited political friction, British judges, and insults at the London event where 53 contestants were narrowed to 15.
Wakeman council members selected Lyle Miller 57 from Elyria for the $6000 annual police post. Miller has worked in industrial security, chosen over two younger finalists after a July vacancy.
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