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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1970
Page
1
Actress Sophia Loren passes a cheering crowd after a nude musical show Calcutta at the Eden Theater in Manhattan Tuesday night as photographed by UPI.
Canadian officials rushed to meet a deadline set by FLQ kidnappers holding James R. Cross, the senior Trade Commissioner in Montreal. The group demanded ransom and threatened to kill the diplomat if refused. Cross was abducted from his bed by four gunmen Monday morning as tensions rose over Quebec independence.
The Egyptian national assembly is poised to approve Anwar Sadat as president to replace Gamal Abdel Nasser with a national referendum set for October 15. If approved, Sadat would be sworn in October 17.
Reports from Washington indicate Congress will meet again after the November elections, marking the first lame duck session since 1950 as returning lawmakers finish public business despite not having ballot mandates.
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with a 20 to 40 percent chance of thundershowers. Norwalk high 79 and low 50 today, 79/50 through Thursday. southerly winds 15 to 20 mph. BIRTHS include a Milan girl and a Norwalk boy. MARRIAGE LICENSE applications for Huey Shepherd and Girley Handshot. DEATHS listed for Kuhn, Burkett, Gall, Moss with obituary on Page.
Police arrested 39 demonstrators in three clashes outside a downtown hotel during Vice President Agnews visit. The arrests included two flag burners, eight juveniles, several women, and two men accused of trying to run down a policeman. Agnew praised unity in diversity and criticized Goodell while defending Scott on GOP issues.
Norwalk man Thomas Sandvick, 22, a U S Coast Guard member, faces drunk driving and first degree vehicular homicide charges after his car collided head on with motorcycle rider Thomas Lutar, 25, of Garfield Heights on the West Shoreway. Lutar died later at Lutheran Hospital. Police say Sandvick’s car was in the eastbound lane. His father planned to attend the hearing.
Cleveland police order seven hundred smoke bombs to be used in six districts. Each zone car will carry two devices costing nine dollars each. The grenadelike bombs emit thick black harmless smoke to cover officers under fire.
Charles Manson, 36, not in courtroom, hidden behind a grill while codefendants Susan Atkins Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel sit upstairs listening via sound system. Judge Older ejected all after Manson leaped the table threatening him. Detective Dewayne Wolfer testifies on blood tests from the Benedict Canyon murder scene.
UPI reports Communist troops employed nausea gas for the first time in six months of fighting near Prakham, 48 miles north of Phnom Penh. Civilians were dragged from hiding and shot. three Cambodian soldiers and six civilians died at dawn, with over 20 soldiers wounded. The 200-man North Vietnamese assault left 12 bodies.
Sen Strom Thurmond and his ex beauty queen wife Nancy Moore Thurmond announced they are expecting their first child in March. The 67 year old senator said he was happy and declined further comment, noting the pregnancy had been known for three months.
United Auto Workers strike against General Motors in its fourth week disrupts Ohio dealers. Quotes from Cleveland Oldsmobile and Pontiac, Columbus Buick, and Chevrolet show empty showrooms, reduced payrolls, and wary customers. Dealers describe shrinking inventory and stalled sales as the strike drags on.
Police investigate an entry and damage at New London School. About $8 in coins were stolen from desks and offices including the high school and elementary principal's offices and the band and industrial arts rooms. No forcible entry. interior doors damaged and ceiling blocks removed to reach the principal's office.
Cynthia R. Perkins, 16, Berea, and nine classmates were put under a trance in a Berea High science class by a peer. While nine were told they would awaken, Perkins remained partly under the spell and murmured I'm freezing. She was reported in satisfactory condition today.
An 8th grade class experiment led by teacher Joseph R. Schnelzer resulted in a student, Cynthia Perkins, being hypnotized and taken to Ingleside Psychiatric Hospital after a fire department and emergency squad responded. Cynthia's mother, Mrs. Sandy Perkins, questioned the method and safety of hypnosis and called for caution in future cases. Principal Gerhard Deutschlander noted Schnelzer was a new teacher with three years of high school science experience.
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