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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1972
Page
1
Pierre Susini aged 52 the French delegate general to North Vietnam died Thursday night following injuries from an American air raid on his Hanoi mission Oct 11 Paris hospital officials said.
Six American scientists shared the Nobel Prize awards in chemistry and physics. In physics John Bardeen of Illinois Brown University Leon N Cooper of Brown University and John Robert Schrieffer of Pennsylvania shared the prize. In chemistry Christian B Anfinsen of NIH Bethesda and Stanford Moore and William H Stein of Rockefeller University shared the prize. Anfinsen took half the prize while Moore and Stein shared the other half.
Washington reports a 0.4 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index for September led by clothing gasoline used cars pork eggs coffee and college tuition with beef and fresh produce easing. New York cites a nationwide strike by 15 000 Railway Express Agency workers after stalled contract talks with BRAC and mediation efforts.
President Nixon signs a five year 30.2 billion revenue sharing plan at Independence Hall Philadelphia as the Treasury prepares to mail first checks to 38 000 state county and city governments in a move to return funds and power to local governments.
Sunny cool day with highs in the mid 40s, tonight near 30s, Saturday showers possible with highs mid 50s to low 60s. Norwalk highs 43 low 19 with mixed humidity. Births to Norman Moore Attica a boy. Deaths include Veneta Cozak 72 Willard Barbara Martin 40 Willoughby J D Tomlinson 48 Wakeman Willard H Heyman 71 Milan.
Ohio Edison will open an office at 30 Whittlesey Ave after the Norwalk electric system sale. Mayor Wayne Goodsite says the system should become property of Ohio Edison by midnight Oct 31 with legal work and payment completed. Tony Gorant says the Whittlesey site is temporary pending a permanent office and will handle service and billing for Norwalk residents.
A University of Tasmania team led by Dr. R S Parsons isolated a fatty clotting agent linked to heart attacks. They suggest this fatty substance, produced during stress, may be more crucial than cholesterol in coagulation and prevention efforts.
In Saigon Henry Kissinger ended talks with President Thieu after Nixon reportedly rejected a North Vietnamese cease fire request. Thieu told legislators he saw no reason given for the rejection and warned a truce before the election could aid the Communists.
More than 700 guests gathered at Norwalk Junior High School for the Huron County McKinley Club 63rd banquet honoring retiring 8th District Congressman Jackson E. Betts and his wife Martha. James A. Rhodes urged re election of President Nixon and touted career education while emphasizing work oriented welfare.
Norwalk endured a record low of 19 degrees as Jack Frost swept the region. The sewage plant station logged a new cold mark, surpassing the 1930 22 degree record, with Canada air pushing from the Great Lakes to New England and beyond. In Binghamton New York 2.4 inches of snow fell over two days, the snowiest October on record there. Farmers in Huron County faced one of the hardest freezes, damaging peach trees and prompting faster ripening for late varieties, while apple trees suffered stem damage.
North Fairfield and Plymouth in Huron County were among 37 Ohio water supplies failing the Public Health Service bacterial standard in 1971. EPA says such water poses a potential health hazard needing corrective action, while Ohio EPA pledges top priority to drinking water protection.
Norwalk plans a Monday meeting to join the TOPICS program for traffic flow and signal improvements on state routes. The city seeks approval to advertise parking meters for a West Main lot and to hire consulting engineers, with a 5 percent city share and 50 45 5 plus engineering costs.
The National Weather Service in Pennsylvania sent a teletyped verse with a weather wrapup to newspapers airports and media stations marking the season’s first snow. The poem asks for snowfall to stay and praises winter’s quiet beauty as children listen for nature’s wonders.
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