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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1970
Page
1
Washington dispatch notes gag writer Jim Atkins laments the decline of political humor. He recalls famous quips, notes his clientele of politicians waned, and says he is closing the service. He cites Vice President Agnew as the current comedian with no help needed.
In Oberlin Ohio the College of Arts and Sciences votes to allow credit in place of a grade and to eliminate D and F grades for students choosing the pass option. In Detroit the UAW moves to levy union members as it drains its strike fund, seeking a special convention to boost dues by about ten dollars a month to raise roughly nine million monthly.
The U S Embassy said it seeks consular access to two American generals detained in Russia after their plane strayed from Turkey in bad weather. A Turkish colonel and a U S Air Force major were aboard. Moscow officials expect no major crisis despite strains.
Partly cloudy today with highs in mid to upper 60s and a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Tonight and Saturday bring more clouds and showers with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s, rising precipitation to 50 percent Saturday. Winds shift from light east today to southeast later, then southeast to south on Saturday. Also notes marriage license applications and a birth in Norwalk area.
Sheriff's deputies arrested 24 year old John Linley Frazier in Santa Cruz California charged with killing Dr Victor M Ohta and four others near the mountaintop mansion. Frazier a mechanic who dropped out and became a hippie was captured at 7 30 am in a wooded area.
A hit run driver lost control Thursday damaging two boats and a weed cutter as his car plowed into a storage shed near a power plant in Mexico City. Fire boats and power plant equipment were damaged, and investigation continued as authorities linked new clues to a separate homicide case involving John Linley Frazier.
Edward J. Still and George Manyak were re elected to three year terms on the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce board. New three year directors include Charles Winn Kenneth Conway Charles Sneddon and Edwin Fessenden. They assume office January 1 with first meeting November 3 to elect 1971 officers.
Norwalk began 1916 with three 80 kW engines and three 150 hp boilers, peaking at 90 kW. By 1970 peak load reached 15,650 kW, spurring rapid expansion including 300 kW turbine and 500 kW unit by 1919. A rights dispute with Ohio Electric Power Co. over service and franchises led to a nine year legal battle ending without a final merits ruling.
Martin J. O Connell of Ohio Electric Power said the firm would settle the case and sell equipment to the city for 20000. The city council approved. Equipment was used in the municipal system and some sold. A Water Street building became a warehouse for the distribution department. The 1930s crisis left many customers unable to pay bills. In February 1933 street lighting charges were waived, the only time free service occurred. Free street lighting has continued since August 13 1946. Two emergency ordinances closed back bills totaling 149000 and declared street lighting a public purpose. Norwalk began wholesale power sales to Milan in 1937, ending in 1947. Firelands Electric Cooperative became a wholesale customer in 1938 and later connected with Ohio Edison via cooperatives.
Norwalk Service Director Adam Brickner and Mayor Harold Finch will attend tonight's basketball game between the Norwalk Truckers and the Tiffin Tornadoes in Tiffin. Brickner jokes that the winner will be whoever scores most, and notes he will sit in a neutral, reserved section. He previously served as Tiffin's service director before moving to Norwalk on Oct. 1.
John Thomas Scopes, the 1925 Monkey Trial defendant, died in Shreveport at age 70 after a battle with cancer. His Dayton Tennessee teaching of Darwin's theory led to a famous clash with fundamentalists, featuring Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan as his legal figures and H L Mencken among the press corps.
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