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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1973
Page
1
Actress Sue Lyon announced plans to marry inmate Cotton Adamson at Colorado State Penitentiary on November 4. Adamson has served 15 of a 40 year sentence for armed robbery.
Manhar Kajjaria of 31, born in India, was paralyzed in a 1960 Volkswagen crash in Michigan. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge James Ryan stated the verdict marked a early Michigan case holding an automaker responsible for injuries when poor engineering worsens harm. Kajjaria sought damages after suffering a broken back and severed spinal cord.
President Nixon stayed at Camp David seeking a brief respite between a confrontation with the Soviet Union and a scheduled Washington press conference. No time was set for the news conference, which had been postponed from Thursday. The White House attributed changes to escalating Middle East tensions.
Deputy State Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson announced that 310 acres of school lands in Erie County will be opened to the public for hunting fishing trapping and outdoor recreation. The land was acquired in a deal with the Department of Natural Resources which will pay $500 a year to Margaretta Township school district while negotiations continue to sell the land for use as a hunting and wildlife refuge area.
President Nixon schedules a televised 7 p.m. East Room briefing to reveal his stance on Watergate inquiry conduct and potential naming of a new special prosecutor to replace Archibald Cox after his firing. The move follows a week of crisis as congressional leaders demand an independent prosecutor.
UAW President Leonard Woodcock announced a settlement with Ford Motor Co after a 21 hour bargaining session that began Thursday. The agreement covers about 185000 workers and avoids a second industry crippling strike. Woodcock offered no contract terms.
Newsprint use tightened after a price rise by a major Canadian producer. Tulsa Daily World and Tulsa Tribune will skip Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year editions to avoid rationing news and ads. Kenneth Fleming said the cut aims to carry through the year without reducing circulations.
Partly cloudy and cooler today with highs mid to upper 60s and near zero chance of rain. Tonight remains mostly clear with lows in the 40s to 50s. Saturday brings more cloudiness and highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Sunrise 7 52 a m Sunset 6 30 p m. Birth notices list Alan Lambert and Robert Babcock, both Norwalk, newborn boys at F T Hospital. Death notices honor Dr Charles W Peasley 83 and Frank Edward Wechter 63.
Speaker Carl Albert says the House will pursue a full impeachment inquiry into President Nixon while focusing first on Gerald Ford's vice presidential qualifications. Albert, in a NBC Today Show interview, urged prompt air clearing and national unity as lawmakers probe what happened.
UPI reports hundreds phoned in UFO sightings in Los Angeles and Hawaii with tetroons identified as plastic bags in an air study. A Corvallis station offered 10000 for a living space visitor. A 15-year-old in Ohio posed as a spaceman. In Washington, Nixon ordered an alert lift though most forces remained ready as analysts weighed Soviet moves toward Egypt. The 36,000 personnel taken off alert marked a partial deactivation of the 2.3 million strong force.
Former Norwalk High School basketball star Roy L. Adcock, 21, and his brother James, 20, were injured when Roy fell asleep at the wheel on U.S. 250 near Scheid Road. Roy remains in critical condition at Lorain Community Hospital while James is in satisfactory condition at Cleveland Veterans Hospital. The brothers, returning from a Sandusky party, both survived a collision that trapped them under a fallen electric pole. Roy is a 1972 Norwalk High graduate who starred in junior and senior years.
Norwalk residents rally for the big game between St. Paul and Monroeville High School with widespread toilet papering and townwide decoration. Stores report increased sales as families spend about four dollars per house on supplies while some caution over littering.
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