28 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1969
Page
1
Frank Fioritto, a Ohio State University student, has slept in a coffin in his Morrill Tower dorm suite for three nights. The room features organ music, red lights, a kneeler, and visiting hours from 8 to 11 pm. A Bible rests on his chest as he relaxes in the coffin, saying he enjoys challenges.
Connie Stuart of Wheeling West Virginia held her first press briefing as the new press secretary and staff director for Mrs Nixon. She said her first loyalty is to Mrs Nixon and her second loyalty is to the press. Also introduced by Mrs Nixon was Stephanie Wilson of Wayne New Hampshire as secretary and administrative assistant. John J Gilligan eyes governor job or another Senate bid after addressing Eastmoor High School in Columbus day event with release stating students chose him over Rhodes and Glenn.
Carl J. Walski of Huron and John Johnson of Berlin Heights were arrested by Liquor Department agents in a Lake Erie crossing case. Authorities confiscated 124 bottles of whiskey and malt liquor from Walski’s 23 foot inboard boat. State Liquor Director Donald D. Cook called it the largest single interception since the enforcement boat began operating.
Charles Devine Jamieson known as Chuck Jamieson The Hawk died of a heart attack at Paterson Memorial Hospital He was 77 Jamieson played outfield for Cleveland from 1919 to 1933 and had a .303 lifetime batting average with 1990 hits He also played for the Washington Senators Philadelphia Athletics and the Buffalo Bisons before joining Cleveland
Israelis headed to the polls to choose a new parliament amid a pro Israel party sweep forecast for Prime Minister Golda Meir's coalition and its no retreat stance toward the Arabs.
Clear cool tonight with a low in the 20s. Wednesday sunny and near 50. Thursday warmer with clouds. 10 percent today, near zero tonight and tomorrow. Winds NW today 5 to 10 mph, tonight light and variable, tomorrow SE 5 to 10 mph. Norwalk high 45 low 29. Births listed for Hargrove Stallkamp Dymond Pannucci. Marriage license applications for G Bixby Fries Gammon Wisecup Heydinger Barnett.
Sens. Marlow Cook and James Pearson testify on toy TV ads that begin influencing kids in summer. Mrs. Lillian Ambrosino says commercials overrun children's shows and exploit toddlers. The lawmakers discuss impact on Christmas shopping and parental pressure.
The Ohio Highway Patrol found no evidence that money was paid or offered to obtain a sentence reduction for mobster Thomas Yonnie Licavoli. Gov. Rhodes had earlier reduced Licavoli’s murder conviction to second degree, making him eligible for parole. Licavoli, 65, was jailed for life in 1934 over four Toledo-Detroit area gangland murders.
Walter Parsons 20 of Spencer Ohio was struck by a southwest bound B and O freight train while delivering bread along Alpha Road near Greenwich. He survived with facial lacerations after the truck was dragged 100 feet and the wreckage spread over 750 feet.
Ohio State University President Novice G. Fawcett orders an investigation into the release or theft of Gov. James A. Rhodes’s academic records. Rhodes attended OSU in 1932, earning D’s and failing marks before leaving to support his widowed mother.
Four expensive homes on a 200 foot cliff in San Pedro hover as a crescent fissure widens two inches per hour. Evacuated residents report homes split or shifted. gas, electric, and water are cut off while authorities monitor the crack and assess risk from earthquakes and heavy rainfall.
A rear collision on U S 20 near Monroeville involved a feed wagon from Harold Walters of Monroeville. Basil J. Frank 52 of Bellevue drove the panel truck that struck from behind spilling corn. Frank was charged with failure to stop in an assured clear distance and remained in Bellevue Hospital in fair condition.
Ernest M. Midkiff Jr of 10 Minard Place is named to fill a vacancy on the Norwalk Fire Department. The appointment takes effect Nov 16 per Service Director William V Mount. The 26 year old Norris City Indiana native and former Northern Ohio Telephone employee passed the civil service exam for class D fireman driver. He and his wife Karen have three children.
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