28 Oct 1977
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1977
Page
1
The Norwalk Jaycees plan a 7 p.m. parade Sunday with 6 30 p m assembly at Case Street lot opposite the public library. Prizes for best costumes and candy for participants. Jerry Egle is chairman. Trick or treating Monday night runs 7 to 9 with lights-on homes only.
Tony Hulman, 76, who pitched the Indianapolis 500 into a global spectacle with his radio call Gentlemen start your engines, died Thursday night. He bought the speedway in 1945 for 250000 and took full control in 1954, after starring in Yale football and track and achieving hurdling fame.
Two Collins men Rick Urbansky 22 and Frankie Heitsche 23 died in a late Thursday head on collision on Chenango Road near New London. Affected survivors include Ricky Harner and Russell Cook both 16, hospitalized in serious to fair condition. The crash site lies about 2.2 miles south of Ohio 18. Funeral services to be announced.
Campaign chairman Tom Woodyard reports pledges totaling 2423 so far with a goal of 91790 and a campaign that began October 10. Kroger Co and T A Thrift T Mart report 100 percent participation. Other pledges come from William Dauch Concrete Rotary Printing Stokely Van Camp and Wappler Instrument Co plus local professionals retailers and the Elks Lodge. Special gifts totaling 3232 are pledged.
Clear tonight with dense fog likely and Lows 40 to 45. Partly cloudy Saturday with highs mid 60s. Precip near zero tonight and 10 percent Saturday. NE winds 5 to 10 mph tonight. Marriage license filings for Christman Brown Williams Riester. Deaths: Homer W. Ewell Bernard R. Collins Carl E. Schmid.
The Norwalk Reflector launches a weekly $5 Fun Ad contest in its classified section. Readers must bring the specified unusual item to the front office at 61 E. Monroe St between 9 am and 5 pm the day after the ad appears to win five dollars and a photo in the paper.
The New York medical examiner studied skeletal remains found in northeast Pennsylvania last Monday to determine if they belong to missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Dr. Dominick DiMaio led the examination with results pending.
State Issue 2 supporters faced strong spending limits as opponents reported six to one spending advantage, with opponents using 396,230 dollars to back the ban and proponents about 61,000 through October 19. The mixed report includes unrelated notes on Hoffa body speculation and autopsy developments.
The House endorsed a plan for permanent broadcasting of its sessions, but instructed the Rules Committee to study and report back by Feb 15, 1978. Past studies found live coverage desirable but not yet timely, amid debates on turning Congress into a theater.
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