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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1969
Page
1
Police report gangs of Negro youths in a 12 block area on the Dayton West Side staged a rock throwing and fire bombing spree late Monday. About 200 youths were involved and 75 officers were called in to restore order. Tear gas was used to break up groups of youths aged 14 to 21.
Dayton police rushed to the workhouse after inmate Johnnie Mullens, 24, was shot in the back by a tower guard as he tried to climb a fence. Other prisoners blocked efforts to move Mullens to a hospital for about 30 minutes. Mullens was jailed on parole violation charges.
Linda Esterline of Bucyrus won the Milan Melon Festival Queen title against 23 state finalists. The 19 year old Ohio University student and WBCO radio worker is a DeMolay Sweetheart Queen, former Bratwurst Queen, and active in tennis and campus groups.
A burglarized store on East Monroe Street is missing 4999 in merchandise including six portable TVs and various audio equipment. Police report entry via a removed window, fingerprints lifted, and no office disturbance. Owner’s wife notes three men scouted the store weeks earlier.
John H. Glenn Jr., the famed astronaut and possible future U S Senate candidate, addressed a Summit County AFL-CIO Labor Day gathering in Barberton Ohio. Glenn, age 48, did not discuss politics. The Ohio AFL-CIO had stated Glenn was not qualified to be a senator due to long absence from the state.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with chances of showers and thundershowers. Lows near 58 to 64, highs around 80. Births deaths and marriages listed with local names. obituaries noted on page 3.
Thousands crowded New London Milan and Berlin Heights this Labor Day for homecomings and Melon Festival parades drawing crowds from across the state. Milan endured heavy traffic with Route 250 choked while deputies cleared a dozen motorcyclists from town. Police closed rides and urged attendees to depart after the car drawing.
In Columbia South Carolina James F Byrnes 90 remained in critical condition after a Friday heart attack His longtime physician Dr A Izard Josey said Byrnes rested comfortably and was not in distress The Charleston native had served in all three government branches including secretary of state Supreme Court justice governor and WW II economic mobilization director
Norwalk public and parochial students return to class with a split lunch at Norwalk High School from 11:29 to 12:14 and 12:18 to 1:03. Elementary sessions start 8 40 with varied dismissals. lunch prices rise for St Paul and St Marys schools.
Richard Tate, 25, carrying a loaded pistol, was arrested in the Cleveland mayor's office as Carl B. Stokes arrived for work. Tate, a frequent caller, had warrants from a prior incident in which he allegedly abused a receptionist while demanding to see the mayor. He claimed the gun was to prevent aides from "messing me around."
The U S Navy orders a court martial for Captain Albert S McLemore and Lt jg Ronald C Ramsey of the destroyer Frank E Evans over the June collision with Australian carrier Melbourne in the South China Sea. If convicted of negligence Ramsey faces two years hard labor and all pay forfeiture.
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