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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1972
Page
1
St. Paul opened its 1972 football campaign with a 6 to 0 win over Lucas. The outcome was decided in the final seconds. Edison 26 Columbia Station O.
The Window Washers Union says it will picket firehouses if firemen are forced to wash stationhouse windows. Tom Stack met with 300 firefighters to show support for suspended firemen. Jack Gannon says picketing would force firemen to stay off the job.
The Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association proposes laws reinstating the death penalty for specific crimes. Mandatory penalties would apply to first degree murder of a judge, police officer, firefighter, kidnapping victim, hijacked vehicle passenger, a child under 13 during sexual assault, or a victim of a hired killer.
In Northern Ireland a 500 pound blockbuster detonated under a Saracen armored car on a country road killing three soldiers. The blast collapsed the vehicle flipping it and sending it 20 yards away.
Arab guerrillas attacked an Israeli patrol near Herbon in the West Bank using bazookas and small arms. The assault caused no casualties according to Tel Aviv military sources. The attack came about 48 hours after Israeli air strikes on guerrilla bases in Syria and Lebanon in reprisal for the Munich Olympic killings.
Fairfield California UPI reports the 38 year old Yuba City farm labor contractor Juan Corona faces trial for the orchard slayings of 25 field hands. He appears recovered from two heart attacks after arrest as security tightens in a Solano County courtroom.
Senator George S. McGovern labeled Nixon administration wage price controls a disaster saying they fueled inflation. He issued a statement through his campaign claiming the price commission focused on protecting profits rather than controlling inflation.
Considerable cloudiness through Tuesday with a chance of showers and thundershowers. High in mid 70s today. tonight around 60. Tuesday high 75 to 80. Mariners show 40 percent today and tonight, 30 percent Tuesday. Winds southeast 8 to 12 mph. Norwalk highs 73 lows 47. Humidity 83 percent at 7 am, 46 percent at 1 pm, 75 percent at 7 pm. Precipitation none. Sunrise 7 04, sunset 7 43, moonrise 11 09, moonset 9 17. Marriage license applications listed for six couples. Births noted in Norwalk area. Deaths include Mr Courtland Vincent 81 Florence and Mrs Donelda Reed Willard.
At the Munich Games the Olympic Village faced tense rumors of shots near the Soviet and Moroccan athlete housing. Police sealed the area. a reported dead man and four wounded could not be confirmed as gunfire, with officials citing a single source, an unidentified Frenchman, and noting a youth death from a flagpole fall not related to violence.
The Arab world condemned the U N veto on a resolution condemning Israel for air raids on Lebanon and Syria. Egypt and West Germany clashed over remarks after Munich killings as Arab feelings ran high and a Moroccan Arab shot an Israeli diplomat in Brussels.
An 18-year-old Huron County Jail inmate, Thomas E. Houghtlen, escaped during transport from Norwalk to hospital, dove from a patrol car near Linwood Bridge, and was recaptured by Port Clinton police at 9:30 a.m. He had been jailed since June 22 on a breaking and entering charge.
In Mohican State Park near Loudonville two Norwalk men were accidentally shot by a companion while hunting squirrels. Charles L. Howey, 30, suffered pellet wounds to the face and scalp and was listed in fair condition, while Michael J. Martz, 14, had a ruptured eye and was in satisfactory condition. The shooter, Jeffrey D. Adkins, 20, Wakeman, said he believed his companions had returned to the car. No charges were filed.
Willi Daume, head of the Munich organizing committee, warned the Olympics face a severe crisis after the massacre of Israeli athletes. He defended continuing competition and urged unity against terrorism while noting the shock felt by the committee.
South Vietnam reports over 70 helicopters lost or heavily damaged at Bien Hoa airbase northeast of Saigon amid explosions suspected as sabotage. The attack wounded 45 Americans, destroyed tanks, disabled a U.S. AC119, and damaged the Paul Doumer Bridge linking Hanoi to Haiphong.
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