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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1973
Page
1
Chilean armed forces pressed Allende to resign and fired on the presidential palace after besieging units issued a military ultimatum. Air strike followed, casualties unavailable, as attackers dynamited radio transmitters to silence supporters.
Bedford Ohio reports no classes as parents students and faculty meet to resolve tensions from Monday’s race clash that left about ten injured after a Friday football game altercation. Georgia sighting adds mystery as witness claims a golden egg fell from the sky near Boss Clanton. Saigon and U.S. warn North Vietnam over rebuilding abandoned air strips amid fears of MIG use and a new war.
Clear tonight with upper 40s to low 50s. Sunny Wednesday with mid 60s. Rain chance ten percent today tonight and Wednesday. Norwalk high 78 low 47. Winds from southwest shifting west to northwest. Marital licenses issued for Crandall Blick and Dieffenderfer Schnellinger. Deaths: Clarence H. Smith 72 Norwalk Douglas L Manning ? Sandusky Emma Weatherbie 83 Greenwich.
Huron County Grand Jury handed down 12 indictments including six secret. Thomas E. Houghdlen 19 of Norwalk faces burglary and grand larceny for a break in at Hergatts Western Shop with $15 to $20 and clothing stolen. Other indicted include Jimmy M. Rowe charged with stabbing with intent to wound at Farmers Lounge Monroeville August 18. Gerald Barnaba John Walton Alvin Graves named in various offenses. Nine jurors served with five alternates. Harold E. Bailey foreman.
Helen Garriott imitated a homey line from Skylab causing a surprised exchange with ground control. Mission crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma were revealed to be behind the ruse using taped audio from Garriott’s wife.
Six inmates broke from Jefferson County Jail in Louisville at 12 55 pm using an eight inch hacksaw blade to cut bars. They climbed onto a carpentry shop roof and over a three story barbed wire fence before fleeing down Sixth Street. One escapee identified as Donald Jamie Bowman 41 a Norwalk resident who once lived in Norwalk as James E Bowling.
A dump truck slammed into a support girder on the Tobin Memorial Bridge causing a section to separate and the bridge to close. Three engineers inspect the damage as they plan consultations with the Massachusetts Port Authority. The driver died in the crash and 70,000 cars use the bridge daily.
Norwalk businessmen John Ball and Robert Fuller compete with Norwalk Community Center Corp for a 20 acre southeast city site owned by the LaConte estate. A 0.25 percent city income tax increase ballots in November to finance the recreation center. Ball and Fuller hold an option on the land. the Community Center seeks an option for a recreation center amid rezoning talks.
In 1972 Spiro Agnew faced pressure to stay as Nixon's running mate after tensions with John Ehrlichman. Barry Goldwater said muscle at the Miami Beach convention compelled Agnew to agree to re election, despite his resistance and threats to resign if Ehrlichman remained. Separately, Bowman, jailed for a 1970 shooting, escaped from a Norwalk area lockup before a planned Oct. 1 trial date.
Willard police charged eight people including a police officer after a Saturday night brawl at Pat's Bohemian Beer Garden. The incident drew community protests calling for the bar's closure and a special city council session followed by talks with residents.
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