16 Sep 1977
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1977
Page
1
Robert Ratzow of Akron, a 65 year old widower and tavern owner, won $25 000 on the Ohio Lottery televised game show after selling himself the winning ticket. He called the win surprising and not expected.
Ohio production payrolls rose 14 cents in July from a year earlier led by rubber products up 70 percent and lumber products up 64 percent. Oakland A's owner Charlie Finley recovered from bypass surgery in satisfactory condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Public hearings on a piggyback county sales tax in Huron County were set for November and early February to address a projected 1978 deficit. debate centers on passing by resolution versus placing on the general ballot.
In Lansing Michigan a pedestrian overpass built to keep students safe collapsed after being struck by a crane. Five boys from kindergarten to sixth grade were hospitalized with broken bones and other injuries. An eyewitness described severe injuries including a potential loss of sight. The skywalk over Logan Street connected Barnes Elementary to a busier side of town and prompted the school to close for the day.
Opera star Maria Callas died in Paris of a heart attack at her home. She was 53 and had retired from public singing years earlier after a return performance in 1973, ending a storied career once famed from Milan to New York.
Gov. James A. Rhodes directed State Health Director John H. Ackerman to create a program that attracts physicians to Ohio communities with little or no medical services and to compile a list of areas lacking practicing doctors.
Three million doses of swine flu vaccine valued at 1.5 million dollars sit unused at the Federal Cold Storage facility in Columbus. The nationwide immunization drive ordered by former President Gerald Ford halted last year over concerns the vaccine may cause Guillian Barre syndrome, and the stock likely remains stored for at least two more years.
Cornelia Wallace filed for divorce alleging actual violence and cruelty by Gov George Wallace. He answered with a petition citing complete incompatibility of temperament. Cornelia claims the breakup was due to violence, not incompatibility, while Wallace was confined to a wheelchair since 1972.
Weather updates project a chance of showers tonight then partly cloudy conditions with temperatures near 60 tonight and upper 70s Saturday. Marriage license applications list six couples including Carl D. Swiger and Virginia Swiger, and Roger A. Sandifer with Jean E. Ross among others. Deaths include Mr. Donald A. Brown 71 Adario and several others in Norwalk and nearby towns.
Elvis Presley was inducted into the Rock Music Hall of Fame at the Hollywood Palladium as Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac led winners at the Third Annual Rock Music Awards. Wonder earned two Rockys while Fleetwood Mac swept four prizes including best album and best producer for Rumors.
Norwalk's football team travels to Whitney Field to face Vermilion tonight with a 8 p.m. kickoff.
At Norwalk junktique 9 am to 5 pm Saturday Bill Ream will display a piano photo and sell instruments coins and crafts to benefit local track teams and the hospital explorer post. Mary Ruffing plans beaded baskets tissue boxes and macrame items priced from 50 cents up.
Miller Brewing Co seeks a site in northern Ohio for a 100 million dollar brewery expected to employ 700 or more people. The search covers a 100 mile radius of Akron with 500 acres near interstates and railroads, 6 million gallons of water daily, and sewage capacity between 2.6 and 5.2 million gallons per day. Ohio economic development officials and local groups assist while the company stays tight lipped.
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