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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1969
Page
1
War correspondent Gabriel Heatter, longtime host of There's Good News Tonight, celebrated his 80th birthday Wednesday in Miami Beach Florida. Heatter served Mutual Broadcasting Co for 35 years and remains a staple of wartime morale broadcasts.
Councilman William Keating said he would ask city officials to investigate SDS activities in area high schools. He asked City Manager Richard L. Krabach and Safety Director Henry Sandman to review reports that SDS members passed out pamphlets in local high schools this week.
A Medina patrolman stopping a no tail light car was robbed of his revolver and handcuffs by four occupants. Parma police impounded a description car, arrested a man and a woman in Cleveland, while two suspects remained at large.
Gov. James A. Rhodes said he will use every force possible to maintain campus order this year even if college authorities do not request assistance. He stated he will personally order necessary forces to preserve order during a tour of Cleveland area schools.
In Oakland, doctors amputated a five year old girl Denise Johnsons charred finger after she claimed her parents punished her by holding her hand over a flame. Stepmother Jean Johnson and father Dennis Johnson both 30 were arrested on charges of child abuse causing corporal injury following reports of screams from their home.
Clear and cool tonight with lows 40 to 46 and highs Friday 65 to 70. Fair and warmer Saturday with near zero precipitation today tonight and Friday. North to northeast winds 5 to 15 mph today, light tonight, NE 5 to 10 mph Friday. Norwalk high 65, low 43. Births marriages and deaths noted.
President Nixon addressed the United Nations General Assembly urging 126 member states to press Hanoi to enter genuine negotiations in Paris. He cited U.S. steps toward de escalation and troop withdrawals as responses to earlier UN views, insisting a fair settlement must respect South Vietnam’s people and future.
The Army announced in Saigon that six of eight U S Special Forces men will be court martialed over the alleged murder of a Vietnamese national in the Nha Trang area. Col Robert Rheault and Majs Crew Middleton plus Capt Brumley Maracio Williams are charged with murder and conspiracy. Two other Green Berets are held in abeyance.
Idaho Senator Len B. Jordan, 70, was attacked in an apartment building elevator by a young man who punched the floor button. Jordan punched back, sustaining a goose egg knot. fellow senator Joseph D. Tydings intervened as the assailant fled.
A group of seven Aid to Dependent Children mothers with 27 children asked the County Board of Commissioners for a $75 per child fall school allowance to buy clothes and supplies. The request, funded entirely by county money, awaits a meeting with the welfare head and commissioners after flood-related losses reduced current supplements.
Huron County Commissioners approve annexation of Knob Hill subdivision to Monroeville. Frederick F. Waugh, attorney for petitioners, attended the 10 a.m. public hearing as 39 of 50 freeholders in the 13 acre allotment sign the petition. The area is already in Monroeville School District.
The Village of Plymouth asks Common Pleas Judge Robert J. Vetter to decide if council majority approval is required to confirm Mayor William Fazio’s nominee, village administrator Douglas Brumbach, amid a split vote and a mayoral tie. The dispute centers on whether the mayor may cast a deciding vote on confirmation.
H C Barre a Norwalk real estate agent died in Albuquerque after a traffic crash likely caused by a heart attack he suffered while driving He formerly ran Barre Realty Co and moved to New Mexico in 1966 He leaves a daughter Janet Wilkinson a son John five grandchildren and four great grandchildren with funeral plans in Albuquerque and Norwalk and burial in Ripley Cemetery Greenwich Memorials go to Crosslands Mission
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