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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1973
Page
1
Merrill Osmond aged 20, eldest of the singing Osmond brothers, marries 22 year old high school teacher Mary Carlson in Mormon rites at the Salt Lake City Temple. A Las Vegas honeymoon is planned for the couple and a small family gathering attended the ceremony.
UAW President Leonard Woodcock says assembly lines likely stay idle until next week as ratification proceeds this week. The contract secures a 30-and-out retirement plan and relief from overtime rules, but workers accept less pay than initially sought.
Ex CIA agent and spy novelist E Howard Hunt Jr asks U S District Judge John J Sirica to allow a change from guilty to innocent. He argues the plea was coerced by government conduct and seeks dismissal of conspiracy burglary bugging and wiretapping charges while serving a provisional 35 year sentence at Danbury prison Connecticut.
The National Livestock and Meat Board proposes a new standard to identify meat cuts reducing over 1000 names to about 300 for beef pork veal and lamb. Buzz Aldrin says honesty about psychiatric help helped his recovery from post lunar voyage depression during a New York book tour.
Warden Harold Cardwell recalls about 700 cats roaming Arizona State Prison when he took over on June 27. He describes the feline problem as widespread and notes inmates even bought liver for them in the prison commissary before he ordered the pets removed.
The EEOC filed what is described as the largest federal action alleging job discrimination. Although the commission did not disclose defendants, sources name General Motors Ford General Electric and Sears as respondents. The IUE and several unions including UAW IUE RFMW and United Electric were also cited.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes 16 to 1 to approve Henry A. Kissinger for secretary of state with Senator George S. McGovern dissenting.
Decreasing cloudiness breezy and cool today with highs around 58 to 63. Tonight clear and chilly with lows near 40. Wednesday sunny and cool with highs mid to upper 60s. Norwalk high 73 low 48. Births Mr Michael McKain 95 Prospect girl at F T Hospital. Deaths Mr Glenn Hoag 76 Berlin Heights and Mr Carl Klabuhn 75 Bellevue.
Telex Corp. secures a $352.5 million antitrust verdict against IBM, halting its unit price practices. IBM faces a $21 million counterclaim for alleged copyright infringement while Telex eyes appeals and possible international actions. The ruling prompts stock moves and signals potential waves of similar suits by smaller firms.
A GOP figure says he is 99 percent certain Vice President Spiro Agnew will resign, after four hours with Agnew last week. The Washington Post reports staff and supporters doubt the move amid a widening kickback probe in Maryland. The grand jury in Baltimore begins Thursday as questions swirl over bribery and tax violations.
In Lakewood Ohio the City Council rejected an ordinance by Councilman Thomas McBride to ban abortions except in accredited hospitals with licensed physicians. The measure drew a crowd of over 300 and was sent to the law department after no councilman seconded the motion. In Painesville County official Coffey offered to block welfare payments for abortions citing personal convictions. In Cincinnati Robert Thompson burned his home to destroy a wasp nest after lighting a newspaper and ladder access aided by Fire Marshal Guffoyle.
Eleven county Democratic chairmen met covertly at the Governor's Mansion on Aug. 28 with Gov. Gilligan present and voiced support for Howard Metzenbaum as Ohio's choice for the Senate primary. They reportedly aimed to pressure John Glenn out of the 1974 race and favor Metzenbaum for the endorsement. The executive committee would endorse in January.
Peter the pig sold for 58.66 a pound at auction in Austin Minnesota and was named reserve champion boar. An Iowa farmer sold another boar for 30000 to a Japanese hog raiser. MSU notes Peter’s success and his sire Mr Real Repeater once sold for 365, prompting the swine farm manager to quip about education.
Alvin E Graves, 53, of Dayton, will serve five weekends in jail after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property in a Greenwich robbery linked to Crum's Hardware Store. He received a 90 day term with 80 days suspended and a $300 fine, plus three years probation.
Two indicted by a grand jury were arraigned in Common Pleas Court. Bruce D. McCrillis, a psychotherapist with the Huron County Mental Health Center, faces malicious destruction of property for allegedly shooting out security lights at The Bloise Companies on South Norwalk Road on Aug. 11. Kathy Lieby, Collins, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly pistol whipping Lorna Christiensen on Aug. 28. A third defendant, Thomas E. Houghden, 19, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny in a related matter. Bond was set at 1500 cash or 3000 property per charge.
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