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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1970
Page
1
Five pumps run 24 hours a day at Laylin Road dump to douse a smoldering fire in an abandoned sandstone quarry used for scrap rubber. Workers risk burns refueling pumps as Norwalk firefighters refuse assistance. managers debate dirt burial or continued pumping to extinguish the blaze.
United Auto Workers strike against General Motors leads Dana Spicer Toledo transmission plant to lay off 1,800 workers. Ohio job losses rise to about 63,000 as 40,500 UAW members walk off Sept. 15 at 16 GM plants. Remarque, 72, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, dies with wife Paulette Goddard by his side in Locarno.
South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky reportedly will not attend a controversial Washington rally next month. Henry Kissinger landed in Paris for talks with Ky and U S ambassador Bruce as the Nixon administration pursues Vietnam diplomacy. The Disabled American Veterans urged officials to publish a full list of prisoners of war in Southeast Asia to end family anguish.
Vice President Spiro Agnew reading from a baby care guide by Dr. Benjamin Spock blamed its parenting advice for fostering a pervasive policy of permissiveness. He spoke Friday night, linking the guidance to social relaxation and youthful behavior.
Variable cloudiness with showers or thundershowers likely today and turning cooler with highs in the upper 70s. Tonight remains mostly cloudy and cooler with showers ending. low in the lower 50s. Sunday partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Monday fair and cool. 60 percent precipitation today, 30 tonight, 20 Sunday. Winds southeast 10 to 15 mph, shifting to west-northwest 12 to 20 mph, diminishing late tonight and Sunday. High 81, low 63 in Norwalk. Humidity 78 percent at 7 am, 62 at 1 pm, 64 at 7 pm. Trace precipitation. Sunrise 7:19 am, sunset 7:18 pm. Moonrise 3:30 am, moonset 5:44 pm. Births: Mr and Mrs David Mansberry Milan girl. Marriage license: Carl F. Smith New London installer and Mary A Bonner Collins payroll clerk. Death: W R Dick Hughes 81 New London.
The White House warned the Soviet Union it will take appropriate action if a Soviet submarine base is built at Cienfuegos Bay in Cuba. Pentagon officials said it was too early to confirm the base, with U2 aircraft spotting seven Soviet vessels nearby.
Jordan created a civilian government in Amman replacing the military administration headed by Brig. Mohamed Dawoud as war raged with Palestinian guerrillas. Ahmed Toukan designated prime minister of the new civilian cabinet amid tensions in the Arab world and ongoing relief efforts in Jordan.
St Francis Xavier Church in Willard will stop hosting bingo after being charged with permitting a common nuisance. The city dropped the charges, with Willard Police Chief Fryman noting the practice’s illegality even for nonprofit groups. Parish debt totals $170,000 across church, convent, rectory and school.
Two large brush fires in southern California driven by Santa Ana winds burned thousands of acres from Chatsworth to Malibu. Gov. Reagan declared Los Angeles County a disaster, with more than 2,000 firefighters and 1,000 residents housed in Red Cross centers.
Woosterman sheriff s deputies arrested Phillip L Redich 27 in a Norwalk street incident for possessing several pills and capsules a misdemeanor. Bond set at 2500 cash 5000 property Redich pleaded not guilty in Common Pleas Court. Investigation ongoing. In New London Meyer joins pre game football park dedication attendants as donations lauded. Boosters head Anderson praised for field work forces. Columbus Norwalk City Auditor Hipp reelected to Ohio Municipal League trustees as eight incumbents retained and four new trustees named.
Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois announces plans to appoint a female page in Congress. He calls for women’s political participation and warns that ignoring them risks political ruin for any politician.
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