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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1964
Page
1
UF President B Harry Parke reports about 6000 in pledges and collections toward a 49117 goal. Drive began Wednesday and aims to finish early next month with solicitors urged to return kits promptly.
Detroit reports Walter Reuther says negotiations with General Motors reopened after a twohour session. Reuther expects not a long struggle, defining a lengthy battle as the 119day 1940s GM strike the union previously waged.
In Washington Congress moved toward what many hoped would be its last week. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield offered a most optimistic prediction that adjournment could come by Saturday despite the lingering health care dispute.
President Johnson drew a wild crowd in Providence Rhode Island during a 15 hour five state New England campaign tour. An auto fire erupted behind his motorcade but no injuries were reported. Johnson mingled with supporters at Brown University and made unscheduled street stops amid crowded streets.
Weather fair and warm with clouds and light rain in south today ending tonight. Cooler turn with highs in the 50s and lows around 38 to 45. Tuesday looks partly cloudy and warmer. Marriage license applications for Billy R Hatfield and Kathern A Bowling in Norwalk. Marriage license issued for David G Herner and Margaret L Meyer, plus a birth and several deaths listed in Willard Evanston Greenwich and Monroeville areas.
In a first person memoir by Merriman Smith, UPI recounts riding in the presidential motorcade during Kennedy's Dallas assassination. The piece reflects on the Warren Commission report's details and the reporters' close, painful scrutiny of events, autopsy notes, and the killers Oswald and Ruby.
Two passenger trains collided near Montgomery Illinois killing four crew members and injuring 43. The Burlington Zephyr and Rock Island trains, using interconnected routes, derailed about 10 cars and toppled utility poles as high speed impact occurred just before midnight.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Hubert H. Humphrey told a Sunday party picnic in Cleveland that Democrats aim to fulfill Kennedy's 1960 vision for a greater America. He urged Ohioans to overwhelmingly back Johnson in November to send a message to heaven and honor Kennedy, reversing Nixon's 1960 Ohio win.
A force of about 1000 Viet Namese paratroopers and rangers seized the Bon Sar Pa stronghold, ending an eight day mutiny by Rhode Mountain tribesmen with all 13 US troops removed. Separately in Qui Nhon police fire killed four demonstrators as crowds surged and a curfew imposed.
The congregation voted to accept plans for a long range building program including a new sanctuary educational and administrative building and a fellowship hall gymnasium at the site opposite Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital. Bids will be sought after plans are completed and a congregational meeting in early 1965 will decide funded portions. Robert Chapin and Ray Sizemore presented the proposals.
Norwalk Mayor Louis G. Frey attacked his opponent Congressman Charles Mosher from the stage at a testimonial dinner in Norwalk Junior High School. About 200 attendees, mainly party loyalists from four counties, heard Frey say his opponent represents a faction and votes as told. He also named Barry Goldwater and urged a candidate with both feet in the 20th century while pledging teamwork and city progress.
Lorain County treasurer J Grant Keys, toastmaster at a dinner for Louis G Frey, arrived late due to his daughter Katy breaking her clavicle in a wresting match. He recalls Elyria Memorial Hospital’s emergency ward visits, including prior arm injuries and a Blue Cross payment mix up, describing the ongoing medical paperwork saga.
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