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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1971
Page
1
London reports Prime Minister Edward Heath and Northern and Southern Ireland leaders resumed secret talks at Chequers on ending Ulster bloodshed. The session, under tight security, was expected to continue later today.
Cincinnati report quotes Paul Miller saying the Ohio General Assembly is in shock over education funding. Miller, a frequent critic, states the outlook for state aid is dismal as he resigns and completes his last day as city schools superintendent.
C William Swank executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation says the State Senate passage of a sales tax hike does nothing to fix basic inequities in Ohio property taxes. He argues farmers would still bear an inordinate share of property tax burden.
In Springfield Ohio two female Loan Company workers Joy Croakey and Barbara Perry were found shot in the head during a Monday holdup attempt. Police said no money was taken as the office held none. Both women, 24, were listed in critical condition at Mercy Hospital.
Leroy Savage, 27, of Greenwood Arkansas, told police and FBI he invented a kidnap plot to explain his unplanned flight to Mexico. He later admitted he created the story because he was drunk and lacked landing training after reaching altitude.
State Sen. Oakley C. Collins of Iron-ton and part owner of Collins Mining Co says he has fulfilled every legal tax obligation. He denies Dayton Daily News reports that tax liens totaling more than 30 000 were released without payment. Collins says reporters distorted courthouse records.
Partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 80s and a 20 percent chance of rain. Norwalk temperatures reach 77 high and 61 low with humidity around 97 percent at 8 am. Marriages listed for Thomas Charville Dolores Schafer Clayton Kelley Jessica Affolter. Births reported for Horn Short Jacobs Risley. Bath notice for Helen Clark aged 72 in New Haven.
Hiroyuki Ohno a 16 year old Tokyo cello student spent 1358 dollars to fly to London for Otto Klemperers Brahms Third Symphony at Royal Festival Hall. He slept through the concert waking to a private chat with the conductor and a baton keepsake before flying home promising a return next time not to nap before the performance.
A rust colored nine story water tank burst during a test, sending a million gallons of water and debris into a pit where six workers died and twelve were injured. The International Paper Co mill under construction housed the tank, with five victims from the construction firm Harold Clements Inc and one from the paper company.
Cardinal Joszef Mindszenty, 79, ends 15 years of self-imposed refuge in Budapest's U S Embassy and flies to Rome. He fled in 1956 during the Hungarian revolt as Vatican Hungary talks sought a diplomatic solution with Vienna and Rome tracking the case. He was greeted in Rome by Cardinal Jean Villot.
President Nixon attended as 800 voices sang Happy Birthday to Mamie Eisenhower at a gala in Washington marking her 75th. A plaque named her military wife of the century while funds support scholarships at the Dwight D. Eisenhower College in Seneca New York. Dancer Ray Bolger hosted with performances by Ethel Merman Red Skelton and others.
Twenty workers from the Municipal Light Plant urge the city to reopen talks with Ohio Edison to sell the entire municipal electric system rather than just phase out the generating plant. They endorse Supt Donald Davis and back an impartial citizen panel, warn of back up boiler needs, oppose hiring consultant John S Sawyer, and note the city faces a $3 million debt after the plant closes. The letter names Donald Ware and Lenna Finch as signers.
Max Lerner describes himself as a tough minded realist liberal and probes whether America is doomed by leadership and power decline. The five part series titled Is America Doomed starts next Monday on the Reflector editorial page.
Mason County Sheriff Robert Case closed the Russell Theater and seized the film Carnal Knowledge as evidence in an indictment against Countrywide Theaters Inc. and manager Kenneth Neal for exhibiting obscene matter. The Norwalk Theater, also owned by Countrywide, is showing the same film with an R rating.
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