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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1976
Page
3
New London park supt Hank Tappel reported reservoir area revenue with 168 family passes sold by July and receipts totaling 2197 from passes boating permits and vending. He seeks 5000 more to develop camping sites with hydrants electricity pads and gravel roads aiming for 20 to 25 sites by fall and 75 by spring.
Two men injured when one auto rear ended another and pushed it onto U S 250 crossing where a Norfolk & Western train struck it. Richard F. Sommers 42 in fair condition at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. James J. Brophy 47 in satisfactory condition. Patrol cites Brophy for driving under the influence. Other incidents noted include a Berlin Heights man cited for DUI after causing a three-car collision near Ohio 113 and Cable Road and a minor two-vehicle bump near Wakeman with injuries.
Monroeville village council approves Gordon Rogers as full time officer and Neal F. Pittinger as part time. Both take oath from Solicitor Franklin Eckstein. Mayor Lord reports July survey shows 23 of 37 business replies. Council plans traffic signal device for fire vehicle priority and ordinance requiring village residency. Residents complain fence dust from Monroeville Marine. fence on order. Annexation condition for sewer tap discussed.
Judge Thomas E. Heydinger announced six appointees to the county Board of Visitors, a citizens watchdog over correctional and charitable facilities. Charles E. Furey Jr. will be president for two years and Phyllis Bailey secretary for three years. Others include Helen Ellis Walter Staph Marian Edwards and James Seitz with varied terms.
Edward C. King Jr., 21, of rural Greenwich, pled guilty in Huron County Common Pleas Court to felony receiving stolen property after a jury was impaneled. Charges of breaking and entering and theft were dropped. the theft involved roto tillers from Lyle Christie and a break-in at Gerald Hunter's home. Prosecutor Richard Hauser led the state's case. defense was Robert Thornton. Judge Robert J Vetter presided.
Capt Kjell Thorsen master of the Norwegian tall ship Christian Radich is named an honorary citizen of Chicago. Mayor Daley and council members gave Thorsen and his wife Margrethe a standing ovation at a council meeting. Thorsen hailed the honor and noted Norwegians know Daley as a good man for Chicago.
A Norwalk attorney filed in Huron County Common Pleas Court requesting a change to Doris E. Ernsthausen's 1968 will. The trust, $75,000 at Central National Bank of Cleveland, would pay the First United Methodist Church all net income annually with no less than $5,000, replacing the original arrangement that used net income plus possible principal draws. The modification aims to guarantee at least $5,000 to the church each year. GORTNER HONORED HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Ex child evangelist Marjoe Gortner received honorary life membership in the Count Dracula Society.
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