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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
2
Ohio Penitentiary inmates possibly used nine-guard hostage situation to cover an escape tunnel in the cellblock basement. Authorities blasted through a prison wall to rescue guards as 2,300 prisoners resumed activities with ringleaders kept in disciplined idle.
The Most Rev. Clarence E. Elwell, new Columbus Diocese bishop, calls Catholics to serve the church social mission. Installed at St. Joseph Cathedral, he succeeds John J. Carberry and is praised for ecclesiastical experience. Fourteen pledge obedience as he gives his first solemn blessings.
Hospital admissions include Clarence Cook North Fairfield Thomas Haeuptle 150 Whittlesey Michael Geretz Huron Mary Buford 66 Glover Charles Shullick 24 W Elm Mrs Phyllis Jones Collins Ronald Albright 37 N Old State Rd Discharges list Irene Fullen Columbus John Stiles Edgerton Florentine Weimer Huron Doris Broad Monroeville Andrew Snyder Norwalk Jacqueline Parker Wakeman Dawn Warner Norwalk Frankie Lawson Virginia Landoll and daughter Huron Lilian Bristol Norwalk Donald Sandifer Norwalk Daisy Eaton Twin Maples Vera Smith Norwalk Sandusky admissions Raymond Reir Milan Ernest Stoner Norwalk Richard Miller Monroeville Katherine Hatfield 45 Gallup Discharges Albert Wright Milan Good Samaritan discharges Ernest Wood III Monroeville Elizabeth Kramer Norwalk
Three cases heard in Norwalk Mayor's Court Thursday night. Two defendants forfeited bond. Norman L. Livermore Jr. 22 of 7 Water St. cited for excessive noise with $10 and costs. Susan Kay Rogers 19 of 100 Norwood Ave. cited for speeding on West Washington with $10 and costs. Mrs. James Scagnetti 31 of 130 N West St. cited for speeding. Curt Hamilton 30 of rural Monroeville speeding on West Washington with $17 bond forfeiture. Walter E. Warner 37 of Oberlin speeding on Cline Street with $17 bond forfeiture.
Mario Dionisi, an IFYE student from Siena Italy, tells Ruritan members about farming in Italy. He notes wheat and olives on his family farm, tractors exported to Argentina in exchange for livestock, and trains powered by electricity due to oil shortages.
New London opens registration for new high school students who moved into the district this summer and have not yet registered. Afternoons at the high school office begin Monday. Elementary registration runs until school opens. Thomas Haeuptle of 150 Whittlesey Ave. is in satisfactory condition after being injured by a tire ring at Mead Motor Sales.
Monroeville marks its centennial with a day of events at Marsh Field including a chicken barbeque, parade assembly at Monroeville High School, water fight, pageant Twelve Lessons From Willie The Lamp-Lighter, ecumenical service, old timers and Knights of Columbus softball games, beards judging, and a Centennial Ball featuring the Stower Sisters of Norwalk.
Two young Coffee House speakers from Sandusky cannot attend the Sunday night program at Norwalk Christian Missionary and Alliance Church as they must return to college. David Burns, a Reformed Episcopalian missionary in New York and formerly of Norwalk, will speak at 7 p.m.
The Norwalk Reflector announces subscription terms: carrier and mail options across Norwalk and surrounding areas. Rates start at 45 per week for local delivery and 15.00 per year for Huron and Erie Counties, 23.40 per year elsewhere in the U S.
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