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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
1
Councilman Clarence Gaines, the first Negro to endorse Mayor Ralph Locher, considers a $17,500 a year city welfare director post. He would take the job to better serve the community but demands freedom to operate.
The Community Improvement Corporation of Port Clinton offered the General Services Administration 3,262,000 for the remaining Erie Army Depot land to turn it into a major industrial complex.
Civil Air Patrol commanders said a filed route plan might have saved three people including NASA space medicine chief Dr. W Randolph Lovelace his wife Mary and pilot Milton Brown. Their twin engine plane crashed in a mountain pass Sunday and the bodies were recovered Wednesday.
UPI reports a coastal cyclone and tidal wave devastate East Pakistan with unofficial death tallies near 5000. The disaster strikes hundreds of offshore islands as relief efforts begin amid chaos and fears of broader losses. Meanwhile in Washington Johnson pursues diplomacy as Harold Wilson arrives for two days of talks.
Cloudy and cooler with occasional light snow through Friday. High 32 to 37, low 25 to 32. Sunrise 7 48 a m Sunset 4 59 p m Wednesday highs 37, lows 27. Births listed for Rowe Clem Keyser Roper Markel with locations Norwalk Willard Greenwich and Willard. Deaths include Elmer G Martin Fred W Brown Luambo B Lixhoff ages 67 81 51 from St Marys Willard Willard.
Mayor Frey asks Norwalk Planning and Zoning to consider removing the drive in restaurant prohibition in the B 2 downtown zone. A meeting 7:30 p.m. sought. Commission Chairman Logan absent. Frey and Mann want the restriction lifted to attract a buyer. they deny plans to build. The council must finally decide after the commission forwards a recommendation.
Governor James A. Rhodes leads a ceremony on the Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge in Sandusky Bay. About 100 spectators witness the open with oversize scissors and a pair of youngsters assisting as traffic resumes on the 2.75 mile causeway.
Dr. James M. Hindley, Huron County Health Commissioner, urged a ban on imported water filled plastic ice cubes after Ohio tests found grossly polluted water. Authorities warn against use or sale of so called fire balls until further notice.
Mrs. Mary Pritchett of Industry Pennsylvania pleads with President Johnson to delay her son’s induction until after Christmas citing a wish to have him home for the holiday and noting he might be sent to Vietnam next year in a telegram to the president.
A gift laden Christmas train left Lincoln bound for Viet Nam with 15,000 car tons of pork and beans clothing medical supplies and toiletries. The convoy will reach Clearfield Utah to be sorted then head toward Saigon where U S servicemen will distribute gifts to South Vietnamese in January.
Former Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s aide John Kocevar faces a drunken driving charge in Garfield Heights Municipal Court. He was arrested in Valley View on Sept 12 and sought a jury trial after transfers and three continuances. He subpoenaed eight witnesses including two sheriff investigators, Chief Deputy James Gannon, and Valley View Mayor-elect Alex Chamberlin.
Harold Finch announces a Mayor's Inaugural Ball from 9 p.m. to midnight on January 8 at the National Guard Armory. The Commodores will provide the music, and tickets go on sale at downtown outlets.
Two identical notes surface after last week incident, one located at the Firelands Family Restaurant and another in the county recorder's office plat book. The slips read communism is X days away and are signed by By a veteran who fought for freedom, sparking a countywide inquiry.
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