Norwalk 72 Year in Review Highlights Local Growth and Tragedy
Norwalk's 1972 featured a shuttered Countrywide Theatres reopening by Leonard Jefferson and a Norwalk Shopping Center expansion with Mason's Department Store. The year saw airport franchise disputes, county office moves, retiring treasurer Harold Collier, and a busy election for county offices. Major court rulings, bomb hoaxes, local shootings, traffic fatalities, and a green push with a new Christie Lane School marked the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Mason’s Department Store
Erie Air Service
Erie Air
Ronald Zoellner
Norwalk Truck Lines
Harold Collier
John Arthur
Shirley Brown
Court of Common Pleas
Huron County
Ohio
H.B. Collier
James Hare
Harold B. Collier
Aron County
County of Huron
State of Ohio
Simpson Ave
State of
Clark Hunter
Betty L. Sabo
Bank Robber Threats and Nonexplosive Bottle Spur Bank heist
A man entered a Baltimore bank with a small bottle containing a yellow flower and warned that it would explode. The teller handed over cash and the robber left after placing his weapon on the counter. Police said the bottle held nonexplosive liquid. The rest of the text presents unrelated legal notices and bidding information from Huron County Ohio.
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Baltimore
UPI
Janet Leber of Monroeville Dies at 65
Janet Leber 65 of rural Monroeville died at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She lived 46 years in the area and was a member of Congregational United Church of Christ. Survived by husband Clayton 46 years three daughters Alice Heintz Helen Leber and Shirley Schalk two sons Earl and Robert a sister and two brothers. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Drake Funeral Home burial Riverside Cemetery. Viewing times listed with hours today and Saturday. Memorials to heart fund suggested.
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Ohio Youth Commission
Norwalk High School
Youth Commission
Norwalk
Wayne Goodsite
Willard
Robert J. Hettrick
New Castle
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Robert DeHoyos
Plymouth
Ohio State Reformatory
Floyd Mills
Huron County
State Highway Patrol
Daniel B. Buchanan
U.S. 250
Michael Simons
Grove Ave
EHOVE
Monroeville
Phil Seker
Jim Davis
Harry Greiner
Cleveland Clinic
For Life
Greiner
Ohio Bureau of Crippled Children
Janet Leber
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Congregational United Church of Christ of
Leber
Clayton
William
Alice) Heintz
Green Springs
Helen Leber
Arthur
Shirley) Schalk
New Riegel
Earl
Robert
Carmen
Constance) Zeller
Raymond Baker
North Fairfield
Walter Baker
Falls Church
Drake Funeral Home
Riverside Cemetery
Heart Fund
Classified Ads Guide for The Great American Way
Dial 662 4241 to hire an ad writer for classifieds. The note promotes The Great American Way selling anything through its classified ads service.
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Dial
Also Mentioned on This Page
Countrywide Theatres
Leonard Jefferson
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Byesville
Scovill Manufacturing Co
Waterbury
Board of Commissioners
Arthur Herner
Donald Robertson
John Borgia
Loren Welch
Kenneth Kirk
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Toledo
Norwalk News
Robert Summerlin
Summerlin
Christie Lane
St. Paul Catholic Church
Thomas E. Reynolds
St. Mary Catholic Church
Bertrand Shenk
John K. McDivitt
First United Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Dan Pugh
Milan Edison
Bob Gliatta
Northern Propane Gas Co
Clarksfield
Kenneth Link
Elmer McGuckin
Link
Leon Riley
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Cleveland
Akron
Ohio Edison
Tony Gorant
Huron County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division
Gregory Lynn Cumberledge
Michael G. Cumberledge
Bernard J. Stockmaster
Gregory Lynn Stockmaster
Russell T. Antrim
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Board of County Commissioners
Huron County Commissioners
Evangeline Miller
Salvation Army
Colonel Sanders
Sandusky and
Whittlesey
Rebece
Em McLeby
Lifesaver Radial
Dynacor
American Express
F.E.T
Bankamericard
B.F. Goodrich Car Service Center
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