Norwalk Leaders Eye Growth as 70s Begin
Local businessmen and officials foresee progress and prosperous growth for Norwalk in the coming decade amid some growing pains. They cite downtown modernization, new parks and schools, annexations, and regional planning as key to orderly expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Conway
Norwalk
Chamber of Commerce
Don Blosser
Fred Stein
Jack Gerken
Blosser
Stein
YMCA
Mann
Service
William V. Mount
Sycamore Hills
Mount
Planning and Zoning Commission
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Fire damages Norwalk home and tractor accident injure teen
A defective floor heater caused a fire at the Dell Overton residence 21 West Willard Street. Damage est at 3000 to 4000 dollars with no occupants inside. A 15 year old boy, Grant Wang, was injured when a farm tractor overturned at 4 pm near 332 East Main Street and hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Dell Overton
W. Willard St
Overton
Earl Lover
W. Willard Sr
Kenneth Link
Grant Wang
Whittlesey Ave
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Earl McMorrow
E. Main St
McMorrow
Norwalk
McCoy’s Sales and Service
McCoy
Wang
Kubach-Smith
Norris faces armed robbery charge. Norris to be represented
Norwalk attorney Donald H. Derby was appointed to defend Donald L. Norris 31 of 280 W Main St in the armed robbery case. Common Pleas Court Judge Robert J. Vetter set $10,000 cash or $20,000 property bond after Norris filed a poverty affidavit and pleaded not guilty. Norris allegedly took $300 from Woolworth manager Mrs Eugene Shumer on December 22 while armed with a pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Donald H. Derby
Donald L. Norris
W. Main St
F.W. Woolworth Co
Common Pleas Court
Robert J. Vetter
Norris
Vetter
Eugene Shumer
Woolworth
Misfits Motorcycle Club Suspects Jailed After Farmhouse Raid
Ten adults and two juveniles alleged members of The Misfits motorcycle club were arrested December 21 in Margaretta Township. Spencer Blatnik of Sandusky and Earl L. Karr of Castalia were brought to Norwalk for hearings. Initial charges included contributing to the unruliness of a minor, now upgraded to shooting with intent to wound and armed robbery. Karr faces further counts of breaking and entering a constable’s car, grand larceny for a shotgun theft, and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Margaretta Township
Erie County
Huron County
Misfits
Norwalk
Spencer Blatnik
Sandusky
Earl L
Jack’’ Karr
Castalia
Karr
Norwalk Weather Harsh Snow Continues With Flurries Possible
Weather bulletin reports heavy snow and blowing snow with drifting this morning. Highs in the upper 20s to low 30s with partly cloudy skies. Tonight colder with a small chance of snow flurries and lows around the upper teens. Thursday partly cloudy with highs in the low 30s. Friday outlook shows cloudy skies and a chance of more snow, variable winds 10 to 20 mph. Norwalk readings include high 35 and low 25 with 44 inches total snow and precipitation, births and deaths noted.
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Norwalk
Huron County Sheriff's Deputies
City gets four inches of snow in Norwalk area
Old Man Winter dumps four inches of snow across northern Ohio with snow covered, slippery roads. Norwalk enacts emergency snow ordinance restricting street parking and drivers told to travel only when necessary as plows work, turnpike speed limit drops to 40 mph amid multiple accidents and road closures in Huron County.
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Winter
State of
Ohio
Huron County
William V. Mount
Norwalk
State Highway Patrol
Turnpike
Slayer Of Valerie Percy May Be Dead
A convicted rapist and robber claims an accomplice now dead confessed to the 1966 Valerie Percy murder before dying The confession was reported after a lie detector test but the district attorney cautioned it does not prove truth Illinois State Police then tracked 1281 leads as winter weather brought snow and car crashes across parts of the state
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Norristown
UPI
Valerie Percy
Harold J . Evans
Philadelphia
Evans
Illinois
Malchow
Montgomery County
Milton O. Moss
William Hall
Clubs and Lodges Plan New Year Celebrations in Maple City
Norwalk and area groups map New Year events from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at VFW and Eagles dances with live music, to 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Elks and Legion, plus a free booster club get‑together. Prices range from free to 20 dollars per couple, with food and refreshments included at some venues.
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Dennis Dible
Norwalk Lodge
Veterans Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jerry Gravenhorst
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
American Legion
Elks Club
Mach Four
St. Paul
Welcome Year With Sobriety
The Ohio Insurance Institute warns about drinking drivers on New Year Eve and urges hosts to reduce alcohol focus with soft drinks and punches, easy access to foods, party games, and coffee cups to curb intoxication.
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Ohio Insurance Institute
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Gerken
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Ehove Joint Vocational School
Firelands
Bowling Green State University
al Mann
DERBY
Walter Windnagle
East Monroe
F-T
May Bacon
Wakeman
Fred C. Baxter
New London
Miss Percy
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Kenilworth
Frederick J. Malchow
Gloria Carley
S. Prospect St
Jeff Lodermeier
Leon Lodermeier
Linwood
Jeff
Norwalk St. Paul’s Elementary
VFW
Bernard Rockel
Bob Timman
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