Norwalk 1974 Highlights Biggest Local News Story
Norwalk High School won the Ohio Class AA football title in November amid a year of major city developments. Linwood Bridge opened in June, a new water plant loomed with a $4.5 million price tag, and city workers voted to join a union. Police station renovations, historic landmark designations, and a spike in criminal indictments also marked 1974.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
Melvin Shipley
City Hall
James Martin
Civil Service Commission
Ohio Senate
Linwood Bridge
New London Officials Face Liability Over 1966 Bonuses
New London council members may be liable for illegal bonus payments made to village employees since 1966. Beatrice Bechtel of the state auditor's office indicated such payments were improper for any single pay period. The audit, begun December 16, will also note a $4,000 transfer from federal revenue sharing to balance the safety and police accounts before year end 1974.
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New London
Council
Beatrice Bechtel
State Auditor’s Office
Miss Bechtel
Auditor’s
Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund
Safety and Police
General Fund
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John Gilligan
Huron’ County
West Main Street
Universalist Church
John Borgia
Huron County Commissioners
Shady Lane Home
John F. Ernsthause
Norwalk Truck Lines
Criminal Court
New London Area
Edward
Joseph Hooker
David Crawford
Thomas J. Hedges
Larry D. Robinson
Alice White Womack
Willard
William W
Owens
Court of Appeals
Ohio Supreme Court
Michael J. Werner
Parsons St
Sharon
Sandusky
Clayton Fries
Firelands Community Bank
Berlin Heights
Jesse Jennings
Bellevue
Ohio
Cleveland
Richard Rench
Ethel G. Swanbeck
GOP
Swanbeck
Jack Jewell
Don Pease
Oberlin
Robert Corts
Huron County
James Rhodes
John Stackhouse
Wakeman
Harry Jump
Rhodes
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Benedict Avenue
Common Pleas
Robert J. Vetter
R. Paul Laycock
Hooker
London
Sanitas
United Desoto
A. S
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Norwalk S
Nana
Heehee
W. Main Norwalk
Don’s Coffee Corner
Huron County Bank
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Spore
Huron
FDIC
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