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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1968
Page
4
Norwalk faces a crossroads between edge of town development and revitalizing the central business district. The plan hinges on a cooperative effort with business owners to fund a close-in parking district, improving traffic flow and aesthetics over several years to create a modern, convenient commercial area or risk a ghost downtown.
Chronology of puzzle clues spans across across entries from daily crossword and cryptoquote. Readers solve wordplay and cryptogram style hints connected to literary and linguistic themes.
Dear Abby advises use a door shade to quiet early-morning gatecrashers and avoid opening before 9. The Seen Everything column riffs on a wedding gift note from the bridegroom’s mother and a playful baby name cue. A confidential note imagines naming a daughter Alice if the family is complete.
A dense schedule lists films and TV shows from 7:30 p.m. through 11:30 p.m. including Simba The Great Escape Not Of This Earth and Guns of Will Sonnett with late night news weather sports and talk segments across channels and times. The grid names actors directors and program blocks such as Tarzan Twilight Zone Star Trek Gilligan's Island and Johnny Carson with children's cartoons and game shows interspersed.
A reader asks the Editor for help in locating leads for two family lines: Francis Jane Downing widow of Dr. James DeWolf killed at the Custer Battlefield and wife of Dr. Verne A. Dodd, with her sister Emma Downing who married David Hall and lived in Norwalk. The writer seeks any reader connections among local Halls or other names to advance genealogical research.
Jim Bishop recalls three widowers in a block who share grief and flirtations as they age. Hughie marries, altering dynamics. Wally and John adjust, while the mailbox becomes a focal point of memory, humor, and longing. The piece blends nostalgia with sharp, ironic social observation.
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