Downtown Renewal Survey Planned by City Council
City Solicitor Frederick Waugh reports the Planning and Zoning Commission may hire professionals and receive grants to conduct a downtown needs survey with taxpayer funds if the commission leads the project. The Chamber of Commerce asked the city to finance 40 percent, with the chamber covering 60 percent.
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Norwalk
Planning and Zoning Commission
Frederick Waugh
Waugh
Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Bache
Chamber
Bache
G. Ira Liedorff
Liedorff
Council
New York City
Laurence A. Alexander
Council Rejects Gulf Request For Rezoning
The Gulf Oil Corp faced a 6 to 0 city council vote against rezoning two adjacent residential lots to B-1 for a potential gas station expansion. Residents opposed the plan citing parking of wrecked cars. the council left the lots residential and noted parking use is allowed under current zoning.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Norwalk
Fritz Hilltop
Gulf Station
Benedict Avenue
Richard Becker
Allen Hakes
Morley Price
Jump Named Vice-Chairman of Senate Ways and Means
Senator Harry V. Jump of the 13th district will serve as vice-chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee for the 107th legislature session. Columbus announced by Republican Majority Leader Theodore M. Gray. The district covers Huron County and parts of Erie Lorain and Richland. The senate plans eight committees including Rules Agriculture and State Agencies Urban Highway Affairs Elections Commerce and Labor Judiciary Finance and Education Health and Welfare.
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Harry V. Jump
Senate
Ways & Means
Columbus
Theodore M. Gray
Huron County
Erie
Lorain
Richland
Baumeyer Pleads Guilty in Juvenile Court
John W. Baumeyer, 23, of 114 Newton Sr., pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Judge Russell T. Antrim sentenced him to six months in jail, suspended, and placed him on probation for three years.
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John W. Baumeyer
Newton Sr
Russell T. Antrim
Baumeyer
Rummage Sale Set by Quickies Welcome Wagon Club
The Quickies Welcome Wagon Club hosts a rummage sale on Saturday January 7 from 9 to 3 at the Episcopal Parish House 85 West Main. Kenneth E Landoll reports his car was scratched December 28 possibly with a screwdriver with several parking locations noted.
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Welcome Wagon Club
Episcopal Parish House
W. Main
Kenneth E. Landoll
Chatham St
Markets Cleveland Livestock Auction Prices Report
UPI reports early results from a Cleveland livestock sale with no receipts or trends. Hog weights range 205 to 280 pounds with varied prices, cattle show a mix of prime, good, and commercial at different levels, calves and sheep and lambs listed with price ranges, plus local market figures for wheat shelled corn and oats.
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Cleveland
UPI
Davis, 56, Dies at Fisher Hospital
Mac P. Davis of 81 Townsend Ave died at 12 30 this morning at Fisher Hospital. He was 56 years old.
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Mac P. Davis
Townsend Ave
Fisher
Norwalk Hospital Admits and Discharges Noted
The Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital lists admissions for Doris Tucker Wakeman Edith Klinter Hester Barbara Lan ius Monroe Richard Ruess Bernice Koch Erving Tait Mary Ross Norwalk and discharges including Eric Elfers Milan Mary Moler New London Richard Wright Salem Anna Brehem Greenwich Paul Higgins Susan Steffanni and Carlos Snyder Trudy Hipp Lin Jennings Norwalk. An obituary notes John Duta of New London later moved to Norwalk and died after two months illness with service details and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Etta Marshall 94 died at Starkeys Nursing Home with services set at Kubach-Smith Funeral Home and burial at East Norwalk Cemetery.
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Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Doris Tucker
Wakeman
Edith Klinter
Eric Elfers
Milan
Mary Moler
New London
Richard Wright
Salem
Anna Brehem
Greenwich
Paul Higgins
Susan Steffanni
Son
Carlos Snyder
Gertrude Hipp
Lin Jennings
Norwalk
Emma Franklin
Martha Reinhold
Monroeville
Edward Ritz
Helen Bilby
Berlin Heights
Sheriff’s
Huron County Emergency Net
Teamster’s Union
Heaston - Hile
P.J. Garcia
Woodlawn Cemetery
Etta Marshall
Starkey’s
Albany
N.Y
Marshall
Cleveland
Kubach- Smith Funeral Home
East Norwalk
Norwalk Council Adopts Higher Building Permit Fees
Norwalk voters approve a third reading amending a new fee schedule starting Feb 3. Fees rise from a flat 5 dollars to as much as 25 dollars for homes and 50 dollars for new commercial or industrial builds, higher for large projects. The measure funds expanded building and zoning supervision as the city adds staff and potentially a building code. Mayor Harold Finch reported 2.1 million dollars in total construction last year, with residential 564,758 dollars, industrial 1.4 million, garages 39,945, school 46,000, and other 19,700.
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Norwalk
Harold Finch
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City Council
Gulf
Pearl Ot Woodbine
Willard
New London Hospital
John Duta
Hollis Scales
V.A. Hospital
Wee
Erie County
Erie County Bank
Vermilion
the Bank
Huron
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