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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1976
Page
2
Fire at 3 40 p m Monday heavily damaged a vacant house at 65 Grand Ave in New London. Owner Leonard Leach reported he worked on the house about 30 minutes before the fire was noticed. Fire Chief Al Walters did not estimate the loss.
Police reported several thefts including more than 750 dollars in transport gear from a truck while the driver ate dinner at Midway Truck Stop. Stolen items include tarpaulins a chain and binder. Additional thefts occurred at Electronics World and a bus station house break in with 17 dollars missing.
A Norwalk youth, Dennis K. Maerkisch 17, failed to yield at Whittlesey Avenue and Spring Street causing a collision with a van driven by Michael L. Ware 17. Maerkisch was charged as police reported.
Stanley Mackey, 23, was sentenced to six months to five years in the Ohio State Reformatory after pleading guilty in November to stealing recording equipment valued at 218 dollars. Sentencing was postponed until Monday for a pre sentence report. Mackey was returned from California to Norwalk by authorities in October to face the charge.
A free boating course begins at 7 p.m. Thursday January 8 in the Amphitheater at Sandusky High School with registration on opening night. Lessons cover boat handling under normal and adverse conditions seamanship rules of the road running lights boat trailering and river piloting. Participants who complete the course will gain knowledge to equip and pilot a boat and handle on water situations.
The Norwalk fire department recorded 14 calls in December 1975 the highest monthly total. Seven residential fires three autos and one brush fire caused about 12000 dollars in losses including an $8000 home blaze blamed on an electrical hazard known to owner and renter. Four residential fires were minor. An additional $3000 in damage occurred at Norwalk North Apartment from flammable tile removal gas range flare up. Ice Prevention Bureau finished 19 church inspections finding over 40 hazards most minor with two churches slated for re inspection.
NORTH PLATTE Neb UPI News media will be allowed to cover the trial of mass murderer Erwin Charles Simants after a judge reversed a closed courtroom order. Simants 29 faces six counts of first degree murder and first degree sexual assault for October shootings of six Kellie family members in Sutherland.
Robert E. Cook a Portage County native and 11th District Court of Appeals judge will run for the Ohio Supreme Court this fall. A Democrat he is 55 and has served seven years on the appeals bench former congressman prosecuting attorney and Common Pleas judge He represented Ohio's 11th district in Congress from 1959 to 1963 two terms.
Gov. James A. Rhodes accuses the Democratic Senate of delaying confirmations for 11 unconfirmed cabinet appointees after a year in office. He notes the group declined pay raises and urges the Senate to confirm or reject them promptly, arguing the delay hampers state operations.
Stan Cook beat Eric Butler to win but Butler rebounded in a rematch to claim first while Cook's win kicked off Butler’s 33 game winning streak this year. Dan Flanigan of Monroeville set a club record with 95 ladder games and rating jumped from 1006 to 1303 by year end. A Jan 4 event at St Pauls Church Norwalk produced a first place tie between James Massie Elyria and Eric Butler Norwalk after their draw.
United Press International reports a southwest flow of warmer air will raise temperatures across Ohio with some sun. Highs in the 30s are expected and a cold front brings chances of snow in Northwestern Ohio tonight. Snow spreads northward Wednesday, with rain and snow in the south. Lows drop to the upper teens to 20s by Thursday.
The Western Reserve Board of Education welcomed William Dauch to the board along with incumbents Louise Murray and George Van Dootingh at a Monday reorganization. Emory Weitzel elected president. Van Dootingh vice president. Meetings set for 8 p.m. on the second Wednesday at 28 River St. Officials approved $20 per meeting, not to exceed 12 annually, and reappointed clerk Evelyn Radcliffe at $8,600 with a potential raise during negotiations. A preschool transportation reimbursement was approved, with 12 cents per mile to be paid to parents. Other actions included purchasing liability insurance, approving temporary appropriations, seeking a $150,000 tax advance, authorizing a depository contract with Wakeman Bank, joining the Ohio School Board Association, and advertising bids for one school bus.
The Huron County Sheriff's Department logged eight break-ins and thirty larcenies with one break-in and two larcenies solved. The agency also handled 161 other complaints and 250 jail visitors. Sixty four inmates were fed 1565 meals. jail population ended at sixteen. Municipalities paid 822 for prisoner board in December.
The Norwalk Public Library lists January super 8mm titles for circulation including ALL STAR GAME 1972 COLOR 14 min, BATTLE OF THE GIANTS, ORTON JUNCTION AND FALLONVILLE 20 Min, BIRD WHO CAME TO DINNER 4 Min, CANNONBALL 25 Min, CAPTAIN BLOOD 9 Min, DEPUTY DAWG 9 Min, BIG BAD BULLY 9 Min, HEAVEN 30 Min, EXTRA MAN AND THE MILK, TY MABEL AT SAN DIEGO EXPO 2% Min, FILMING BIG THRILLS 9 Min, GRAND CANYON GRANDEUR 12 Min, GYMN OLYMPICS COLOR 14 Min, HEAVEN WILL PROTECT THE WORKING GIRL 15 Min, INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN 14 Min, LIFE OF ABE LINCOLN 1915 15 Min. The December run included Football Follies with 288 attendees and Demolition Derby and Mighty Mouse also popular.
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