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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1976
Page
1
Downtown Medina has eight years of restoration projects returning buildings to their original fronts. Ziegler's Department Store showcased the change after following the Community Design Committee guidance. Owner Charles Ziegler reports business doubled since the makeover.
The campaign treasurer denied definite plans to quit the Democratic presidential race. Richard G. Singer said Sanford is reassessing and will announce at a news conference Friday after a long telephone conversation.
Robin Roberts and Bob Lemon, dominant 1950s pitchers, elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Roberts received 337 votes and Lemon 305 on a 388-member ballot, with 75 percent needed for election.
Weather outlook cloudy cold with tonight lows 5 to 10 above. 20 percent precipitation tonight and 70 percent Friday. highs in the lower 20s Friday. Wednesday 26 14. Winds west 10 to 15 mph tonight. Total precipitation .05 inch. Sun rises 7 48 am set 5 31 pm. Moonset 10 48 am. Births Norwalk good Samaritan boy to Mr and Mrs Thomas Robinson Norwalk girl to Mr and Mrs Michael Chappelear Willard area girl to Mr and Mrs Stephen Edgington Milan. Deaths Mrs Alvina Swander 82 rural North Fairfield Mrs Alma Adminis 83 Norwalk Mrs Mabel M Schenk 73 Milan Mrs Mary M Cook 86 Norwalk.
Readers debate honor rolls with mixed views on recognition and motivation. Pro yes cases note pride, effort, and student incentive, while no camps argue ego-building, inequity, cheating, and snob appeal. The column wraps with a JFK romance inquiry and toll-free voting lines by midnight.
An anonymous call warned of a bomb at a Norwalk school forcing the closure of ten city and parochial schools. Students were kept home as police reported no search, and classes were to resume Friday after the noon-time shutdown of district offices.
Norwalk crime rose about 12 percent in 1975, led by thefts. Violent crimes rose to 10 from 9 in 1974, including four robberies, four aggravated assaults, and two rapes. The police report shows a drop in clearance rate to 55 percent, versus 63 percent in 1974, with national average around 18 percent. Thefts over $50 jumped to 133, and total thefts rose 21 percent amid higher stolen values. Break-ins fell from 64 to 53 commercial and residential break-ins, with lower stolen merchandise totals.
Senate Democrat Muskie in a national reply to Ford's State of the Union denounces the president as inept and panicky. He calls for direct employment programs, local public works aid, and tax cuts while arguing Ford's plans fail to create jobs. He cautions unemployment may stay above seven percent this decade.
Margaret Lau wife of Norwalk police Sgt. C Fred Lau criticizes the removal of J C Dillon a narcotics sniffing dog from their home saying the agreement was breached and the family’s input was ignored. Detective Donald Daugherty ordered the dog moved citing night duty needs.
A masked man forced a first grade teacher to undress in front of 28 students at Simon Gugenheim Elementary. The teacher resisted and the assailant fled after taking $16 from her purse. Police describe a tense confrontation and the pupils' frightened reactions.
In Willard, Jeffery L. Thompson 24 faces two counts of selling marijuana after a 1974 indictment. Judge Robert W. Smith presided as a jury was impaneled to hear testimony in the case stemming from a Willard drug crackdown by the Huron County Sheriff’s Department and prosecutor. Bernie Davis defends Thompson. Assistant Prosecutor Richard Hauser presents the state’s case.
Two outstanding citizens and the Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year will be honored by the Jaycees at Bosses Night tonight at Vanson's Restaurant in Monroeville. Norwalk varsity and junior varsity wrestling teams meet Vermilion at 7 tonight at the Norwalk Junior High Gym.
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