Guard Rally Saves Diabetic Boy From Blizzard Rescue
Alan Armitage of New Haven survived a critical blizzard rescue after his mother called for help. A National Guard helicopter from the 107th Armored Cavalry ferried him to Toledo for urgent care where doctors treated four conditions including extremely high blood sugar and uremia. The operation, aided by local rescue crews, neighbors, and Toledo Hospital staff, yielded a hopeful update with plans for possible dialysis.
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Alan Armitage
New Haven
Armitage
Wilma
Alan
Mounir B. ElKhatib
Toledo Hospital
Norwalk
National Guard
Willard
Ohio
Canadian Trucker Survives Blizzard on Snowed Highway
Hubert Huber, a Canadian trucker living in Detroit, limped his semi into the Homestead area after a blizzard blocked U S 250. Snow filled air filters, power outages, and days in the motel with five fellow drivers preceded a stubborn bid to reach Milan or Norwalk.
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Hubert Huber
Ontario
Canada
Huber
U. S. 250
Homestead
Norwalk
Detroit
Baltimore
Reflector
Milan
Ohio Blizzard Toll List Of Dying Ohioans Reported
An unofficial UPI list catalogs thirty one storm deaths across Ohio. Names span multiple counties including Wood, Middletown, Dalton, Green Springs, Elyria, Amherst, Clark, Morrow, Delaware, Monroeville, Sandusky, Huron, Kenton, Mansfield, Portage, Lima, Hardin, Bellevue, and Bellville with causes such as exposure, carbon monoxide poisoning, heart attacks, and fatalities from collapsing structures or vehicles during the blizzard. Individual entries note ages from early 20s to 80s and locations like towns, farms, and industrial sites as authorities report the grim toll.
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Columbus
UPI
Florence Battenhouse
Amherst
Anna Epper
Morefield Township
Clark County
Morrow County
Marshall Pitman
Sunbury
Kingston Township
Delaware County
Robert Bruce
Fremont
Edgar Heyman
Monroeville
Paul Blankenship
Sandusky
Perkins Township
Erie City
Veronica Wright
Huron
Melvin Seabart Jr
Kenton
Rockwell
Watt Clayton Carroll
Mansfield
Doug Walters
Richland County
Bellville
Janet Kindy
John Tarlett
Clayton Krassow
Ambulance Runs Record Blizzard Era Calls in Norwalk
Norwalk ambulances logged 16 emergency runs during and after the blizzard. Thursday figures include Salley Harvey to Fisher-Titus on doctor request, and Joyce Hersha in labor. Friday and weekend patients range from dialysis and illness to injuries, nosebleeds, stomach pain, and possible heart attacks at Fisher-Titus.
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Norwalk
Salley Harvey
N. Prospect St
Fisher- Titus
Jeffery Messenger
Jaquie Lane
Fisher-Titus
Joyce Hersha
Grace Reeves
Ontario St
Joe Dudley
W. Main St
David Lescher
Erie St
Owen Libbee
Laylin Road
Phylis Bowers
Willard
W. Elm St
Mary Brown
E. Main St
John Metarko
H Bouscau
Odd Fellows Rebekahs Officers Install Delayed to Feb 15
Norwalk Service Director Melvin Shipley corrected a Reflector report about an emergency generator at the Junior High School. He said the generator could have been phased in and had been tested, but it was taken to radio station WLKR where it froze and leaked gas when thawed.
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The
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Norwalk
Melvin Shipley
WLKR
Shipley
Land Transfers From L D and Viola Back and Others
A sequence of property transfers lists L D and Viola Back to Richard and Debra Blair, N F Village Ivan and Dorothy Garman to Larry Caldwell, Sherman Two Adelbert Eichenlaub to Patricia Eutler Greenwich Village Lehman Johnson Corp to Vernon Everts Wakeman Village and multiple additional deeds transferring parcels among residents and local companies across Willard Norwalk Bellevue Townships and Greenwich including Gino, Moon, Kostoff and Lillo lineages and various firms like Sherwood Medical Industries and Nor-Con Inc.
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L.D
Viola Back
Richard
Debra Blair
N.F. Village
Ivan
Dorothy Garman
Larry Caldwell
Sherman Two
Adelbert Eichenlaub
Patricia Eutler
Greenwich Village
Lehman-Johnson Corp
Vernon Everts
Wakeman Village
Joseph
Sharon Moon
James
Donna Graves
Norwalk
Clarence Hall
Joan Hall
Willard Cit
Lazar Kostoff
Dee'd
Dorothy Kostoff
Willard City
Wm. Kostoff
Rhodes Urges Ohio Residents to Conserve Power
Governor James A. Rhodes calls for voluntary electric conservation for renters and homeowners. Guidance covers space heating by lowering thermostats and closing unused rooms, water heating by lowering the thermostat, limiting appliance use to essentials, and minimizing lighting to essential needs only during peak hours.
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Guard
Edward L. Ronders
107Th Armored Cavalry
612Th Engineering Brigade
Don Signs
Ray Depew
Massilon
Toledo
Edward Renders
Sgt
Don
Bob Wingart
Willard Hospital
Paul Stafford
Cleveland
Hong Kong
Ferro Corp
Northern
Jerry City
Michael Roe
Pamela Sue Clark
Portage
Bowling Green
Jacob Hill
Bloomdale
John Miller
van Wert
Bessie Fisher
Lima
Donald Underwood
Hardin County
Donald Long
Charles Smith
Sycamore
Thelma Nearhood
Bellevue
Sandusky County
George Kuhn
Leo Gilbert
James C. Henry
Horseshoe Dr
Ill
Benjamin Klading
U.S. 20
Dennis G. Stower
Forest St
Pleasant Street Hill
Charles L. Crayton
Oak St
Constance Fritz
Collins, Ill
Derussey Road
Zenobia Road
Rhodes
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