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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1976
Page
3
Prosecutor Richard Hauser and his staff prepare a list of cases to be presented to the grand jury as the panel is convened on Thursday.
Patricia L. Charella reported a theft of a car battery from her vehicle in the Friendly Corners tavern lot at 75 Townsend Ave. She parked around 9 30 p.m. and found the battery missing when she returned at 3 30 a.m.
A cigarette started a pile of sawdust at Harold Schnee’s home on Lover's Lane Road Sunday. Firefighters were alerted by the Firelands 4-Wheel Drive Assn during a nearby driving competition around 2 30. No damage reported.
Ronald Jensen reported a break in at his garage on 34 Olive St. Police said entry was through a rear door. Taken were screwdrivers pliers a tool box a socket wrench set and other tools valued at $165. Jensen noticed the loss Sunday after discovering the break Friday.
Robert Cleary of 166 West Main Street reported his dark brown 1972 Chevrolet Vega hatchback stolen sometime after midnight Sunday morning from near his home on Garfield Street. The car lacked keys and its license plate number is unknown. A scratch appeared on the left rear quarter panel.
A Norwalk resident, Joe McCohn, 48, was arrested after police found a pile of scrap wood burning in his yard at 24 Glover Ave. He allegedly resisted arrest and was sprayed with disabling agent. He remains jailed awaiting Municipal Court. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and he was treated for an ankle injury at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital.
The American Legion Post 547 in Monroeville announces Paul D. Broud as commander for 1976 77 succeeding John L. Storz. Installation and a corn roast steak feed will be at 5 p.m. at The Arches on Ohio 99. Also elected were Paul A. Link first vice commander Warren L. Jump second vice commander Nelson V. Lenz adjutant and historian Olin E. Schneider finance officer Alfred V. Schafer chaplain John F. Jump service officer Walter J. Greilich sergeant at arms Laverne S. Heyman John F. Jump and John L. Stotz on the executive committee. Link and Lenz were named delegates with Broad and Warren L. Jump as alternates for the 58th department convention in Columbus.
Clare Smith, 17 from University Heights Ohio, is the youngest of 3008 delegates at the Democratic National Convention in New York. A late 18th birthday, she attends Erieview Catholic High School and plans to study political science at the University of Chicago after helping Carter’s Ohio campaign.
Ohio property tax bill becomes law over the weekend without Governor Rhodes signature. Rhodes said he would let the measure become law and press the General Assembly for action.
The fifth grade class at Pleasant St. School earned a distinguished award for a Boston Tea Party project led by teacher Lucille Carr and student leaders Mike Stewart and Keith Leimbach. Dr. Martin Essex announced the project as outstanding among nine bicentennial school efforts.
Norwalk's AMVETS select 1976 officers led by new commander Ray Pheifer. John Huber becomes first vice commander Doug Colvin Adjutant and public relations officer Ralph Spiegel finance officer William Ruby service officer R V Pylant membership director and Junior Tracht insurance officer. The post earns one hundred per cent membership quota buster and Tracht wins the annual state commander's award.
Norwalk ambulances made 99 runs in June with 62 emergencies. Thirty five runs transferred invalid patients, all but one inside Norwalk. Of emergencies 40 were within the city. six calls in Norwalk and Ridgefield townships, four to Peru Township, three to Bronson Township. Total ambulance trips for the year reached 543. Also: Missouri deer hunters took 51,823 deer in the 1975 firearms season, a 10 percent rise.
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