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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1968
Page
3
Monroeville board of education votes for an 8 mill levy to operate the school system in November after a 5 mill levy was defeated in May. The district rejects a deficit budget and only approves trimming it via Friday work sessions. The proposed budget shows expenditures of 546 741 and receipts of 447 810 with a projected deficit of 109 722 by year end 1969, needing eight more mills to balance.
Milan officials announced the storm sewer project in Indian Acres would begin this morning as the last pipe sections arrived Tuesday. Route 601 to downtown Milan will close two weeks for a drainage culvert dig.
Milan residents report basement flooding after recent storms. Utilities Supt Karl Russ cites surface water overloading the sanitary sewer. Tests found several sewer violations. only one of 37 replies claimed correction. The board plans to consult Pat Rice on remediation.
Milan mayor's court collected 329 dollars in June with multiple fines. Names include Thomas Gvist of Milan fined 110 for lack of car control. John Johnson 15 for improper backing. Edwin E. Knott Sr of Wakeman 55 for reckless operation. and others from Copley Zanesville Roseville Willard Columbus Norwalk Dwale Port Clinton for speeding stop sign violations intoxication and related offenses.
Leonard Tidswell 75 of Willard swept into a Rome Greenwich Road driveway as Larry Case 22 of New London approached a hill. Case swerved off the road. two passengers injured but untreated. No citations. Earlier, Booker Thompson 62 of Willard struck and killed a dog on New State Road.
Berlin Heights Fruit Box Co. owner L D Van Benschoten announced a contract with Milan Steel Inc to rebuild the plant destroyed by a fire on April 15. The new 156 by 90 foot facility aims for completion by November to prepare for the 1969 fruit season.
High winds during a rainstorm Tuesday night littered yards with tree branches and blew out four windows in a home on West Washburn in New London. The storm struck about 10 30 p m leaving over an inch of rain and caused damage from an oat field near Route 162 to scattered destruction in the west side of town.
A parked car in front of 64 Prospect Ave was struck by a passing vehicle this morning. Police identified the parked car owner as The Rev. Paul Hill of Aurora Illinois. A 20 year old Norwalk woman named Diane Ewell was admitted to Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital after being found on the Milan Ave sidewalk. Police said she believed there was room to pass by a southbound truck but struck the parked car. Minor damage occurred to both vehicles. Additional minor accidents were reported at Vargas Drive In on Milan Avenue and a no parking sign was hit on St Marys Street.
New London Village Council spent two hours examining the 1969 budget Tuesday led by Clerk Shirley Buchanan and the Finance committee. A final total was not disclosed and formal action was not taken. The budget study resumes next Tuesday night.
A Los Angeles boy from a crowded neighborhood took his first airplane ride as a guest of an airline. While circling above the city a stewardess asked his height guess and the boy answered about 42 blocks.
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