Norwalk Faces Housing Shortage Despite Growth
Norwalk sees only 12 new homes started in the first half of the year, with a total near 17 or 18 by month end. Plans include a 47 lot development north of Main Street, an adjacent church site annexation, and new apartment complexes amid strong demand.
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Norwalk
Garcia Drive
Frank Bagley
Bagley Lumber Co
Milan
Central Securities Corp
Toledo
Main Street
Marion Drive
Richard Mutz
Joseph Geoghan
Barman and
Seitz
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Benedict Avenue
Paul Carpenter
Carpenter
Bob Brady
Huron County Home Builders Association
Brady
Trouble In Lorain Bartender Held In Shooting
Lorain Ohio police to confer with the city prosecutor before filing charges against Ralph Lucas 69 held on an investigation charge in the shooting death of Morris Edwards 21 at the Anchor Inn Bar Lucas says he acted in self defense after Edwards swung at him Firebombs hit the city library causing about 400 damage and another firebomb struck a car agency a man s clothing store two cleaners and a bar
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Lorain, Ohio
UPI
Michael Kocak
Ralph Lucas
Lorain
Morris Edwards
Anchor Inn
Lucas
Edwards
Monroeville
Norwalk
Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital
Alma Miller
Mary
William Holman
Henery
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Havanna
Ohio
Ohio State University
Weather report for Ohio coast with showers and winds
Weather- Ohio cloudiness and scattered showers continue with little temperature change through tonight. Low 60 to 65. Friday partly cloudy with widely scattered showers and cooler seas along Lake Erie. Winds near shore southwest 10 to 18 knots, then NW 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon and N 10 to 18 knots at night. Humidity at 8 AM 93 percent, 2 PM 41 percent, 8 PM 58 percent. Sunrise 6 27, sunset 8 50.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
I Was Forced to Defend Store in Pontiac Gunfire
In Pontiac, Michigan, a shopkeeper recounts fending off an attack that shattered his store. He describes repeated break ins since 1948 and a 1951 gunpoint assault on his family, which led to him firing on assailants after a trash receptacle crash at the meat counter. One attacker died, others fled, and he expresses fear for the future.
Detroit Riot Toll Rises as National Guard Quells Snipers
National Guard tanks and machine guns quiet Detroit as the worst racial riot in modern U.S. history leaves 36 dead, 1 billion dollars in damage and 3,000 arrests. Gen John Throckmorton says snipers remain but under control. arson fires total 1,289 as West and East Side neighborhoods burn.
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Detroit
UPI
National Guard
West Side
National
12Th Street
John Throckmorton
George Romney
Throckmorton
U.S
Watts
Detroit Board of Commerce
Motor City
Castro Blesses rioters in America during Cuba rally
Fidel Castro praised U S rioters in American cities as a symbol of shared revolutionary ideas with Latin American, Vietnamese, and Cuban communists. He labeled Stokely Carmichael as representative of U S Black people and denied fomenting violence, while calling Yankee imperialists responsible for global and domestic unrest.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castor
U.S
Stokely Carmichael
Vietnam
Castro
Santiago
Cuba
Castor
Havana
Latin America
Carmichael
Representa
United States
Moncada
America
Long Beach Buys Queen Mary for Tourist Magnet
The Queen Mary was sold for 3.4 million dollars to the city of Long Beach California to become a premier tourist attraction. The sale ends British ownership of the 81,237 ton liner as it heads for retirement in California.
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United Press International
Pontiac, Mich
UPI
London
California
Long Beach
Calif
Disneyland
Boy, 6, Sets Fire In House Mafia
A six year old boy playing with matches sparked a fire that gutted a bedroom in a brick house owned by George Zinn on Huber Road. His fourteen year old sister helped by removing belongings and summoning help but the room was heavily damaged. The girl received oxygen and was treated and released after a hospital visit. Fire Chief Olins Schneider commented on the extreme heat in the room.
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Monroeville
George Zinn
Huber Road
Olin Schneider
Zinn
Zoning Code On Ballot For Norwalk Township Vote
A proposed zoning code for Norwalk has been placed on the November ballot. The resolution to present the code for a vote was filed with the Huron County Board of Elections on Wednesday. Residents of the unincorporated area of Norwalk Township will vote, with a simple majority needed for passage.
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Norwalk
Huron County Board of Elections
Norwalk Township
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Queen Mary
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H.M. Keller
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