31 Jul 1967
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1967
Page
1
Norwalk merchants and the Chamber of Commerce clash over a proposed suburban shopping center. Parking, beautification, and better promotion are cited as urgent needs for downtown, with a survey funded jointly by the city and chamber and a public meeting planned around Aug. 7–8.
Richard A. Weidinger chief electronics technician from Norwalk is aboard the U S S Forrestal during a fire that damaged the carrier off Lonkin Gulf near Subic Bay. Officials estimate at least 135 million dollars in damage with 57 aircraft damaged or destroyed. The ship’s captain said the disaster was an accident of war and a fuel jet incident may have triggered the chain of explosions.
A visiting 20 mule team and its owner stayed with Norwalk residents Mr and Mrs Paul Riley and their four daughters. The crew ate a farm breakfast at 4 am, left at 7:30 am amid a crowd, and headed to Wakeman. Police escorted the team through Norwalk on Route 20 as part of a cross country journey from Death Valley to Expo 67.
Partly cloudy forenoon and tonight with scattered thundershowers then partly cloudy Tuesday. Temperatures little changed with low around 60. Births: Larry and (SM) Brown North Fairfield boy. Willard and (F-T) Bores Corwin boy. James Leimeister Collins girl. Donald Smith 30 E League girl. Thomas Jackson 100 E Seminary girl (F-T). Deaths: Thomas J. Bloom Sr., 80, New London.
The Western Reserve Board of Education race for three seats gains a fifth candidate William C Bailery Norwalk RD 1 who filed nominating petitions this weekend. Incumbents Howard Wolfe and Emery Weitzel have already submitted petitions. George Van Cootingh and Raymond Wiles also have petitions out but have not filed yet.
Peggy Ward, 20, daughter of James C Ward Sr., died after a car struck her boyfriend Allen Klein's car on Strecker Road near Route 99. Her sister Margaret had died weeks earlier in a separate crash. Dennis Ward survived. Michael Sigesmund, 18, charged with failing to yield. Two other accidents Sunday claimed Patsy Sebree, 11, of Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements coordinated by Mann and Frey Funeral Homes with services at Grace Lutheran Church.
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