Agnes Drenches Ohio as Agnes floods Cleveland area
Tropical storm Agnes blasted northern Ohio driving the Chagrin River over banks and forcing 800 Eastlake residents to evacuate. The Grand River overflowed, winds hit 65 mph on Lake Erie, and 30 Cleveland roads flooded. Power outages affected 6,000 homes as beaches and piers sustained damage. Local officials warned rains would continue all day.
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Norwalk man loses four fingers in farming accident
Dale Hammersmith 21 of New State Road was operating a hay baler when four fingers were cut off. He works at R R Donnelley and Sons in Willard and farms. he is hospitalized at Fisher Titus.
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New State Road
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R.R. Donneley and Sons Inc
Willard
Farms
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Weather and notices from Norwalk area
Cloudy windy cool with rain likely today and tonight. Rain totals and high 50s to mid 50s Saturday with further showers. Norwalk highs 54 lows 44 with rain chances 80 tonight and 70 Saturday. Also marriage license applications, births and deaths listed for local residents. Weather figures include wind 20 to 40 mph and December humidity readings.
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Price Panel Considers Short-Term Freeze on Meat Prices
The UPI report notes the Price Commission weighing a one month freeze on meat prices as beef pork and other meats rise. Chairman Grayson polls members and seeks action after failed moves by the Cost of Living Council. Nixon may lift import quotas to ease shortages while questioning controls effectiveness.
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Photographer Films Friendly Town in City
Photographer Michael Wagner documents Norwalk families hosting inner-city children as part of the Friendly Towns Program. Thirty-year-old Wagner aims to unite inner-city and small-town youths, filming 29 children with 22 families as they share activities and plan a Memorial Park picnic.
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Norwalk
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Cleveland
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Friendly Towns
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Tom Klypcchak
Vincent Sullivan
Memorial Park
Jury to Decide Ohio 99 Road Easement Case
A Monroeville area appropriation case heads to a six man six woman jury in Common Pleas Court. The state seeks a perpetual easement for land 6.23 acres and a half acre owned by Richard Alvin and Rose Marie Fritz to straighten 24 foot road construction on Ohio 99 south of the village. The Fritzs seek up to 81000 in damages, claiming residential development as best land use.
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W. Seminary St
Roger D. Bush
Bellaire
Common Pleas
Paul E. Bleile
Ohio 99
Monroeville
William W. Owens
Norwalk
Ohio Highway Department
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Alvin
Rose Marie Fritz
Fritzes
Martin Hanna
Bowling Green
Common Pleas Court
Robert J. Vetter
Planning Decision Big Boost for Norwalk Annexation Effort
Frederick F. Waugh lauds Huron County Regional Planning Commission support for annexing the area west of Norwalk to Norwalk. July 6 hearing set. opposition from Contractors Realty exists. City water line approved but not in effect until after the annexation hearing. Business activity at Norwalk Shopping Centers continues with Mason's Department Store nearing completion.
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U.S. 20
Norwalk
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Contractors Realty
Joseph Fisher
Norwalk Shopping Centers, Inc
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Planning Commission
Robert Keller
Old State Road
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Mason’s Department
Residents seek vote on Eastwood trailer zoning referendum
Eastwood Village residents asked lawyer William Smith Jr to draft petitions to seek a November ballot on Tedech Inc. rezoning for a trailer park on Gallup Avenue. About 25 neighbors met to authorize the petitions, needing 389 signatures to trigger a local vote on the residential trailer zoning.
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Tedech, Inc
Fred Evenson
Eastwood Drive
William Smith, Jr
Sandusky
Eastwood
Gallup Avenue
Gallup
Tedech
Sweet and spouse clash over service director job
Before the city election Hazel Sweet faced questions on whether her husband Chuck would name her service director if elected mayor. Chuck, running for mayor, told a reporter that people want to know if he would appoint Hazel to the post.
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