Norwalk Charter Meetings Set Across Four Wards
Norwalk holds public meetings in each ward starting June 8 to gauge charter changes. First Ward venue likely Maplehurst School, with further sessions June 15 Second Ward June 17 Third Ward and June 22 Fourth Ward. A missing 16 year old Norwalk High student, Susan Carol Smith, last seen Thursday morning, is described as 5'6 with blue eyes and blonde hair wearing a blue miniskirt and green camouflage jacket. An initiative petition seeks to authorize sale of the municipal electric system for not less than 5 850 000. The measure filed with City Auditor Charles Hipp by Harlon Jennings and a business committee including Kevin Doyle Edward Still Arnold Missler and Edward Prack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Charter Commission
Maplehurst
First Ward
Commission On Municipal Government
James Smith
Bank St
Norwalk High School
Susan Carol Smith
Charles Hipp
Safety Service
Hipp
Harlon Jennings
Jennings
Kevin Doyle
Edward Still
Arnold Missler
Edward Prack
Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths
Mostly sunny and cool through Saturday with highs in the 60s to low 70s. Norwalk high 74 and low 50 with trace precipitation. Births note a Monroeville girl to Mr and Mrs James Schnell. deaths include Theresa M Becker 72 Collins Jeffery Knott infant Wakeman Lewie Sutliff 74 Plymouth.
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Norwalk
Trace
James Schnell
Monroeville
Theresa M. Becker
Collins
Jeffery Knott
Larry Knott
Wakeman
Lewie Sutliff
Plymouth
Norwalk High Students Score State Rankings on May Test
Five Norwalk High students earned state rankings on the Final District State Scholarship tests administered May 1. Clair Ross led local finishers with seventh in Music History and Literature. Tom Betz ninth in Second Year German, Ann Johnson eleventh in English 12, Kathryn Lasley fifteenth in First Year Latin, and Daryl Smith honorable mention in Advanced Algebra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk High School
Clair Ross
Tom Betz
Ann Johnson
Kathryn Lasley
Tom
Ann
Kathryn
Daryl Smith
Anne
Clair
Bowling Green State University
Daryl
Ann Reese
Tina Zannieri
James Ryerson
Elsie Brutsche
David Ensminger
Richard Cunningham
Allen Ellett
George Linn
Linda’ Brothers
Debby Jameson
Stephen Hester
Pamela Allen
Holly Holb
John Arthur
Twin siblings Martha and Mike Hay named top at St Paul High
Martha Hay is valedictorian with a 97.00 average and Mike Hay is salutatorian with 96.5 for the 1971 class at St Paul High School. Both twins highlight a 12 year academic duel while holding leadership roles and scholarships. They are children of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Mike Hay
Mike
Martha Hay
St. Paul High School
Firelands
Bowling Green State University
St. Meinrad Ind
Sandusky Register
St. Paul
Catholic Youth Organization
CYO
FTA
St. Paul’s
Flyer Band
Herman Hay
E. Main St
Paul
Norwalk Jaycees Give 650 For New Recreation Center
Norwalk receives a 650 gift from the Jaycees to support the Community Recreation Center project. Co chair James Ewell cites two possible locations under study and plans a July reveal. The effort includes fund drives and donations from Hearts N Harmony Ball Rotary Club and Beta Sigma Phi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Finch
Ewell
Norwalk Community Center Corp
Hearts ‘N Harmony Ball
Rotary Club
Xi Alpha Eta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Gilligan Orders Policy Overhaul and Lima Hospital Probe
Ohio Governor John Gilligan ordered a state investigation into brutality allegations at Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and announced immediate policy changes. The plan includes staff increases, ending the no talking rule in Ward 21, repainting facilities to curb a dungeon feel, and relaxed dress rules as part of a humanization program led with Dr. Kenneth Gaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
John J. Gilligan
Lima State Hospital
Gilligan
Norwalk EAS Plan Falters After Costly Survey Hurdle
The Extended Area Service plan to let Norwalk customers call Monroeville Greenwich New London and Wakeman toll free died after Northern Ohio Telephone Co canceled the required customer survey deemed too costly and time consuming. PUCO had conditionally approved the plan pending a broad public willingness to pay higher rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Huron County
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
Ohio
EAS
Monroeville
Greenwich
New London
Wakeman
Milan
Berlin Heights
Public Utilities Commission
Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Ewell
Robert Carleton
Second
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Light Plant
Norwalk High
Virginia Patton
Lillian Self
Erie Air Service, Inc
Urban C. Livengood
Huron County Highway Department
Jefferson Street
Regional Planning Commission
Jaycees
Norwalk Jaycees
Lima
William J. Brown
Telephone Company
Robert M. Wopat
PUCO
Ralph Brown
PACO
Northern
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