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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1976
Page
1
Norwalk Jaycees sponsor a Tote To Vote campaign Tuesday offering free rides to polls from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A car donated by Don Tester Ford backs the service and registrations are accepted at 668-8648 for residents within city limits.
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes directs the Ohio Highway Patrol to investigate potential fraud in the state Department of Public Welfare with focus on Cleveland Avenue Medical Center, Inc. and the Lynn Drugstore in Columbus, leading Medicaid billings. The two entities top state fraud concern, Rhodes stated in a news release.
The 1976 campaign ends in a dead heat with Ford and Carter each trailing or leading by narrow margins. Carter campaigns through California to Georgia while Ford moves from Ohio toward Michigan and Grand Rapids. Analysts call the race toss up with 270 electoral votes needed and 210 in play in 16 states.
In Plains Georgia a black minister and three others were barred from a white church where Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School The pastor Rev Bruce Edwards who had urged lifting a 1965 racial ban was fired by deacons after an emergency meeting The Carter camp supported Edwards awaiting comment.
Weather forecast shows high 44 cloudy and breezy with showers possible. Tonight and Tuesday rain chances rise to 20 and 40 percent. Winds shift from north to south. Sunrise sunset moon data included. Marriage licenses issued for seven couples. A birth in Norwalk. Three deaths listed from Norwalk and area.
A brief notice urges readers to vote yes and provides a phone number 668 8544 to call in their vote by midnight. The fragment implies a deadline and a call-in method for participating in a decision.
Higher property values in Norwalk reduce the projected mill rate for a $950,000 school bond to 2.1 mills from 2.5 mills. The change follows a real estate reappraisal, increasing assessed value and lowering annual owner cost to about $18.33 in the first year for a sample home, though tax credits for districts remain unsettled.
A Norwalk woman Rose M. Schlotterer 54 died in a two vehicle crash on Ohio 4 near the Crawford Seneca County line. Her husband George F. Schlotterer 57 was hospitalized in poor condition. Passenger occupants of the other vehicle included Richard Brause 49 his wife Elsie 43 and daughter Barbara 16 who were treated and released. Wet road and mist from a passing truck were cited as factors.
St Paul High School will host an open house tonight from 6 45 to 8 30 p.m for prospective students and families. The event invites attendees to tour facilities and meet teachers and staff.
A Norwalk referendum asks voters if the city should switch from mayor council to city manager rule. Most charter framers and several council members support retaining the strong mayor system, with a minority backing the manager model.
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