Chamber Electing 6 New Directors
The Norwalk Chamber of Commerce seeks six new board members this week, selecting two from each category. Industrial nominees include Ed Arlin Norwalk Thermostat Frank Czech Plastic Molders Supply Edward Still Fanny Farmer and George Woodward Prin tainer. Professional and Service nominees are Jack Alexander City Loan Elmer Buki real estate agent Richard Mutz consulting engineer and Anthony Petrosino accountant. Retail candidates are Ed Fessenden Jacqueline Shop Ed Prack K and H Drugs Clyde Rekart P R Value Center and Bob Smetzer White Roofing Lumber.
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Ed Arlin
Norwalk
Frank Czech
Plastic Molders Supply
Edward Still
Fanny Farmer
George Woodward
Printainer Corporation
Jack Alexander
City Loan
Elmer Buki
Richard Mutz
Anthony Petrosino
Ed Fessenden
Jacqueline Shop
Ed Prack
K&h Drugs
Clyde Rekart
P & R Value Center
Bob Smetzer
White Roofing & Lumber
Reynolds Nominated for Medal of Honor in Korea
Pvt. Ernest D. Reynolds, 20, killed after 17 days in Korea, is nominated for the Medal of Honor posthumously for aiding a patrol near the DMZ. His mother and father express pride and sorrow as UPI notifies them of the nomination.
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Yank
Medal of Honor
Korea
Kansas City
UPI
Ernest D. Reynolds
Reynolds
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
United Press International
America
Lowell D. Reynolds
Autumn Snowfall Hits Norwalk Area With Ice Chilling Streets
A morning snow storm coated Norwalk with about half an inch of snow plus rain. Wind speeds reached 50 to 55 mph with minor damage and no records. City officials mobilized salt spreaders while a roof collapsed on a building under construction in St Mary Street.
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Norwalk
Morley Price
Norwalk Road
St. Mary Street
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Youngstown
Division Highway Heads
Lima
Ice Slick Streets Spark Three Norwalk Police Crashes
Ice coated streets contributed to three separate crashes reported within 50 minutes to Norwalk police. Reginald D. Jackson, 16, Jefferson Street, hit a mailbox on North Pleasant Street at 7:12 a.m. A semitrailer driven by Jerry C. Carlson of Strongsville jackknifed on West Main Street at Cortland Street after losing control while avoiding a stalled car, with Carlson cited for speeding. A third crash on Water Street near the railroad office involved a southbound Benedict Avenue car turning onto Water Street and colliding with a waiting vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Reginald D. Jackson
Jefferson St
Jackson
North Pleasant Street
West Main Street
Cortland Street
Jerry C. Carlson
Strongsville
Carlson
Water Street
Benedict Avenue
Norwalk Chamber Banquet Names Guest Speaker
The Norwalk Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held November 21 at 6 30 PM at Norwalk Junior High School with Laurence A Alexander president of Alexander and Company of New York as guest speaker. His topic is Life and Economy of Norwalk.
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Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Norwalk
Laurence A. Alexander
Alexander and Company of New York
U S Warships Hit Barges Smuggling Arms Off North Vietnam
U S Navy ships moved into shipping lanes off North Vietnam’s coast exchanging fire with shore batteries and bombarding cargo junks used to smuggle arms to the south. The 7th Fleet began the new tactic on October 25 with intensified air strikes reported nationwide.
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Saigon
UPS
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S
7Th Fleet
United States
Hanson
Mansfield
Hazardous driving today with strong winds and snow
Hazardous driving warnings in effect with strong winds and blowing drifting snow this afternoon and tonight. Colder conditions with little additional snow expected. Highs 25 30 and lows 15 25. Wednesday warms to 43 39 with brisk conditions and snow flurries. Births noted for Fortney Plymouth Hall and Cook families. Deaths: Dora Miller 56 and Helen Flew 76.
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Dora Miller
Willard
Helen Flew
Wakeman
Marines Die Battling Blaze at Camp Pendleton
Four Marine firefighters were killed and one critically burned at Camp Pendleton as California brush fires raged across the base and surrounding areas. The toll climbed to 14 in two days with 5,000 acres scorched. A separate Forest Service hot shot unit suffered ten deaths in Angeles National Forest. A cross border fire in Tijuana caused destruction but no immediate fatalities reported. The Marines were a staging battalion awaiting transfer to Vietnam.
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Los Angeles
UPD
Camp Pendleton
California
Leathernecks
Oceanside
U.S. Forest Service
Angeles
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Chamber
Bill Minor
Foster St
Mrs
Emma Franklin
C.C. Canfield
Charles Moore Clears
West Main
Stewart Harkness
Loretta Robinson
Ft. Leonard Wood
Topeka
Kan
Viet Nam
Humphrey
Johnson
Dulles International Airport
Washington
Far East
U. S
Lloyd Fortney
Attica
Claude Ousley
Plymouth
Mount Hall, Jr
Charles Cook
New London
al Forest
San Fernando Valley
Pacoima Canyon
Tijuana
Mexico
San Diego
Piedra de Lumbre
Rock of Fire
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