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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1964
Page
3
Voters approved the .5 mill health and welfare levy by 7 635 to 4 416. Funds will support the Huron County Guidance Center and the Juvenile Court child welfare programs.
New London village voters approve a recreation levy totaling one-half mill with a .4 mill renewal and .1 mill additional. The measure passed in all three precincts by 465 to 278.
Monroeville voters approve a 2.3 mill renewal levy by 635 to 337 with full precinct support. Norwalk City School District renewals pass by large margins 2,738 to 1,736 for 2 mill and 2,781 to 1,715 for 4.9 mill amid near-total precinct backing. New London Village rejects intoxicating liquor sales 435 to 362, triggering automatic defeat of other local option questions. state store request fails 383 to 416.
New London Township voters approve removal of second floor of town hall at 10 S Main St with a half mill levy 583 to 400 and all three village precincts also backing it. Clarksfield and North Fairfield approve road and renewal levies while Willard races approve renewal and school levies with margins ranging from 1 1 to 1.6 mills and 4 66 mills respectively for ten years.
Voters in Wakeman Village approve a 2.5 mill levy for current expenses by 170 to 78 with a .2 mill increment included in the measure.
Voters in the Western Reserve School District approve a 4.6 mill renewal levy 858 to 349 and a 1.9 mill additional levy 633 to 510. The renewal levy passes in all precincts while the additional levy fails in Bronson Township Hartland Township Norwalk Township North and ties 10-10 in Norwalk Township South.
In Huron County President Johnson carried 10 775 votes to 7649 for Goldwater with Taft Jr at 9913 Mosher 84011 and Mosher 9402. Frey was the lone Democratic near Johnson with 7782. Precincts gave Johnson 27 wins while Goldwater carried 15 of 54 precincts. Local GOP candidates all exceeded 8000 votes.
Harold B. Collier was elected to his seventh term as Huron County Treasurer with 9,999 votes over Marie C. Roth who received 6,243 votes. Collier, a Republican, led Roth in 49 of the precincts.
A 615000 school bond measure for a new elementary, equipment, remodeling, land, and razing failed 856 to 724. It carried 388 387 in New London village, 121 94 in New London township, and failed in Fitchville Clarksfield Hartland Center North Fairfield and Lorain County. Superintendent W R Burton pledged to review options with the board.
Reflector tabulations show Milan and Berlin school districts defeated the merger by about eight votes with 1039 for and 1047 against. Officials differ on totals, but Milan precincts voted against while Berlin precincts favored the plan, ending proposals for a Berlin Milan district and a potential new high school.
Early figures show Johnson breaking Eisenhower’s Ohio presidential mark with a wide margin while Young trails Taft in some tallies. Officials anticipate recount requests if results narrow. Milwaukee and Cleveland areas show shifting tallies as 12,970 of 13,485 polling places report.
For the first time, Boy Scouts acted as runners for Huron County election officials at the courthouse. Supervised by L. C. Mclaughlin, they delivered materials, assisted visitors, and moved county return materials to the election headquarters as returns arrived.
Bellevue City School District voters approve a 16.5 mill levy, combining 12.4 mill renewal and 4.2 new mills. Ballots in Bellevue precincts in Huron County and Lyme Township pass 955 to 571, with Erie County 61 to 42 and Sandusky County 1010 to 573 in support.
Bellevue City's proposed $600,000 sewer improvement bond failed to pass. The measure needed a majority but fell short with a Sandusky and Huron County tally of 1476 to 1540, despite a 55 percent hurdle.
Voters approve the Plymouth three mill school levy by 30 votes with 613 for and 583 against overall. In Richland County counts were 470 to 457 and in Huron County 143 to 126 in favor.
Republican Arthur F. Herner won a third term with 8 522 votes, Donald Robertson 8 362, defeating Democrats Lewis G. Heyman 7 434 and Gerald P. Kimble 5 754. Milan bond issue for sewer system failed 232 to 260. Milan Local School District levies passed: one mill extra 611 506 and three mills renewal 799 378.
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