Norwalk voters decide to keep municipal power plant
Preliminary results show 973 to 731 in favor of keeping the Norwalk municipal light plant. At the Norwalk plant, boiler engineers and operators monitor 11,000 kilowatts as results come in. Final tally 2119 to 1681 keeps the plant under city control.
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Municipal Electric Department
Ohio Edison
Reflector
Fred Stewart
Norwalk
Samuel Lynch
Louis Rudy
Lynch
Rudy
Zigmond
Leslie B. Gaugh
Norwalk High School
Gaugh
Rolland Geiss
Norwalk Keeps Municipal Light Plant After Vote
Norwalk residents approve keeping the city owned light plant despite opposition. City officials including Supt. Donald Davis call the result a victory for the people and say operations will continue with possible improvements. Proponents like William Casselberry and James Zuber stress voters chose on facts while critics accuse emotion in the campaign.
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Roger Waite
Waite
Norwalk
William Casselberry
James Zuber
Zuber
Ohio Edison
Howard Turnley
Roy Waite
Turnley
Donald Davis
Davis
Smith Upsets Leak In County Nine Precincts Back Victory
Smith defeated incumbent Commissioner Leak in a county board election with cross‑party voting noted. Leak, 67, sought a third term as Herner and Robertson held their seats. Smith, 51, a tire dealer, previously served on New London council and ran for county office once before. Voters across Norwich and Sherman townships backed Smith, while Betts, Wiedemann, and Reed led in other races unopposed. Huron County results highlighted Betts’s unopposed district win and high turnout for judge and auditor races.
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Leak
Arther Herner
Donald Robertson
Smith
New London Council
Common Pleas Court
Robert J. Vetter
Robert A Wiedemann
Kenneth W. Reed
Income Tax Wins Easily In Norwalk
Norwalk voters defeated a repeal of the municipal income tax by 2 164 to 1 446. The half per cent tax, in effect since last Jan 1, generates about 240 000 annually for general expenditures. Officials consider directing excess revenue to capital improvements and fire department upgrades to bolster the city insurance rating.
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Norwalk
Citizens Committee
Richard Cunningham
Harold Finch
Agnew Praises Election Results For Nixon Policies
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said the election gave Nixon a working Senate majority supporting foreign policy and national defense. He noted Republicans failed to gain House or Senate majorities but called the outcome better than typical off year results and predicted a supportive Senate for the President.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Senate
House
Agnew
Republican National Headquarters
United States
Huron County Votes Split As Gilligan Carves Democratic Path
In an Ohio county that leans Republican, voters favored Democrat John J. Gilligan for governor while backing Republican Taft Jr for U S Senate. Cloud and Herbert lost ground amid loan scandal chatter. Turner and Brown led in treasurer and attorney general races respectively. Total ballots reached 12 756, up from 12 253 in 1966.
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Huron County
John J. Gilligan
Robert Taft, Jr
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Gilligan
Roger Cloud
John D. Herbert
William J. Brown
Herbert
Turner
Gertrude Donahey
John W. Brown
Anthony O. Calabrese
Roger W. Tracy, Jr
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ted W. Brown
John F. Kennedy
Swanbeck Wins Ninth Term In 109th General Assembly Race
State Rep Ethel Swanbeck Republican incumbent defeated Douglas Colvin in Huron County with 18 045 votes to 13 346 Colvin credited district voters as decisive Colvin expressed encouragement despite defeat and noted his wife recently gave birth to a son Colvin hinted at future run again and Swanbeck thanked district for support in a very good race.
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Ethel Swanbeck
Douglas Colvin
Norwalk
Colvin
Swanbeck
General Assembly
Huron County
Humphrey rules out 1972 presidential bid
Hubert H. Humphrey told reporters in Minneapolis he will not seek the Democratic nomination in 1972. He returned to the Senate after Minnesota voters elected him, saying many contenders would vie but he would not be one. He planned to lead in the Senate and influence the party's candidate selection.
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Nixon
U.S. Senate
Minnesota
Senate
Democratic Party
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