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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1973
Page
2
Hayward California man once 587 pounds describes obesity as misery and loneliness. After dieting and an intestinal bypass he lost to 181 pounds and now runs a construction business while urging others to take responsibility for weight.
A malfunction in a cotton picker at Janesville Products on St Marys Street started a fire on the factory line. The friction caused 12 bales of cotton to burn before firefighters contained the blaze at the Norwalk plant. Fire Chief Elmer McGuckin noted this was the fifth fire call of the year despite a sprinkler system.
Dispositions list includes Placido R. Martinez of Lorain fined 100 dollars and costs with 30 days jail suspended on three year ban from Norwalk. James S. Arnett of Westwood Mobile Estates fined 10 dollars and costs for public intoxication. Charles Hassage of Milan fined 10 dollars and costs for driving without glasses. Charles J. McAllister Jr of rural Castalia fined 10 dollars and costs for failing to show two license plates. Mitchell Church of Berlin Heights with speeding posted a 27 dollar bond forfeiture. Ray A. Myers of Cortland Street cited for failure to stop in an assured clear distance.
Jennings and Charella Construction Co. of New London named construction manager for the Southwest Vocational School at Middlebury Heights. The 250,000 square foot, $6 million project partners with Heine Crider Williamson Schutte Mochon architects. CM approach promises time and cost savings, with at least six months shaved from the schedule.
Greenwich officials and Huron County Commissioners discussed fall street work. village displeased with material quality and a $6,918 bill payment delay. Commissioner Maurice B. Smith suggested tar shortages and excess stone caused dust problems, affecting results. Separately, Perkins High School heads to WEWS TV Academic Challenge quarterfinal after beating Stow and Rhodes on Nov. 10. facing Collinwood and Mentor.
Two Firelands Campus students from Norwalk Rob Johnson and Dennis Boose appear in Hello Out There at Firelands Campus Thursday. They play members of an angry mob that breaks into a jail and shoots a man falsely accused of rape. Performances are at 3 and 8 p.m. in the North Building.
A substantial theft at the Adams Street Ohio Edison substation saw copper wire fittings and tools taken in a company truck recovered Monday morning. Police reported the loss as a considerable amount with no damage estimate yet and noted the truck was found near Progressive Allied Industries after the theft was discovered at 8:10 a.m.
The Huron County Board of Education approved transferring 10520 dollars from unappropriated general fund receipts to various general fund categories. Supt. Thomas Lasley said most goes to salaries for two new staff members a secondary supervisor and a work study coordinator.
A New London widow, Elizabeth Downing, 28, appeals a BMW order demanding 12500 dollars in liability insurance to reinstate her license after a fatal June accident that killed a seven year old. She argues lack of due process and negligence by another driver and the child, and that suspension harms her as a widow with small children. The appeal is filed in Common Pleas Court by attorney Ronald H. Gordon.
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