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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1965
Page
1
Reports from Athens Ohio indicate Charles H. Percy may consider another bid for Illinois governor after his 1964 campaign. The story notes his statements Tuesday night as he contemplates a possible return to state politics.
In Detroit a 17 year old girl was injured and another teen and a woman were chased from the scene in a surge of vicious crimes shaking several neighborhoods and a nearby suburb as police sought leads.
Weather cloudy and colder with winds and snow flurries today high in 30s. Partly cloudy and windy tonight low 15 to 22. Thursday remains cold. Marriage licenses list Henry T Baughn and Glenda A Stiles both Bellevue welders and Edward S Kaczar Milan dye cast operator with Sandra L Walker Norwalk receptionist. Births mention Earl and wife Collins twins and Lawrence Lasch Monroeville daughter. Deaths include Bertha H Bell 85 Willard and Nellie Beebe 90 Norwalk.
Reporters join off duty deputies and state patrolmen in a staged chase after a big cat in southeastern Huron County near Clarksfield. Sheriff’s deputy John Osterland claims sighting and shots fired as residents report livestock losses and tracks. A three-group operation surveys ravines along Route 18 and Butler Road while one group remains to shoot if the animal moves.
A sharp 31 degree drop from 62 to 31 degrees by morning brought snow flurries and predicted more snow. Power lines fell after a night of heavy rain and thunder, with outages on Norwalk's south side and wires down near O'd State Road. In New York, the UN General Assembly faced a tight vote on seating Communist China, with delegates split between Beijing and Nationalist China and no clear outcome.
A six person hunt with two dog owners and six deputies resumed near Clarsfield Route 60 after reports of a cougar seen and treed on the Julius Krebs property. Chief Deputy Dick Andres said hunters left after work and officers found cracks but no cougar.
A tornado hit Attica at 6 p m tearing a grocery roof and blowing down wires poles and trees. The three minute storm blocked the village center as Layla Smeltz the Attica police chief described the scene. Patrolmen from Fremont Norwalk and Bucyrus aided and traffic returned to main streets within an hour.
Congressman Charles A. Mosher of the 13th District answered a radio host in Sandusky that he plans to run again. When asked about his future, Mosher simply said yes and no further details were discussed.
The state sues Fred and Dick M. Carvey over land on Route 18 near Laylin Road in the first Norwalk bypass land appropriation case heard by a jury in Huron County Common Pleas Court. Hearing testimony continued today.
A Willard youth who led Norwalk police on a high speed chase pleaded guilty in Mayor's Court to reckless operation. He was fined 50 dollars and costs. John N. Polachek, 20, Willard, was jailed after his car hit an embankment on Seminary Road following a pursuit up to 90 mph.
Norwalk City Council gave first reading to a salary ordinance raising wages by up to 45 cents hourly and 45 a month for most municipal workers effective 1966. Chiefs may see higher increases, up to about 800 yearly in some cases, with uniform pay for laborers and clerks across departments. Council pay would rise to 600 for members and 720 for president, funded partly by a police levy approved last Nov. 2.
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