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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1971
Page
2
Norwalk council debated Phase II wage and rate controls after a White House wage price move. They approved emergency $180 annual raises for ambulance coordinators, set next mayor treasurer and solicitor salaries, and restructured auditor pay. Gas rate increase and taxi fare request were left unresolved.
About 24 freshmen and parents protested classroom changes at a board meeting. The district shifted 90 freshmen and 18 educable mentally retarded students to the elementary building and moved 140 seventh and eighth graders to high school rooms. Principal Marion Waits said the move aimed to use larger space. The board discussed renting two classrooms at the social center for 375 monthly or 6000 yearly. An evaluatory report was sent to the North Central Association. A citizen committee chaired by Mrs. Ervin Myers will meet November 22 to assess the schools. The gym will host Pee Wee basketball starting November 27, run through March with Charles Eby directing. A house-to-house campaign favors a 6.8 mill operating levy to be resubmitted in the December 14 special election. Monroeville defeated the levy on November 2.
George Dalton and his son Henry 21 were operating a tractor on Lincoln Road when a corn stalk lodged in the muffler caused a blaze. The fire was extinguished with a tire extinguisher before firefighters arrived. The corn picker was scorched and no injuries were reported.
Local classified notice invites readers to place ads with contact number 662 4241 for selling items or services.
Norwalk officials rejected claims that 300 water meters were unread or broken. Service Director Krogh said 172 bills were estimated and only one meter was broken, with the rest billed normally or at minimum for low usage. A city-county meeting will align subdivision regulations.
A nearly $100,000 calendar year 1972 budget was submitted to the Huron County Mental Health Center Board of Trustees. The county shares financing about 25 percent with the state, with next year’s expenditures due to the county commissioners by December 15. The plan totals $99,797 and includes $68,012 for staff salaries tied to Phase II federal wage guidelines. The director’s pay would rise from $12,650 to $13,345 with similar 5 percent raises for seven other staff. Travel expenses for intern social worker Mrs. Erica Klein were approved after prior opposition.
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