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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1965
Page
1
Leola News reports about 150 lawmen and volunteers aided by search planes and FBI agents starting dawn patrols to find eight year old Nancy Peanut Keller who was kidnapped from in front of her home Sunday evening. An assailant described as a young white man forced her into a car as her companion waited for church services.
Gov. Rhodes lauds Lancaster for honoring a native-born industrial leader and urges other Ohio cities to honor local achievers. He commends Lester Burcham of Woolworth Co. in a broad praise of local success stories. Message ties to Rhodes’s push for civic recognition. In Fredericksburg, the Johnsons plan memorial church services at noon CST marking JFK’s assassination’s near-timing anniversary.
Christmas Savings Club payouts total over 270000 with Citizens National Bank of Norwalk sending 115000 and Huron County Banking Co distributing 156724.50. Bank presidents cite year over year increases while Home Savings and Loan Co with no figure reports last week disbursements.
Occasional light rain or drizzle followed by clearing this afternoon and tonight. Highs near 45 to 50, lows 30 to 36. Tuesday partly cloudy with near season temperatures. Sunrise 7 24 a m Sunset 5 03 p m. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS list includes Slausen Zimmer man Eckhardt etc. Also BIRTHS DEATHS and MARRIAGE LICENSE GRANTED notices noted for Norwalk Willard and surrounding areas.
Norwalk to see Morley K. Price continue as safety service director under the new Republican administration of Harold E. Finch. Price has served eight years since originally appointed by former Mayor Louis G. Frey. Finch said the decision followed party input and aims to keep city administration stable and prosperous.
Ronald A. Smith, 20, Collins, is hospitalized with possible brain injury after a blow with an iron bar at the Route 20 and 601 Bar. Owner Kenneth D. Morse is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Morse says patrons refused to leave and he struck in self defense.
Austrian sources report the United States approached Romania about mediating the Vietnam War. Romanian Premier Ion Maurer discussed the idea with Austrian officials during his six day visit, noting the government would study the proposal.
Motorist Gerald Hill of Worth Illinois reported a brown big cat about 100 pounds was struck by a semi on Route 18 near Norwalk. State Patrol and sheriff deputies found no injury. a local woman reported hearing the cat in a nearby valley and officials planned to map its movements and track after snowfall.
An outnumbered Vietnamese ranger battalion repelled waves of 2 000 Communist guerrillas 320 miles northwest of Saigon. Army spokesmen count over 400 dead and wounded in the attack near Quang Ngai Province as air power and artillery hold the line. In a second zone, Vietnamese and American forces killed 100 guerrillas 40 miles northwest of Saigon with minimal Allied losses.
Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers will fly in Santa Claus by helicopter at 1 30 p m Friday for a brief courthouse appearance then open Santa's castle from 6 30 to 8 30 p m Fridays and Saturdays. Christmas choir concerts follow at 7 30 to 8 p m with church lineup Dec 3 4 10 11 17 18. Downtown decorations cost 3000 funded by local groups.
The Reflector reports two free Christmas gift drawings at 6:30 and 9:15 p.m. this Friday and Saturday in front of the Huron County Courthouse. Winners must be present. The Norwalk Chamber of Commerce annual dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 36, at Norwalk Junior High.
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