25 Nov 1964
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1964
Page
1
Midnight Tuesday marked the ballot deadline for Northern Ohio Telephone Co. plant and traffic employees voting on the contract reached with company leaders and Local 986 IBEW. Ballots postmarked after midnight will be invalid. timing for count and results was not announced.
A major fire at Kir kirkesville Elementary School in Licking County on Tuesday night destroyed about three quarters of the classroom space leaving significant damage and minor injuries to one firefighter.
Santa Claus arrives in Norwalk at 3 p.m. Friday aboard an antique truck leading a Main Street parade with the Norwalk High School band and a fire truck. He greets children at the courthouse, then returns at 6:30 p.m. with a German Band for a Main Street sidewalk parade until 7. He visits with children at his castle at Hester and Main from 7 to 9 p.m. and again on following dates including Dec 4 5 11 and 12 and daily Dec 14 23 except Sundays. Arrangements are by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Norwalk merchants announce Christmas drawings with coupons in the RE FLECTOR and Huron County Herald for a 9:15 p.m. Saturday courthouse drawing. winners need not be present.
Rain ends this evening with partial clearing and little temperature change. Low 32 to 40 tonight. Thursday outlook partly cloudy and mild with a high of 48 to 55. Births report a girl to Mr and Mrs Charles Cotterill Huron. Marriage license issued to Ernest G Gore and Florence M Haupricht. Deaths listed Edgar H Toby 93 and Melvin Cole 82.
The Ohio House narrowly approved a reapportionment plan 84 to 41 to set one representative per about 69 332 residents while sending the redistricting bill to the Senate ahead of Thanksgiving. The measure would create 24 congressional districts ending atLarge seats and faces party battles in the Senate and potential May primary ballot.
UPI reports in Stanleyville, Congo, Dr. Paul Carlson, a 36 year old American missionary physician, killed during the rebel siege. More than 350 hostages, including 15 Americans, remained in rebel hands as Belgian paratroopers and Congo troops rescued whites and evacuated to Leopoldville and Brussels.
City observes Thanksgiving with most offices closed though some restaurants and service stations remain open. Union Thanksgiving service at 7:45 p.m. at the Methodist Church featuring Rev. William L. Brown and Rev. Floyd Buckland and Dr. J. K. McDivitt. St. Paul Episcopal Church holds Holy Communion at 9 a.m. Thursday. St. Mary Church lists 7:40 a.m. memorial mass and 6:30 a.m. mass.
Within the past 24 hours the REFLECTOR printed 34 new pages. The regular edition today is 18 pages and the Huron County Herald was 16 pages printed a day early due to the holiday.
South Vietnamese paratroopers breached a 15 foot wall of flame in central Saigon to quell fresh anti government riots. Prime Minister Tran Van Huong declared martial law and set a curfew from 10 pm to 5 am. The fighting left 59 injured, mostly police, with two officers near death from stab and grenade wounds. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor left for Washington to discuss South Viet Nam policy with President Johnson. About 1,500 people sought asylum behind a wire fence as demonstrators set gasoline fires and lobbed rocks.
A weeklong survey by Reflector staff found many repeat parkers in Norwalk with 55 meters checked from Main to Benedict and Whittlesey. Expired meters totaled 35. only two cars were tagged, one tied to a police officer and another to a mayoral relative.
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