07 Oct 1964
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1964
Page
1
The third in a 1964 series appears on the Reflector's page revealing the Southern Progressive view. Drafted by Ralph McGill publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, the article is reprinted through permission from the Saturday Review and the authors.
In Saigon a U S Army helicopter was shot down by Viet Cong fire near the capital injuring or killing several aboard. The same day a U S Soviet and British clash over diplomatic immunity and espionage in Siberia drew Western protest.
President Johnson denounces Republican farm policy as heartless and harmful to the nation. He pledges to strengthen and improve farm programs and aims for parity of opportunity for rural America.
Republican vice presidential hopeful William Miller hammered the Johnson administration during a campaign swing into northeast Georgia. On his second day in the South he assailed policies on poverty and Bobby Baker as he criticized the Lyndon Johnson era.
Former vice president Richard M. Nixon will visit Ohio on October 14 on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. He will attend a Toledo breakfast, speak at a Sandusky lunch rally, and address an evening Lakewood rally, sponsored by local GOP groups in Lucas and Erie counties.
Dr Ivan E Frick will be inaugurated Friday as the 12th president of Findlay College in a formal campus ceremony.
For Ohio the forecast calls for sunny conditions today turning cloudy tonight with light rain in the northeast near Lake Erie. Highs 64 to 70 Thursday with moderating temperatures through next Tuesday and scattered showers Thursday and late Sunday into Monday. Marriage licenses listed for Foreman Sheffield, births reported for Vogt, Smith, and Etzweller families.
Senator Hubert Humphrey spoke to about 7 500 college students at the Toledo Ex press Airport and in a field house praising the Kennedy era, hitting Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson while stressing general prosperity and jobs as he urged progress.
The Norwalk City Council adopted a $1.9 million 1965 budget with minor fund changes and warns the general fund may near red by year end. They awarded a $33,775 contract to Price Construction for Norwood Avenue reconstruction and began Franklin Street work. The council also approved Parkwood Manors plat adding 28 lots and will buy Norwalk Truck Lines property for $32,000. The police report radar enforcement found speeds under 29 mph.
Three telephone lines were felled on Shaw Mill Road in Erie County Old State Road north of Route 61 and New State Road north of Peru Olena Road in Huron County repairs were completed by 5 40 p m Al bert Basom assistant Nor walk district manager for Northern Ohio Telephone Co said NOT spokesman G IRA Liedorff questioned if deputies saw the wires down Emergency Net was activated to patrol roads and log license numbers William C Henry NOT president said no further talks with management planned service slow at times but crews handled traffic
Henry indicated the strike may extend to the first of next year and that the company has not been approached about renewed bargaining talks and has no plans to request additional discussion.
The ground wore a glistening white coat as the first killing frost of fall appeared with 24 degrees noted this morning. Weather observer Ray Whitbeck reports 24 degrees the coldest since April 5 and recalls a lighter frost on Sept. 13 at 36 degrees while contrasting with last year’s Oct. 7 warmth. The previous day’s high reached 52 with a low of 35.
Drive Chairman George Manyak reports total United Fund contributions to date at 21078.94. Firms now listed as fully contributing include Norwalk Waste Materials Norwalk Bargain Center Huron County Board of Education City Offices Fire Department Electric Line Distribution Department and Police Department. Manyak urged volunteers to submit reports and enclosures though calls may be incomplete and firms may arrange pickup by contacting the United Fund office.
Ten Norwalk residents join a district drive led by Mrs. Jane Klein to circulate petitions for an Ohio Council of Education bill proposing a one cent sales tax increase earmarked for the school foundation program. If the bill fails, petitions will aim for the ballot next year.
Claude A. Parker was convicted of assault and battery after a foursome in Augusta on a Masters trip. Testimony described a broken driver, a jagged shaft, and a scuffle that left Parker wounded Wrinkle with a severed finger bite. Parker received a $350 fine and a 12 month sentence suspended.
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