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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1969
Page
2
United Fund drive chairman Donald Blosser reports after two weeks a total of $5,166 raised toward a $70,848 goal in the report meeting Friday. Four divisions contributed to the early tally.
Lorence R. Blumyer of Valley City Ohio is jailed awaiting a Norwalk Mayor's Court hearing on five charges after two traffic incidents Saturday night and Sunday morning. A hit-skip on Seminary Street led to police tracing the car to Alan Trauger who reported selling it to Blymyer. Blymyer sped through multiple intersections at high speed before stopping on Schaffer Road and Huber Road.
Verl C. Emminger Jr of Sandusky reported a black AM FM portable radio stolen from his car parked behind the old A and P Building on West Main Street Sunday. The radio about 8 by 10 inches disappeared between 1 45 and 6 p m Sunday according to Norwalk police.
A 19 year old New London man escaped injury when his 1964 car crashed on Court Road blamed on a mechanical defect. Emmettt Carroll was driving when a ball joint broke causing loss of control into a ditch and rollover. The 12 10 p m crash occurred 2 1 2 miles east of the Greenwich Milan Townline Road.
Ethel G Swanbeck will be honored in a day long program sponsored by the Erie County Federation of Republican Women. Dr Philip Crane will deliver five lectures one at Sandusky High School and four at area high schools on The Blessings of Liberty. A 6 p.m dinner at Sandusky High School caps the event. A stolen bicycle report notes an eight year old boy missing a blue banana seat bike with license 1026.
A motorbike ridden by Thomas Hicks 16 of Willard failed to stop on wet pavement and hit a car at West Main and Hester Street Sunday afternoon. Dowell and Hicks reported the accident at 3 p.m. at Norwalk police. Kennedy 23 of 81 S Old State Road was cited for failure to stop after rear ending another car near 192 Milan Ave. Weitzel 19 of Milan was the struck driver. Additional incidents include mailbox and lilac bush damage and a reported tire blowout on North West Street.
Norwalk’s weather readings are provided by the city’s Sewage Treatment Plant on Old Plank Road. Ten years ago the work was done by D C Norton from West Main Street. The plant now logs 8 a.m. readings for ESSA and national forecasts, with midnight readings cited as best for daily totals.
Six teenage boys were treated for football injuries at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital after saturday games. Two were St. Paul players, with Michael Mushett and John Comyns Jr among those treated. Other patients included Kevin Fogg Norwalk reserve, David Gormley Milan, Dennis Conry Collins and Daniel Pugh Milan.
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