Five bids opened for old Reflector-Herald building remodel
Five bids for remodeling the Reflector-Herald building on N Hester Street were opened for Norwalk City Schools. Bids ranged from 2 340 for Dimon Electric to 13 796 from Janetta and Herner Inc with others by Roth Brothers 13 490 O'Donnell 3 114 and Shep Plumbing 3 386. A special board of education meeting is set for noon Saturday to review bids.
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Reflector-Herald
N. Hester Street
Norwalk City
Janetta and Herner, Inc
Roth Brothers
Tom O’donnell
Dimon Electric
Shep Plumbing and Heating
Board of Education
Tiber River Threatens Central Rome Flood
The swollen Tiber River in Rome reached 42 feet 8 inches, 3 feet 3 inches below the overflow line, with debris-filled water rising 1.18 inches per hour. Officials warned of very real danger of overflow if storms continue.
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Rome
UPI
Tiber
Italy
Billings Road Vacation Approved by County Commissioners
Erie County and Huron County commissioners in joint session voted to vacate Billings Road for public safety and welfare while keeping Bragg Road open. Open hearing set for 1 30 p m October 14 in Erie County for compensation and damage claims. Norfolk and Western Railway officials and Ashland Division Highway Department supported the vacation. three farmers and local trustees opposed.
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Erie and Huron County Commissioners
Billings Road
Bragg Road
Erie County Court House
Erie County Commissioner's Office
Norfolk and Western Railway
Ashland Division
State Highway Department
Lyme
Groton
Huron County
Erie County
Weather warms to near seventy five with sunshine
The Recoul reports sunny skies and a bit warmer today with a high around 74 to 80 degrees. Tonight remains fair and not too cool with a low near 54 to 58. Saturday stays sunny and mild with sunrise at 5 55 a.m. and sunset at 6 58 p.m. High Thursday 72, low Thursday 45. Deaths Edward Spangler 50 Columbus Stephen Whitehead 73 431 E Main.
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Edward Spangler
Columbus
Stephen Whitehead
Main
Norwalk School Bus Routes Revamped After Time Change
Robert Kramer, Norwalk schools maintenance supervisor, announced start times shifting to 8 a.m. for high and junior high and 8 45 a.m. for elementary. Two buses are removed from routes with a 66 passenger bus repurposed as a mobile reading classroom. About 1 150 students rode seven buses last year. this year 1 200 will ride five buses over the first weeks.
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Robert Kramer
Norwalk
Kramer
Johnson names Ackley to steer steel talks as deadline nears
President Johnson assigns Gardner Ackley to act as statistical referee in the fifth day of stalemated emergency steel talks between the steel industry representatives and the United Steelworkers Union. Ackley will rule on cost figures while White House presses for a settlement before the strike deadline.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Ackley
White House
Steel Industry
United Steelworkers Union
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Wirtz and Connor
Local Schools Set to Open Wednesday Across District
More than 3,000 Norwalk City and 1,100 St. Paul students begin the new term on Wednesday with full days for Norwalk elementary and junior and senior high pupils. St. Paul goes half days Wednesday and Thursday then full days Friday. Norwalk elementary hours run 8:45 to 3 with early dismissals for primary and intermediate grades for lunch. Junior and senior highs start 8 and end 3:30 with three lunch periods.
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Norwalk City School
St. Paul
Norwalk
Bypass Utility Changes Outlined for Norwalk Project
Contractors announced work will start on the Norwalk bypass after the new year weather. Norwalk officials and utility representatives met in Ashland to discuss moving lines and poles. Morley Price said crews will begin at the west end and move east, with utilities aiming to have lines relocated before construction begins. The telephone company faces the toughest relocation near the west end.
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Norwalk
Morley Price
Norwalk Service
Telephone Company
Price
Summer Reviewed As School Starts
Richard Hintz, 16, of Norwalk prepares for his junior year at Norwalk High School. He spent the summer on his father’s farm and enjoyed riding horses, a family vacation to West Virginia, and a state fair visit. He bought new clothes and supplies and plans to decide on college with an agriculture major after graduation.
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Carole Sprowls
Richard Hintz
Richard
Old State Rd
Norwalk High School
Pepsi
West Virginia
Western Auto Store to Move to West Side Facility
The Western Auto Associate Store at 50 E Main St will relocate to the former A P Store building on the west side of Whittlesey Avenue. Owner Virgil Hoon tentatively aims to complete the move by Oct 1 and will add more appliances to stock. The new building is leased from Marion M Stark.
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Western Auto Associate
E. Main St
Whittlesey Avenue
A&p
Virgil Hoon
Western Auto
Marion M. Stark
Ohio lawmakers call 106th session productive
State Rep. Harry V. Jump and Senator Tennyson Guyer praised the 106th Ohio General Assembly as productive. They highlighted a school transportation bill for public funding to private and parochial schools, plus breakthrough fair housing provisions and a vital school foundation program.
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Guyer
Harry V. Jump
Huron County
Tennyson Guyer
Ing
School Foundation
Jump Considers Sixth Ohio House Term Amid Redistricting
Huron County representative Harry V. Jump contemplates a sixth term in the Ohio House of Representatives even if counties are redrawn by a court driven reapportionment. In an interview he said, I think I will. Jump has been majority whip for three terms and may rise in the GOP leadership after Speaker Roger Cloud retires.
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Columbus
UPI
Roger Cloud
Congress
Cloud
Clarence J. Brown
Huron County
Harry V. Jump
Ohio House of Representatives
U. S. District Court
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CSU
William B. Saxbe
Greene County
Marshal E. Peterson
Central State University
Saxbe
John Wilcox
Ohio
LBJ
Steel
Texas
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W. Willard Wirtz
Commerce
John T. Connor
Utilities
Norfolk Western Railroad
Highway Department
Ashland
Janet Conway
Ohio General Assembly
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