Norwalk Huron County Fair Opens With Live Events
Fair opens slowly in Norwalk with Junior Fair and open class judging under way. Dairy and poultry judging start this afternoon, 4 H horse halter at night, beef cattle judging Thursday morning. Harness races run today and tomorrow. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs perform tonight with Simra Duo aerial act. Thursday features Guernsey Show and Holter’s Circus. Open class events continue through week.
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Norwalk
Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
Simra
Guernsey
Holter
Wild Animal Circus
Illinois Scouter retracts bribe charges against Ohio troopers
A Lombard Illinois Girl Scout leader retracted a letter accusing two Ohio highway patrolmen of taking a ten dollar bribe to turn a disabled bus on the Ohio Turnpike. She apologized to Cpl. H. O. Kangas and Patrolman K. L. Wellendorf for any pain caused and noted there is no blot on their record. The letter, sent Sept. 8 to Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes, described a breakdown during a bus trip to Washington with her Scout group.
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Lombard
Ill
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Tam
Norwalk Reader Claims Bus Driver Bribery On Turnpike
A letter from Mrs. Roberts to The Reflector and the Columbus Dispatch describes a six hour turnpike incident where a bus was redirected after a $10 tip to a serviceman. State police investigators questioned both sides and reported retracting the allegations.
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Norwalk
Pike
The
Reflector
Columbus Dispatch
Roberts
Ohio
Turnpike
Norwalk Council Approves New Trucks and Land Purchase
Norwalk Ohio council authorized bidding for a fire department ladder truck and an electric department tower lorry, and for reconstructing Norwood Avenue. An emergency ordinance allowed buying about six acres from Norwalk Truck Lines for 32000 dollars to house the street department, with possible sale of the current yard. Mayor Frey urged ordinance codification and noted police will buy a portable radar unit to enforce speed limits on Benedict Avenue.
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Norwalk
City Service
Morley Price
Fire
la France
Price
Norwood Avenue
Christie Avenue
Fair Road
City Street Department
Louis Frey
Street Department
Russell T. Antrim
Antrim
Louis G. Frey
Ohio Municipal
Columbus
Council
Benedict Avenue
Frey
Inauguration of Bowling Green State Univ President Jerome
Dr. William T. Jerome II was inaugurated as the sixth president of Bowling Green State University. His ceremony closed two days of events with national, state and education luminaries attending.
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Bowling Green
UPI
William T. Jerome II
Bowling Green State University
Jerome
Weather outlook and deaths from the area
Considerable cloudiness and warmer tonight with light showers in the southwest not likely to reach north central and Northern Ohio. Thursday will be partly cloudy and warmer. At the Fair conditions appear favorable. Deaths include Cora B. Bellamey 68 of Greenwich, Bessie Craxton 75 of Wakeman, Milton O. Corbin 75, Willard Minnie A. Dr. Kraus 77 of rural Milan.
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Ohio
Bessie Craxton
Wakeman
Milton O. Corbin
Willard
Minnie A. Dr. Kraus
Milan
Norwalk Board Deadlocks Over Payments and School Repairs
At the Norwalk Board of Education meeting the group debated paying A J Riley six thousand seven hundred thirty two dollars for blacktopping at Pleasant School with a 50 50 split pending inspection. They also considered 30 day vacation pay for former superintendent James H McBride and approved converting two coal furnaces to gas burners at a total cost of twelve thousand three hundred thirty two dollars.
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Norwalk
Olsen
McBride
Russell Antrim
Miller
Benedict School
Whirlpool Corp
Clyde
Wilkes & Co., Inc
Huron
Dr William H Dietz Dies Former Norwalk Dentist Professor
Dr William H Dietz formerly of Norwalk died Tuesday in University Hospital Columbus He was an associate professor in the OSU College of Dentistry for ten years after twenty years private practice in Norwalk A World War II Army Air Force captain he studied at Ohio State University and belonged to several dental and social clubs He is survived by Evelyn his widow two daughters Karen Danselman and Diane Berthold four grandchildren a sister Blanche Albright and a brother Robert Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 p m after calling Thursday afternoon at Schoedinger Northwest Chapel.
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Columbus
William H. Dietz
Norwalk
University Hospital
Ashland Ave
College of Dentistry
Ohio State University
OSU
Army Air Force
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Psi Omega
American Prosthedonics
American
Ohio State
OSU Faculty Club
al Koran Temple
Scottish Rite of
Cleveland
Evelyn
Edward H
Karen) Danselman
Arthur V
Diane) Berthold
Blanche Albright
Long Beach
Calif
Robert
Schoedinger Northwest Chapel
Zollinger Road
First County Exposition Opens Tuesday at Armory
The First Huron County Industrial Exposition opens Tuesday at the National Guard Armory Old Route 20. Norwalk Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with 26 industrial displays from across the county and a community service room organized by the Huron County Guidance Center Norwalk Area United Fund and Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital.
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National Guard
Old Route 20
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Huron County Guidance Center
Norwalk Area United Fund
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
Rail unions threaten strike amid mediation push in Washington
Federal mediators press to avert a walkout by six rail unions representing about 150 000 workers. The National Mediation Board hosts talks as unions demand job stabilization and a veto on subcontracting, with no strike date set and 72 hour notice pledged.
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Washington
UPI
National Mediation Board
Michael Fox
Afl-Cio Railway
Fox
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