Community letters praise local donors and rail against TV violence
Letters celebrate Albany business support for the Cystic Fibrosis Bike-a-Thon and Athens Camp Hike-Bike benefits. They commend Rev. Paul Yeun, Ed Kliner, and volunteers for raising funds and promoting participation. A critic argues the PTA correctly opposes gratuitous television violence and favors nonviolent drama.
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Albany
Alexander High School
Shade
Methodist Church
Paul Yeun
the Messenger
The
Ohio Association For Retarded Citizens
OARC
Athens County Association
Athens
Ed Kliner
Ohio Association For
Athens County
Ohio loses ground in federal receipts despite rising nationwide sums
An Expenditure Council study shows Ohio's share of federal dollars shrinking from 4.4 percent in 1966 to 3.7 percent in 1976 while total receipts rose 288.9 percent in dollar terms. Ohio falls from fifth to seventh in dollars received, with per capita income also dropping relative to the national average.
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Ohio Public Council
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Expenditure Council
Illinois
Michigan
States
District of Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Status of Legislation in the Ohio General Assembly
Summary of bills in the 112th General Assembly includes Budget funding for the next two years with House approval and Senate hearing pending. License Plates proposal to allow year round, mail purchases with a $1.50 fee awaiting Senate committee. Election Reform with day of registration and other methods moving through Senate. collective bargaining for public employees and repeal of Ferguson Act being discussed. utility subsidies lifeline plan under study. school tax relief proposals in House committee. Job Corps civilian conservation corps pilot aiding about 200 youths in southeast Ohio awaiting governor action.
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Columbus
Ohio
112Th General Assembly
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Highways and Transportation Committee
Senate
Senate Commerce Labor Committee
Coal Research Center
House Utilities
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Employe Bill Would Legalize Strikes in Ohio
Ohio lawmakers push a collective bargaining bill for public employees amid debate over a perceived right to strike. Sponsors say the measure goes beyond legality, while Republicans fear sanctioning strikes. The bill aims to regulate bargaining for about 510,000 workers despite Veto risk.
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Robert E. Miller
Tad
Columbus, Ohio
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Senate
House
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Meshel
Will Rogers and Labor Bill Referenced in 1979 Debate
The piece cites Will Rogers joking about addressing a comedian’s gifts while public workers push for a bill granting authority to bargain with safeguards. It outlines Meditative Meshel proposals for binding arbitration and state employee relations board oversight, with steps from negotiator to fact finder and potential injunctions after strikes.
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Meshel
State Employe Relations Board
An Education on School Day Hours
A Boston column argues schools must adapt to working parents as mothers and teachers send mixed letters. It cites Brookline programs with after school options and notes concerns about encouraging women to work and the impact on stay at home caregivers.
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Boston
National Rifle Association
Dade Coun
Fla
Brookline
Mass
Mickey Seltzer
After-school care and choice in child care policy
The text argues that society must help those in need, including children on streets or with limited babysitting options. It calls for imaginative after-school care as one option among many like flexible hours and home caregiving, stressing parental choice and decision making.
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Cleveland
Public Response Group looks at EPA programs in Ohio
EPA forms Public Response Group to meet federal public involvement requirements. Members include Ohio Petroleum Council League of Ohio Sportsmen Ohio Chamber of Commerce and Sierra Club among others. PRG reviews overall program planning budgets and grant conditions and ensures industry private sector and public input.
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Columbus, Ohio
EPA
PRG
al Franks
Ohio
Charles Wilhelm
Division of Intergovernmental and
Ohio Petroleum Council
The
League of Ohio Sportsmen
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Newspaper Association
American Waterworks Association
Ohio Chapter
Sierra Club
American Council of Independent Laboratories
Franks
William J. Oertel
St. Louis
First Class Ticket Fight Highlights Tax Code Mess
Senators Kennedy and Thurmond proposed Amendment 169 to limit business travel deductions to coach fares. The vote failed 45 to 43 as critics warned it would curb travel choices and could reshape the tax system. The debate framed a broader critique: the Tax Code is a first class mess, intruding on ordinary decisions and accountability.
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Washington
Senate
Ted Republican
South Carolina
Kennedy
Thurmond
Chicago
Los Angeles
Treasury
Russell Long
Finance Committee
McDonald's
Homestead
Greenbrier
IRS
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Ronald L. Motter
Ohio Association
Ffna
Jerry Lucz As
PTA
Civil Service Commission
Department of Commerce
Community Services Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Appalachian Regional Commission
Department of Health, Education
Department
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
National Foundation On the Arts and Humanities
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury
Will Rogers
James Kilpatrick
Small Society
Brickman
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