Public Workers Protest for Pay Raise in Columbus
About 450 public employees marched on the Ohio statehouse in Columbus to demand an adequate pay raise, part of a study day highlighting poor working conditions and the need for funding. Mental Health officials said $28.7 million was cut and $48 million would be needed to improve facilities, with staff increases as a top priority.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Ohio
Communication Workers of America
General Assembly
Timothy Moritz
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Moritz
Michael P. Strnziano
Bill Breaches Promise in Ohio School Aid Battle
The Ohio House Finance Committee reviewed the state school aid formula after Senate passage amid partisan clashes. Republicans questioned sponsors about increased property tax reliance, arguing the 1971 income tax pledge should reduce property taxes, while Sen. Morris Jackson defended the bill as responsive to current economic conditions.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
House Finance Committee
House Committee
Tulley
Kent Jury Hears First Witness Testimony
In Cleveland a 12 jurors panel hears testimony in the $46 million civil suit over the Kent State shootings. Howard Ruffner, former Kent State Daily photographer, testifies that students were spectators and no threat existed within about 80 feet of the guardsmen. The defense argues the guards were ordered to the campus during violent unrest.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent State University
Howard Ruffner
Ruf
Ruffner
Columbus
Charles Brown
James Rhodes
Robert White
Brown
Kent
Rhodes
R. Brooke Alloway
Alloway
Ohio
National Guard
U.S. District Court
Don Young
New York
Joseph Reiner
Tractor Pull Set By Amesville Fire Department
Amesville firefighters plan a Sunday tractor pull fund raiser for the Ames Bern Amesville Volunteer Fire Department. Weigh in at 10 a.m. and pull starts at noon with standard classes at 5 000 7 000 9 000 and modified at 5 000 7 000. Eagles to Meet in Jacksonville district gathering features Raymond Jones as guest speaker.
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Amesville
Ames-Bern- Amesville
Eagles
Jacksonville
Order of the Eagles
Raymond Jones
Central Zone
Order
Jones
Delaware
Ohio
Ohio House votes to retain deputy registrars during peak season
The Ohio House approved an 81 to 12 measure to keep deputy registrars in place through March to May and raise plate and sticker fees from fifty cents to one dollar. The bill, tagged by Rep Myrl Shoemaker, moves to the Senate. A separate bill clearing school cafeterias to serve elder meals at cost was passed 87 to 0 and goes to the governor.
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Senate
House
Columbus
Ohio
Larry H. Christman
Englewood
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio House
Myrl H. Shoemaker
Bourneville
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Athens
Capital Briefs
Akron
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Americas
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Aquaharner
E. State St
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3Rd & Putnam Sts
Marietta
Ohio Valley
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