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Chronicle Telegram (Newspaper) - August 2, 1979, Elyria, Ohio How your Man in . Votes and Why by George Verbanc to staff writer Washington . How does a Congress Man vote in Way he wants to or the Way his constituents want him to vote . Rep. Don j. Pease d-13, said he was reminded of the question which students often ask when he Speaks to High school government classes when he voted on the Mottl anti busing amendment last week. Pease s answer covers five different kinds of voting situations. First there Are hundreds of votes each year on which his constituents never express an Opin Ion. These Are routine often non controversial votes and constituents expect a congressman to exercise his judgment and common sense. Second the next greatest number of votes Are those on which he believes and the evidence suggests that his constituents and he Are in agree ment. Since i run for election every two years and am a product of the 13th Ohio congressional District it is not surprising that my views and those of my constituents coincide on most he explained. The final three of the five voting situations he encounters involve possible conflicts the Way he wants to vote or the Way he would guess a majority of his constituents might want him to vote. The recent proposal to lift . Trade sanctions against Rhodesia was one of those conflict situations he said. In deciding How to vote i imagine myself Able to sit Down for 15 minutes with each constituent to discuss the he said. If i think that after 15 minutes the constituent would see and agree with me by reasoning then i go ahead and vote the Way most sensible to he said. Using the same method but involving the other Side when his constituents seem to feel differently than he does on an Issue then he votes the Way his constituents Are urging him to vote. The Ohio lottery vote when he was in the Ohio legislature was cited As an example by Pease. Although he believed the lottery was not Good for the state he dropped his opposition when voters approved the referendum and voted regularly for turn to Page a-6 Don j. Pease the chronicle Telegram f. 3 Elyria Ohio thursday August 2, 1979 the newspaper 56 pages fifteen cents Elysian leads ordination choir Leonard Petravage of Elyria participated in the splendor of wednesday s ordination of three new Bishops at St. John s roman Cath Olic Cathedral in Cleveland. Petravage a Resi Dent at St. Mary s Church Here is a student at St. Mary s Seminary in Cleveland and is scheduled to be ordained a priest in 1981. Here he leads a 125-member choir in his duties As Cantor. Story on the ordination on e 1 it photo by Gus Chan Bishop Anthony Pilla Bishop James Griffin Bishop James Lyke 408 on boat feared victims of typhoon Hong Kong up typhoon Hope smashed into Hong Kong with ferocious 150 Mph winds today and Marine police searched for a boat carrying 408 Viet namese refugees feared lost at sea. I dont hold out much Hope for a Marine police spokesman said if they Are out to sea in that kind of a boat it will be a Miracle if they be Macao authorities pushed the refugee crammed junk Back out to sea wednesday after accepting Only a family of five which included a pregnant Mother. The boat sail powered was last seen headed toward Hong Kong. Officials said at least three people were killed and 123 injured in Hong Kong. The typhoon struck with incredible fury tossing Ocean going freighters onto piers crashing uprooted Light poles through car windows and wreaking widespread destruction on the tiny Colony. The Hong Kong fatalities included a 3-year-old girl who drowned when swept off her. Family s fishing junk an electrician electrocuted by a Cable knocked Down in the storm and a 66-year-old Man whose House collapsed on him. The typhoon collapsed dozens of squatter shacks flooded Many Low lying areas toppled cranes and knocked out electricity water and communication services across Hong Kong. Hope passed Over Hong Kong and slammed into the China Mainland but was reported losing strength quickly. Officials said they had no Way to determine How Many refugees could have been on the open seas although 478 slipped into Hong Kong wednesday before the storm struck. Marine police said 17 ships were tossed about in the Harbor eight of them colliding in four separate incidents. Hope passed Over Hong Kong and into the Pearl River Delta of Southern China where no reports of damage or injury were available. The storm system was so extensive that one 6-year-old boy was killed in a landslide in South Korea sparked by heavy Rains. Tree limbs Metal roofing awnings potted plants and other debris flew through Hong Kong streets and Richo cheated off buildings. Parked cars were crushed by falling Trees. The typhoon sucked windows out of buildings and flooded Many Homes. Officials said Many of the Flimsy shacks that serve As Homes for immigrants from China were blown away. But the Resi dents evacuated As a precaution were reported Safe. A greek registered con Tainer ship the Argonaut crashed into the famed Star ferry pier inflicting major damage and wedging itself into the sea Wall. The panamanian Register Lamma Island ran aground at a cargo handling pier. There were no reports of injuries in either incident. One ship s Anchor damaged Telephone lines on the Bottom of the Harbor running Between Hong Kong Island and the Kow Loon Peninsula knocking out Cross har Bor Calls. Western refugee officials said the torrential Rains rough seas and intense winds meant almost certain death for any vietnamese refugees caught on the High seas in their ramshackle boats. We Don t know How Many Refu gees Are in the sea but there must be one Western refugee official said if they Are in Small boats and they re caught in this typhoon it is Oberlin girl escapes bomb blast in Madrid top court gets Ridgeville dispute by Don Norris assistant metro editor Oberlin a Small six Inch Story on monday s Page 3 was headlined Basque separatist bombs kill just another incident in a Long period of Spanish Vio Lence. But to Catharine Sherman 18, of Oberlin it was the big Gest event in her life. She was sit t i n g in a Madrid train station writing a card to a Friend while Catharine awaiting her departure to Portugal when i heard the biggest noise of my life. I thought i was going deaf. Debris was everywhere dust filled the air. We could t see. All we could do was run and she said today after returning to Oberlin from an extended stay in Europe. "1 dropped everything and ran out she said there was a lot of screaming and i was part of it. When i got outside i remembered i had left my purse bags and everything inside. I went Back in and salvaged my suit Case and my purse but i lost a bag of books and a make up Case with jewelry inside. There were pools of blood All Over and people were being carried out. It was just mass run she said. I grabbed a cab with a couple of men and we went straight to the Airport where i caught the first flight to Paris. I wanted out of there. I skipped the trip to Portugal because i would have had to come Back through Spain and i wanted out. She called her Mother former it turn to Page a-6 Bipat Riewald it staff writer North Ridgeville a local citizens group is asking the Ohio supreme court to order a Public vote on an ordinance giving mayor Richard Carje authority to negotiate development of a subdivision. Concerned citizens of North Ridgeville attorney Milt Schulman filed a request for a court order after the City s Law director Joseph Cirigliano ruled referendum petitions seek ing to place the ordinance on the november ballot were illegal. The group seeks to place to Public vote the ordinance setting up negotiations Between the City and Developer Frank Dettore head of North Ridge investment corp. The ordinance passed by City Council april 16, authorizes the mayor to contract with North Ridge investment to allow Homes to be built on lots with 76 frontage instead of the Standard 90-foot frontage. For that approval North Ridge investment would agree to provide the City with a 50-acre Park school site adjacent to the Homes a five acre parcel of land on Bainbridge Road to be used for a new Post office site extend the Case Road trunk line sewer and a number of other City improvements including the Purchase of two buses to be used by the City. The petitions requesting a Public vote on the authorization Given the mayor were filed with the mayor on May 14 and were ruled illegal on May 21. The petitions were ruled illegal because the ordinance was passed by emergency legis lation and is therefore not subject to referendum. Although the ordinance was passed by emergency legislation allowing it to be placed into effect immediately instead of after a 30 Day waiting period Schulman said it was not a True emergency. He said the health and safety of residents would not be threatened by waiting until the ordinance goes on the ballot. The request for a court order was filed with the supreme court instead of Lorain county common pleas court to expedite a ruling. Index accent on living c7-12 auctions.e5 business stocks.d7 contract bridge.c5 it Datebook. B7 deaths births.e2 editorial.f12 entertainment.e3 sports. Dl-6 sum of the people.b6 television.e4 the doctor says .d8 wellington.b7 Star tracking.f10 big band sound at Square tonight the big band sound comes to Ely Square tonight from 8 to 10 . Biz Grove and his orchestra will per form Courtesy of the Elyria merchants association and local 146, american federation of musicians. The performance will be repeated aug. 23. County shifts salary funds to keep sheriff operating by Walter a. Godfrey it staff writer the Lorain county sheriff s salary account is in the red today but it won t be for Long. County administrator Dommick a. Dellisanti said Money will be transferred from other accounts to carry the depart ment through the balance of the year. Dellisanti and county auditor Julian a. Pijor Are to meet tomorrow to review county finances and make the necessary inf James a. Mertz warned county commissioners last week that his Sal Ary account would be exhausted at the end of july. Pijor said the sheriff s department s payroll has been averaging f a month Tho Yew. As of june 30, Only remained in the fund. Additional funds will have to be appropriated to meet the next payroll he said. Dellisanti said he and Pijor will review county finances and transfers will be made Friday from other accounts to carry the department for the balance of the year. County income estimates for the balance of this year will also be re evaluated he said. County commissioners announced this week that they will submit a 2-Mill Levy to the voters at the general election in november to finance sheriff department operations. The Levy would be for five years and would produce approximately million a year. This would pay for patrols for the Rural sections of the county and provide personnel for opening the recently completed addition to the jail. The Levy would also permit bringing deputies salaries and benefits in line turn to Page rain run this unfortunate pedestrian caught in a deluge which transformed Broad Street into a Lake bolted for shelter As thud storms soaked the area wednes Day afternoon. The storms dropped 1.52 inches of rain wednesday and this morning according to National weather service observer Ray Diederich of North Ridgeville. Little damage was reported despite the water Thunder and lightning. It photo by Dave Zapotosky Clearing partly Cloudy tonight and Friday with a Low tonight near 60 and highs Friday in the lower 80s. The pro Basilii pm Ipi Union is near Zero tonight and 10 percent Friday. Winds will be Light and variable tonight. Sunrise today . Sunset tonight . High 85 degrees at 2 . Wednesday. Low 68 degrees at 7 . Today. Details on c-3

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