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THE LIMA NEWS Pag# 12-A Sunday, March 21, 1954Search Of I ronton Board's Minutes4Fails To Give Reasons For FiringsiIRONTON. Ohio W-CIty Editor Clarence Pennington of the Iron-ton Tribune, armed with a courtorder, finally got a look last night at part of the minutes of a South Point School Board meeting, but ha hasn’t found out yet why the board fired two teachers.He plans another look at the recl’*i» hopping mod, too# when we run short—so I just hop down to thaord today, in hopes of finding out more about the bullabaloo at SoutlPoint over the discharges.Pennington got a peremptory writ of mandamus from Commoi Pleas Judge Warren S. Earhart, ordering Rex Miller, school board clerk, to open the minutes to Pennington. Miller had previously turned down three requests by the city editor to see the books.mission, and specifies all minutes)[ such meetings shall be open to public inspection. Pennington’s request for the writ is believed the 'irst action taken under the law, A'hich became effective Jan. 31.* * *STUDENTS at South Point High School went on strike last week to protest the firing of the two teachers, one of whom was a coach. The board refused to say why the two were fired.rThe striking students gained the support of some adults, who sent a delegation to Gov. Frank J. Lauseho, asking him to intervene. The governor declined and said othey should seek relief at the polls. Lausche condemned the student strike as not consonant with democratic ideals.A South Point minister charged the teachers were fired because the coach refused to put the son of Ennis Austin, a school board member, on the first string basket-ball team.There were reports citizens were getting legal advice on * removal action against Austin, board President William Butcher and Miller, the clerk and member. Removal action must be instituted by a petition bearing at least 15 per cent of the signatures of voters in the last gubernatorial election. If such a petition were presented to a common pleas judge, he would set a hearing on the charges.stor* and gat tomeJudge Earhart’s order was based on a new Ohio law, which requires all meetings of state boards, commissions and authorities to be open to the public except hearings before the pardon and parole comGreyhound's Round TripFrom Lima tohim iirr-i Toin ci oc i
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The Lima News
Lima, Ohio, US
Sat, Mar 20, 1954
Page 18
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