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So 11 th Po int school pickets hauled inSOUTH POINT. Ohio • AP t Lawrence Countv? Iff'sheriffs deputies arrestedmore than 40 persons Thursday night on contempt ofcourt charges for allegedly violating an injunction forbidding picketing at South Point schoolsLawrence County Common Pleas Court Judge Kenneth Ater signed complaints against some 40 former teachers and four parents He maintained they had vio-? wlated the terms of a no-picketing order he handl'd downlast weekThose arrested were picked up at their homes and at a local motel which has been used as headquarters for the striking South PointClassroom Teachers Association Countv residents were later released on their own recognizance pending a Friday hearing The others hadto put up $250 bonds each The arrests culminated •vents that began earlyrhursday when some 30pickets gathered at SouthPoint High School andurned back students andiubstitute teachersTwo pickets were slightly injured when they were struck bv an automobile apparently driven by the superintendent of the SouthPoint school district Theywere treated and released ata nearby hospitalLesiie York and Eugene Smith among the 114 teachers fired last week by the school board said thev were bumped by an auto driven by School Supt Lawrence Derifield Thev said he drove through the picket line without stoppingLawrence Countv Sheriff James Howell said Derifield told him he thought he might have bumped two pickets but did not stop to look No charges were filed Derifield fired all the teachers in the district lastweek after thev refused to*come back to class without additional pay benefits, including a $900 cost-of-livingincreaseThe strike began twoweeks ago after negotiationsbroke* downNew (lle\elandpolice chiefmimed h\ ma\ orCLEVELAND. Ohio *(APt- Mayor Ralph Perk named Llovd Garev chief offt c' v Tvr'j-' Wvj* £Vlnjpolice Thursday and said Ga-rey would report directly to the mavor and the citv safe-tv director
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Dover Times Reporter
Dover, Ohio, US
Fri, May 16, 1975
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