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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1977
Page
9
SEPTA resumes bus trolley and subway service after a 44 day walkout. Officials cite run down batteries rails and lines as causes of delays and note some vehicles remain idle. Workers approved a near identical contract to the rejected offer.
Ohio lawmakers consider salary boosts after the Elected Official and Judicial Compensation Review Commission calls for increases for most top offices. Governor would get 15000 more a year, while other statewide posts rise to 50000 in some cases, with legislators paid only for days in session, capped at 100 days first year and 60 days second. Supreme Court salaries also eyed to exceed the attorney general.
Budget hearings open in the Ohio Senate as Democrats push to restore funds. Leaders including Oliver Ocasek and Harry Meshel seek additions to education budgets while House Republicans defend Rhodes proposals. The process moves toward a Senate House conference committee later in June with tests on higher education and voter registration bills.
A broad Public Response Group coordinates public involvement for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Members span 47 groups including the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and Sierra Club, shaping grant requests, policy, and program planning under the Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972. The PRG, chaired by Charles Wilhelm, meets on record with a court reporter, and includes diverse stakeholders such as the Ohio Newspaper Association and the American Waterworks Association.
About 2 000 of 16 000 miners in Ohio returned to work early. most remained idle in the southern and eastern belt. Meigs County No 7 mine held a membership meeting after rejecting a back to work plea from United Mine Workers leaders. The dispute affects Franklin No 25 Cadiz Saginaw Oglebay Norton North American No 7 and Simcee deep mine operations. Union President Arnold Miller planned a news conference to discuss unauthorized work stoppages and contract language to curb wildcat actions.
Ashley Leach a 31 year old Huntington West Virginia man who held 13 hostages last summer in a protest against Chessie railroads is in psychiatric care after trying to persuade his wife to give birth in a park as a final protest. He slashed his wrist in jail and was admitted to Cleveland Psychiatric Institute after arrest. He had been sentenced to three to 15 years for extortion assault and carrying a weapon during the Chessie hostage incident. The mother gave birth to a 7 pound girl and both mother and child were reported in good condition.
In Belfast the strike enters its seventh day as warnings urge workers to stay off the streets while authorities pledge to keep routes open. Ballylumford power station technicians refuse to join amid threats, risking a two thirds drop in Northern Ireland electricity. Protestants attack buses with injuries and arson attempts as Unionist leaders press government for offensive against the IRA and the restoration of the suspended 1972 provincial parliament.
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