McElroy Face Reproof In 3 Way PERS Vote
Public Employees Retirement System board split 3 to 3 over a call for Chairman Mark McElroy to resign amid allegations he used PERS information for personal stock trades. McElroy admitted two purchases but said no law was broken and cited losses. Doris Wood defended him while others urged retirement.
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Perry Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Public Employes Retirement System Board
Mark McElroy
McElroy
Atty
William Brown
ERS
PERS
Brown
Charles Hughes
Dayton
Anthony Gretick
George Pathemos
Gretick
Universal Oil
Anthony Pecyk
Cleveland
Doris Wood
Federal plan seeks lifelong driver records and tighter testing
Washington AP reports the government proposes a major program to track every motorist from license issue onward. Administrator Douglas W. Toms envisions repeated re testing, simulators, probationary permits for youths, medical screening, and possible license suspension for problem drivers, with senior citizens facing restricted areas.
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Washington
Douglas W. Toms
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Toms
No. 125 New Tops In Draft
Washington AP The Selective Service lowered the draft lottery number for this year to 125. Men with birth dates in the 125th lowest numbers will be called while October inductions are canceled. Inductions will occur Nov 1 to Dec 9 with 30 days notice. Courts are to defer actions until new draft regulations take effect. The first called will be registrants with the lowest June numbers. A uniform national call replaces prior state quotas.
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Washington
Curtis W. Tarr
Pentagon
Tarr
Nixon orders five member dock strike inquiry board
President Nixon signed an executive order creating a five member inquiry board led by J Keith Mann to study the Atlantic Pacific and Gulf coast labor disputes and report by Wednesday on possible back to work injunction options amid a record nine day West Coast and Atlantic Gulf coast strikes. The move precedes a possible Justice Department injunction and cooling off period as talks fail.
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J.keith Mann
Stanford Law School
Nixon
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Gulf Coast
White House
Justice Department
Washington
Florida
Riot in Dallas jail ends after deadly disturbance
More than 300 Dallas County jail inmates protesting conditions clashed with officers over 30 hours. One prisoner died, five inmates and several guards injured. Sheriff Clarence Jones announced the disturbance quelled after negotiations over medical care food and mail policies.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas
Clarence Jones
Jones
Variable clouds and cool temps forecast tonight
A weather note reports variable cloudiness and cooler conditions with lows in the 50s. Tomorrow is expected to persist with similar readings and highs in the upper 60s to low 70s, following yesterday’s high of 78 and overnight low of 54.
Jobs scarce for grads as skilled trades boom
Washington AP reports about 6.1 percent unemployment but strong demand for welders machinists nurses and other skilled workers across states. Boston Jacksonville and Georgia highlight shortages while many high school grads flock to liberal arts, fueling an overhang in civil personnel and a shift toward service work and technical training.
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Washington
Georgia
California
Boston
Carl W. Nickerson
Dallas
Associated Press
América
al Jones
Georgia State Board of Education
Jones
Wentworth Institute
New England
Jacksonville
Fla
Eric Mills
Florida Junior College
Henry Quandt
Florida State Employment Service
Los Angeles
Hahn
Richard Stewart
Career Guidance School
Washington, D.C
Clermont County Halts General Relief Over Funds
Clermont County Ohio stopped all general relief expenditures Monday due to a cash shortage, with County Commissioners appealing for state funds or advances. Auditor Arnold Stumpf had warned he would not pay more public assistance bills as the county runs a deficit, though medical relief and welfare salaries are unaffected.
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Batavia, Ohio
Clermont County
John E. Hanson
Ohio Department of Welfare
Han
Hanson
State of Ohio
Arnold Stumpf
Clermont
Welfare Department
Reapportionment dispute prompts elections on original plan
Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown rejected Gov. Gilligan's 36 corrections to the reapportioned districts. Brown ordered counties to run elections under the Sept. 30 plan, calling the governor’s changes invalid and noting the constitution limits unilateral corrections. He warned the plan is poorly drawn and likely unusable in court, but elections proceed under the existing plan until a court ruling.
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Columbus
Ted W. Brown
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Brown
Ohio
Separte
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Peeene Valley News
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