Willard CAC drops plan to use Rheba Bennett for Head Start
Facing a hostile Willard audience, the Erie Huron Community Action Council voted to not lease Rheba Bennett Elementary School to the Willard Board of Education for a Head Start program. Only eight CAC members were present, four voting. opposition centered on fears the school could reopen or be used for neighborhood purposes.
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CAC
Rheba Bennett
Willard
Erie-Huron Community Action Council
Willard City Hall
Willard Board of Education
Helen Guthrie
Betty Weaver
Clarence Poole
Sandusky
Clarence Seavers
Mary Rather
Rheta Bennett
Rather
Weaver
Willard School Board
Gordon Duncan
James Salisbury
Salisbury
Duncan
Anna Duncan
Edward Still
Poole
Rheda Bennett
Ashland approves 7.6 mill school levy in tight vote
Ashland Ohio voters approved a 7.6 mill operating levy for city schools by a 373 vote margin. The tally was 3,494 in favor and 3,121 against after earlier defeat of the levy this year. Officials warned of a $1 million deficit and potential early school closings if the measure failed again.
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Ashland, Ohio
UPI
Ashland City
LTA
Carol A. Dolgosh
Ashland
Warren City
Garfield Heights
Migrant workers to strike across Putnam and Henry counties
In Belmore Ohio area 2000 of about 8000 migrant workers joined a work stoppage by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee FLOC to press for higher pay and benefits. A tent city provides shelter and food as caravans move into Pandora area and northern counties to recruit more strikers.
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Belmore
Ohio
UPI
Putnam
Henry County
Ray Santiago
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
FLOC
Putnam County
Santiago
Pandora
Sheriff Bernard Keiter Dies In Ohio At 57
Montgomery County Sheriff Bernard Keiter died after a long cancer battle. He was 57. Keiter, a former National Sheriff's Association president, was first elected Montgomery County sheriff in 1952 and ran unopposed in every subsequent election.
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Dayton
Ohio
UPI
Montgomery County
Bernard Keiter
Keiter
National Sheriff's Association
Ohio law expands penalties in crimes against elderly and disabled
New state law effective today requires courts to consider the age and physical condition of victims in cases involving thefts and violence. Authored by Sen. Charles L. Butts, the measure allows harsher sentences for adults when the victim is 65 or older or permanently disabled, without making it the sole factor.
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Columbus
UPS
Charles L. Butts
Cleveland
Ohio General Assembly
Columbus gas company to credit 165000 customers
Columbia Gas of Ohio said about 165000 residential customers will see credits on September or October gas bills for estimated overcharges from misapplied charges in March and April. The credits affect meters read in March or April across 350 plus communities from southeastern villages to Athens and Toledo.
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Columbus
UPI
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Columbia Gas
Athens
Toledo
Weather outlook and notable deaths in August 30 1978 issue
Clear and cool tonight with lows around 50s and sunny Thursday highs in the 70s. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Thursday, northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday temperatures run 81 to 56 with trace precipitation. Obituaries note Mrs. Faye L. Beck, 91, and Willard Charles Russell, 60, Avery.
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Faye L. Beck
Willard Charles Russell
Avery
You Know Anonillion A Number With Thirty Zeros
You Know Anonillion is defined as a number followed by thirty zeroes. The term appears as a theoretical large figure used in discussions of scale and mathematics.
Teachers, Non-Teacher Strikes Close Several Schools
Strikes in Chardon and Logan districts suspend classes while Newark teachers vote on a new contract tonight. CAPSE workers picket 95 non-teaching staff as teachers back the action. Logan faces ongoing walkouts in a 4,500 student district with key disputes over rights and arbitration. Newark district aims for a pay raise amid bargaining. In Lakewood and nearby districts negotiations stall with strike authorization possible. Voter levies in Ashland Warren Garfield Heights shape school funding and potential future closings.
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Chardon
Logan
Newark
Richard A. Miner
Ohio Association of Public School Employees
Chardon Classroom Teachers Association
Chardon Board of Education
CAPSE
Logan Education Association
Hocking County
Board of Education
Lakewood
Lakewood Teachers Association
Lakewood Board of Education
Richard A. Boyd
TTA
Robbery Victims and Suspects in Huron Ottawa Counties
Norwalk resident Robert Riggleman fought off two armed robbers who entered his home on a front door break in. A car matching the suspects was found on Hellwig Road near Martin and two Detroit men, Alvin Ramsey and Gary Daniels, were later detained as Ottawa County and Huron County authorities coordinate charges for aggravated robbery and breaking and entering.
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Robert Riggleman
Riggleman
Ohio
Richard Hauser
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Huron County Sheriff's Office
Hellwig Road
Martin
Ottawa County
Hauser
Andy Overly
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Alvin Ramsey
Gary E. Daniels
Detroit
Ottawa
Huron County
John Reilly
Reilly
Hilltop Gulf Station
Gas Shortage Coverup Alleged by House Panel
Washington based House Commerce Committee investigations subcommittee accuses the Department of Energy of withholding data on a potential U S gasoline shortage by 1980. Internal DOE projections reportedly show a shortfall around 400000 barrels per day, which could push prices up to 40 cents per gallon if controls end.
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Washington
UPI
House
Department of Energy
United States
House Commerce Committee
Federal Energy Administration
Federal Energy
Subcommittee
Department
Slone To Begin Serving Time At Mansfield Reformatory
Charles Slone was set to start a 15 to 60 year term at Mansfield Reformatory for selling LSD and other drugs to county undercover agents. A bail motion by Public Defender John Alston for Slone pending appeal was denied by Common Pleas Judge Robert W. Smith. Slone, of 2016 Harris Ave., had been held in the Huron County Jail since last Tuesday's conviction on six counts of drug trafficking.
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Charles Slone
Mansfield Reformatory
John Alston
Slone
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Harris Ave
Mansfield
Huron County
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North Fairfield
Kelly
Mom
Paul Statford
Montgomery
United Press International
Glenn Jambor
Garfield Heights Teachers Association
Norwalk
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