19 Apr 1979
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1979
Page
1
Elyria Municipal Court administrator James P. Horn criticizes not guilty pleas as wasting court time and contends defendants who plead innocent challenge the court's truth and impartiality. He notes some motorists feel acquittal is unlikely despite innocence.
A Chronicle Telegram reader defends public school teachers against opponents of the Elyria levy. The letter argues teachers are among the lowest paid in the area, often working second jobs, and deserve raises despite inflation. It compares teacher wages to miners and auto workers on strike, urging continued public funding for education.
The Midview Education Association commends the board of education for purchasing CPR training equipment and allowing the school nurse to teach CPR to residents using school facilities. The group lauds leaders for prioritizing citizen health and welfare and for their foresight in serving the community.
A reader expresses caution about atomic energy, noting limited knowledge and asserting nuclear power is risky. He recalls government funding and the long lasting danger of plutonium, urging slow, carefully proven advances before new steps.
Reporters outline Billy Carter's Libyan connection and a Georgia delegation's trip to Rome and Tripoli funded by Libyans. Investigators seek to determine if he registered as a foreign agent while noting plans to loosen a U.S. arms embargo.
The piece argues that industry and officials handled the Three Mile Island crisis competently while media and politicians exaggerated. It disputes anti-nuclear propaganda, notes broad energy risks including fossil fuels, and defends private versus government control in nuclear power, urging balanced risk assessment over panic.
President Carter warns a constitutional convention could threaten the Constitution and risks unlimited revision. He backs deficit cuts to balance the budget by 1981 and urges opposition to a national convention, arguing amendments could become meaningless or rigid constraints in war or economic crisis.
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