Welfare's steady squeeze pushes families to overcrowded living
A Lorain County family of six struggles as layoffs and rising rents push them into welfare and inadequate housing. An Ohio four person family receives 208 monthly aid, far below neighboring Great Lakes states. housing costs, rent subsidies, and scarce available units complicate survival. Welfare supervisor Pam Gintonio notes rentals rise, making welfare even harder to cover basics like housing.
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Saigon under rocket attack as Vietnam war nears capital
Rockets and ground clashes near Saigon mark possible start of final Viet Cong offensive. North Vietnamese tanks and infantry approach within 20 miles as Thieu aides and Gen Minh swap talks for potential leadership. DAO to close within 36 hours while refugees flood Guam Wake Island camps and Hanoi broadcasts threaten negotiations.
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National Assembly
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Minh
Viet Cong
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Long Binh
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Guam
Southeast Asia
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Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
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Alma
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de Luces
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
Lorain talks aim to avert looming teachers strike
Lorain educators and the board of education held an 11 a.m. meeting to consider a counter proposal from the Lorain Education Association in a bid to avert a strike. LEA members authorized action on April 17 after proposed cuts of 57 teachers were approved by the board. Negotiators reported a productive session but warned of morning picket lines if the proposal is not accepted.
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Board of Education
Lorain Education Association
LEA
David Coleman
David Majesky
Majesky
Coteman
Weather Outlook Warm With Increasing Clouds Tonight
The forecast calls for a warmer day with a high around the upper sixties. Cloudiness increases at night with a low in the upper thirties to near forty. Tomorrow should be mostly dry with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is near zero today and about 16 percent tonight. DETAILS ON PAGE A-11.
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Saigon
UPI
Charles R. Smith
Majestic
Hanoi
Gotsis Indicted in Lorain County Conspiracy Plot
Lorain County Grand Jury indicted Dr. George Gotsis on a conspiracy to commit aggravated murder charge. The surgeon, aged by the report, allegedly plotted to kill Dr. Denis Radefeld chief of staff at Lorain Community Hospital. Radefeld led the medical records committee that criticized Gotsis’ charting. The case follows prior charges from 1972 by Radefeld and four others over alleged improper surgery and billing. Gotsis still holds hospital privileges and may appeal the staff-removal decision. Some doctors expressed surprise at the indictment.
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Gotels
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John B. Jore
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Radefeld
Gotsis
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Lorain Community Hospital
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Peter A. Butrey
Lorain Sand
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