Fired air controllers face three harsh years since strike
In Oberlin and across the nation fired controllers struggle to rebuild after Reagan's 1981 order that dismissed strikers. Allen Ahrens and Wildman describe shattered savings, food stamps, and delayed plans, while 13,000 colleagues seek new paths and a sense of career security years after the event.
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al Allen
Allen
Oberlin
Reagan
Ron Ahrens
Ahrens
Tom Wildman
Berea
Wildman
Federal Aviation Administration
Gargasz Drive
Lorain
Hidden Valley
North Ridgeville mayor to be dunked at festival fund-raiser
Local residents will test their aim at dunking Mayor Floyd Peace during the North Ridgeville Corn Festival between 7 and 8 pm. Proceeds benefit the North Ridgeville High School Marching Band’s Detroit trip. Peace jokes about critics while recalling a 1979 pie incident.
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The
North
Ridgeville
North Ridgeville
Detroit
Behind the Olympics tech crew from McAboy Yates
Janice Yates a 1969 Midview High School graduate and Lee McAboy run McAboy Yates in California. Their firm handles most Olympic scheduling and programming with IBM aid. They oversee athletic seeding, referee lists, and hourly shifts while drivers follow strict schedules amid security concerns.
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Cynthia Code
Janice Yates
Midview High School
Lee McAboy
California
McAboy Yates
IBM
Los Angeles
Ees
Olympics
Ernst & Whitney
Yates
Soot Sweep Charity Drive Aids Muscular Dystrophy
John Falcon, 23, owner of The Soot Sweepers Inc. in Columbia Township, runs a two week fundraiser August 5 to 18 donating 25 percent of profits to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Falcon cleans five to seven chimneys daily at 40 dollars per job with ten dollars from each going to MDA.
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Elyria
John Falcon
Falcon
Soot Sweepers Inc
Columbia Township
MDA
John Faloon
Blind runner seeks ride to Elyria Classic
Joan Gibson, a legally blind athlete, seeks transportation from Cleveland to Elyria and back for Sundays 6 p.m. 10000 meter Classic at Lorain County Community College. She plans to drive ahead with a ride service and may need a helper on course in past years. Contact 351 7778 tonight or Saturday night.
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Joan Gibson
Elyria
Cleveland
Miss Gibson
Lorain County Community College
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Amherst
Charlene
Mayor Peace
Steve Fogarty
City Hall
Floyd Peace
Lucille Reeser
E. Broad St
Susan Cross
Ms. Yates
Glen Miller
C-Trun
Gibson
I-71
Fulton Road
Arnold Court
West Side
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