Save plant rally set on C-7 Norwood tries levy to stave off disaster
Larry O. Baker warned everything could be gone by late 1988 with the 1989 model year start in view. Union officials planned a rally at 10 am August 22 at the UAW hall to oppose GM's planned Elyria plant closure threatening 2,100 UAW members and Lorain County. Johnson Controls had also failed to buy the plant.
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Norwood
Levy
Larry O. Baker
Fisher Guide
General Motors
Elyria
Baker
Johnson Controls Co
Council fights to ready 1.5 percent income tax plan
North Olmsted City Council races to finalize a 1.5 percent income tax bill for the November 3 ballot. Mayor Yvonne Petrigac warns there may be no public input as meetings are set for Friday and Monday through Tuesday. She notes nobody has seen the legislation and urges unity among officials.
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North Olmsted
Yvonne Petrigac
Cuyahoga County
Petrigac
Council
GM to close Fisher Guide plant in Elyria during 1989 model year
GM confirms Fisher Guide operations in Elyria will shut during the 1989 model year. Alfred S. Warren Jr. delivered a Document 88 notice to UAW vice president Donald Ephlin in Detroit, outlining the planned closure that starts 13 months from now and ends in August 1989.
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Elyria
General Motors Corp
Fisher
United Auto Workers
UAW
Alfred 5. Warren Jr
Donald F. Ephlin
Detroit
Elyria Councilman Tanner fights to save Fisher Guide plant
Elyria Ward 1 councilman Larry Tanner says the Fisher Guide plant can still turn a profit if kept open and asks the public not to blame his United Auto Workers Local 780 for GM's planned closure. He frames two duties to his union and his ward while facing Robert G. Rieth Jr. in November after defeating him in 1985.
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Larry Tanner
United Auto Workers Local 780
Gus Chan
Elyria
Fisher Guide
Tanner
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ward 1
Robert G. Rieth Jr
Rieth
Veteran educator named Polaris Career Center superintendent
James A. Wilkens, former Euclid superintendent since 1986, was appointed Polaris Career Center superintendent. He accepted a three year contract starting Sept. 1 with a minimum annual salary of $62,000, replacing Richard C. Mueller who resigned after a buyout. Wilkens brings 27 years in administration and teaching in secondary and vocational education, including roles in Euclid and Revere High School.
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Middleburg Heights
James A. Wilkens
Euclid Public Schools
Polaris Career Center
Polaris Board of Education
Wilkens
Richard C. Mueller
Euclid
Revere High School
Summit County
Falls tax petitions ruled late and dead in Olmsted Falls
Olmsted Falls clerk says amended referendum petitions to repeal the city’s retroactive municipal income tax credit were filed one day late. Bill McLaughlin gathered 262 signatures, 98 invalid, 233 on amended papers, but the July 29 deadline was missed. He laments lack of public action and plans to move to Florida.
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Olmsted Falls
Bill McLaughlin
Judy Mey
McLaughlin
Mey
Council
Rick Carbone
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