Residents recall Wilkes Villa crime fears and poor police help
Lorain County Chronicle Telegram interviews residents of Wilkes Villa and Leavitt in Elyria and Lorain. They describe break-ins, threats, and fear, with many lacking income and trust in authorities while some report improvements after housing programs and police efforts.
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Lorain County
Chronicle-Telegram
Mary
Wilkes Villa
Lorain
Leavitt Project
Elyria
Housing Authority
NAACP complains of FBI search tactics in Cleveland
The Cleveland NAACP reports 100 plus residents allege harassment by FBI agents and police while seeking Melvin Guyon, charged in Chicago with kidnapping rape and armed robbery. FBI says no excessive force. The shooting of agent Johnnie Oliver sparked mass searches of the city ghetto, drawing criticism from black leaders.
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Cleveland
UPI
NAACP
FBI
James L. Hardiman
Johnnie L. Oliver
Melvin Ray Guyon
Chicago
Oliver
Metropolis
Paducah
Guyon
Anthony T. Riggio
Federal
Riggio
Lonnie L. Burton
Segregation Gap Persists in Cuyahoga County Schools
A Cleveland report by Cuyahoga Plan finds racial separation remains common across Cuyahoga County with segregation especially pervasive in Cleveland city schools. In 1978 only 19 percent of county elementary pupils were in integrated schools while 8 percent of black students and 21 percent of white students in the city were integrated last year.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga Plan
East Side
H. Richard Obermanns
Cleveland-area
Cleveland Public Schools
Clevland
Greater
Kermitt Lind
Lind
Belafonte to headline Lorain County Night at Front Row Theatre
More than 800 Lorain County residents will attend Lorain County Night at the Front Row Theatre in Highland Heights with Harry Belafonte as the featured entertainer. Show time is 8:30 p.m. The Chronicle-Telegram sponsors the tenth annual event for the Lorain County Arts Council. Buses will assemble in the north.
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Lorain County
Front Row
Highland Heights
Harry Belafonte
The
Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Power to cut bills after tax ruling
Ohio Power Co. will reduce electric bills after a state Supreme Court decision deeming the sulfur tax unconstitutional. Refunds and rate cuts are expected, saving customers about 2.6 million dollars annually. By October, customers may see credits as the company has collected roughly 1.1 million dollars. Residential credits for 750 kWh over two months amount to about 50 cents.
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Ohio Power Co
Canton
UPI
Ohio Power
The Mini Page marks 10th anniversary in CT
The Mini Page, created by Betty Debnam, marks ten years of Universal Press Syndication on August 21, with 30 million readers since 1969. It began in 1969 as a child friendly educational newspaper for kids and earned multiple awards.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Betty Debnam
Universal Press
Ms. Debnam
Ms Debnam
Children of America
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