City approves budget over hiring objections
Elyria city council approved the 1979 budget despite objections from Rev. William H. Morgan of the Young Ministers Navigating for the Poor who urged hiring reforms to secure federal revenue sharing funds. The council heard hearings on budget uses and possible affirmative action measures while facing a Aug. 29 deadline to respond to federal civil rights concerns.
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William H. Morgan
Elyria
Morgan
Young Ministers
Council
National Senate
Lorain Bingo Challenge Aims at Ohio Supreme Court
Lorain pastor and Lorain Catholic bingo chair take the city payout cap to the Ohio Supreme Court after the Ninth District reversed municipal court findings. They argue state law allows up to 3500 in nightly payouts while the city limits are 1200. The defendants cite their licenses and previous rulings.
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Lorain
Ohio Supreme Court
Joseph Ushelyi
Supreme Court
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Akron
Walter Butz
Bellevue
Ninth District Court
Midview talks nearly called off amid speaking dispute
Chief negotiators from Midview clashed over vocal control during a Monday bargaining session. Debates over a salary plan and a 3.9 mill levy dominated discussions as MEA offered a reduced starting salary while board figures showed limited funds. Negotiations suspended then resumed after caucusing, with Seabold urging flexibility as the two sides remained far apart.
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Debbie Demmon-Berger Grafton
Midview
Midview Education Association
Kid Seabold
Board of Education
Michael Ilner
Illner
MEA
Seabold
Good Neighbor Day at Lorain County Fair Opens
Good Neighbor Day highlighted the Lorain County Fair second day with a kickoff breakfast for fair leaders and dignitaries funded by the Wellington Chamber. Lorain County Commissioner Jeromo Karon presented an 18000 insurance grant to repair the draft horse barn roof damaged in January blizzard.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Wellington Chamber of Commerce
Jeromo Karon
Fair Board
City hall hears calls for probe into community development
At the first regular meeting after recess, council faced charges of federal law violations and demands for deeper citizen involvement. Voices from Rev. William H. Morgan and Father Francis X. Cook urged action on urban renewal, while businessman Joseph Rizzo alleged unpaid damage payments for West River Parkway land acquisitions.
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Elyria
City Hall
Council
Charles O. Fair
D-2
William H. Morgan
Young Ministers
Francis X. Cook
Sacred Heart Church
Vulcan-Woodford
Joseph Rizzo
JAR & Associates
Washington, D. C
Morgan
Rizzo
Fair
Robert Frederick
R-4
Cook
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George Ferguson
Ferguson
U. S
Marguerite E. Bowman
Chronicle - Telegram
Don Bowman
Bowman
Lorain County Fair
Burbank
Dave Zapotosky
St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Paul Tomasic
Lev. Opoka
St. Mary’s
Tiner
Norma Jones
Robert Slusher
Slasher
Susan St.Marie
Tommy Overstreet
Casey Turton
Fair and Morgan
Norm Failing
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Larry E. Coey
D-1
Failing
West River Parkway
Coey
Gateway South
Infirmary Road
Norm
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