Lucasville prison a forty million headache for Ohio
Lucasville Ohio hosts the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility a $40 million maximum security prison criticized by officials inmates and state reps. Guards are underpaid underqualified and undertrained with a 10 000 annual wage. Training is brief and staff shortages worsen safety and racial tensions. Local neighbors fear escapes and travel for northern inmates. The issue centers on frontline staffing and management as a legislative panel reviews security and medical facilities.
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Southern Ohio
Ohio
Walter McCloskey
Legislative Inspection Team
Postal strike threat looms as Bolger refuses bargaining
Postmaster General William Bolger warns unions a postal strike could end Postal Service control of first class mail. He will not return to bargaining but would honor compulsory arbitration. Federally mediated talks continue with no timetable as unions weigh honoring a court order against a work stoppage.
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UPI
William Bolger
Bolger
J. Joseph Vacca
National Association of Letter Carriers
National League of Postmasters
Derby Crashing Demolition Ends Lorain County Fair
A clunker bursts steam from beneath after a radiator strike in Sundays Demolition Derby at the Lorain County Fair. The event marked the final grandstand showing and the last gasp for many abused autos at the 1978 fair, with coverage continues on Pages A-G and C-7.
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Lorain County Fair
Kim Tonry
Pope John Paul I vows reforms amid Vatican turbulence
Vatican City AP reports Cardinal Albino Luciani, elected pope John Paul I, tells 200000 in St. Peter's Square he stands in the place of John Paul II and Paul VI. He pledges to press on with Second Vatican Council reforms, pursue Christian unity, and reduce internal tension while maintaining doctrine.
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World Council of Churches
Albino Luciani
Charles Long
Vatican Secretariat For Christian Unity
Cardinal Luciani
Pope John Paul I sets September 3 as coronation date
Vatican announces Pope John Paul I will be crowned on Sunday September 3 the feast of St. Gregory the Great. The pope told cardinals I was told he blushed when Paul VI placed his stole on his shoulders. Clergy in Cleveland express support and plan a mass in St. John's Cathedral. Weather outlook shows warm humid night showers with 50 percent rain tonight and 30 percent Tuesday.
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Vatican
St. Gregory the Great
England
Joseph Hoeffner
Cologne
West Germany
Iin
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Venice
Albina Luciani
John Paul
Paul
Luciani
Peter
James Hickey
Cleveland
Diocese of
Holy Father
Hickey
St. John’s Cathedral
Mary Andre
Lorain County
Youth drowns at Rajahland pool near Vermilion
A 16 year old Elyria youth, Eric Exline, died after apparently drowning at Rajahland Park Pool south of Vermilion on a Sunday outing with his parents. He could not swim and was pronounced dead at Lorain Community Hospital around 6 p.m. Lorain County Coroner William Kishman could not be reached for a ruling on the exact cause of death.
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Here
Eric Exline
James Exline
Kenwood St
Lorain Community Hospital
Lorain County
William Kishman
Eric
Polite Elyria student dies at company picnic swim incident
Northwood Junior High student and class participant for learning disabilities, Eric Exline, is described as a well-liked boy by Principal Jack Gray. Reports state the accident happened at Portman Road park during a Gilford Instrument Laboratories company picnic, as parents dressed as clowns entertained nearby. Eric was at the swimming pool with sisters when he went missing and a search began.
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Northwood
Jack Gray
Gray
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Eric
Jaws Star Robert Shaw Dies of Heart Attack
Actor writer Robert Shaw, known for his shark hunter role in Jaws, died of a heart attack Sunday at age 52. A full obituary appears on Page A-4.
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Robert Shaw
Shark Hunter
Encore and Outdoors to Debut in Friday Chronicle-Telegram
The Chronicle-Telegram announces Encore, a new weekly entertainment tabloid with a 12 page TV pullout and features on movies plays concerts books and arts plus a comprehensive regional calendar. Don Millers outdoors features move to Friday with expanded travel coverage to boost weekend planning.
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