United Way raises record in Lorain County campaign
Lorain County residents pledged a record 3.92 million to United Way, nearing the 3.95 million goal and aiding 37 member agencies. Roses to community volunteers, but raspberries for city leaders proposing large raises for department heads. Also praise for local charitable efforts and concerns about shelter and storage capacity.
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Lorain
Joe Koziura
Safety Service
George Koury
Koziura
Koury
Lin
New Russia Township
Maryann Mitchel
Elyria High School Evacuation Drill Questioned
An Elyria High senior criticizes the recent emergency drill after a bomb threat, arguing the plan to move students across Fifth and Sixth streets is insufficient and dangerous in real emergencies. The letter urges decisive action or inventive procedures.
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Elyria High School
EHS
Molnar
Fifth
Sixth
Student criticizes drill as unsafe after bomb threat
A student voices concern that a modified fire drill fails to prepare them for real emergencies. The speaker condemns officials for negligent bomb threat handling and labels the exercise a poor corrective action.
Campaign finance reform call urged for 1997 action
CORELL NASH appeals for bipartisan reform as the 1996 election exposes huge sums in soft money and alleged campaign finance abuses. He urges citizens to press Rep. Sherrod Brown Senators John Glenn and Michael DeWine and President Clinton to make reform the top priority.
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Sherrod Brown
John Glenn
Michael DeWine
Capitol
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White House
Nuclear Weaponeliminating generals urge sane minimum
Washington columnist Sandy Grady recalls Gen. Lee Butler and 35 generals urging rapid elimination or drastic reduction of nuclear arms. They argue the U S is conventionally dominant, nukes morally unusable, and that risk and accidents demand moving beyond Cold War stockpiles. They meet stiff opposition from Perry Clinton and Schlesinger.
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William Perry
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Clinton
James Schlesinger
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Chuck Horner
Saddam
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Gabriel Over the White House as Modern Spin Warning
Dallas Morning News senior columnist Kim Wright contrasts the 1930s film Gabriel Over the White House with real world politics. The piece traces how a fictional president assumes one man rule, maneuvers Congress, ends Prohibition, uses public fear, and echoes propaganda techniques linked to Hitler and Goebbels, urging caution about centralized power and media manipulation.
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