PARTY LINES IN CITY COUNCIL MISCAST ROMPS AND RULE SHIFTS
The report records a light hearted moment when council president Richard Seward misnamed Marguerite Bowman and Elmer Bessick during a meeting. It notes a Democratic shift in procedure limiting informal public hearings and a GOP push to privatize the sanitation department. A new state and federal programs committee aims to clarify regulatory impacts on Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Freud
Marguerite E. Bowman
Richard P. Seward
Ace
Mrs. Bowman
Dems
Bowman
Seward
Ryba
Jack Ryba
Abbe Road
Democrats
William Ogle
Norm Failing
Community Development Department
Council
Elyria
Finance Committee
GOP
Wright trial set for Feb 6 in Florida
Richard A. Wright, 25, is charged with kidnapping Linda Sharpe in Ohio and holding her in a Florida trailer. He faces one kidnapping count and eight counts of involuntary sexual battery, with hearings on pleas and possible psychiatric testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Wright
Linda Sharpe
Florida Judicial Circuit
Pasco County
Wright
Miss Sharpe
Middleburg Heights
Florida
Tarpon Springs
Ohio
Jack F. White
Edward H. Bergstrom Jr
White
Chronicle-Telegram
Pearce Protest Over 34 Percent Sewer Rate Hike
Strongsville officials including Mayor John Pearce and Councilman Alfred Koch protested a 34 percent CRSD sewer rate increase, effective Jan 1, raising the rate to 7.87 per thousand cubic feet and costing about 26 dollars more per year for an average home. They criticized the timing and lack of local input while noting the city could maintain or upgrade its plant and possibly withdraw from the CRSD agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strongsville
Cleveland Regional Sewer District
CRSD
John Pearce
Pearce
Alfred Koch
Sprague Road
Koch
Prosecutions Echo Across Two Murder Cases in Iowa and Elyria
Iowa prosecutor Rod J. Ryan cites an 80 percent chance of conviction in the Pamela Powers case while noting the Papp case in Elyria faces a tougher path. In both, exculpatory police conduct led to new trials for suspects tied to child murders and recovered bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Elyria
Youngirls
Timothy Papp
Rod J. Ryan
Papp
Ryan
Chronicle-Telegram
Pamela Powers
Des Moines
Robert Anthony Williams
Davenport
Williams
Pamela
Henry Zieba
Roxie Ann
U. S. Surpemeourt
High Court
Jose Mendiola
Lorain
Mendiola
Robert Gary
Lorain County
Dream comes true for Columbia nursing home plan
Bruce Schirhart of Columbia Township wins state certification to build Villa of St. Camillus, a two story facility for up to 50 elderly with Medicaid funding. Construction should start by late summer with opening set for Spring 1979. The $889,556 project includes independent living, day care, intermediate and terminal care wings, meals on wheels, and elder hot line services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Bruce Schirhart
Columbia Township
Schirhart
Metropolitan Health Planning Corporation
MHPC
St. Camillus
Lorain
Cuyahoga
Medina, Lake and Geauga
Dept. of Health
John Ackerman
Columbus
East River Rd
Ridgeville Democrats delay decision on dirty tricks charge
The Ohio Election Commission postponed a ruling to Feb 3 on whether North Ridgeville Democratic Central Committee engaged in dirty tricks in last November's municipal election. Republican Gilbert Cornish filed the complaint alleging a door to door brochure misstates GOP efforts for a $5 back tax on auto licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Election Commission
North Ridgeville
Democratic Central Committee
Gilbert Cornish
Commission
Nolan Carson
Cornish
Northidgeville
Corts
New RITA Form To Be Released In Elyria Tax Guide
Elyria will issue the 1978 city income tax booklet with a Simplified short form from the Regional Income Tax Agency. Ted Valassis says 8 of 10 local workers will use the form, which requires all 18 and older residents to file regardless of 1977 employment. The booklet outlines W-2 attachment, nonworking student filing, and pages 3 and 5 housing the short form with later schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyrians
Ted Valassis
Regional Income Tax Agency
RITA
Valassis
Elyria
Addica
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Ferguson
Coey
Ward
Fla
Sparks Pearce
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Russ Dean
Elyria City
Ohio Athletic
Elyria-Lorain
Ralph Quesinberry
Chagrin Falls
Ohio Athletic Directors Association
C-T
Dave Zapotesky
Dington
Seminary
Ridgeville
By Paul Schroeder
Columbus Bureau
Gopee
Carson
Robert Corts
Rei
Bitte
Rome
St al Wages
Atount
Tyurem
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