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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1978
Page
1
Elyria City Schools consider closing about 12 days around December 5 1978 to save 1 034 million dollars and cut staff through attrition and salaried holdbacks. Board President Robert Repas and Supt. Thomas Showalter outlined savings mainly from buses supplies and land.
The husband of Dr Shan non Lucid announced to their children that his wife is one of 35 women chosen to fly the space shuttle through 1990, breaking racial and sex barriers. Other named astronauts include Sally Ride of Stanford and Dr Margaret Seddon and Judith Resnik of Redondo Beach.
Three national groups led by the American Hospital Association the American Medical Association and the Federation of American Hospitals issued a joint call for drastic hospital cost cuts. They urged 23 000 hospital boards executives and medical leaders to adopt new guidelines including a moratorium on bed expansion in 1978 and a two year plan to reduce cost growth. They warned of public exposure for noncompliant hospitals and noted the move taps a broader effort to slow rising health care expenses.
Former Amherst Police Chief Arthur Koppenhafer and former Amherst Policewoman Care Ramstead face felony theft charges in Lorain County Common Pleas Court. Judge A Ross Siverling will hear the disposition Thursday weather permitting. Ramstead allegedly certified as trained by Koppenhafer to boost pay by about 2700 dollars while she worked as a department secretary.
Gov. James A. Rhodes urged schools local governments and civic groups to hold special events marking Ohio 175th statehood on March 1. He and other officials will take part in statehood day ceremonies in Chillicothe Ohio’s first capital. He urged public officials teachers and parents to use the anniversary to teach youth about the state's history.
In a Cleveland federal courtroom seven of eight men tied to the Northern Ohio crime family appeared in suits to plead innocent to racketeering and murder conspiracy charges. Charged in the Greene killing and tied to gambling and loan sharking, the defendants include James T. Licayoli and Angelo Lonardo with others named James Fratianno Ronald Carabbia Pasquale Cisternino Thomas Sinito Alfred Calabrese and John Calandra who is hospitalized after a heart condition.
Former San Francisco Sheriff Richard Hongisto, who recently resigned to become Cleveland police chief, plans to marry Elizabeth Colton, 29. Colton has long been active in the Democratic Party, aiding local candidates including Mayor George Moscone. A small wedding is planned at Colton’s San Francisco home in mid February.
Snow blankets Ohio with up to six inches more forecast in parts of the Buckeye state as a new storm forms and may hitThursday. Lorain County reports one to four inches today and tonight while northern areas see advisories and central to southern Ohio face heavy warnings. Visibility drops on icy, drifting roads and two people are treated for fall injuries. plows operate in Lorain and temperatures plunge to near zero in northwestern counties tonight.
A travel advisory remains in effect as snow falls with 1 to 3 inches accumulation by evening. Winds become strong, causing blowing and drifting. Temperatures peak near 20 Fahrenheit with lows near zero to 10 above tonight. Partly cloudy and calmer Wednesday with highs around 20.
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