Amherst police reject low emergency pay raise
Fraternal Order of Police rejects as too low a $1000 per person emergency increase and a $1 per hour rise for part timers. Police say 90 percent may quit. council committees will continue talks to find funding and a compromise before December contract expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Byland
C-T
Amherst
Fraternal Order of Police
FDP
Council
Lonnie Dillon
Tive
FOP
Finance Committee
Victim warns others after Elyria con drains savings
Mrs. Violet Hoffman 62 of Elyria recounts a noon Friday con on Broad and Chestnut Streets. Two women lured her into a car, switch money for play cash, and disappeared after promising a lawyer would return funds. She lost 518 in life savings and urges seniors to beware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Hoffman
Elyria
Lisa M. Griffis
Mrs. Hoffman
Illiteracy in Cleveland Area Reaches 47000 Adults
A UPI report cites Project LEARN finding about 47,000 adults in the Cleveland area cannot read or write. The study cites specific cases from a high school graduate denied a warehouse job to a mother misreading drug labels. Project LEARN began in 1974 and has recruited over 1,000 volunteers as teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Area
Project Learn
Lorain County air show to return after 1971 gap
Aerial acrobats parachute jumpers and a hot air balloonist will fill the skies at Lorain County Regional Airport on August 11 in the first show since 1971. Organizers Kayser and local groups plan annual events with FAA approval pending and profits funding future shows and airport equipment. Admission is $1 for adults, free for under 12.
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Lorain County
Far] Kayser
Oberlin Sport
Parachute Center
U.S. Army Airborne
George Saman
Bay Village
Kayser
Federal Aviation Administration
Columbia Gas reports major discovery in West Virginia
Columbia Transmission Corp announces a major natural gas discovery in Mineral County West Virginia three miles south of Keyser. Two wells reached 8500 feet at over 2.5 million dollars cost. Officials say commercial reserves exist in the Eastern Overthrust Belt and expect increased exploration due to incentives and proximity to markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Panhandle
West Virginia
Keyser
Columbia Transmission
Columbia Gas System
Columbia Gas
Ohio
W. W. Farrell
Mineral County
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ferrell
Columbia Gas Fund
Columbia
Elyria
Paul Fackler
Forbes Interfered With Arrests in Cleveland Kickback Case
Cleveland police sergeant testified that city council president George Forbes and his bodyguard Curtis Watkins tried to derail a raid on a carnival run by Sebring Exhibit & Supply Co. Forbes allegedly ordered the sergeant to back off and called to threaten him, with Watkins acting to shield the operation. The case spans bribery extortion and intimidation charges against Forbes and forgery and intimidation counts against Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
George Forbes
Curtis Watkins
Forbes-Watkins
John K. Joyce
Sebring Exhibit & Supply Co
Forbes
Joyce
Watkins
Carnival Company
Council
RTA calls for immediate mass transit funding boost
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority urged President Carter to accelerate federal aid for urban mass transit. RTA General Manager Leonard Ronis said that while Carter’s plan to cut gasoline use is favorable, more than $500 million in Mass Transportation Act funds remain unappropriated. Full funding could add $5 million in operating funds for 1979 86 and support capital projects including new buses rapid cars and facility rehabilitation. Ronis urged immediate congressional action.
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Cleveland
UPI
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Carter
RTA
Leonard Ronis
Ronis
Congress
Ellington Orchestra to perform in Elyria July 24
The Duke Ellington Orchestra led by Mercer Ellington will play at Elyria High School auditorium on July 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 8 for individuals 15 for couples and 7 for seniors, available through Downtown Elyria Merchants Association members and the Commerce and Industry Association. Mercer Ellington preserves the band’s traditional repertoire and occasionally features works by his father.
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Duke Ellington
Mercer Ellington
Elyria High School
Elyria Merchant's Association
Sixth Street
West Avenue
Elyria Merchants Association
Commerce and Industry
Merver Ellington
Bermuda
IBM
Duke
Mercer
Vermilion council weighs $85 bill cost to taxpayers
Vermilion City Council plans an executive session Monday to decide whether to pay an $85.50 Sharpnack Chevrolet repair bill, a move critics say could cost about $210 in overall taxpayer expenses for meetings. The dispute stems from December 1977 and February 1978 charges, with council split 3 to 3 on paying the bill.
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Vermilion
Sharpnack Chevrolet
Hobart Johnson
Council
Chris Fisher
Joe Malesky
Alex Angney
Johnson
Martha Long
Molesky
Tom Hale
Margaret Shafts
Sharpnack
Garfield drops Collin charges after melee incident
Garfield Heights authorities drop disorderly conduct and criminal damage charges against two Illinois men, Frank Collin and Ted Kajewski, both Chicago residents and members of the National Socialist Party of America. The case stemmed from a June 24 brawl at the Valley Inn in Independence. charges were dropped after the men agreed not to return to Independence and police said insufficient evidence supported the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Heights
UPI
Illinois
National Socialist Party of America
Frank Collin
Ted Kayewski
Chicago
Collin
Kajewski
Independence
Valley Inn
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Clinton Reph
Janet Wittenbrook
Dillon
Mraduste
Ellington
Ralph Sharpnack
Jim Adom
Jim Odom
Ken McDaniels
McDaniels
Garfield
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