Timidity mars county battle of the budget
Lorain County officials battle a tight budget as March cuts from 13.83 million to 13.13 million aim to close a 470,000 deficit. Sheriff Mertz warns of mass deputy layoffs and jail takeover by federal authorities, while critics say across the board cuts ignore department needs. Authority figures fault the commissioners for inattention and overreliance on county administrator Dellisanti.
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Lorain County
Fred Ritenauer
Jerry Keron
Alan Zaleski
Ritenauer
Zaleski Seeks End to Month-Long Deputy Layoff Crisis
On April 27 with Dellisan ti away, commissioners cut layoffs from over 40 to 14 by agreeing to pay unemployment benefits and adding $70 000 to the department. They said they would seek extra funds from the county budget commission to cover remaining layoffs.
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Dellisanti
County Budget Commission
Begin vows to wipe out terrorists in Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin pledged to wipe out all terrorists in Lebanon as his forces block west Beirut to pressure guerrillas. Warplanes conducted reconnaissance over Palestinian positions while supplies and civilian traffic remained limited in the besieged sector.
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Beirut
Lebanon
West Beirut
Menachem Begin
West
Israel
Tel Aviv
Ariel Sharon
U.S
George Shultz
Begin
Peace talks and confederation plan eyed by Netanyahu
Inside the remaining 10 percent Begin told cheering crowds he hoped to sign a peace treaty with Lebanon by year end and open talks with Jordan's King Hussein to form a free confederation between Hashemite Jordan and Israel. In Washington sources say the Reagan administration halted a 4,000 bomb shipment to Israel pending inquiry into alleged Lebanese use. Scattered showers and thunder storms expected with highs 85 to 90 and lows 65 to 70. Rain 50 percent today and tonight. Details on page A-3.
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Begin
Lebanon
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
Washington
Reagan
Tragic Black River drowning claims two teens in Elyria park
A 13 year old Elyria boy, William Wyman, and 18 year old North Ridgeville teen Charles Wiley drowned at Cascade Park along the Black River after Wyman slipped on a rock. Wiley attempted a rescue but disappeared. Divers found Wyman's body. Wiley was recovered later. Buried by the coroner's report, the accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday near the river confluence.
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Elyria
Cascade Park
Elyrian
North Ridgeville
Black River
William Wyman
Eighth St
Charles Wiley
Race Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain County
William Kishman
Wyman
Burt
Wiley
Steve Williams
North Ridgeville Fire Department
Williams
Billy
Cleveland Mafia's push earlier ended with Danny Greene death
Federal trials convict six men on racketeering charges tied to the Greene murder and drug operations. The indictments expand the Cleveland mob probe, naming leaders like Licavoli and Lonardo. FBI and prosecutors say long effort aimed to wipe out the family from top to bottom. The Greene case began as a failed hit sequence before a bomb car finally killed him.
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Cleveland
Danny Greene
Ohio
Greene
la Cosa Nostra
U.S
William Petro
Bureau
Joseph Griffin
FBI
Griffin
James ‘Jack White
Licavoli
West Side
Murray Hill
East Side
Sommer
Erie, Pa
Ray Ferritto
Ferritto
Calandra
Carabbia
Cisternino
Jimmy “the Weasel
Fratianno
Los Angeles
Tony “Dope” DelSanter
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Lorain
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United States
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Gene Krebs
Mars County
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Mertz
State Department of Administrative Services
Dominick A. Dellisanti
Dom
Ritenaur
Keron
Zaleski
PLO
Cleveland’s Mafia
Detroit
Purple Gang
John Sommer
Jack
Anthony Liberatore
John P. Calandra
Angelo “Big Ange
Lonardo
Joseph Gallo
Thomas
Sinito
The
James “Jack Licavoli
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