Ohio legislators race through final week to pass bills
In Columbus the 1977 legislative session enters its last week with no hard deadline for adjournment. Leaders Griffe and Ocasek push horse trading on wages for public employees and a lifeline utility bill, while aiming to clear constitutional amendments for November. Patronage timing and potential back home bills loom, as veterans recall past Sunday sessions and church bells.
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Columbus
Ohio
Riffe
Ocasek
Senate
House
Myrl H. Shoemaker
Bourneville
Chillicothe
Westlake woman killed in crash on Detroit Road
A 37 year old Westlake woman Rhoda J Haynes of 27261 Westown Blvd died early yesterday when her westbound car left Detroit Road near Clague Road striking a telephone pole and trees. She was pronounced dead at the scene and survived by husband L Haynes and a son. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Strawder Funeral Chapel Cleveland. Police are investigating the crash. In a separate report Willie Brooks 30 of Cleveland Heights drowned attempting to rescue his 10 year old son Gregory near the Municipal Light Plant on North Marqual Road. Greg, who cannot swim, fell in while fishing. Jeff, the boy’s year old brother, pulled Gregory to safety.
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Westlake
Detroit Road
Clague Road
Ooe
Rhoda J. Haynes
Westown Blvd
Cuyahoga County
Lester Adelson
Cleveland
School officials applaud veto of tenure bill in Ohio
WESTERVILLE AP Three school management associations applauded the veto by Gov. James A Rhodes last week of a teacher tenure bill. The ruling blocks a measure that would have altered job security for teachers across the state.
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Westerville
James A Rhodes
Ohio School Boards Association
The
Buckeye Association of School Administrators
Ohio Association of School Business Officials
Chicans
Ohio Senate
BIS
Rhodes
David B. Martin
OSBA
Martin
Ohio Village Celebrations at 1977 State Fair
Ohio Village offers a curiosity show old fashioned games and an arts festival with horse rides free during the 13 day fair. Built to resemble pre Civil War Ohio the village features shops including a blacksmith tinsmith weaver and general store.
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Columbus
17Th Avenue
Ohio
Aard
Protesters vow reoccupation if judge allows Kent gym
Kent activists say they will reoccupy Blanket Hill near the 1970 shooting slope if Judge Joseph Kainrad rules the university may build a $ million gym annex adjacent to the site. The May 4th Coalition plans encampment returns and a campus protest ahead of a faculty meeting.
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Oks
Kent Gym
Kent (Ap
Kent State University
Greg Rambo
Coalition
Portage County Common Pleas
Joseph Kainrad
Blanket Hill
Kent
Rambo
University Adminsoto
Cuyahoga County Calendar of Local Meetings
North Olmsted Board of Education meets at 8 p.m. in the junior high gym. Olmsted Falls Plum Creek bridge hearing set for 8 p.m. at the high school. Strongsville City Council holds a special meeting at city hall. Westlake City Council special meeting listed with incomplete time. Middleburg Heights City Council 8 p.m. at city hall.
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North Olmsted Board of Education
Olmsted Falls
Plum Creek
Strongsville City
Cuyahoga City Politics and Utilities Contested
Cuyahoga residents face a ballot clash between Democrats and Republicans over city leadership with incumbent Mayor Ralph Christman facing a challenger in November. The dispute includes a move to replace Columbia Gas of Ohio officials and concerns over underground gas line repairs. Meanwhile, Berea Council President Dick Clough plans a Saturday wedding with Linda Schiff at the Winter Sports Chalet in the Rocky River Reservation near Cleveland.
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Ralph Christman
Columbia Gas of Obie, Inc
Heights
Tee
Berea Council
Dick Clough
Linda Schiff
Rocky River Reservation
Cleveland
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Vernal Griffe Jr
New Boston
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Thomas E. Ferguson
Coventry Street
Euclid Heights Avenue
Mayfield Road
Mike Benbow
Chronicle-Telegram
By Cynthia Roberts
Cleveland Htsman
Jeff
Gregory
Ruby Harvey
Brandi
Cincinnati
Ohio Village
Kainrad
Apanwsiveraly
National Guardsmen
Interior Department
Middleburg Heights
Cuyahoga
Casey Tamm
Swietyniewski
Council
Asia Hat
Christman
Werth
Rank and
Ronakd Wiz
D-3
Dolores Sharpe
James Boetmner
Tid Taren
Aria Gee
Cdmera Hee Bey
Tration
Aém
Abit Tees Ean
Cheere
Pink
Elit Eokeet
Cay Recciens Tegeest
Balktwin-Wallace College
Berea Fire & Use
Central School
Ane
Carl Remensky
Cynthia Robert
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