Lorain County Cuts 10 Percent Budget Across Board
Lorain County Commissioners ordered 10 percent across the board cuts and the elimination of disaster services and mass transit, with layoffs for Transit Board Director Kenneth Burich, Disaster Services Director Robert Jaeger, and others. Officials warned further layoffs could follow if tax revenue or real estate delinquency worsens, as unemployment forecasts rise after U S Steel layoffs.
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Lorain County
Disaster Services
Mass Transit
Fred Ritenauer
Transit Board
Kenneth Burich
Robert Jaeger
Ritenauer
U.S. Steel
Lorain
Swooning Over A $726 Gas Bill In Elyria
Registered nurse Ruth Shores faced a 726.51 bill for December while living in a century old home she improved at 358 Columbus St. Elyria. Columbia Gas says 200 dollars covered pre move usage, but total consumption reached about 3,000 cubic feet daily amid conversion furnace issues.
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Ruth Shores
Columbia
Donald Bedillion
Elyria
Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc
Elyria Division
Mary Gardner
Shores House
Bedillion
Charles Danesi
Danesi & Associates
Warr
Daniels
Danesi
Columbia Gas
Columbus St
U.S. jobless rate rises to 8.8 percent in February
The Labor Department reports a February unemployment rate of 8.8 percent, with 9.6 million people unemployed. Women bear the brunt, adding 182,000 jobless. adult women at 7.6 percent, the highest since 1976, while overall 0.3 percentage point rise matches December. AFL-CIO head Kirkland says conditions worsen.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirkland
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Risk
Partly cloudy tonight with a 15 to 20 degree row. Saturday turns cloudy with a chance of snow by evening and highs in the mid 30s. Details on Page A-3.
Seltzer truth test sought in Marilyn Sheppard case
Dr Stephen Sheppard seeks tests of a tape allegedly containing a Seltzer statement that could clear up the 1954 Marilyn Sheppard murder. The 1970s interview with Alice Luddington reportedly included a promise from Seltzer about a hidden document, now tied to Sam Sheppard's conviction and retrial history.
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Louis B. Seltzer
Marilyn Sheppard
Sam Sheppard
Stephen A. Sheppard
San Diego
Chronicle-Telegram
Alice Luddington
Seltzer
Cleveland
MS. Luddington
Marilyn
Bay Village
Sheppard
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission to Be Replaced
The Lorain County Regional Planning Commission will disband and be replaced by an 11 member county operated planning commission in the spring. RPC executive director Richard McGinnis will retire March 31 and six other staffers are laid off. The end of the RPC depends on village and city approvals and a final RPC executive committee action. A transition committee will negotiate with county officials to wind down projects and transfer assets. The new commission will have eight members appointed by the county commissioners plus the three commissioners themselves. The RPC has 25,485 in dues and a 50,000 county commitment to cover layoffs.
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Lorain County Regional Planning Commission
Planning Commission
RPC
Richard McGinnis
McGinnis
RPC Executive Committee
Thomas Ryan
William T. Stark
Elyria Community Development
Norman Failing
Avon
Neil Archambeau
John Keressi
Hell
County Planning Commission
APC
Elyria
Commission
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Lester
Julian Pijor
Chronicle- Telegram
Gregory White
Pijor
White
J. Grant Keys
Columbus
Ritenaver
Amy Pruitt
Mrs. Shores
Lorain Community Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital
U.S
Black River
Industry Contract Bridge
Abby
Bruce Halliburton
Pioneers
Bob Bailie
Thomas Ottc-T
Press
Glen Miller
C-T
John Hall
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