Ohio approves tougher vehicle emission testing in four counties
Legislators approve a federally mandated pollution testing bill for Lorain Lake Hamilton and Butler counties raising visual test fees to 8 dollars and adding tailpipe tests for cars vans and light trucks from 1975 onward. Starting July 1 1990 about 1 million Cuyahoga vehicles would face annual tailpipe tests with a 10.50 dollar fee for passing vehicles and 80 percent success expected.
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Columbus
Lorain
Lake
Hamilton
Butler
Cuyahoga County
Emissions bill to affect drivers in Ohio
AP reports the Ohio Senate approved a motor vehicle emissions testing bill 21 to 12. It raises fees for visual inspections from 5 to 8 dollars and 3 to the Ohio EPA, with effect 90 days after the governor signs. A six member oversight committee will monitor the program and motorists have six months before renewal to test. In Cuyahoga County a centralized testing contract runs five years.
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Columbus
Senate
Conference Committee
House
Ohio
EPA
Cuyahoga County
Higher fee allocation note remains unclear
The fragment notes that a portion of the higher fee, five dollars, would go to a particular recipient but the source text ends before naming the beneficiary or purpose.
Lorain casino plan heads to House floor vote today
The Lorain gambling casino bill, after 14 hearings and 15 months of discussion, moves to a 1:30 p.m. House floor vote. State Rep. Joe Koziura’s measure won 13-7 in the State Government Committee with party line splits, as supporters argued the need to decide.
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Columbus
Lorain
House Rules Committee
House
State Government Committee
Joe Koziura
Koziura
Lorain County
Lynn Wachtmann
Grocers await all clear on Chilean fruit scare
Elyria IGA pulled Chilean grapes and other fruit after a cyanide contamination scare. Produce manager Bob Rayner said the supplier cleared grapes peaches plums and nectarines while IGA offered refunds or store credits. Local grocers brace for more customer inquiries as federal warnings advised against Chilean fruit pending USDA FDA rulings.
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Abbe Road
Iga
Elyria
Bob Rayner
Bill Dietz
Embattled Lorain chief steps aside amid crime charges
Lorain Police Chief John Malinovsky, who pleaded innocent to felony extortion and perjury charges and related misdemeanors, offers to use accumulated vacation time or take a leave of absence. Acting Chief Cel Rivera will lead the department as Malinovsky, 62, has served 38 years with the force.
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Lorain
John Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Alex Oleiko
Capt
Cel Rivera
Police Department
Gerald Smith
Smith
Common Pleas
Floyd D. Harris
Harris
Geoffrey Smith
Ohio Eases Park Area North South Corridor Study Funds
The state has allocated up to 624000 for development and environmental impact studies on the North South Corridor and a 9 to 10 mile four lane highway. Public input will shape the route with preliminary meetings in early 1990. Construction could begin in four to five years if funding and route decisions allow. The environmental study may take 1 2 years and engineer selection a year.
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Elyria
Stan Hunt
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ashland
Hunt
Mike Cull
ODOT
Columbus
Driver innocent of homicide in teacher deaths
In Oberlin Municipal Court a jury found 29 year old William R Spielman not guilty on two counts of vehicular homicide for the Sept 25 crash that killed Janet Kubuske and her mother Jean Kubuske. The panel, after about three hours, also convicted him of driving without an operators license and crossing left of center.
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Oberlin
William R. Spielman
Spielman
Janet Kubuske
Jean Kubuske
Amherst
Ford
Kubuske
Leroy Kubuske
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Richard Shank
Ohio Epa
Shank
Lorain Casino
Richard Celeste
Lake, Lorain, Hamilton, Butler Counties
State
William Healy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bob Gwimmer
Chile
Northern Ohio
Cleveland
Gwimmer
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Philadelphia
FDA
American
U.S
Santiago
Wayne Long
aKd
By Todd M. Romain
Ed Mullinax
John Lowther
Spelman
Thomas Dougan
James Brady
Akron Zips
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