This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1999
Page
7
The author argues individuals must accept responsibility for health harms from tobacco and other products. He critiques lawsuits against manufacturers as bypassing legislative action, urging voters to replace lawmakers and push for laws on tobacco and gun safety while avoiding court-driven fixes.
Ohio is spending four times inflation on new prisons and law enforcement. The Nelson Rockefeller study places Ohio sixth in per capita criminal justice spending at 372.70 in 1995, while public schools received about 926. The Plain Dealer notes the budget debate on Taft's 39.9 billion proposal, with corrections getting a large share and a projected 6.6 billion future spend if trend continues.
Seven Ohio lawmakers gathered for a strategy session to learn how to teach kids to read. House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson and colleagues pledged to volunteer statewide under Gov Taft’s OhioReads program, which seeks 20 000 tutors. The session included reading coordinators from Columbus Public Schools.
Gov. Taft proposed expanding charter schools in low performing districts with state funds and fewer state rules. The plan would let parents place children in charter schools if their districts fail to meet performance thresholds, with $3.5 million set aside to support the new options.
Akron AP reports a rough year for Ohio proficiency tests with misprinted questions missing pages flawed answer sheets and students receiving the wrong tests. State Education officials work with printers to issue new packages while probing possible security breaches as districts wrestle with validity concerns and proposals to open charter schools in underperforming areas.
Ohio Poll shows Gov. Bob Taft with 49 percent approval and 43 percent undecided while Sen. George Voinovich posts 52 percent approval and 38 percent undecided. Both exceed disapproval, in a statewide telephone survey of 837 adults conducted Feb 25 to March 9 with a 3 point margin of error. Republicans, Southwest Ohio residents, white male Protestants favored Taft. 18-29 year olds, Republicans, high income and Central Ohio residents favored Voinovich.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.