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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1972
Page
4
Elyria board approves salary scale increases effective now through 1973 74 with base pay for a bachelor degree holder rising from 6750 to 7050 and masters scale rising to 7614 to 12196 with annual progression. The raises aim to attract and retain teachers and add one instructional day and one in service day per year.
City Councilman David Sonner pushes Mount Trashmore like landfill plan for Oberlin to create open space and recreation while storing 200 000 tons of annual trash rising to 300 000 by 1990. He cites Virginia Beach precedent and seeks federal aid with local officials backing cautiously.
Oberlin city officials moved toward a tighter budget with potential layoffs in the police department. City Manager Thomas Dalton cautioned that personnel costs threaten the plan as the council trimmed 14,500 in security funds while considering a 70,000 target for garbage collection, hall remodels, and an urban improvement program.
Elyria City Schools board adopted eight goals including rebuilding Hamilton Elementary on the same site and constructing three new elementaries and a junior high in Abbe Road. The plan spans three years with 1972 budgeted appropriations and includes expanded reading centers, revised instructional levels, a career orientation program, special education expansion, and an overall information program.
City Finance Director Jack Lesnick says Elyria 1972 appropriations will edge up from 1971, totaling about 8.75 million after transfers and adjustments. He notes earlier 1971 figure of 7.9 million was inflated and that salaries for city workers are still under negotiation, with increases funded from transfers and debt repayment.
The Elyria Board approves an 18.3 million general fund for schools with an added 2 million, bringing total appropriations for 1972 operations to about 5.79 million, including state local and federal funds. The budget covers salaries non teaching staff, maintenance, and new projects such as a central maintenance garage and engineering department upgrades.
Boston University demonstrators clash with police near the placement office protesting US Marine recruiters. A officer advances on a student with a bicycle shield while another student hurls a sneaker. Forty demonstrators are arrested for disorderly conduct and fined ten dollars each after the blockades are refused removal. A rehearing is set for April before Judge Elwood McKenney.
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