Roses and raspberries: Lorain plant chatter and civic weight
A straight talking Ford CEO says no immediate plans for a new product at Lorain Assembly Plant and no merger with Avon Lake. AirTouch gets a sharp retort after a would be return of 6000 records. JCPenney Golden Rule Award recipients are praised for volunteerism. Gov Voinovich silent on Lorain Stoneco plant clash. Library home delivery lauded. Lorain County voters largely abstain with only 29 percent turnout.
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Roses
Scotty Davis IE
Jcpenney
Scotty
Ohio Veterans Home
Sandusky
Scott
Donna Davis
Marsha King
Cornerstone Preegnancy Services
Elyria
South Amherst
Victory Kitchen
George Voinovich
Lorain
Stoneco Inc
Perry Avenue
Ohio Epa
Voinovich
U.S. Senate
Grafton-Midview
Oberlin
Lorain County
Common Pleas
Starrs Witch Hunt an Affront to Justice
A reader voices horror at the ongoing witch hunt in the nation likening it to McCarthyism and Inquisition. The letter warns that using law for such purposes erodes respect for laws and threatens personal freedoms under right wing zealots, religious or otherwise.
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Afoeats Gut Dee Benoit Beta
Ends justify the means in current government policy
A letter writer accuses the government of embracing the enemies credo that ends justify the means. The piece questions the president's adherence to democratic policies and hints at impeachment risks while challenging legal fairness and law interpretations.
Lorain residents push back on sewer plan and flood relief
Lorain residents including Woody Mathna protest a sewer rate rise of 59 percent over four years. He seeks to stall phase one of the South Lorain Tacoma Avenue holding tank project. Flooded basements, elderly health risks, and sewage after floods drive opposition ahead of a potential November ballot vote.
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Woody Mathna
Mathna
Lorain
Tacoma Avenue
Abolish the independent counsel law
William A. Rusher argues that the independent counsel statute, created after Watergate, has produced unintended harms and shifting political incentives. He notes liberal overreach on welfare and civil rights, then critiques the law's role in investigations of Reagan and Bush, urging repeal when political conditions allow.
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M. Stanton Evans
America
Clinton
Hubert Humphrey
Congress
Ford
Department of Justice
White House
Lawrence Walsh
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Reagan
Caspar Weinberger
Independent Counsel
Justice Department Kids Page Warns Against Home Bigotry
A commentary questions the 1990s Justice Department Kids Page urging children to report family bigotry. It argues government monitoring of family speech is inappropriate and recommends focusing on school libraries with honest, open discussions of prejudice.
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Justice Department
Uddorgov
Kidspage
Janet Reno
Dad
Mom
Lenny Bruce
Lenny
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A. C. Hudnutt
A. Cooper
Rudy Dicks
Andrew R. Young
William R. Bryan
Alex Trotman
Ford Motor Co
Trotman
Cleveland
Ohio Assembly
Avon Lake
AirTouch Cellular
George Baker
Baker
Starr
Moinar
William A. Rusher
The
Claremont Institute For the Study of
William Rusher
Little Sister
Jesse Jackson
HBO
Louis Farrakhan
C-Span
Mark Twain
Boston
DAL
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