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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1980
Page
3
The investigation into construction bonding fraud expands beyond contractors to include insurers agents and accountants. Reports describe phony financials kickbacks inflated bills and bankruptcy fraud tied to a broader scheme tying to GSA scandals. Officials say losses pressuring sureties threaten firm bonding access.
Mrs Zapotosky accuses school officials of vendetta after a magazine piece by Mrs Warrick led to the removal of a guest speaker. Parents, teachers, and board members clash over handling, apologies, and rule enforcement amid a controversy tied to music program cuts and perceived selective discipline.
Mrs. John Suddoth stands in the rain outside her former home after a tornado strikes Sunset Mobil Home Village in northwest Sedalia Missouri injuring more than two dozen people. UPI reports the event occurred late Monday afternoon with coverage on page A-7.
Payne criticizes Carter administration and Congress for worsening economy as tactic and predicts recession impacts across industries. He blames automakers for slow response to fuel efficient cars and joins Jesse Jackson in a Washington march on May 17 to highlight poverty and unemployment. Payne plans three busloads to participate and urges broad public action to pressure policymakers.
Harbor pilot linked to three Tampa Bay shipping accidents in five months testifies as Coast Guard probe starts into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collision that killed 31. Summit Venture rammed a bridge column in a heavy rain squall while entering port aboard the Liberian freighter.
Cuban fighters buzzed a Coast Guard search helicopter during rescue efforts off the Bahamas, with one jet passing within 50 feet. Bahamas Defense Forces vessel Flamingo had been sunk earlier, killing 19 crewmen. Cuban diplomats arrived seeking a settlement, but talks failed as the UPI report notes hostile actions and official protests from the United States and Bahamas.
In northeast Lebanon rightist and leftist militiamen fought with tanks and artillery through the night. Police put eight dead and 16 wounded, travelers said 18 killed and up to 40 wounded since Sunday amid clashes between Phalangist and National Liberal forces against the Popular Syrian Socialist Party.
Khadafy backers seize Libyan embassies across Europe turning them into peoples bureaus. Posters and songs accompany Monday marches in Turkey East Germany Switzerland Czechoslovakia Austria Belgium Poland and Yugoslavia and Mauritius Island. Envoys mostly support the actions with little police intervention. Britain ousts four Libyan diplomats for incompatible activities and the United States ejects four more.
Opera star Beverly Sills performs what is billed as her final solo concert in Garden Grove California at the $16 million Crystal Cathedral. The nine story glass church opens with a drive in audience and a sold out 3000 seat house, raising funds to complete the project.
The Wall Street Journal won court approval to publish a Dallas based oil and cement company investigation. State District Judge Joe Fish lifted the temporary restraining order after a Monday hearing. Journal spokesman David Kemp welcomed the ruling and condemned prior restraint as repugnant.
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