EHS girls win equal gym time under OCR agreement
Elyria schools reach an OCR agreement ensuring girls receive equal gym time and upgraded sports offerings. The plan covers junior high and high school, with coed golf and cross country, two referees for female games, and matching uniforms. travel, equipment, and awards are to be aligned with male teams.
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Elyria
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Civil Rights
OCR
Kenneth A. Mines
Chicago
Showalter
Supt
Thomas Showalter
Surveying Gulf Road bridge repairs on Ohio Turnpike
Elyria city employee Al McNeal and city worker George Logsdon inspect the Gulf Road bridge over the Ohio Turnpike to measure and record data before planned repairs. The bridge will close after school lets out and deck repairs are expected to last about two months with two of four lanes currently shut.
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al McNeal
Elyria
Gulf Road
Ohio Turnpike
McNeal
George Logsdon
Vermilion teachers protest nonrenewals and principal's cut
Nearly 200 teachers, students and parents protested the Vermilion school board's decision not to renew 12 teachers and to shorten Middle School Principal Incarnato's term by two years. The meeting featured teacher discontent, student signs, and objections to the principal's contract cutback amid ongoing negotiations.
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Vermilion
Larry Incarnato
Erie County
Richard Farrell
Peg Adams
Vermilion Teachers Association
VTA
Rebecca Tilbury
Mario Rini
Rini
South Street
Incarnate
Adams
Welfare costs rise in Lorain County 12 percent
Lorain County last year spent 28.5 million on welfare, up 12 percent from 1978. The annual report by Welfare Director Gerard Prinz shows 5,994 cases, with direct assistance at 13.4 million. Food stamps rose amid economic downturn, and fraud prosecutions yielded 194,376 recovered from 96 indictments.
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Lorain County
Gerard Prinz
Grand Jury
Litkovitz sworn in as Amherst fourth ward councilwoman
Democrat Naly Litkovitz was appointed 5-1 Monday night to Amherst's fourth ward seat, replacing Republican Jan Wittenbrook who is moving out of town. Litkovitz, exhausted after a year of campaigning, had opposed Wittenbrook in November and lost by 39 votes. Rudolph the independent nominee drew no second, while Clint Reph opted out and backed Rudolph.
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Amherst
Naly Litkovitz
Council
Litkovitz
Jan Wittenbrook
Clint Reph
Fourth Ward
Rudolph
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Fed
Mondale
Cleveland
Walter F. Mondale
Columbus
Carter-Mondale
Ohio
Carter
Ickesburg
UPI
Chronicle-Telegram
Gene Krebs
John Barnett
Jane Buck
Paul Sennhenn
Harold Welker
Incarnato
Walter Godfrey
C-T
Litkovitz New Amherst
Fred Rudolph
Federal Aviation Administration
John Wogan
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