Largest ever board budget up 1 7 million
Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities proposes a record 6.9 million dollar 1985 budget, up from 5.2 million in 1984, with about half from state grants and the levy. officials discuss potential levy reductions amid a large carryover and expansion plans funded by aid. The meeting at Murray Ridge Adult Services Center will review the document. The board considers cutting the levy by up to 900 thousand, but votes may oppose further reductions.
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Desegregation settlement nudges Lorain schools toward magnet plan
The Ohio Board of Education approved a five year desegregation settlement for Lorain City Schools to create magnet schools with voluntary busing, boost minority hiring, and study discipline and layoffs. A fairness hearing before U.S. District Judge Dowd is set for June 26, with implementation likely starting September 1985. A seven member board of review will oversee desegregation. The state will pay up to 1 million dollars of costs over seven years. A public hotline 244-9000 extension 224 was established for plan information.
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Alabama Tops Country Vocal Group for Fourth Year
Members of the country rock group Alabama are named top country vocal group for the fourth straight year at the 19th annual Country Music Awards held at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park California. Presenters Catherine Bach and Charly McClain joined the group on stage.
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Supreme Court allows city ban on political signs
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 to reinstate a Los Angeles ordinance banning political signs on public property to curb visual clutter. Justice John Paul Stevens, delivering the plurality opinion, said the restriction addresses a substantial evil within the city’s power and does not apply to private property.
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Private Property Signs Debate Spurs Los Angeles Case
Public interest in eliminating signs on public property is not harmed by excluding private property. The city ban was challenged by former Los Angeles council candidate Roland Vincent after his 1979 signs attached to utility pole supports were removed. City attorney Anthony Saul Alperin argued the rule prevents visual clutter across LA’s 6,400 miles of streets.
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