Video game debate erupts after Koop attack on youth games
Surgeon General J Everett Koop charged video games harm children, citing aberrant behavior and dream themes as evidence. Supporters from psychologists to game firms argued games build skills, control, and family bonding, while some communities ban or restrict public arcade play.
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J ©. Everett Koop
Pittsburgh
Jack Woodman
Telesys Inc
Fremont
Calif
Malaysia
Philippines
Indonesia
Marlboro
Mass
Bradley, Ill
Coral Gables
Fla
Mesquite
Texas
U.S
Father of dead player sues over helmet failure
Dr. Jose Rivera, Lorain physician and father of Lester Rivera, filed a wrongful death suit in Cuyahoga County Court against the Diocese of Cleveland, Elyria Catholic High School officials, and makers of the helmet used when his son collapsed during a scrimmage on Aug. 21, 1980. The suit, seeking $1.2 million, cites possible helmet design flaws and inadequate supervision. Rivera says the case will entail years of litigation while coroner's findings cite an acute brain bleed from trauma as the cause of death.
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Lester Rivera
Elyria Catholic
Diocese of
Cleveland
Jose Rivera
Hickory Hollow Court
Amherst
Cuyahoga County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Rivera
Lorain Community Hospital
Lorain County
William Kishman
Marshall Nurenberg
Nurenberg
Loraine
Anthony
Grafton-or-Flats prison fight carried to Rhodes
Lorain County politicians gear up to battle Gov James Rhodes and Cleveland officials to keep a proposed 76 million reformatory in Raton Township. Rhodes reversed a state decision to locate the facility in Lorain County following pressure from Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich and council president George Forbes. A large Lorain County delegation, including officials and lawmakers, planned a meeting with Rhodes to present their case, with J Leonard Camera declaring resolve to attend despite being a target of political weight.
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Lorain County
James Rhodes
Cleveland
Raton Township
George Voinovich
Council
George Forbes
Rhodes
Voinovich
Forbes
J. Leonard Camera
D-Lorain
Ronald Nabakowski
Marguerite Bowman
R-Elyria
Marie Tansey
R-Vermilion
Elyria
Michael Keys
Lorain
Joseph Koziura
Alan Zaleski
James Mertz
Rebel miners elect an upstart lawyer
Washington AP report says United Mine Workers members ousted president Sam Church and chose Richard Trumka, 33, a Villanova law graduate, for a five year term by about 2 to 1. Trumka led in 75 percent of locals with 72,896 votes to 34,399 as Church refused to concede.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Richard Trumka
Church
Trumka
UMW
Villanova University Lawchool
West Virginia
Coal Country
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Tennessee
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Union wins Elyria Mfg. option vote
Union Local 176 defeats de-authorization at Elyria Manufacturing Co by 36 to 35 in a close vote on whether workers at Northrup Street plant may choose union membership. Union leader Henry Will calls it a win. NLRB allowed laid-off workers to vote. plant managers consider appeal.
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Union
Elyria Mfg
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Elyria Manufacturing Co
Northrup Street
Paul Hiltabidel
National Labor Relations Board
Grant Tllenberger
NLRB
Illenberger
Fair kills plans for horse bets at Lorain County Fair
Lorain County Fair Board reversed a decision to permit pari mutuel betting on harness racing for the 1983 fair after church and community groups opposed the plan. President Ronald Twining cited public ill will and a desire to keep a clean fair as reasons for the reversal. Reverend Norman Beetler led opposition, with protest letters and petitions presented prior to the session. superintendent Alvin Finkel had supported the change but was reportedly upset by the reversal.
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Wellington
Lorain
Twining
Dan Stroub
Alvin Finkel
Finkel
Black home ownership rises in Cleveland suburbs study says
A report by Cuyahoga Plan of Ohio Inc shows nearly 9,000 more Black homeowners in predominantly white Cleveland suburbs over the decade. It notes 13 suburbs had 50 or more Black households in 1980, and countywide Black-owned homes increased from 39.5 to 42.5 percent. The data lists Black ownership by suburb for 1970 and 1980 with counts and percentages.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga Plan of Ohio Inc
Robert A. Nance
Cuyahoga
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