Record-breaking year for Lorain United Way pledges
GLEN MILLER reports United Way of Greater Lorain County raised a record 3,201,215 in pledges for 1989, a 9 percent rise from last year and 97 percent of its 3.3 million goal. Campaign chair Jay AuWerter credited 1,500 volunteers and the Loaned Executive Program with much of the success, noting major contributions from about 20 large local companies and Ford plants in Lorain and Avon. The drive, at DeLuca's Place in the Park, highlighted community efforts to reach the 1991 4 million goal.
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Elyria
United Way
Lorain County
Jay P. AuWerter
Invacare Corp
Cleveland
AuWerter
DeLuca’s Place
Park
Lorain
United Ways
Lorain County Community College
Roy Church
Grafton Correctional Institution
AllWerter
Lorain casino plan eyed to revitalize Palace Center
Alan Spitzer promotes a heart led plan to transform the Palace Civic Center into a major entertainment hub and back a proposed casino in Lorain. He envisions attracting national acts and a renovated Broadway Avenue with a $400 million casino as a marketing driver while pursuing petitions for a state vote and state funding support.
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Lorain
Alan Spitzer
Palace
Casino Gambiine
Spitzer
Broadway Avenue
Broadway
Ohio
Sherrod Brown
Ohio General Assembly
Palace Foundation
Joseph Koziura
D-Loram
Koziura
Crack Use Ties To Rising National Crime Rate
A Bureau of Justice Statistics report shows a second straight rise in violent and property crimes, with cocaine-positive rates among arrestees in 13 large cities in early 1989 peaking at 76 percent in New York and 56 percent in Cleveland. The article links crack use to increased crime as demographics shift and reports on reporting gaps.
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Justice Department
National Institute of Justice
San Antonio
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Cleveland
FBI
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Northeast
Midwest
South
Bill proposes more judges to fight drug war
Colleen Vallo reports from Columbus on a bill to expand the number of common pleas judges in Lorain County and 11 other large counties as part of a statewide drug enforcement effort. The proposal, driven by Sen. Harry Meshel, adds 22 judges and 44 prosecutors across the 12 most populous counties, with six year terms and a new court docket relief fund to ease crowded dockets.
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Columbus
Lorain County
Senate
Harry Meshel
Judiciary Committee
Paul Pfeifer
Rbucyrus
House
Meshel
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Effort to keep McDermott in jail
In Elyria, Prosecutor Jonathan Rosenbaum filed a motion in Loram County Common Pleas Court objecting to Leo McDermott II’s early release. McDermott pleaded guilty to corrupting a minor and drew a one year sentence for the alleged affair with a male student.
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Elyria
Leo McDermott II
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Loram County
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