Soaring college costs drive families to limits of budgets
In Slippery Rock and Wilmington, middle class families confront rising college costs and taxes. John McDonald and Mary describe tightened finances after paying 10,000 in college costs, taxes of over 10,000, and a 2,000 furnace replacement. Alan Thompson notes tuition climbs for his children, selling stock and cutting expenses to fund Anne and John’s educations while fearing loss of home. Both families blame inflation and policy, seeking tax relief and college tax credits.
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John
Mary
Thompsons
Wilmington
Alan
Anne
University of Richmond
Virginia
Baldwin-Wallace College
Cleveland
Carter
Baldwin-Wallace
Peter
Massachussets Institute of Technology
Joy
McDonald
McDonalds
Alan Thompson
Kennedy
Johnson
Vermilion teachers pause talks as strike looms
Vermilion School Board halted salary negotiations after a breakdown Monday night. The Vermilion Teachers Association plans an executive committee meeting at 4:30 p.m. and a general members meeting at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the board action and potential strike and levy stance.
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Vermilion
Vermilion School Board
Mario Rini
Vermilion Teachers Association
VFA
VTA
Rebecca Tilbury
Elyria to Seek December Levy in Face of Shortfall
Elyria? school leaders schedule a December 14 levy vote after projecting a 1 million dollar shortfall for 1979. Board member Dickerson objects to timing, urging a February vote. others note new legal constraints under House Bill 1285. Nellie Caver of the Elyria Education Association pledges teacher support while pressing a firm salary increase by January 1.
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Dickerson
Ohio
Larkins
Nellie Caver
Elyria Education Association
Wellington non-teachers seek non-reprisal clause in strike talks
Wellington non-teaching staff fear job action during a teacher strike. Nine OAPSE members affected. one at work, eight uncertain, choosing day by day whether to report. They urge the board and Wellington Education Association to add a non-reprisal clause for CAPSE personnel to settlement, preventing actions against non-teachers who stay home or report to work.
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Hudacko
Wellington Education Association
Channel 61 to be revived in Cleveland in 18 months
Channel 61 an independent UHF station in Cleveland will return to the air in about 18 months under new ownership. Balaban Television Corp and partners plan daytime independent programming and an evening scrambled pay channel from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Viewers can access the pay programming with a device costing 15 to 20 dollars per month.
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Channel 61
Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Assoct
Ates Co
Wkbf TV
Kaiser Broadcasting Co
San Francisco
Elmer Balaban
Balaban Television Corp
Chicago
Balaban
At & P.m
Mr. Farber
Ridgeville to keep growing despite split sessions plan
Ridgeville’s population rise of about 700 forces the district to comply with a state funding mandate. DeLuca warned loss of funds could shut the district next week, as state dollars cover 55 percent of operating costs. Split sessions and cross-district bus routes may continue until capacity or population shifts.
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DeLuca
Ohio
North Ridgeville
Ohio enacts harsher penalties for loan sharking and cemetery vandalism
In Columbus two new Ohio laws take effect banning extortion by loan sharks and criminalizing grave robbing and cemetery vandalism. Gov. Rhodes signed the measures last July after a June legislative session to curb violent debt repayment pressure and vandalism.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Fairfield to decide school closure or state takeover
Fairfield boards must choose whether to close schools on November 22 or hand control to the state if the 5.45 mill levy fails on November 7. An acting superintendent said a state audit shows funds cover operations through November 22, with options to borrow 762,628 or await levy passage easing the shutdown.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Board of Education
Harry Hann
Hann
Harm
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