Cleveland School Shakeup Endures Pinkney Exit
Shock waves hit Cleveland's school system after Arnold Pinkney resigns as School Board president amid a curtailed desegregation plan. John Gallagher to become president September 14. Plan calls for closing 12 elementary schools, creating a downtown demonstration school, affecting about 1,900 pupils and saving roughly 900000 dollars through December. Battisti tightens control. bus numbers and funding threaten open for 1978-79. Deputy Superintendent Leftwich denies resignation while reassessing stance.
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Robert Langeorge
Cleveland
UPI
Arnold Pinkey
Pinkney
U.S
Frank J. Battisti
John Gallagher
Battisti
Peter Carlin
Carlin
Michael Hoffman
Charles Leftwich
Leftwich
Medina group seeks ICC action to limit Rt 18 truck traffic
A private citizens committee in Medina plans to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission within a month to curb through truck traffic along Rt. 18 from the I-71 junction to Norwalk. The group aims to reduce congestion around the Public Square while excluding trucks with legitimate business in Medina. The Institute for Public Interest Representation in Washington will represent residents.
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ICC
Medina
Carol Biliczky Medina
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rt. 18
Medina Committee To Save Our
Washington D.C
Public Service Law Firm
The
Institute For Public Interest Representation
Medina panel weighs bypass plan for truck traffic
A Washington firm with Georgetown Law students and Ford Foundation funding works with a Medina committee since April to study exempting city bound trucks from toll routes. Brown notes bypass as best interim option, cites toll costs and fuel efficiency, while mayor mixed but open to details. The 12 member panel includes Giovinazzo Parker Warner and Rodgers and will file a petition next month.
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ICC
Washington
Georgetown Law School
Ford Foundation
Sally Giovinazzo
Medina
Jeff Parker
Lin Warner
George Rodgers
Medina County considers countywide disaster services agency
Lt. John Ribar of the Sheriff’s Department urges forming a countywide disaster services agency to qualify for federal aid and access surplus equipment. Wadsworth Brunswick Lodi Spencer and 12 of 17 townships back the plan, while Medina and Westfield Center oppose citing funding questions. County commissioners may vote to approve, despite local objections.
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Jim Woods
Medina
Medina County
Westfield Center
John Ribar
Ribar
Wadsworth
Brunswick
Lodi
Spencer
Ohio
Lake County
Cleveland
Eble
Sheriff's Department
Broich
Inflation on August Opinion Ballot prompts budget debate
The Gazette invites Meaders to share views on how to curb inflation and balance the budget. Hazlitt argues unbalanced budgets drive money printing while Helms calls for immediate spending cuts, not tax hikes, with responses to be sent to President Carter.
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Henry Hazlitt
the Freeman
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Meaders
Carter
Back home Mother daughter reunited after communications four up
Elizabeth Bachtler vanished from the travel group in Budapest and extended her trip after missing the flight home. Her daughter Mrs Chester Bailey sought help from a travel bureau, the American Embassy, Red Cross, and local station WJKW TV. Senators Metzenbaum and Glenn helped locate her.
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Elizabeth Bachtler
Chester Bailey
Cheryl Geschke Hinckley
Bachtler
Budapest
Hungary
Cleveland
Bellus Rd
American Red Cross
Wjkw-Tv
Howard Metzenbaum
John Glenn
D-Ohio
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