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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1978
Page
4
Opinion piece from August 24 1978 discusses a stance of remaining independent in political dealings, avoiding alliances for gain while not backing opponents for punishment. The column reflects a cautious approach to policy and governance.
Chief Justice ONeill dies at 62 ending a landmark career that spanned state representative, governor, attorney general and chief justice. He was noted for modernizing lower court dockets and promoting cameras in courtrooms. The Stark County area recalls his early start in politics and his lasting influence.
The piece argues that Fairfield School for Boys must keep 300 students to satisfy state law, harming seven or eight youths eligible for release. It blames Rep Don Maddox for pushing the quota to protect district jobs, calling the 1977 legislature oversight a grave injustice that skews equal justice and urges a quick correction by the General Assembly.
Leon Jaworski resigns as House Ethics counsel saying Kim Dong’s written, non oath response is only a parlor interview. House investigators should still submit questions as rumors of envelopes with $100 bills in Washington persist. Rep. Flynt says Kim will provide new factual information about financial transactions with Congress. The key issue is what actions lawmakers will take next.
The Gazette invites readers to submit original letters under 300 words, signed with name, address and phone number. Names may be withheld for good reason. The paper may edit or reject letters deemed libelous, in bad taste, lengthy, extraneous, or repetitious.
Washington analysis by William E. Clayton explains how a House Senate conference committee on natural gas pricing can distort bills. Staff drafting and secrecy produce unexpected language, risking signature and provoking new rounds of negotiation as stakes rise with deregulation and court rulings.
A writer cites Caveat Emptor findings showing empty supermarket packaging can cost as much as the contents. The piece breaks down carton costs and marks up to 50 cents, suggesting boxes drive prices higher. It references Brazil and a Portland, Oregon sales manager anecdote in a fragmented column.
Jim Aylward reports on Brazil's plan to convert motor transport to alcohol fuel with 170 new sugar cane distilleries at 1.5 million each as 500 Beetles roam Sao Paulo on alcohol. Also notes sugar cane, coffee, and Brazil's four billion yearly import bill.
Washington debates a Capitol Hill proposal to bar American athletes from the 1980 Moscow Games in protest of Soviet repression. The plan cites Helsinki Accords violations and U S tensions with Moscow over journalists espionage cases and retaliatory expulsions amid an election year.
The piece weighs arguments for and against a US boycott tied to human rights concerns in the USSR and reactions to Solzhenitsyn and dissidents. It notes potential losses in NBC broadcast rights, the impact on American athletes, and Kremlin assurances versus perceived zeal to use the Games as political leverage.
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