Open hearings urged in Medina school salary talks
Editorial urges Medina City Board of Education and teachers to keep pay negotiations public. It notes the public was kept informed on school construction costs and argues taxpayers have the right to know how public funds are spent, urging repeal of secrecy in negotiations.
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Medina City Board of Education
Robert Smith
Medina City Teachers Association
MCTA
Russell Morrison
Medina
Public Hospitals Under Public Oversight Urged for Health Reform
A discussion argues hospitals should serve broader community health needs beyond inpatient care. Cornell expert Douglas R. Brown advocates public leadership and wider public representation on hospital policy bodies to balance physician dominance amid rising costs and tradition.
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Douglas R. Brown
Cornell University
Brown
Nagging System Warns Palazolla Car Health in Voices
Los Angeles systems engineer Nick Palazolla uses his wife’s recorded nagging to alert him to car trouble. The device yells when headlights are left on or gas is low and can warn of overheating or missing seatbelts. A gentler voiced refinement is suggested.
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Nick Palazella
Nick Palazolla
Los Angeles
Russian Arts Exhibition Opens Amid U S Soviet Talks
A 4000 year span display of Russian arts and crafts opens at the Corcoran Gallery Washington with Madame Yekaterina Furtseva attending. It travels to Los Angeles St Paul Chicago Boston and New York through next November as talks on renewing the cultural exchange progress.
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United States
Corcoran
Washington
Moscow
Yekaterina Furtseva
Madame Furtseva
B.C
Soviet Union
Los Angeles
St. Paul
Chicago
Boston
New York
Frank Shakespeare
U.S. Information Agency
Tbilisi
Watch Geese as Deterrent Sparks Court Clash
A Southwestern city dispute over keeping geese as watchdogs led to a court confrontation when neighbors complained of noise. The magistrate dismissed the idea as ridiculous, forgetting the ancient use of geese in Rome to alert to Gaulish threats on Capitoline Hill in 390 B.C. The tale underscores geese as historical watch animals.
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Capitoline Hill
390
B.C
Rome
Medina County Gazette Publication Details
Medina County Gazette published daily except Sundays and holidays by Medina County Publications Inc. at 685 West Liberty Street Medina Ohio 44256. Rates include 10 cent single copies and 60 cent weekly carrier, with mail subscriptions $26 for 12 months. Staff: Arthur D. Hudnutt publisher, Mike Dungjen managing editor, Stuart A. Borden general manager.
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Medina County Gazette
Medina County Publications Inc
West Liberty Street
Medina
Medina, O
Arthur D. Hudnutt
Mike Dungjen
Stuart A. Borden
Brunswick
NATO Aims and American Complacency Threaten Europe
Ralph de Toledano argues NATO and SHAPE sustain Europe’s peace but face U S cutbacks. He warns Mansfield style moves could erode alliance credibility, inviting a dangerous shift as European members doubt U S commitment and withdraw further. The piece questions Senate actions and the psychological impact of troop reductions.
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NATO
Europe
Norway
United States Senate
Reform of Government Takes Back Seat to Politics
The piece argues President Nixon avoids major government reform in favor of broad policy battles. It surveys congressional inertia, bureaucratic entrenchment, and the risk of an outsider reformer invoking public support while focusing on welfare, drug abuse, and pollution instead of restructuring federal agencies. It also warns NATO of reduced alliance leverage if Western Europe faced Finlandization.
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Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
NATO
Europe
Norway
Turkey
United States
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Damocles
Senator Mansfield
U.S
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Defense
Atlantic
Western Europe
Finland
Selective Renewal Boosts Neighborhoods Without Bulldozers
Urban renewal can be targeted not wholesale, with selective renewal using HUD code enforcement to upgrade deteriorating areas. Portland Maine credits the program with stabilizing values and saving homeowners from foreclosure, while Bramhall Hill saw trees planted, sidewalks refurbished, streets repaved, and new traffic signs. Other cities adopting the approach include Fort Worth Texas Malden Massachusetts Birmingham Alabama Takoma Park Maryland Minneapolis Minnesota and San Francisco California.
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Eugene Carlson Washington
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Portland
Maine
Bramhall Hill
Fort Worth
Tex
Malden
Mass
Birmingham
Ala
Takoma Park
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Hat in the Ring and other games of candidacy
A humor piece notes Changing Times Education Service released board games about vice and politics including Hat in the Ring a game that simulates a presidential nominating contest. It highlights tabulated disasters such as losing delegates or money in a rally that turns violent.
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Washington
UPI
Changing Times Education Service
Changing Times
Dick West
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