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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1978
Page
3
The Ohio Trucking Association launches a Safety Monitor program inviting industry employees to act as a citizen patrol against speeding and tailgating by truckers. Monitors will display a Professionals Drive 55 sign and bumper sticker, report company, location, unit number, and violations to OTA for action.
UPI reports Supreme Court Justice Brennan refused to delay a neo Nazi rally set for Sunday in Marquette Park Chicago pending appeal. The Chicago Park District sought to halt the march arguing other parks are accessible without posting a 60000 insurance bond.
U.S. Judge Gurfein stayed enforcement of District Judge Griesa's contempt order against Attorney General Bell delaying appeal. The move pauses disclosure of confidential FBI informer files tied to a $40 million Socialist Workers Party suit alleging FBI interference and harassment dating back to 1938. The decision aims to avoid executive judicial conflict while weighing civil rights against informer anonymity.
A Cuyahoga County judge ordered the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to rescind its advertising pact with Winston Network Inc. Metromedia Inc. had argued for the award, claiming a prior agreement allowed an extension. The ruling requires honoring a five year Metromedia contract and stopping Winston from handling bus and rail ads.
Farm Labor Organizing Committee spokesman Baldemar Velasquez said Indiana and Ohio tomato workers would strike and let tomatoes rot unless canneries join negotiations. He named Stokely Van Camp Del Monte Heinz and Campbell as targets and set a July 20 meeting in Indianapolis to discuss wages health housing and insurance benefits and a portable timeclock system.
The FTC charges Household Finance Corporation with violating the truth in lending act by offering new loans to bankrupt clients if they reaffirm old debts. It says HFC fails to list reaffirmed debts as a finance charge and may seek restitution. HFC denies wrongdoing and plans to contest the complaint.
Detective Bigam is transferred amid alleged inequities in case assignments and quits due to alleged harassment by superiors. The move parallels a prior reassigning involving Hinckley Two as police leadership changes unfold and training programs are planned for Medina County officers. Keller cooperates with the local training effort.
James Christy of the Naval Observatory reports a moon orbiting Pluto named Charon after the ferrying mythic figure. Observations from Chile and Flagstaff support a six day orbital period, placing Pluto at 2.8 billion miles from Earth and revealing a smaller, methane likely world than once thought.
Ohio Senate President Pro Tempore Oliver Ocasek announces Sen Jerome Stano of Parma as chair of the Ohio Nursing Home Commission succeeding Rep Dennis Wojtanowski. The 11 member panel will oversee the nursing home program and pursue recommendations for legislative and administrative changes over the coming year.
Ohio riders soon face a relaxed helmet rule. Most motorcyclists will not be required to wear helmets while eye protection remains mandatory for all. Law allows under eighteens and new licenses to ride without a helmet. Law enforcement cautions on enforcement clarity and potential rise in fatalities.
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