Ohio tax package clears House vote in 54 to 42 win
The Ohio House approves a 1.4 billion tax package including a first personal income tax 1 to 4 percent with a 500 per dependent exemption up to 3,000. The measure funds a 7.8 billion appropriation and shifts revenue to education property relief and local government.
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Lee Leonard
UPI
Statehouse
Columbus
House
Senate
Ohio
Five-Mills Corporation
Signals Fund Campaign Start Y Volunteers Light The Torch
Medina YMCA YWCA Building Fund kicks off with a torch lighting ceremony to urge donations. Tim Scheel from Medina High lit the torch after a four mile run with five county schools participating. Local runners from Medina Brunswick Wadsworth and Highland performed. About 300 attended the rally at the park in the square with entertainment by Medinettes and the Estes Brothers.
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Ymca-Ywca Building Fund
Tim Scheel
Medina High School
Y’ Building Fund
Medina Square
Gazette
Mike Dungjen
Medina
Ymcaywca Building Fund
Joe Hurd
Dennis Baratta
Brad Anderson
Medinettes
Judy Riker
Carla Cort
Anita Black River
Ralph Bowling
Russ Brassy
Jim Power
Gerry Smith
Steve Bedeski
Highland’s
Dave Morris
Paul Orchard
Rich Brown
Stuart Picard
Johnson
Terry Stierer
Sheridan Cort
The
Estes Brothers
Medina Community Hospital
St. Francis Xavier Church
Hospital
Bob Levandoski
Karl Klassen Explains Family Guidance Budget
Medina County Family Guidance Director Karl Klassen questions a $215,278 mental health figure in the 1972 budget calling it unreliable due to overlapping structure. He notes funding gaps and seeks a general fund raise from $29,000 to $45,000, with state aid covering 60 to 70 percent. The agency served over 600 families last year and plans expansion into in patient and emergency treatments as a levy debate continues.
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AL Thomas Medina
County Commissioners
Karl Klassen
Klassen
Medina County
Kent State University
Houses Going Up At Fast Clip In Medina County
Medina County residents see a clear early 1971 construction surge with 447 residential permits issued in the first six months across Medina County, Medina City, and Brunswick City. The county building department reports 238 home permits, up from 92 a year earlier, while Medina City and Brunswick City show smaller gains. A comparison notes 641 new homes built last year versus 584 in 1969, underscoring rising activity.
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Medina
Medina County
Medina City
Brunswick City
Ohio Senators Split Vote as Veto Override Fails
The UPI report notes that Ohio's two Republican senators cast different votes while the Senate failed by five votes to override President Nixon's veto of a public works jobs bill.
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Washington
UPI
Ohio
Senate
Nixon
Rodgers Announces Candidacy for Medina City Council President
Medina councilman George Rodgers announces his bid for council president after filing petitions yesterday requiring 35 to 70 signatures. He cites eight years on the council and service on multiple boards as preparation, pledging open decisions and responsive leadership. John Root weighs re-election plans.
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Medina
George Rodgers
John Root
United Telephone Joins Strike in Ohio as Railroads Begin Walkouts
CWA locals 4478 and 4474 struck United Telephone facilities in Shelby Bucyrus Wooster after a contract extended by one month expired. The nationwide action involved 500000 communications workers and spread to AT&T copper and postal labor disputes with ongoing court actions over a C&NW injunction.
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Communications Workers of America
United Telephone Co
Ohio
Bell Telephone Systems
United Telephone
Shelby
Bucyrus
CWA
Local
Wooster
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Washington
Union Pacific
The
Southern Railway
UTU
Chicago & North Western Railway
C&nw
Chicago
Strke
Price War Expands On Pearl Road
Bruns wick sees a continuing gasoline price war with seven cent differences advertised at five of eleven stations from Grafton to Sleepy Hollow Roads. Free pop glasses and stamps entice customers at Gulf and Texaco stations near Grafton Road while some long time owners keep regular prices.
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Brunswick
Pearl Road
Grafton
Sleepy Hollow
Grafton Road
Gulf
Texaco
Paul Rumbaugh
Schoen
Sohio
Oxford Drive
Gulf Station
Lone
Marathon
Brunswick Sunoco
Ray
American Arco
Bogie
Rt. 303
W. 130Th Street
Strongsville
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William Batchelder
Gilligan Administration
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New York
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Craig Foy
Bob Klasek
Rick Bukstar
Ken Benco
Wadsworth
Ken Erwin
Dave Klassen
Bob Kelly
Rotary
Ford Good
GOP
Council
Joseph A. Beirne
United Steel Workers
Anaconda Copper
Helena
Mont
American Smelting and Refining
San Francisco
Kennecott Copper
Salt Lake City
Utah
Phelps-Dodge
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
West Coast
Western Union
United Telegraph Workers
United Auto
J.I. Case
Midwest
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