Athletic complex project stalled after bid rejection
The Medina Board of Education rejected all bids for the senior high athletic complex after architect Edward Heine listed costs at 865 549 dollars, more than the 805 000 available. Residents fear flooding with plans, and confusion over options prompted the halt. A September board meeting will hear recommendations from a committee including Boosters, Concerned Citizens for Education, athletic staff, and incoming Supt. Robert Spence.
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Concerned Citizens For Education
Robert Spence
Bonn summit goals unlikely to transform policy soon
The Bonn economic summit set lofty goals for energy, trade and inflation but the piece warns that real change awaits action by national legislatures and executive assent. It notes past summits under Ford Giscard and Carter show limited follow through and cautions against overoptimism as Congress debates the Humphrey Hawkins bill and inflation targets.
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Letters to The Gazette Encourage Reader Opinions
The Gazette invites timely brief letters under 300 words, signed with name address and phone. Names may be withheld for good reasons. The paper may refuse libelous or tasteless submissions and edit lengthy or repetitious content. Readers are urged to share opinions while maintaining good taste.
Birth of World’s First Test-Tube Baby Stirs Debate
The world’s first test-tube baby, a five pound daughter born by Caesarean to Mrs Lesley Brown in Oldham, challenges church and state with ethical fears. Patrick Steptoe led the breakthrough, while leaders like Leo Abse warn of a possible master race and the Vatican condemns the method as unlawful.
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Robert Musel London
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Oldham and District Hospital
Lesley Brown
Aldous Huxley
Baby Brown
Patrick Steptoe
Leo Abse
House of Commons
Middlesbrough
Gerard McClean
Rome
Pius XII
Church of England
Robert Berry
The Tough Test Of Child Safe Medication Caps
A columnist explains the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 and its testing standard for child resistant caps. It describes how 85 percent of children must be unable to open a container and 90 percent of adults must open it within five minutes after reading directions, without tools.
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Jim Aylward
Omnigamy and myths from a puzzled era in print
Jim Aylward's journal style piece surveys quirks and oddities from popular culture and psychology. It cites Calvin Coolidge’s one sentence will, a Beside the Box dog names, omnigamy theory from Rutgers psychologist Lionel Tiger, and Bruno Bettelheim on fairy tales.
Should we cut taxes or cut spending
President U S Chamber of Commerce argues for both tax relief and spending cuts to reduce deficits. He cites projected 1979 1980 tax increases of 700 950 and notes a history of budget growth favoring spenders over taxpayers. He urges trimming the deficit with balanced actions.
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Carter
Washington
Feds
Open-Ended Budget Debate Calls For Slower Spending Rise
In a public letter the Laney family thanks supporters after a loss and joins a tax policy debate. The piece argues federal spending and tax cuts should slow to match inflation, proposing a 7 percent cap and potential $25-$30 billion yearly relief, with possible job growth and investment gains by 1981. It stresses voters demand lower taxes and a democratic burden of proof on policymakers.
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