Overhaul urged for CETA programs amid corruption concerns
President Carter asks Congress to renew CETA for four more years with 11.4 billion dollars in 1979 funding. The plan targets jobless relief and training while facing corruption, substitution, and dependence problems. an audit may trim spending without harming its goals.
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Carter
Congress
CETA
Labor
Ray Marshall
Special Investigations
Buffalo
N.Y
Piketon Uranium Plant expansion faces funding clash
Carter administration signals cut in Piketon enrichment project funding from 220 million to 105 million as fewer nuclear plants are planned. Edison Electric Institute president William McCollum Jr. urges sticking to the 220 million appropriation after Congressmen Harsha and Brown win support to retain funding.
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Carter
Ohio
Piketon
Tennessee
House Energy and Power
Department of Energy
William McCollum Jr
Edison Electric Institute
McCollum
Congress
William Harsha
Portsmouth
Clarence Brown Jr
Urbana
House
Brown
Columbus Dispatch
State project limited to minority bids sparks test case
Black members of the Ohio General Assembly moved to restrict bidding on the Alberta Street project to minority contractors with Controlling Board approval. The move, the first of its kind for a state construction bid, drew protests from Associated Contractors of Ohio and prompted questions of legal authority as minority bidding faced court scrutiny.
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Lee Leonard
UPI
Statehouse
Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
Alberta Street
Donald Welsch
Shoemaker
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
General Assembly
Sen
William F. Bowen
Cincinnati
Ohio lawmakers clash over minority set asides in capital bid law
The article details a 1977 dispute over minority set asides in Ohio capital construction law. A House resolution, reportedly by Rep. McLin, claimed intent to award projects to minority firms, prompting skepticism from Senate leaders. Officials defend open bidding, noting 25 minority firms receive notices and bid on about 76 million of 200 million in projects.
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House
Rep
C.J. McLin
D-Dayton
Myrl H. Shoemaker
Dbourneville
House Finance Committee
Capital Construction Ill
112Th General Assembly
Gem City
Sweet Adelines
Dayton
McLin
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New Boston
Riffe
Bowen
Department of Administrative Services
Board of Regents
Welsch
Running Your Way Toward a Gold Mine
A satirical look at the jogging craze notes its spread beyond a fad with The Complete Book of Running and new handbooks. It imagines a Professional Joggers Association, celebrity endorsements, and merchandising, while lampooning bank robbers blending into crowds after heists.
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Washington
UPI
Letters to the editor on OASIS highway safety program
A reader argues the Ohio OASIS plan should be part of traffic safety, noting trooper shortages and expanded patrols on high traffic highways. The letter contrasts OASIS with TV censorship calls and recalls a prior federal funded program SMASH, explaining patrol shifts to busy roads.
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Oasis
Ohio Highway Patrol
America and America: reader letters on ERA and patriotism
A letter from Shirley King in Columbus recalls the 1977 International Women’s Year convention and ERA debates, praising patriotic moments at the 1978 Future Farmers of America convention and expressing hope in American youth. A second letter from Col. Adam G. Reiss, Ohio Highway Patrol superintendent, discusses off duty trooper programs and the 55 mph speed limit.
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Columbus
Future Farmers of America
Old Glory
Gov. Rhodes
FFA
America
Shirley King Medina
Adam G. Reiss
Ohio Highway Patrol
Deterioration To the Banor
Sharon Two resident Kirk Kaufman voices concern about winter road costs in 1977 and 1978. He cites heavy snow removal expenses, increasing wear on roads from more homes, aging equipment, and insufficient taxes for repairs. He urges more funding for road maintenance and equipment.
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Sharon
Kirk Kaufman
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