Word: ohio
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these inflationary times, most people would consider $3 for a day's work a criminal wage. In Ohio, it is just that: for years, a state law has offered convicted persons the choice of paying their fines or working them off at the rate of $3 a day. Ohio's Supreme Court has just found that law unconstitutional. Because an affluent criminal can choose between jail or payment of a fine, but the indigent offender cannot, the court ruled that the law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment...
...taxpayer's revolt has hit Ohio, where public schooling is financed through a combination of state aid and local property taxes. Taxpayers turned down 166 out of 523 proposals to increase local school levies in November and vetoed 52 more out of 99 in a special election last month. The result is a statewide financial crisis for the schools. Some closed early for Christmas vacation. Others are meeting the challenge by freezing the size of the faculty and eliminating such "frills" as art and Russian. The schools in Canton plan to cut corners by delaying next fall...
...member Ohio Education Association, the state's dominant teachers' organization, has threatened to apply sanctions unless the legislature votes additional taxes. The O.E.A.'s first step would be to discourage teachers from teaching in Ohio. Says Stayner Brighton, the association's executive secretary: "The real problem in Ohio is that we tax at the lowest level of any state.* We think Ohioans should know that if taxed at the national average, we would provide $600 million a year more for schools...
...said he was not sure what Klug's exact reasons for quitting were, but added, "It seemed that Ken had a lot on his mind besides basketball." Klug is now in Ohio, and although no one knows for sure what he is doing, some have speculated that his new activities involve religion, one of his primary interests...
...railroads practice all sorts of tricks with timetables to discourage traffic. The Chesapeake and Ohio schedules its trains between Detroit and Grand Rapids to arrive after 2 a.m. The Southern Pacific's Lark reaches Los Angeles from San Francisco 35 minutes too late to connect with the eastbound Super Chief and 20 minutes after the last train to San Diego. Passengers on the Baltimore & Ohio's night train from Washington to Detroit are put off at Fostoria, Ohio at 5:30 a.m. and loaded aboard busses for the last leg of the trip. Then there is the nostalgia...