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Election results WgM Furniture folly xhf Five pages, beginning oh A14 pffll belongings discartj hjg Akron Beacon Journal Copyright6 1987, Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Wednesday, May 6, 1 987 Akron, Ohio Seat belt use triples in a year, state says Warnings and tickets issued by Ohio Highway Patrol since seat belt law enacted: WARNINGS TICKETS by local law enforcement officers statewide. To be cited for failing to wear a seat belt, drivers must be stopped for some other traffic violation. To avoid paying the fines $20 for drivers and $10 for front-seat passengers violators may opt to attend a one-hour seat-belt safety class, held in most communities at high schools. Fines collected so far total about $440,000 to pay for the classes, an educational film, brochures, bumper stickers and "Buckle Up" signs posted along But the seat-belt law, which went into effect a year ago today, is just one of the factors that might be causing habits to change, officials say.

"Just having the law doesn't increase compliance," said Wendy Schweiger, a spokeswoman for the department. "It's not punitive enough to cause people to buckle up. It's the public education that goes along with it. I think the seat-belt message has been pretty loud and clear for the whole year." No one has tabulated the thousands of additional tickets and warnings issued roads. Officials in the Department of Highway Safety say they hope funds in the future will be used for broader advertising.

But a Highway Patrol spokesman said studies show that most people who don't wear seat belts make that choice because they find them uncomfortable. Nancy English, a 45-year-old accounting clerk from Northfield Township, usually rejected the seat belt. But she believes that the law and her See MORE, page A20 Tickets help provide impetus By Marcia Myers Beacon Journal staff writer After a year of a mandatory seat-belt law that produced 82,216 tickets and 197,457 warnings from the Ohio Highway Patrol, the use of seat belts by Ohio drivers and their front-seat passengers has tripled, according to the Ohio Department of Highway Safety. SUMMIT STARK PORTAGE MEDINA 3,064 4,288 4,387 1,897 2,000 2,147 2,036 1,702 1,992 1,475 vWAYNE rrxi PR. man is charged Stow levy fails at polls Vote stuns school official arms case CASEY DIES Secord begins telling about missile sales J.

a Associated Press WASHINGTON Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh filed his second criminal case in the Iran-Contra affair today as congressional investigators shifted the focus of nationally televised hearings from efforts to arm the Nicaraguan rebels to the Reagan administration's arms sales to Iran. Walsh filed a conspiracy charge against public relations executive Richard R. Miller, and a hearing was expected to be held later today in U.S. District Court. The filing of a criminal information indicated that Miller, who worked as a consultant for Carl Channell's National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty, had entered into a plea agreement with independent counsel Walsh.

A criminal information is a charge filed by a prosecutor without going before a grand jury. Channell pleaded guilty last week to a similar charge brought by Walsh, who is investigating the entire Iran-Contra affair. The criminal charge was filed shortly before retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V.

Secord re- Former CIA director William Casey, 74, died early today of pneumonia. Story on page A19. By Yallnda Rhoden Beacon Journal staff writer Stow schools Superintendent Robert Dunn said Tuesday night he was surprised by the defeat of a 9.5-mill emergency operating levy in his district. "I was optimistic because we started getting some positive feedback from residents after they toured the new school building (two weeks ago) and saw how nice it is," he said. But enthusiasm about the new high school building, which will open Sept.

1, wasn't enough to persuade voters to pass the five-year levy that would have raised about $2.8 million annually for the district, which is facing an estimated $2 million deficit during the 1987-88 school year. The levy failed by a vote of 4,896 to 1,825. Dunn, who said the levy will be back on the ballot in the Aug. 4 special election, added that some voters may have been confused about how the money would be used. He said there were some concerns that the money would be used for the new $16.5 million high school on Graham Road.

The money is needed to pay salaries and other operating expenses, Dunn said. If the levy is not passed this year, Dunn said the district would have to borrow money from the state's emergency loan fund, which, he said, would mean greater debt and additional layoffs. Two weeks ago, the school board announced that 11 teachers would be laid off at the end of this school year. Here is how other Summit County issues fared Tuesday: VILLAGES Boston Heights A 3.5-mill, additional road levy was defeated because it failed to receive 55 percent of the vote. The levy received 117 votes in favor and 111 against.

The levy would have generated about $52,000 annually for five years. TOWNSHIPS Coventry A 1-mill, renewal road levy passed, 1,336 to See STOW, page A14 sumed his testimony before the joint House-Senate committees investigating the affair. Under questioning from House counsel John Nields, Secord began detailing the 1985 sale of Israeli missiles to Iran, a transaction that he said several U.S. officials were aware of. Secord spent more than three See PR, page A19 Associated Prate Former Maj.

Gen. Richard Secord prepares to testify at Tuesday Iran-Contra hearings Hart: I erred, but did nothing immoral think it ought to bother anyone else." Asked' whether she thought Hart showed poor judgment in having a relationship with Donna Rice, Mrs. Hart said, "If I could have planned his weekend schedule, I think I would have scheduled it differently. "But I don't think one should misconstrue something that may be a bad political judgment with the kind of character See HART, page A 12 can be misconstrued by some to be improper," Hart said. In Denver this morning, Hart's wife of 28 years, Lee, said that she's not disturbed by he husband's association with the young woman and doesn't think anyone else should be.

"Gary said, 'I did and I know he did nothing," Mrs. Hart said at a small news conference before flying to join her husband in New Hampshire. "And in all honesty, if it doesn't bother me, I don't From Beacon Journal wire services Democratic presidential front-runner Gary Hart said he made a "mistake in judgment" by socializing last weekend with a 29-year-old model, but added that he had done nothing immoral and had not spent the night with her. He attacked the press for printing "false and misleading" stories that "hurt innocent people." "Did I make a mistake in putting myself in circumstances that could be misconstrued?" Hart asked in brief remarks to the American Newspaper Publishers Association before delivering a speech on economic policy. "Of course I did.

That goes without saying. Did I do anything immoral? I absolutely did not. "I have always held myself to a high standard of public and private conduct and I always will. But the events of the past few days have also taught me that for some of us in public life, even the most commonplace and appropriate behavior INSIDE Ann Landers C5 Funding for blimp passes two key votes Business B6 to 8 City and Region Dl to 3 Classified D6 to 1 1 Comics CIO, 11 Deaths D4, 5 Editorials A8 Entertainment C8 Lifestyle CI to 5 Lottery Page 2 Movies C9, 12 Sports B1 to 5 TV C6 World, U.S. in Brief A 12 New York station makes a fancy bid for Pete Franklin By Terry Pluto Beacon Journal staff writer Pete Franklin may be taking his act to New York City.

The brash talk-show host, who argues sports on Cleveland radio station WWWE (1100-AM), has been offered a two-year deal worth almost $600,000 to anchor a new all-sports format beginning in July on New York's WHN (1050-AM). It is believed that Franklin, a fixture in Cleveland radio for 20 years, may take the New York offer unless WWWE gives him a whopping pay raise. Franklin hosts the Sportsline show heard weeknights from 6 to 10 p.m. At WWWE, Franklin earns about $100,000 annually, so the New York deal would triple his yearly income. Speculation about Franklin's moving to See N.Y.

STATION, page A6 By William Hershey Beacon Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON A Senate committee Tuesday approved a defense spending plan for 1988 that includes $45.2 million requested by the Navy for a prototype surveillance blimp that might be built in Akron by Loral Systems Group. Meanwhile, the House voted 249-172 for a $288.7 billion defense spending plan that includes $20 million for the blimp. The House vote, however, was not the final House action on the defense plan. Technically, it was a vote on an amendment by Rep. Les Aspin, as a substitute for the defense spending plan approved by his Armed Services Committee.

Aspin put together the $288.7 billion plan when the committee's $305.7 billion plan turned out to be more generous to the Pentagon than permitted under the House-approved general budget. The $305.7 billion plan did not have money for the blimp. While approval of the Aspin substitute was a victory for Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron, who worked with Aspin to come up with the $20 million, nothing will be certain until the House finishes considering amendments to the main bill. Because it is likely that a House-Senate conference committee will be needed to resolve differences between defense bills, it See FUNDING, page A29 WEATHER: Partly cloudy tonight.

Low near 40. Partly sunny Thursday. High near 65. Full report on Page 2. CHUCKLE: People who let themselves get too tied up with business should remember the same thing used to happen to horse thieves.

Beacon Journal file photo Ted Walls Pete Franklin does his show 1.

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