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Newi Journal, Mansfield, 0. Tuesday, April 1 1, 1989 4-a RegionOhio Mt. Gilead cracking down on needless police, fire runs Ohioans face off on abortion By Marybeth Farrcll Stain Newt Servic upholding the Missouri law would restrict religious freedoms, keep doctors from telling patients about all health-care options, and force dangerous illegal abortions on poor women who could not afford travel to states where the procedure is legal. The principle arguments of pro-lifers were that Roe v. Wade usurped states' legislative powers to regulate abortion and that abortion is the same as murder.

to overturn a prior decision that recognized a fundamental right (reproductive choice) would be an unprecedented event in American constitutional history," the pro-choice brief signed by members of Congress said. In all, 31 pro-choice briefs were filed with the court by more than 300 medical, religious, legal, academic, and women's groups. Forty-five pro-life briefs have been filed. off the alarms first. Village Clerk Kathy Richards said the police department received 20 false alarms in March.

All buildings with alarms must be registered with the village and pay a one-time fee of $10 by May 1. Registration forms are available at the Mt. Gilead Mayor's Office. People who install new alarm systems will have a 30-day grace period to register their alarm system, under the new ordinance. MT.

GILEAD An ordinance passed earlier this month will make too many false alarms costly for businesses and residences with alarm systems. The ordinance would levy fines of $50 for every false alarm after the first four that calls the village police or fire departments out needlessly. The ordinance is designed to cut down on the number of false alarms caused when employees or residents walk into buildings without shutting ster v. Reproductive Health Services, contests a state law which declares that life begins at conception and mandates that no public funds, employees or personnel be used to perform or advise an abortion. The Missouri law, passed in 1986, was specifically drafted as a Supreme Court test case.

The Justice Department and the State of Missouri have both asked the court to use the Webster case to overturn Roe v. Wade. Pro-choice forces argued that The Missouri case, William L. Web STARTS TOMORROW rxn Ul mi -if v-. See our 64 page Sunshine Sale book and shop (or our lowest prices of the season! amiMiiaawwMniaaBi8n 32 WASHINGTON Seven of Ohio's 21 congressional representatives have submitted a brief asking the U.S.

Supreme Court to strike down women's rights to an abortion while two Ohio congressmen have joined Democratic Sens. Howard Metzen-baum and John Glenn in asking the court to preserve abortion rights. The controversy surrounding the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which determined women have a constitutional right to terminate pregnancy, exploded after the Supreme Court announced it will hear a Missouri case April 26 that threatens to overturn the landmark decision. On Sunday, 300,000 pro-choice supporters held a rally in Washington and marched to the U.S.

Capitol. Pro-lifers in the Ohio congressional delegation whose names appeared on the "amicus," or friend-of-the-court brief, included Reps. Michael DeWine, R-Springfield; Donald E. Lukens, R-Hamilton; Douglas Apple-gate, D-Steubenville; Tony P. Hall, D-Dayton; Thomas Luken, D-Cincin-natti; Bob McEwen, R-Hillsboro; and Clarence Miller, R-Newark.

In addition, U.S. Reps. Mary Rose Oakar, D-Cleveland, and Paul Gill-mor, R-Port Clinton, said through spokesmen Monday that they, too, supported the pro-life position. Forty-nine members of the Ohio state legislature filed a pro-life amicus brief contending that Roe v. Wade usurps states rights to limit abortions and ignores the rights of unborn children.

Among them was state Sen. Richard P. Schafrath, R-Loudonville. Among Ohio state legislators, seven signed a pro-choice amicus brief saying that public outcry over abortion does not justify scuttling the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling.

Reps. Louis Stokes, D-Shaker Heights, and James A. Traficant D-Youngstown, were the only members of Ohio's congressional delegation to join Metzenbaum, Glenn and 136 additional members of Congress in signing a pro-choice amicus brief that maintains that reproductive choice is a "fundamental right." Reps. Edward Feighan, D-Lake-wood, and Donald Pease, D-Oberlin, did not return phone calls to their offices on Monday. ''J 1..: i i' I.

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Madison to move patients MANSFIELD Madison Township's first mobile intensive care unit will be going into operation by May 1, according to Fire Chief Philip Ack-erman. Ackerman said Monday night that the unit is a special ambulance with special equipment that will be used to transport critically ill Madison residents from Mansfield hospitals to any other hospital in the state at no cost. The chief said the vehicle will be staffed by a care team that will include nurses and that five nurses will be signing on soon with the township for that duty. The township earlier spent more than $15,000 on new equipment for the mobile intensive care unit and Ackerman said training sessions on the new equipment won't be completed by staffers until April 20. As an aside, Township Trustee David Spain said that a Madison Township resident recently was moved by a similar unit, operated by a private Mansfield ambulance firm, from Mansfield General Hospital to Peoples Hospital at a cost of $565.

"I'm sure that was covered by insurance," Spain said, "but if we had been able to have our unit in operation then, there would have been no cost. This shows we will do anything within reason to help our community." Also on the agenda Monday, the trustees learned that Washington Township Road crews won't be able to do Madison's road mowing in June and September. "If anything," Spain said, "their mower seems to be in worse shape than ours. This puts us back to square one on whether or not to repair our tractor and mower. We're going to have to make a decision pretty soon." The township hoped to spare the cost of tractor and mower repairs for a year by paying Washington Township to handle the mowing of weeds along township roadways, a job that must be done at least twice a summer season.

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