Chillicothe Gazette from Chillicothe, Ohio • 9

Washington visit boosts Celeste's campaign treasury Celeste, and little more than half Rhodes' adding, "He's viewed as an almost perfect example of a vanishing species, persons who practice the politics of the '60s. He's more comfortable with the grand schemes of Lyndon Johnson and Nelson Rockefeller." While here, Celeste attended a $250-per-couple dinner at the Georgetown home of Kay Halle, of the Cleveland Halle Department Store family. Co-hosting the dinner was former Gov. Michael V. diSalle.

Earlier, Celeste attended a $25-per-person cocktail party at the home of Ira Forman, a former campaign worker for Anthony Celebrezze, now with the American-Israeli Public Affairs lieutenant governor said. "Whoever I choose will not be well known in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), because that's really the one geographical constraint I have in mind, that I will not choose someone from my home county," Celeste said. Also, he said, he will not choose any of the others who have been mentioned as possible contenders for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Of those, Celeste said, "I think there will be many who will decide not to run because they think they can't beat Jim Rhodes." "If there is a serious candidate," Celeste said, "it wiil be Bill Brown," Ohio's Democratic attorney general. At 36,.

Brown is four years younger than By MARK ROHNER Gannett News Service WASHINGTON Lieutenant Governor Richard Celeste's quest for governor has been given a boost by what an aide called Washington's "power elite." His campaign treasury is $6,000 richer after a Georgetown fund-raiser Saturday night, and Celeste headed for New York Monday to add a few more dollars to the $300,000 he estimates he's already raised. But that's only half of what the Celeste expects to spend just to get the Democratic nomination. And he reckons it'll take another million dollars to defeat Gov. James Rhodes in the fall. Celeste will continue his fund raising efforts in Chillicothe Wednesday.

He will attend a $100-per-person fund raising event at the Cross Keys Tavern, East Main Street, prior to a 6:30 p.m. reception and 7:30 p.m. Roosevelt Day Dinner sponsored by the Ross County Democrat Executive Committee at the Elks Hall, 42 W. Second St. After Saturday's lucrative soiree, Celeste was up early Sunday morning to meet with Washington representatives of Ohio newspapers in a townhouse on Capitol Hill.

Celeste perched on an ottoman in a second-story parlor and talked Ohio politics with reporters, as the leaders of his party were a few blocks away paying their respects to the late Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. Celeste said he expects to select a running mate before the end of the month. This year, for the first time, Ohioans will elect the governor and, lieutenant governor as a team, thus ruling out a replay of the 1974 election, when Republican James A.

Rhodes was elected governor, and Celeste, a Democrat, won the No. 2 spot. He said he is working with a list of about 15 potential running mates, including several blacks and women. Ted Celeste, the candidate's brother and campaign manager, is "talking to party leaders, civic, business and labor leaders, seeking from them some input on these folks," the age. Celeste did not mention Rhodes's age as a campaign issue, but said rather that he believes the governor is vulnerable on such issues as education, in which he said Rhodes has assumed "a posture of abdication." "The only way we can reclaim education from the courts is if we have strong leadership from our elected officials," Celeste said.

"If we want to sit back, we can let the courts run our schools completely, and I think that's an outrage." he added. He said he believes Rhodes is "perceived as strong in only one area, jobs," I i ifi It ltd -r'y i 4WA 4 1 HjtfiL. i i Three schools alter plans due to weather Huntington One Ross County school has planned a series of review days for students before they take their first semester exams, the Chillicothe High School exam schedule has been changed, and another county school will hold classes on two days previously scheduled as holidays, because of the bad weather. 1 Paint Valley There will be no change in the first semester calendar for Paint Valley High School, according to Tom Williamson, principal. The first semester will end Friday.

Two days, previously scheduled as holidays for students, will be used as makeup weather days in the Huntington School District, Board of Education members decided Monday. Weather permitting, students will attend school Friday, which had been set aside as a teacher in-service training day, and on March 27, previously scheduled as an Easter vacation day. Today is Huntington's 12th day lost because of the weather. During the Monday meeting, the board also: Renewed its membership in the Ohio School Boards Association at a cost of $435 including publications and liability insurance. Authorized Superintendent Estill Bowling to work on two special education programs through the Pilasco Ross Education Center.

The cooperative programs of four counties Pike, Lawrence, Scioto and Ross will be to hire a physical therapist and a teacher of the partially sighted. Dawson Bryant School in Lawrence County will make application for the therapist for the four-county area. Washington Local School District, Scioto County, will be responsible for the teacher. Bowling said the new units should not cost Huntington, but the board will pay its share if there is any additional cost. Authorized Bowling to apply to the state school food services department for funds for a walk-in freezer, which will be placed outside the school.

State funding is 75 percent, and local, 25 percent. Bowling estimated the total cost of the unit to be $5,900 and about $1,100 for installation, fencing, additional electrical lines and other costs. Williamson said students will not face any semester exams immediately when they return to school, however. When school resumes, five days will be used for review in the elementary and high schools, although the system will be officially in its second semester. Paint Valley students were out of class again today, the 13th day lost because of the weather.

Schools are allowed a total of five days off because of the weather without being required to make up the lost time. Gaiette photo A TRASH BAGS WAIT Like silent sentinels, trash bags lined downtown streets this morning, each with a cap of fresh snow, waiting for trash pickup. rea, state news Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1978 Chillicothe 0. Gazette-9 Court delays dismantling busing plan CINCINNATI (AP) A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a school board decision to dismantle ordered busing in' Dayton public schools.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chillicothe Chillicothe High School's examination schedule has been changed, Superintendent Nicholas Alexander said, with exams to be given next week. The semester will end Jan. 27 instead of Friday. Ohio astronaut says choice makes him unique City, agency disagree on plant changes I DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Air Force Major GuionS.

Bluford Jr. says he is a "unique individual" because of his background, and "being black may have helped a little bit" in his selection as one of the 35 new astronauts named Monday. The aeronautical engineer and jet pilot at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is one of three blacks who will train as shuttle craft astronauts. Six women and one oriental male also have been selected. Bluford, 35, says he believes his qualifications carried more weight in his selection than the color of his skin.

"I heard on the radio yesterday (Sunday) that They were going to release the names, so I thought they (NASA) had already notified those selected." he said. "NASA's final cut list" contained 208 names, he said, and he had doubts of being selected. Bluford said he is "very excited" about his selection to the program "I've always had a side interest in space, but it took me an awfully long time to make up my mind to apply." National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) Chief Robert Frosch said sex and race did not play a part in the selection process and the agency did not have to fill any quotas. Bluford and the others selected report to the Johnson Space Center in Houston July 1 to begin two years of training, a space center spokeswoman said Monday. According to recent NASA reports the first test flights for the shuttle craft are scheduled for March 1979.

The first manned operational flight is scheduled for July 1980. Bluford heads Wright-Patterson's aerodynamics and air frame branch of the aeromechanics division of the air force flight dynamics lab. He is not sure what his job with NASA will be, but he said it probably will make use of his expertise in air craft desigfrand payload placement. A Philadelphia native, Bluford received a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1964 from Pennsylvania State University where he joined the Air Force reserve officers training corp. The 13-year Air Force veteran received a master's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1974 from the Air Force In- Monday stayed a ruling by U.S.

District Judge Carl B. Rubin which permits the local school board to find its own solution to problems of racial imbalance in the southwest Ohio city's school system. Monday's ruling would permit the system-wide plan to remain in effect for the remainder of the 1977-78 school year. William Goodwin, school board president, said the ruling would not be appealed and there would be no attempt to change plans in the middle of next semester. The current court-ordered plan, which has been in effect since September 1976, calls for busing 13,000 of the district's 37,000 students for desegregative purposes.

The appellate court ordered that the plan be maintained pending an appeal of Rubin's ruling of last month, or until the appeals court issues another order. There was no immediate word on when an appeal might be heard although the two-page order asked that it be scheduled "at the earliest practicable time." The school board has voted earlier this month to initiate a plan which called for parents whose children had been involved in the busing plan to be allowed to choose their local school when classes began next semester, Feb. 6. Parents were being urged, however, to keep their children in their current schools for next semester. The appeals court responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for a freeze on any change in status of the plan.

The order came after a threejudge panel cited the U.S. Supreme Court ruling which last year sent the case back to Rubin. The Supreme Court noted that, "it (the plan) has been in effect in the Dayton school system during the past year without creating serious to an overhaul of the present system, possibly including construction of a new plant. Greenwood claims the changes can be accomplished as soon as possible with little cost to the city. "The things we've asked for are very low in cost and could be done right away," he said.

He added another inspection of the plant probably won't be conducted for at least six months or maybe longer. In his findings, Greenwood pointed out the Plyley's Lane plant is receiving too much "clean" water, such as that from roof drains when it rains, and is forcing an overload at the plant and causing raw sewage to be dumped in Paint Creek. To correct this problem and a few others he found, Greenwood recommended the city conduct a smoke testing program to eliminate the clean water intake, find a way to adjust the chlorine dosage and hire a full-time operator at the plant. He said the plant has a "wide variation in flow and (the) complexity of plant operation makes it necessary to have a knowledgeable person on hand at all times." A disagreement as to how to implement recommendations for changes at the city's Plyley's Lane sewage treatment plant has apparently developed between Chillicothe's mayor and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Following an inspection of the facilities by David Greenwood, district engineer for the Ohio agency's Logan office, three recommendations for changes were made.

Mayor Clark Alexander said this morning the changes need not be implemented soon, but Greenwood disagreed. Mayor Alexander said the city will soon enter into an agreement with the federal Environmental Protection Agency under a construction grants program to study the city's entire sewage treatment system. A grant of more than $80,000, with the city's share at $20,800, was appropriated by Congress for the Phase 1 facilities study. The mayor said, "We have problems out there (at Plyley's Lane) and we have known about them for several years." He said as long as the study is underway, no changes in the system are needed immediately. The study is expected to lead Maj.

GuionS. Bluford stitute of Technology at WrightPatterson. He is working on a Ph.D. through the institute. Bluford is married and has two sons.

Local news briefs Kingston In a reorganizational meeting Thur Medical Center Hospital after an accident Monday at 10:02 p.m. on Paint and Fifth streets. Details of the accident which involved a car driven by Arledge and a car driven by Rickie Ison, 28, of 23 Ewing are still under investigation by the Chillicothe Police Department. rr sday the Kingston Village Council reelected Lynn Clausen president. New members Charles Search and David Bell and re-elected members Beverly Congrove and.

Ralph Strausbaugh were sworn in with Mary Kay Woods as treasurer. Council approved the following appropriations for 1978: General fund, park fund, state highways, street maintanence, federal revenue sharing, water, and sewer. $22,650. Committee appointments were: Finance, Search, Robert Gearhart, Clausen; Safety, Mrs. Congrove, Strausbaugh, Bell; Lights, Bell, Strausbaugh, Mrs.

Congrove; Streets, Strausbaugh, Bell, Gearhart; Health, Clausen, Bell, Mrs. Congrove; Fire, Gearhart, Clausen, Search; and Public Service, Gearhart, Mrs. Congrove, Search. The regular January meeting will be held Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.

Originally, plans called for the entire 62-member forensics team to participate in the tournament, considered one of the best in the state, according to coach Tom Williams. But because of the weather, it was decided that the bus could not make the trip and only 19 students made the trip in three vans. Williams said about 60 schools from 15 states competed. "We did well. I was pleased with what the students did," Williams said.

Bobbie Benson and Jim Cutright were quarter-finalists, losing 2-1 to the University of Detroit High School, which won the tournament championship. Holly Hickman and Iiz Litter were eliminated in the round before the quarter-finals. In humor interpretation, Lori Travis and Kyle Allen were semi-finalists, and in drama, Debbie Harris, Wendy Barrows and Ellen Doerres were semi-finalists. Dan Bogan and Mike Wright were in the final round in duet acting, placing second in the tournament. In girls extemporaneous speaking, Nancy McKell was a semi-finalist and Helen Lester a finalist, placing third in the competition.

In boys extemporaneous speaking, Bill McKell reached the finals and placed second in the tournament. Waverly board WAVERLY Earl James was elected president and Paul Slaughter was elected vice president of the Waverly City School Board in an organizational meeting. Kathleen Williams was sworn in as a new member of the board and re-elected members Ron Shoemaker and Jack Kegley were sworn in. Regular meetings of the board will be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. i 'L 1 4 Cancellations listed These are cancellations due to weather reported to the Gazette today: County Planning Commission Meeting was to be held at 7:30 tonight; no new date set.

League of Women Voters Meetings were to be held at 9:30 a.m. today at Carver Community Center and 7:30 tonight at the home of Mrs. John M. McBride, 67 E. Fifth St.

Meetings will be held Tuesday, same times, same places. Girl Scout Tecumseh Service Unit Meeting scheduled for Jan. 11, has been rescheduled for a.m. Wednesday at Carver Community Center. Ross County Mental Health Association Meeting was to be held at 7 tonight at Ohio' University-Chillicothe.

It has been rescheduled for 7 TTiiirHav Is Correction Mrs. Emelyne Ely Reed, Londonderry, county residential chairman for the 1978 Heart Campaign is not a member of the State Library Board as previously reported by the Heart Fund. Mrs. Reed is vice president of the local library board, president of the Ohio Valley Area Libraries and a member of the State Library of Ohio Advisory Council for Federal Programs. CHAMBER "EARLY BIRDS" Organizers of a Chillicothe-Ross Chamber of Commerce "Early Bird" breakfast synchronize watches under the watchful eye of a symbolic early bird.

A turnout of 200 is being sought for the breakfast program, to be held 7 a.m. Jan. 25 at the Blue 181 N. Bridge St. The meeting will be run on a tight 90-minute timetable, and is to include discussions of what Chamber members think the organization should be doing in 1978 the types, relationships and priorities of projects.

Pictured are Worren Henricks, left, and John Herlihy, right, breakfast co-. chairmen, and James Coates, who will be moderator for the program. eette photo 4 Forensics team Chillicothe High School's forensics team placed fpurth overall in speech and individual events at the Cincinnati Princeton High School tournament during the weekend. Injury mishap Barry Arledge, 29, of 412 Walnut Hills, was treated and released from.