News-Journal from Mansfield, Ohio • 11

Tuesday, July 12, 1983 Newi Journal, Mansfield, O. 11 -a Digest. Celeste sees no retaliation on buy Ohio it relates to other states and I see absolutely no problem" with that," Skeen said. "I suspect this will not create any problem with any of the surrounding states. I think primarily that many of those states, even though it may not be their law, do exactly the same thing we're doing in the state of Ohio." Celeste said the bill would help protect and create jobs in the state.

"Buy Ohio is not just a slogan. Buy Ohio is a real commitment to help ourselves. A real commitment to use state dollars to create and protect jobs of Ohioans," the governor said. He said the measure reinforces an strictions in other states that could hurt Ohio companies. Celeste dismissed the prospect Monday as he signed the measure.

"My own hunch is that we'll be a model for many states in terms of what they will do in the future if they aren't already doing it," he said. "My sense is this: when we're spending taxpayers dollars and we have the opportunity to find the necessary goods or services here in Ohio, then we have an obligation to support Ohio companies." Rep. Cliff Skeen, D-Akron, the bill's chief sponsor, said there was no reason for concern. "We checked that in its entirety as COLUMBUS (AP) Gov. Richard Celeste and the sponsor of the "Buy Ohio" bill he has signed into law are downplaying chances of it sparking retaliation from other states.

The law, which takes effect Oct. 10, requires the Department of Administrative Services and other state agencies to give preference to Ohio products when awarding state contracts. It is patterned after the Buy America Act Congress passed in 1933. The measure cleared the House 87-7 and the Senate 30-3. Opponents warned it might prompt similar re executive order he issued upon taking office in January.

Since then, the number of Ohio vendors registered to do business with the state increased by 12 percent. The percentage of Ohio companies doing business with the state grew to 91 percent of the total of all term contracts reached with private vendors. "State government is the largest single consumer of goods and services produced in Ohio, averaging some $400 million a year," Celeste said. Under the new measure, the department must evaluate bids and reject any that offer products not produced in the United States. It must select the lowest and best bid on goods produced in Ohio "where sufficient competition can be generated within Ohio" to ensure that the state will not pay too much or buy sub-standard goods.

Celeste also signed bills Monday to: Give some liquor permit holders the option of paying a fine instead of having their permits suspended and businesses closed for violations. Allow townships, as well as cities and counties, to establish Community Improvement Corporations for research and development. They take effect Oct. 10. 300 return to make jeeps TOLEDO (AP) Officials say 300 laid-off autoworkers are back on the job with roles in the production of the first new jeep in 20 years.

The Jeep X-J, which is projected to compete with the Chevrolet T-Blazer and the Ford Bronco II, is expected to roll off the assembly line Thursday, Steven Harris, a spokesman for the American Motors Corp said Monday. The X-J should be in dealer showrooms next month. He said AMC has spent more than a $250 million in major renovations at the Toledo plant, including the installation of 29 production robots. In June, AMC reported 109 percent better sales than in the same period of 1982. About 1,100 autoworkers still are on indefinite at the Toledo plant, Harris said.

Co-defendant in embezzlement case out of prison COLUMBUS (AP) Former band leader Robert Yeazell once a co-defendant with Elizabeth Boerger in a $1.15 million state treasury embezzlement will resume electrical contracting now that he's free from prison on shock probation, his lawyer says. "Thank you, judge," Yeazell was quoted by his attorney as saying after Franklin County Common Pleas Judge George Tyack granted his request Monday. Yeazell was placed on five years' probation and ordered to pay the balance of his original fine and court costs. Yeazell was handed a two- to 10-year term in the Columbus Correctional Facility and fined $5,000 on April 18. "The likelihood of repeating the offense, I would say, is rather slim," Doughty said.

David Johnson, assistant prosecuting attorney, opposed the probation request. He said serving the full sentence would have a deterrent effect. But Johnson, noting that Yeazell was believed to be the only person sent to jail for failing to file state income tax returns, also said it was difficult for the state to argue for continued imprisonment. Prosecutors had maintained that Ms. Boerger, over a period of years, removed the money from the treasurer's office where she was head cashier and used it to finance Yeazell's band.

He pleaded guilty to failing to file state income tax returns as part of a plea bargain in which prosecutors dropped a charge of receiving stolen property. Ms. Boerger, who claims to have hysterical amnesia, pleaded guilty to charges of theft in office and tampering with public records in the embezzlement from the Ohio treasurer's office. She is still serving a two- to 10-year prison term after a similar request for shock probation was denied by a different judge. James Doughty, the Springfield attorney who represented both defendants, told Tyack in a brief hearing Monday that Yeazell met criteria for shock probation under state law.

ROBERT YEAZELL Eastman Kodak Company, 1983 450 jobs available TOLEDO (AP) Up to 450 jobs will be filled at three new department stores in the Toledo area this fall, with applications available beginning today. Hills Department Stores of Canton, has taken over vacated Woolco stores and is remodeling the sites. The stores are expected to open in September, Wesley McDonough, Hills vice president for advertising and marketing, said Monday. What do you think of Ohio? COLUMBUS (AP) A Columbus research firm has been hired for $250,000 to conduct an opinion survey to find out what people around the nation and in Canada think of Ohio. Marjory Pizzuti, deputy development director for marketing and research, said Mon-.

day the survey by Clark-Jones Associates would have an emphasis on travel and tourism. She said the research would provide the basis for the state's marketing efforts. my my ri A 5 IF 0 OOO mm sm lOn nO io 1 1 4:. 4 yfi leal II rArSrCfw A TT 5 3 Rapes tied to lack of crime patrol COLUMBUS (AP) A citizens' anti-crime unit credited with reducing the number of rapes around Ohio State University is ready to swing into action again if money can be found to finance it, officials say. Police say the rapes of three Ohio State coeds recently might have been prevented if the Citizens Crime Reporting Project were still active on campus streets.

Police sexual abuse squad detectives made the comment after the late-night rapes of two 21-year-old roommates June 27 in their campus-area apartment and the rape of a 20-year-old student early July 1 in her boardinghouse. Detectives said the attacks are indicative of an increase in campus-area rapes since the crime watch program stopped its patrols in November 1981 due to a lack of money. The program's former director, Dona Watterson, said, "There is just no question about the impact the program had. While the program was in operation we were not only able to reduce crime by scaring people out of the area, but we were also able to get convictions." "That crime watch was dynamite," said Detective Dave Foote. "We've definitely had more (rapes) since" the program ended, he said.

The program, begun in 1977 with patrol members hired under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, ran out of money in April 1981 when the federal government eliminated its funding. Last-ditch fund-raising efforts by city officials, OSU and the community raised about $200,000 and kept the patrols on the streets until November 1981. Foote said detectives viewed the program as a crime deterrent, especially against rape. "They don't have the people up there keeping the eye out that they did," he said. "The more people you have keeping an eye on the area, the more chance there is of seeing suspicious people under suspicious circumstances.

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