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Friday, Oct. 13, 1978 The Coshocton Tribune 3 Cleveland's Striking Teachers WillReturnToWork OnMonday I.MHW O'Meara said that although school employees definitely would return to work Friday and Monday, state officials would have to fulfill their end of the bargain by assuring that money is available to fund an immediate eight percent pay hike promised by the school board. "It is now up to the state Controlling Board to back the faith our members put in them," he said. The Controlling Board must ease restrictions on a $20.7 million state loan to the city school system to enable the CLEVELAND (LTD The city's io.ooo striking public school employees voted by a narrow margin Thursday night to accept the latest contract offer from the Cleveland Board of Education and end their walkout. The vote was 2.358 to 2,212 in favor.

James O'Meara, leader of the Unity Committee, a coalition of school employee unions, said school support personnel would return to work Friday and teachers would return to the classrooms Monday. board to use the money to fund the pay hike. The offer from the board of education was almost identical to a proposal the strikers rejected more than a week ago by a 60 to 40 percent margin. The big difference between the latest offer and the one rejected last week was in the form of assurance from state officials that there would be money backing up the local school board's offer of an immediate 8 percent raise. The State Education Department has recommended the TEACHERS HAVE FAMILIES i 4'- Five Injured As Storms Hit Ohio for the week prior to Oct.

15. But Gallagher said it would be impossible to meet the state's deadline for turning in attendance figures, since classes won't resume until Tuesday. So the school board's only alternative will be to have the state legislature approve a special measure allowing the report to be submitted late. The contract ratified Thursday also provides for an additional 6 percent raise, if Cleveland voters approve a 3.7-mill levy proposal on the Nov. 7 ballot.

Clevelanders, however, rejected two other property tax hike plans in balloting earlier this year. The November levy would raise about $10 million for the district. School employees, who haven't had a raise in two years while the district teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, originally demanded a 20 percent wage increase. During the course of the strike, school administrators tried several times to open schools with only supervisory personnel and nonunion teachers. But most principals at the city's 175 schools found doors chained shut and weren't even able to enter their buildings.

In addition, almost no one attempted to cross picket lines. Early in the strike, Hanna rejected several attempts by school board attorneys to issue a back-to-work injunction. He finally ordered them back on the job a week ago, threatening stiff individual fines against strikers. But he never imposed the fines. State Controlling Board relax conditions of a $20.7 million loan to the district, thereby allowing Cleveland officials to pay the proposed wage increase.

The Controlling Board meets Monday in Columbus. The school board had found itself in a bind between the Controlling Board and the unions, since some Controlling Board members had vowed they would not agree to releasing the money for the raises until the strikers accepted a contract. At the same time many school employees had declared they wouldn't accept a contract until the state guarantees the money for the pay hikes. But union leaders, facing possible jail terms for defying a court back-to-work order, managed to convince their membership to rafify the pact. O'Meara himself faced a 2 p.m.

sentencing before Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Harry A. Hanna for contempt of court. "It's been a long five weeks and we're very glad that the strike is over and we'll be able to get on with the educational process," said a relieved school board President John Gallagher. "It's been an extremely trying strike. I prefer to look to the future and try to build a quality educational program for all students." Last week, Cleveland educators had said it was critical to reopen schools this week, because the city's State Foundation Grant (some $67 million) is pegged to attendance figures I Vm, if causing some minor structural damage.

At least one tent at the fairgrounds collapsed during the storm, but no one was reported injured. The storms, touched off by a cold front that moved through the state today, also dumped heavy rain in several areas. Kidron in Wayne County reported receiving l'i inches of rain during a 30-minute period Thursday night, while Massillon got 1 inch in less than two hours and Cincinnati a half-inch in six hours. school employees contract proposal. A striking Cleveland school teacher casts her ballot in the ballot box as a fellow teacher stands with a picket sign behind.

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City Manager William V. Donaldson, Safety Director Richard Castellini and Workhouse Superintendent William Withworth were found in contempt of court Oct. 5 for failing to implement all of 79 court-ordered improvements at the century old workhouse. The three officials are scheduled to appear before Common Pleas Judge Harry T. Klusmeier Oct.

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In the dead of last winter's onslaught, a mammoth ice gorge several miles upstream busted loose and crunched 17 barges in its craggy grip. Vital barge traffic ground to a halt for more than two weeks, and private industries later estimated they lost millions of dollars during the shutdown. One marine insurance underwriter estimated equipment damage alone totaled $6.5 million to $8 million, with more than $100 million at stake. Workmen using cranes and cutting tools worked through the summer and into fall salvaging remnants of the 17 barges which sank at the dam gates. "It's pretty much been an all-summer job getting them out," said Pedigo.

"We hope to have the rest out next week." Other ideas proposed at a summer symposium to halt ice buildup included shutting dam gates to build up the river level, then opening the gates wide to flush away chunks in a sudden gush of water. While in Cleveland about four hours, Kennedy is scheduled to attend a community meeting at the Slovenian National Home on the city's East Side, attend a cocktail fund-raiser at the Bond Court Hotel and attend a steer roast sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party at Cleveland Public Auditorium. 73 TEACHERS Nf 0 COST Of LIVING tOCAi I Art CO voted Thursday (UPI) on a rigid requirements, we licensing' to Success. REALTY Towers MO 65804 Retail SALE PRICE HOURS: I I' Kennedy To Help Celeste Campaign By I'nited Presi International At least five people were injured, one of them seriously, as severe thunderstorms that spawned at least one tornado pounded parts of eastern and southern Ohio Thursday night. AJisha Sims, 3, of Baltimore, was seriously hurt when a large limb, blown from a tree during a thunderstorm, struck her on the head at the Fairfield County fairgrounds in Lancaster.

Four Columbiana County residents were injured when a tornado destroyed their Winona home. Howard Bailey, his wife. Myrtle, and their two daughters were hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Salem Community Hospital with injuries suffered when their brick home was destroyed by the twister that hit the Winona area, five miles south of Salem. The tornado also heavily Focus Winning Num bers CLEVELAND (UPI) This week's winning Ohio Lottery numbers: Gold number 3. White number 74.

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