The Plain Dealer from Cleveland, Ohio (2024)

January 17, 1974

Publication:

The Plain Dealeri

Location:

Cleveland, Ohio

Issue Date:

Thursday, January 17, 1974

Page:

28

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Hawthornden brightens life for patients Patients at Hawthornden State Hospital will move into the renovated Cottage 5 to mental health officials Ilaw horn den's administrative staff and pa tients yesterday took part in dedication cer emonies of the $126000 remodeling and dec orating project Lighting from chandeliers rather than standard ceiling fixtures now graces the first floor lounge urniture is attractive Wall coverings of various designs and paint in various hues throughout the cottage have replaced all hospital gray The second floor now accommodates 38 patients in semiprivate rooms two or to a room with a private wardrobe for each patient Dr Eliere Tolan Hawthornden super intendent said he was glad to be able to announce its dedication on the first anni versary of the state's revamping of the mental health program PLAiN DEALER iHv NU RY 17 1974 The Plain DealerWilliam A Wynne Er i 1EK '4frXt IT ri! LJK 1 'IlylNJwsfiBlBM LA mWjLr fWtn I JwwwO L'du'i MEk yjf jBr A i abII 1 'MHR I iL Pat Hughes a state coordinator for mental health care and Dr Ehere Tolan Hawthomden State Hospital superintendent inspect a semiprivate room in Cottage 5 Shaker employes reject offer vote to continue strike Shaker Heights workers voted 53 to 9 yesterday to continue their four day old strike against the city The employes members of the Munici pal oremen and Laborers Local 1099 re jected a proposal worked out between their leaders and city officials during a seven hour bargaining session Tuesday night They were offered a three year con tract with wage hikes of 35 cents an hour the first year' 30 cents next year and 25 cents the final year These figures repre sent a compromise between the original demand for wage boosts totaling $150 over three years and the origi nal of a 70 cent increase over three years Local president Paul Wells termed the wage issue whole He noted that members balked at the offer of a $5000 life insurance policy increasing the $3000 policy now in effect wages not their insurance benefits he said The safety forces he added have a $7500 policy 4 Wells i 'preparing a' counteroffer which he will deliver to Mayor Walter GREATER CLEVELAND where we live Kelley Jr at 10 am tomorrow He de clined to reveal it Meanwhile rubbish continues to pile up in Shaker Heights backyards The strik ers include waste collectors electricians and parks and street crews They struck rrn The cottage is to be occupied by those patients nearly ready to return to their homes and families A dance commemorat ing the anniversary was held at the hospi tal for patients and friends last night Butas with all milestones Hawthorn den and the Humanization Program face problem in the near future While Patricia Hughes a state aide described the elimination of crowded build ings as a forward step in mental health care at dedication ceremonies operations continued for the phasing out of Cleveland State Hospital Patients there are being transferred to Hawthornden: Already relocated are 134 patients There will be 281 more by the end of next month said lames Thompson Woodmere Police Chief Pishnery isi suspended for not obeying order 1 Vincent Pishnery Woodmere police chief has been suspended by Mayor Stan ley Cleggett because Cleggett said thechief refused to comply wjth an orderit rl was learned last night had been accused by the mayor and other village officials at a De council meeting of withholding in formation from officials Pishnery did not supply routine records on weapons and oth er matters and had been fre 'quently unavailable to village officials they said Cleggett who also serves as safety di rector declined to say what order Pishnery failed to follow Mttrt llnw 'A Recycling drive due in Chester ownship A for Chester Town ship residents will be conducted from 8 am to 4 pm Saturday by Protect Our Environment Inc a nonprofit student run organization Newspapers will be collected in the parking area of Chesterland Com munity Church at the corner of Caves and Wilson Mills roads Persons interested in helping may call the office 321 59J55 between 9 am and 4 pm daily Bedford Municipal Hospital trustees have elected Jack Galloway as board Myron Day as vice chairman and Cari Spevak as secretary Robert Hale farmer Hinckley Township trustee 1ms been appointed to the township zoning iranrd of appeals no fill the unexpired term of sTre a newly elected trustee A relative of Pishnery said the chief has been in lorida several He could not be reached for comment Officials said they have not been told whether Pishnery will appeal the suspen sion which began Dec 19 Samuel Perry law director said officicals of the Bureau of Workmen's Com pensation have notified the village that a hearing has been scheduled Tuesday on a claim from Pishnery Pishnery contends that he suffers par tial disability stemming from an August 1971 accident He fell and hurt his back while chasing a suspect said a relative Cleveland officials of Com pensation declined comment on claim Columbus officials said the chief is not required to appear at hear ing tLLkLLULiL Punderson cabins hit by tax Lake County Bureau Vacationers at Punderson State Park in Geauga County will pay a 3 sales tax beginning eb 1 on room and cabin rent als Newbury Township Trustees imposed the tax alter rescinding action that would have set the tax at 4 which was 1 higher than allowed under state law The tax will hike the weekly cabin rate of $110 by $330 and an $18 per night double room by 54 cents The township will collect between $5000 and $6000 annually according to Douglas Ruth vice president of operations for Ohio Inns Inc Grabow in commissioner race Hawthornden adminstrator July have 1300 to 1400 pa tients here instead of the 900 we had when our budget for fiscal 1974 and 1975 was prepared two years Thompson said The 900 acre 51 building institution in Sagamore Hills with 940 patients and a staff of 710 persons is operating on an annual budget of $7124000 the city Monday men want increases in their Kirtland mayor demotes a boss to road worker Bedford Heights tells Washington Listen up and listen up tight Wash ington! Bedford Heights Ohio (pop 18000) has had it with inflation That council has passed a resolution protesting the high cost of living and moralizing the Con gress of the United States to take ap propriate and swift action to halt the inflationary trends prevalent in the United The proposal further states that hereby protest the rapidly in creasing inflationin the United States affecting the city of Bedford Heights and the citizens of said city and here by request the congressmen and sena tors representing the city and the state of Ohio in Congress to take im mediate appropriate action to effec tively curb inflation and halt price increases upon items which constitute the necessities for decent and humane So there Pando Davis challenge Keron Mayor Lenin Pando of Sheffield and Eugiene Davis a teacher in the Lorain school system will challenge Lorain Coun ty Commissioner Jeresmo (Jerry) Keron in the May Democratic primary Dewey heads Lorain panel Lorain County Bureau David Dewey Jias been elected presi dent of the Lorain County Regional Airport Authority Dewey 35 has been a board member four years Others elected were Kenneth A Som mer Elyria vice president and Carl Niel son Lorain secretary All serve without pay Lake County Bureau Kirtland road superintendent Kenneth Donahue was demoted to road crew worker yesterday after a number of com plaints In Tetters to the council president civil service commission and Donahue Mayor Douglas Guy said Donahue had failed to perform certain duties and to carry out orders Mayor Guy listed reported failure to salt cinder and snowplow certain roads to notify Guy that a truck caught fire to keep that truck in safe operating condition and to attend council meetings to give monthly reports Guy last month admitted he hired a man to spy on the six man road depart ment He said residents had complained about road service He also admitted that he had not told the civil service commis sion he had the undercover agent The civil service commission is study ing the spy case to see if there were any irregularities Vince Montelisciani field representa tive for the Ohio Civil Service Employes Association said last night that demotion would be appealed to the civil service commission (Guy) is''also service director To quote Donahuei the been in the service garage three times in the last two Montelisciani said Brunswick rezoning ruled illegal Southwest Suburbs Bureau Brunswick City Council must begin again to rezone land on Carpenter Rd because of Solicitor Douglas Burns' rul ing Tuesday action Monday in rezoning 15 acres from apartment back to single family residential was illegal Burns ruled be cause council did not read the ordinance three times and hold required public hear ings The land over objections had been rezoned for 218 apartments late last year by the previous council At that time Burns said action was illegal be cause council to notify adjoining property owners Burns later sued city officials to pre vent the issuing of building permits Near by residents have filed more than 400 peti tions asking for a rezoning referendum Councilman at large Helen West said councilmen this week suspended the rules and changed the zoning back to resi dential because they were afraid builders might break ground anytime unds set for KSU Burton branch The proposed Burton branch of Kent State University will receive nearly $15 million once withheld by the state univer sity system James A Norton chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents reported last night feel certain that there will be action at the eb 15 said Nor ton Dr Glenn A Olds president of Kent State University delivered a feasibility study yesterday recommending the Burton project be continued said Norton I had time to read the said Norton Olds reaf firmed that a should be located in Burton JZ 2 wma BoardaifrRegents has never tak en the position that it can stop action that was mandated by the Although million had been appro priated by the Ohio General Assembly for the campus the board led by Norton had shelved the proposal last summer Nerih scbcols a SKc to in the amxm of natural gas usef pared to December Sure Jatk Thessas sad tLermo sszts EET9 keen resuced to 63 degrees in all during ths day an: even lower at nigh: and az weekends This weekend is American ield Ser vice weekend in North Olmsted AS for eign students firing with families in west ern suburbs will spend riday at North Olmsted Senior High School and will at tend tile North Olmsted vs Bay Village basketball game that night An internation al pot luck dinner talent show and dance are scheduled for Saturday Sponsors are North adult and student AS chapters Cu6 Scout Pack 3107 of Brunswick is conducting Its monthly paper drive through Saturday Residents can leave their papers in a blue container beside the telephone building on Ohio 303 The Painesville Jayqees Jmvc challenged the Hoolthan and Big Chuck All Stars to a basketball benefit tonight at Riverside High School in Paines ville Township Tip off is 8:30 Proceeds will go for playground equipment for the Salvation summer day camp pro gram Tile Polish League of American Veter ans and its auxiliary will hold its 13th an nual Evening in Warsaw Saturday at the UAW Hall on Chevrolet Blvd Parma The Cleveland Orchestra will present its third in a series of four concerts at 8 pm Sunday at Parma High School The series Is sponsored by the Southwest Com munity Music Association Inc A Cos mopolitan Dance sponsored by the Byzan tine Catholic High School Guild ill be held Saturday at the high school cafeteria 1900 Carlton Rd Parma Warrensville Heights Mayor Raymond Grabow said yesterday countywide transportation is Cuyahoga County's top need as he announced his candidacy for county commissioner Grabow a Democrat will have pri mary opposition in May from Joseph Bartunek former Democratic chair man announcement is expected next week Republican Seth Taft is seek ing re election Wojtanowski runs in 74th Lake County Bureau Dennis Wojtanowski who turned down suggestions by friends to change his name announced yesterday he wilhrun as a Democratic candidate for state repre sentative in the 74th District will not trade my ethnic identity for a few the 24 year old advertising consultant said al a news conference Wojtanowski of 27645 Bishop Park Dr Willoughby Hills hopes to succeed James Mueller 74 of Chester Township who is running for the State Senate in the 31st District Pepper Pike rejects mart plan Pepper Pike officials have refused to send a proposed $64 million housing office and shopping development to the city plan ning commission Pepper Pike Place is not ac ceptable to our residents it is not accepta ble to City said Councilman Jack Avery Council voted unanimously to kill the proposal last night Officials said tb'e 117 acre site off Brainard Rd should be developed with sin nle unily homes Vets find bonus in new Tri adviser Wynne I BIU MONTHLY RA' mi 'J Mi The Plain DealerWilliam A Steven Canfil recently appointed veterans adviser at Cuyahoga Commu nity College western campus dials the Veterans Administration to get some answers to queries from ex GIs attending that school vm WXY 'i If By Donald Bean Southwest Suburbs Bureau Veterans with problems at Cuyahoga Community College's western campus can now tell their troubles to the Marine Steve Canfil is the newly appointed veterans adviser for the 1120 full and part time students who are veterans Canfil 24 a veteran of four years in the Marine Corps attended CCC and Bald win Wallace College and was graduated with a degree in political science In his new job he acts with the Veter ans Administration to help solve problems of the veterans He is employed by the college On the job only a month now Canfil said of my time is taken up with answering questions about delayed checks and questions about the Ohio Vietnam vet erans bonus As far as I know now the bonus checks should be in the mail by late Canfil who never seems to stand still plans to enroll in law school this fall and get involved in politics on a local level He said he has had very good relations with the Veterans Administration have met some good lielpful people but they too are he said His main job is to counsel the veterans academic admissions psychological and medical problems Canfil admitted lots of ques tions I know the answer to but I where to go to get the One big job Canfil is looking forward to is an outreach program which will con tact veterans who are not enrolled at the college and advise them of their educa tional benefits and encourage them to en roll the unemployment picture wor sens veteran enrollment certainly should he said Veterans who are full time students are entitled to $220 a mbntl) benefits while veterans with three dependents receive $298 per month with $18 for each additional dependent The veteran is a good college bet Can fil has found I have talked to faculty administrators and other students feels the veteran is the better student They are more mature most of them know ex actly what they want to do and they value 1 "k' 1.

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