Thursday, June 18, 1998
The Shuttlesworth Housing Foundation will hold a 10th anniversary celebration today at the Bond Hill Recreation Center.
The foundation, named after the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a civil rights leader who now pastors the Greater New Light Baptist Church, has helped 365 families obtain homes by providing them with grants averaging $1,200 for down payments.
The celebration is free and open to the public.
Attorney to speak about civil rights
Civil rights attorney Alphonse A. Gerhardstein will speak at a June 30 fund-raiser for Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
The Party Politics fund-raiser will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Main Street Brewery in Over-the-Rhine. The topic will be "Why the defense of civil rights is important to a younger generation." Cost is $10, $5 for students. Call 721-7635 to RSVP.
Baby shower helps pregnancy centers
Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati will hold its 12th annual Baby Shower on July 12 to benefit Pregnancy Help Centers.
The organization will collect baby supplies at six sites: St. Ignatius Church in Monfort Heights; Pregnancy Problem Center West in Price Hill; Pregnancy Center of Northern Kentucky in Florence; St. Margaret Mary Church in North College Hill; St. Jerome's Church in California, Ohio; and Moeller High School in Kenwood.
For more information, call Right to Life at 522-0820.
Golf benefits Talbert House
A golf outing to benefit Talbert House's adolescent substance abuse and prevention services will be held todayat Oasis Golf Club. Tickets are $125 per person, or $500 for a foursome. Call 751-7747 for more information.
Private bars lose ruling on searches
COLUMBUS -- Private clubs that serve alcohol have no more protection against warrantless searches by liquor control officials than bars open to the public do, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 4-3 decision overturned rulings by lower courts in four cases involving VFW and American Legion posts in Miami and Greene counties. In each case, post officials had asked the court to throw out evidence in gambling cases because the agents used "deceptive" methods to enter.
In one case, agents used an electronic key card given only to members. In the others, the agents waited until a member entered the clubs and slipped in behind them.
Cleveland airport reduces errors
CLEVELAND -- A union official at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport says changes at the airport contributed to fewer air traffic control mistakes last year.
In 1996, Hopkins had 15 operational errors. In 1997, there were four. A Federal Aviation Administration team determined that some problems were lack of teamwork, a hostile work environment, sexual harassment, apathy, lack of trust and a lack of training. The air traffic manager was reassigned.
"The controllers worked harder and smarter after that," said Mark Bohn, president of the Hopkins controllers union.
