INSIDE DEATHS 2D Complete TELEVISION Index 2A 9E SPORTS: Preview of Cavs-Celtics' playoff opener Page 1-F BUSINESS CLASSIFIED 1C 2D EDITORIALS OBITUARIES 2D 48 WEATHER 2A COMICS 108 PANORAMA 1E Mostly sunny, warm THE PLAIN DEALER 20c OHIO'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER CLEVELAND, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985 Aviation High: Only a few soar School caters to officials; private work not recorded By JANET KOLODZY and W. STEVENS RICKS STAFF WRITERS Aviation High School, Cleveland's one magnet and vocational school. has been providing one-of-akind services to an exclusive handful of school officials. A lengthy examination of operations of the school at 4101 N. Marginal by The Plain Dealer has found: At least three district officials, and possibly other school staff members, have been trained to fly by the school's flight instructors, at half the of regular flying schools.
required inspections have been made on a handful of privately owned planes, including the principal's, although no official records of repairs appear to exist. One plane, used by the flight training program, is not listed among the six airplanes insured by the district and one plane on the insurance policy is not registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Pupils are charged a fee of $24 per flying hour for the elective flight program. possibly conflict: This is another in a series of reports dealing with the management of Cleveland's public schools appearing periodically in The Plain Dealer. ing with district policy that ensures that no pupil is denied course work because costs would be excessive.
A company owned by the school's principal has been employed by the school system. The school's six flyable airplanes have been grounded since March 26 pending results of an internal investigation on the non-instructional use of the planes. Unlike Max Hayes Vocational High School, where automotive services are provided at a low cost to any individual. the services provided at Aviation High have been to, a select number. Aviation High was the brainchild of former Supt.
Paul W. Briggs and the favorite retreat of the late Supt. Frederick D. Holliday. who committed suicide at the site Jan.
26. The school opened in 1975 to teach avionics or aviation electronics, aviation mechanics and air traffic See AVIATION, PAGE 16-A Lorain County leaders urge sales tax hike By TED WENDLING STAFF WRITER reeling from tremendous increases in their insurance liability payments, a grim-faced assembly of Lorain County officials yesterday warned that county government faces imminent economic collapse unless it finds an immediate way of generating revenue for the county's depleted general fund. Flanked by 16 county officials, Commissioners Leonard P. Reichlin, Herbert J. Jacoby and George I.
Koury Jr. said the county was threatened with default unless they could convince voters of the necessity of a sales tax or operating levy. prominently mentioned as a Solution to the crisis, which has seen the county's budget decrease from Medical board chief quits job under fire By GARY WEBB STAFF WRITER. COLUMBUS Under pressure from the governor, the legislature and his bosses. William J.
Lee stepped down yesterday as administrator of the State Medical Board. Lee's decision came five days after board members asked for his resignation in the wake of a Plain Dealer series on the medical board's failure to protect the public from incompetent or criminal physicians. The board's chief. lawyer, Ray Q. Bumgarner, has been appointed acting administrator and said yesterday he planned to apply for the job permanently.
In a news release issued through the office of Gov. Richard F. Celeste, Lee was said to have agreed to retire, effective in July, but "has agreed to remain with the board to assist with the transition of administrators." It was unclear what his job would be in procedures but said it was too early to. the meantime. Bumgarner said he did be specific.
"I I forsee a number of not know and Lee could not be reached changes." Bumgarner said. for comment. Bumgarner is not without his can call it whatever they ics. Some staffers interviewed during want. but he (Lee) is gone.
He doesn't the series said Bumgarner was too have anything to do with the board willing to follow Lee's instructions. anymore," a board member said. and rarely stood up to him. They said Bumgarner, with the board's legal staff Bumgarner's was timid and guidance he of would the legal often staff since getting out of law school in 1975, said he planned changes in the choose not to pursue a case i if there board's organizational structure and See MEDICAL, PAGE 17-A I. ANDERSEN Elder power Robert Blackmon, 68, of Cleveland, applauds a speaker at the Senior Citizens Coalition's convention yesterday.
Delegates attacked Reagan administration proposed cuts in programs affecting the elderly and were told the coalition had reached an agreement with Ohio Bell Telephone Co. on lower rates for the elderly. Behind Blackmon are Pauline Watkins, 62, left, and Sally Ward, 84, both of Cleveland. Story, Page 25-A. asks cuts for lon long-distance rates By MARCUS GLEISSER STAFF WRITER PITTSBURGH American Telephone Telegraph Co.
celebrated its 100th shareholder meeting here yesterday by offering something for everyone: aid to stockholders in their battle over IRS tax policy, lower longdistance rates for the public and new When in spot, Warner called in political IOUs By W. STEVENS RICKS and JOSEPH D. RICE 'STAFF WRITERS When Cincinnati financier Marvin 1: Warner's character came under question in a 1981 Florida bank takeover attempt, he called in his political debts. Sens. Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn, both Democrats of Ohio and Alan Cranston, were brought forth as character witnesses.
71- Joining them were former Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss, Ohio House Speaker Vern G. Riffe D-89, of New Boston $16.1 million in 1984 to $15.1 million this year, was a 0.5% retail sales tax that would be added to the current tax. Koury said projections were that the added tax would generate about $3.5 million. "I'll be honest with you, people don't want to hear about taxes, and I don't blame them," he said. "I don't want to hear about them either.
but we are in a position where we are placing some county departments in One by one, county office-holders asked news editors and reporters who attended a meeting at the Lorain County Administration Building to help convince taxpayers of the severity of the crisis. Addressing reporters as "power brokers" and See LORAIN, PAGE 16-A and William Vanden Heuvel, former U.S. representative to the U.N. Security Council. All spoke in glowing terms about the Alabama-born businessman whose recent involvement with the collapsed ESM Government Securities Inc.
of Fort Lauderdale is being examined by federal investigators. Glenn and Cranston were among several Democratic office-holders who received campaign contributions from Warner. Glenn got $1,000 for his 1980 Senate race and $1,000 for his 1984 presidential campaign. Warner gave $1,000 to Cranston's Senate cam- high-tech computer equipment for industry. Late yesterday, the company asked the Federal Communications Commission to approve rate cuts of 5.6% for long distance service, WATS and 800 service, and a cut in the cost of international calls.
PD Dieken retires Doug Dieken, who never missed a start in 14 seasons at offensive left tackle for the Browns, announces his retirement. Story, Page 1-F. paign and another $1,000 to his presidential effort last year. The Democratic National Committee, formerly headed by Strauss, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and President Jimmy Carter's 1980 re-election campaign received a total of $51,500 from Warner. Riffe, a friend of Warner's, once flew in Warner's private plane as the financier's guest to a Birmingham Stallions pro football game.
Warner owns the United States Football League franchise. See WARNER, PAGE 12-A here." muttered Rep. Dennis E. Eckart. D-11, of Mentor, at the close of the subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing.
Lee B. Brown, partner in Arthur Anderson the accounting firm that gave Home State Savings Bank a firm's role. Brown said Arthur Anderson reported annual losses at Home State of more than $5 million from 1981 to 1983 and its heavy investments with ESM Government Securities the Florida broker-dealer that collapsed last month. state and federal regulators received adequate information on which to base an assessment of Home State's potential problems." he said. The key words apparently are "potential problems," not fully recognized in past because ESM's looming insolSee 4 ACCOUNTANTS, PAGE 12'A Home State ac accountants blind, says prober By TOM DIEMER "The blind were leading the blind clean bill of health, defended his "As a result of these disclosures.
PD BUREAU WASHINGTON In an barrage of fingerpointing, members of Congress yesterday accused accounting firms of failing to uncover the risky deals that led to Ohio's financial crisis the accountants, in effect, blamed each other. 3 MEDIC CUTS Pic Wagner. national spokesman, estimated that if the average person made $20 worth of such calls a month. the cost would drop below $19, depending on the mix of calls. The meeting, which drew 1,959 shareholders, heard continuing protests from the audience about the Internal Revenue Service.
The IRS had decided that some stock shareholders received due to the breakup constituted a dividend and was subject to tax in 1984. Chairman Charles L. Brown said would actively support a shareowner's court challenge to the IRS position. See PAGE 12-A Geaugan gets life for molesting son By W.C. MILLER STAFF WRITER A Chester Township man was convicted yesterday of sexually molesting his 8-year-old son in what prosecutors called the most horrendous case of child sexual abuse they had ever seen.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge James P. Kilbane sentenced the man to life in prison for a series of attacks that began before the boy's fourth birthday. The jury convicted the father of nine counts after a sixday trial. Prosecutors praised the boy for his courage in coming forward. They said the verdict proved juries would believe children as witnesses.
The names of the father and son have been withheld by The Plain Dealer, which does not publish the names of victims of sexual abuse. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Robert V. Housel said the sex crimes were the worst he had ever prosecuted. "This was more despicable than anything you could ever think about," he said. The abuse included a wide range of sex acts, many of which had caused dits the boy to vomit.
Prosecutors said the father betrayed his son's love and trust and nearly destroyed the boy. The boy testified against his father for a full day last week. He used anatomically correct dolls to show what happened and patiently answered questions. He ignored his father in court. The child, whose parents are divorced.
testified the abuse took place when his father picked him up for visitation. The boy lives with his mother in a western suburb. Some of the attacks took place at the father's residence in Geauga County and some at the boy's home, the child said. Prosecutors from both counties tried the case before Kilbane. The father, 32, was arrested in December after the boy first revealed the sexual abuse to his mother.
The youngster testified he was intimidated against revealing the actions sooner. Among various threats, the boy said. his father told him he would chop off the child's head and flush it down a toilet if he ever told. The child said his father would flash a light into his eyes, for hours repeatSee MOLESTING, PAGE 17-A.
