East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-10-22
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home with an unexplained dent
in the left front side? Mrs
Nelson Spoth, 1853 Brandon rd.
would like to speak with the
driver who rammed into the
Spoth family car last Saturday
night when it was parked in
front of Shaw High school or
Shaw ave. Two witnesses said
that a cream-colored Mercury
did the job, but the driver sped
away without stopping. The
accident happened about 9 pm
Mrs. Spoth poses the ques-
ton, if a person drives down
the street with reckless aban-
don and doesn't stop when he
crashes into a car what would
his reaction be if his speed
were to careen him into pedes-
trians?
If you missed the Ice Ca
pades, you missed a good show.
The imaginative costumes were
a wonder to behold. With each
act the skaters wore a pair of
skates to fit into the color
scheme or mood of the scene.
Can't help feeling that the
Kingston trio is really singing
about the Cleveland Transit
System when it laments the
woes Of a poor rider trapped
forever on a public means of
transportation.
By way. of example, took
one bus to my destination, the
Narrensville Center Circle.
This is ordinarily a 15-minute
ride by automobile after the
rush hours. Coming home, /
discovered that no buses run
on Warrensville after $50 pm.
Finally got a bus which goes
down Cedar rd., and asked the
driver a simple question, 'How
does one get to Five Points
from here?"
The explanation is 2 story in
Itself which would take too
much time to retell but one
suggestion was SO extraordin-
ary that it can't be passed up.
"Take this bus to Euclid, catch
a No. 6 to 105th, ride to 105th
and St. Clair and then transfer
to a No. l or st. Clair bus"
The thought of standing at
105th and waiting for a bus
in the midnight hours was not
very appealing, so / worked
out another solution which is
the most direct possible under
the route system which CTS
has set up. This direct route
drags the 15-minute trip into
an hour and half journey.
Folks, if people complain
that Cleveland is 9 o'clock
town we know why. It's be-
cause people are afraid to
leave their houses after 9 p. m.
because they will ride forever
on the CTS transferring sew
eral times, of course) and may
never return home.
Where were the East Cleve-
land voters when the League
of Women Voters and Com
munity Council held the debate
on the proposed home rule
charter? Mr.. Carmichael, speak
ing for the charter, was peeved
with The LEADERS charter
stories. He gave his talk using
illustrated cards to illustrate
his point which appeared to be
the Gen. Bullmoose theory =
What's good for Cleveland
(reverently referred to as the
central city, is good for
EVERYBODY.
Mr.. Horn speaking against
the charter, and agreeing with
every word in The LEADERS
story on boss Miller's plan to
eliminate the suburbs, assured
his listeners that a "better
charter can and will be draft
ed"
In this quarter we'd like it
understood that we're for A
charter too. In many areas
county government should be
expanded and the duplicity of
chores, responsibility and ex-
penses eliminated. But we feel
that the best suggestion was
made by one of the city's es-
teemed citizens, who shall re-
main nameless, who said to
improve county government, "A /
charter should be drafted to
deal with the immediate press L
ing needs where there is du-
plicity and then have the sub I
urbs vote each election year {
for other areas they might
want to change over to the {
charge" The every 9
thing in one package deal is 7
not good. If you started with i
a smaller area, saw how it'll
worked out, and had confidence j
in it the people would vote i
other duties to the county. 9
This document, riddled with r
loop holes, which will be pre- {
sented to us next month is not q
what we asked for. i