The State - News from March 14, 1988

Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste, former director of the Peace Corps, told United Way leaders in San Francisco that they should lobby presidential candidates to restore and improve programs for the nation’s underprivileged. Celeste accused federal officials of “sounding retreat” in the battle against problems such as homelessness and illiteracy. In Ohio alone, he said, about 43,000 families are waiting for low-cost public housing. Celeste said 27 million Americans cannot read a road sign, 8 million minority youths are unable to fill out a job application and one in five babies in the United States is born into poverty.