Ohio to close historic penitentiary to make way for modern prison
Ohio Penitentiary faces closure after 18 dreary years of notoriety as inmates transfer to the new Southern Ohio Correctional Institute. The 1930 fire tragedy and later riots are recalled with names like Dillinger Makley Pierpont Morgan and warden figures cited as part of the prison’s long, violent history.
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Makley
Pierpont
Clark
Licavoli
Shepherd
Morgan
Snook
Spring Street
Denison Avenue
Ralph W. “Red
Alvis
John Hunt Morgan
Cincinnati
John Dillinger
Charles Makley
Harry Pierpont
Jess Larber
Allen County
Pulitzer Winning Poet Mark Van Doren Dies at 78
Mark Van Doren, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and Columbia teacher, died Sunday night at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington Conn at 78. He authored Collected Poems and many other works including Don Quixote's Profession and The Last Days of Lincoln and mentored rising writers.
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Mark van Doren
Columbia
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Dorthy
Van
Charles van Doren
John
Brandeis University
Charles
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Torrington
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