Ohio Senator pushes death penalty repeal and voting age cut
Sen. Oliver Ocasek of Summit introduces constitutional amendments to abolish capital punishment and lower the voting age to 19. He cites no executions in Ohio since 1963 and notes 28 on death row. He seeks transferring pardon power to the sentencing court.
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Columbus, Ohio
Oliver Ocasek
Summit
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ocasek
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
House
Douglas Applegate
Steubenville
Willam B. Nye
Committee Urges Expanded Authority to Raise Pension Funds
A Ohio legislative committee urged local governments gain new revenue avenues to cover debts to the Police and Firemen's Pension Fund. They proposed allowing city income taxes up to 2 percent, with six other funding recommendations to ensure actuarial soundness and prevent fund bankruptcy by 1996.
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Columbus
Ohio
Legislative Service Commission
General Assembly
Educator Sees Campus Sex Revolt Driven by Talk Not Action
At Michigan State University a seven week colloquy opens the nation wide sex debate. Dr James McCary of the University of Houston notes 75 percent of coeds say classmates are sleeping around yet only 20 percent have premarital relations. He says sex education must be taught in schools and predicts a future revolt as attitudes loosen.
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East Lansing
Mich
James McCary
University of Houston
Michigan State University
McCary
John Gagnon
State University of New York At
Stonybrook
Harvard Graduate Student Murdered in Cambridge Apartment
Jane Britton, 22, a Harvard graduate student, was found slain in her Cambridge apartment. Doctors describe a left head wound from a sharp weapon, with investigators citing a hatchet or cleaver. No suspect and no robbery signs detected. body found around midday Tuesday.
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Cambridge
Mass
Jane Britton
Harvard
Radclife
Arthur McGovern
Goldwater Aide Karl Hess Embraces New Left Vision
Barry Goldwater’s former top speechwriter Karl Hess, once a stalwart of the GOP platform, now endorses New Left and libertarian ideas. He argues opposition to state authority and supports SDS style independence, while noting his continued esteem for Goldwater and his political revival in Arizona.
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House
Charles F. Kurfess
Wood
Senate
Robert G. Jones
Columbus
Jacob A. Shawan
Franklin County
Jones
Shawan
Washington
Barry Goldwater
New Left
Karl Hess
Hess
Republican Party
Goldwater
Arizona
SDS
Students For A Democratic Society
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