Ohio General Assembly ends 1973 session with major bills
The 110th General Assembly left for Gov. Gilligan a slate including lowering the age of majority to 18, creating a state lottery commission, boosting retirement benefits, extending tax assessment notice periods, funding for education and health programs, fire and police pensions, jail absentee voting, license and tax reforms, zoning and land conveyances, and numerous administrative, legal, and fiscal measures across Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
110Th General Assembly
John Gilligan
Department of Insurance
Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Ohio General Assembly
Eaton Municipal Court
Clark County Common Pleas Court
Department of Affairs
Talking Bike Ike Teaches Ohio Kids Bike Safety
Ike the Talking Bike from the Cleveland Automobile Club uses a headlamp voice to teach kindergarten through third grade students bike safety. Safety director George Tewksbury notes 15 signaling check points and urges riders to go with traffic flow. A county code committee seeks to unify bicycle laws across 56 communities while 21 Ohio fatalities occurred in the first five months of this year.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ike
Cleveland Automobile Club
George Tewksbury
Cleveland
American Automobile Association
Tewksbury
AAA
Ohio
George Usher
Cuyahoga County
Today in History highlights July 31 1777 1948
Notable events span 1777 Lafayette offers services to America and becomes a major general, 1798 Columbus discovers Trinidad, 1790 first U S patent, 1877 Edison phonograph precursor, 1917 WWI Flanders battle begins, 1945 Laval surrenders, 1948 Idlewild airport dedication, plus recalls on arms embargo to Portugal and past political shifts. Includes birthday note for Hank Bauer and a thought on inflation.
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Associated Press
Marquis de Lafayette
Christopher Columbus
Trinidad
U.S
Samuel Hopkins
Vermont
Thomas A. Edison
Pierre Laval
Austria
Harry S. Truman
New York
Idlewild
John F. Kennedy
U.N. Security Council
Portugal
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Hank Bauer
Athens base league formed with judge as commissioner
The Athens Industrial Baseball League was formed with Probate Judge Johnson acting as league commissioner. Thirty five years ago Sheriff George Bateman announced a stopover in Athens for a Jail on Wheels display van including a jail cell and electric chair. The statewide tour was sponsored by the Buckeye Sheriffs Association.
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Athens
Johnson
George Bateman
Buckeye Sheriffs Association
The Ellsberg Question and Presidential Power
Buckley argues the Ellsberg affair prompts a debate on presidential powers and constitutional limits. He notes Ehrlichman testifying he would justify burglary for national security, Ervin’s pushback on suspending habeas corpus, and Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers episode highlighting dangers of executive overreach.
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John Ehrlichman
Richard Nixon
Ervin
John J. Wilson
Ehrlichman
Daniel Elisberg
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
F.B.I
Hoover
Ellsberg
Reader Questions Editor Over Oval Office Bugging
A Messenger letter challenges the editorial Bugging the Oval Office arguing two fallacious assumptions. It cites Ehrlichman testimony denying knowledge of tapings and critiques morality of widespread practice. The writer warns against excessive wickedness and cites Ecclesiasticus to support restraint.
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Oval Office
Ehrlichman
Sodomy
Gomorrah
Nixon Tapes Still Hidden as Buchwald Dialog Reveals Trust Concerns
The Art Buchwald column presents a Washington exchange about President Nixon and the taped conversations. The dialogue shows Nixon asserting ownership and distrust, claiming the tapes will never be heard and that enemies seek to frame him.
Nixon Confesses Bond With Tapes To History In Private
The president discusses keeping White House tapes as history while acknowledging critics. He asserts the tapes protect future presidents and recalls conversations with aides about taping some people, claiming it was the hardest decision of his tenure and vowing to continue guarding the recordings.
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Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Boy Scouts of America
White House
Ron
Richard Nixon
Watergate Senate Committee
Secret Service
Cox
Butterfield
The Messenger Publishing Co. Postal Rates Notice
Publication details for The Messenger Publishing Co. list daily and Sunday editions with single copy prices and mail rates. Rates include carrier and mail options for Ohio West Virginia and other locations, with post office entry as Second Class Matter under 1918 act.
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Associated Press
D&s Ee
So Ieee
D&s
One Weee
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
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State Lottery Commission
Muskingum County
D. T. Chase Co
Bowling Green State University
Wood County
Highway Safety Department
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Secretary of State
Forestry and Reclamation
Reclamation
Interstate Pest Control Compact
Akron
Summit County
Division of Forestry and Reclamation
Auto Club
Rai
William F. Buckley
Republic
Lincoln
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Elisberg
Nixon
New York Times
C.sa
Ehrlichman Et al
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
the Messenger
Art Buchwald
Washington
The
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Bric
Ourage Vic President
Mr. President
John Connally Concerto
Brickman
Che Athens
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