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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1975
Page
5
In Columbus, about 15 elementary students dressed as ladybugs watched the House vote 85-8 to name the ladybug the state insect. Sen Marigene Valiquette sponsored the Senate-approved measure. Age discrimination bill passes 84-4, moving to the Senate.
The Ohio House voted 85-4 to accept Senate amendments on a bill creating an Ohio Rail Transportation Authority. It would plan a statewide rail network, including rapid transit between major cities, and coordinate federal and state funds to subsidize freight spur lines slated for abandonment under the regional rail plan.
In Columbus the Ohio Senate approved a 10.6 billion budget 21 to 12 with over 100 amendments. The House may vote today on whether to accept changes and send the bill to Gov. Rhodes without a joint conference, as Democrats defend the plan against GOP charges of partisan overreach.
In Hamilton Ohio AP reports on the Ruppert murder trial as prosecutors portray a motive to inherit a $300000 family estate. Witness Gaylord Morris testifies Ruppert enrolled in life insurance savings bonds stock options and pension plans while employed at General Electric in Cincinnati earning $20800. Aunt Ruby Lee of Wapakoneta Ohio also testifies as the case unfolds.
Former student Robert Pickett testified that warnings were issued to Blacks to avoid Ohio National Guard troops at Kent State five years earlier amid protests that left four students dead and nine wounded. The trial also heard guardsman Myron Pryor described the moments before shots were fired on Blanket Hill and a damages case seeks 46 million dollars from Gov. Rhodes and others.
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