Ohio House ends debate on new criminal code reforms
In Columbus the Ohio House halted a push to abolish the death penalty and revoke abortion laws as five and a half hours of debate wrapped. The 266 page code would overhaul statutes for the first time since 1827, with amendments preserving life sentences for child rape and criminalizing solicitation of homosexuality or lesbianism.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Northwest Territory
House Judiciary Committee
Joseph Tulley
Mentor
Donna Pope
Parma
Pope
the Messenger
Athens
Senate
Keith McNamara
Columbus’ Veterans Memorial
Ohio House debates criminal code and abortion repeal
Ohio House debated a comprehensive criminal code draft and an abortion repeal modeled after earlier bills. Sixteen amendments were offered, eight passed, with key changes raising the prison term for felons and rejecting juries' automatic death penalty. debates touched on conflict of interest provisions and administration amendments.
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Pope
Gertrude Polcar
Charles Kurfess
Perrysburg
House
Robert Manning
Akron
Harry Lehman
Shaker Heights
Kurfess
Richard Christiansen
Mansfield
Ohio
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
Mason Farmers Receive Conservation Help in Mason County
Mason County farmers are receiving land planning help from the U S Soil Conservation Service. John McDermitt plans 4000 feet of tile drainage on a swampy area while W A Barker and family plant 4200 trees near Southside. An ancient beech 300 to 500 years old is noted on Joe Young place. An old road across a gap near Flatfoot Creek shows 75 to 100 year abandonment.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
John Cooper
Cooper
John McDermitt
White Church
John
William
W. A. Barker
Southside
Barker
Sydney
Point Pleasant High School
Joe Young
Hartford
Ritchie
Christianson
Flatfoot Creek
Hogsett
SCS
Millstone Road
J. S. Baird
Willis
Point Pleasant Senior High
Western Auto Store
Silver Bridge
Permits Required For Septic Tanks In Mason County
W. E. Willis Mason County Sanitarian reminds residents installing septic tanks in Mason County to contact the local health department for an application blank design standard book and a permit as required by the state and county health departments.
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Point Pleasant
W. E. Willis
Mason County
West Virginia
Burning Rules Announced in Middleport Village
Middleport mayor John Zerkle and Fire Chief Bob E Byer ban open burning without a permit within village limits. Trash and papers may burn in a lid covered container. no permit required if it is not hazardous. Open burning not allowed on Sunday. garbage and leaves burning banned. Permits free from Fire Chief Pete Klees or Mrs. Tom Durst. issued for up to one week and canceled in dry or windy weather.
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Middleport
John Zerkle
Bob E. Byer
Pete Klees
Tom Durst
Dudley
Byer
Fertilizer Conference Scheduled
An Area Lime and Fertilizer Conference at Rio Grande College in Pomeroy will showcase methods for boosting forage and field crop yields. OSU agronomists and industry officials will discuss lime and fertilizer needs, soil analysis, and guide usage with speakers from OSU and Ohio associations.
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Pomeroy
Rio Grande College
Moulton Hall
C. E. Blakeslee
OSU
Don Myers
John van Meter
Piketon
Walter Jones
Ohio Seed Improvement
John Trierweiler
Hunter Follett
Ohio State University Agronomists
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U.S
Ator
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William Brown
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A-59
Westerville
Tulley
Norris
GAS & Electric
Rutland
Arnold Grate
Rutland, Ohio
Mason
Pomeroy, Ohio
Burning Rules
Bond
Bowling Green, Ohio
James Bond
Bowling Green State University
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Olberfeld
Frozen Foods
Afi
General Electric
Frost Free
Hin
Ladies’ & Children’s
Ben Franklin
Ben
East Main St
Electra
Cooking Center
G. E
Elberfeld
Logan
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