New Ohio Laws Soon Effective
Nearly twenty new laws take effect in Ohio in 1962 with many starting January 1 and others by July 1. Key changes include tax stamp elimination on retail tax, trailer tax based on value, mandatory safety belt brackets on new cars, registration of dangerous drug distributors, higher local government subsidies, revised mental patient care liability, and a larger school foundation fund. Also added are uniform levy procedures, a 40 hour work week for state workers, watercraft regulation tweaks, higher aid to the blind, and expanded use of special motor vehicle licenses. Two laws, one vetoed, take effect January 2, including sales tax exemptions and food sale tax record-keeping changes. Uniform buoy standards hit March 31. July 1 brings a new uniform commercial code and a highway safety fund.
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Ohio
Pharmacy Board
Highway Saftey
School Foundation
Policeman's Daughter Weds Bank Robber
In Omaha a Cincinnati police sergeant’s daughter Joan Breckel married John Robert Sawyer, an accused bank robber listed among the FBI's 10 most wanted. The couple wed Sept. 8 in Wise Virginia and separated Oct. 3 after Sawyer, using the alias Edwin C. Pankow, faced divorce papers accusing misrepresentation. Sawyer, jailed in Lincoln Neb., was tied to an Aug. 8 suburban Omaha bank robbery. Johnny Mosse, 37, is held in New York City on similar charges.
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Omaha
Cincinnati
Ohio
FBI
John Robert Sawyer
Sawyer
Edwin C. Pankow
Joan Breckel
William A. Breckel
Phoenix
Ariz
John V. Mosse
New York City
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Neb
Breckel
Wise
Miami
Fla
Brekel
Oslo Baths Turn Hair Green From Chlorine Copper Mix
Public bathgoers in Oslo report hair turning green after swimming in pools with high chlorine levels and copper ions. An official AP summary cites diluted acidic copper solution as a contributing factor and notes the finding from an official report.
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Oslo
Norway
Qoslo
Teachers Attacked And Robbed In Akron Residence
In Akron, two men held Miss Dorothy Frazier and her sister Ruth captive for 18 hours threatening to kill Ruth if police were called. They forced Dorothy to bank out $2,000 after discovering only $52 in the home, then fled with $2,052. The sisters, longtime retired teachers, escaped when the robbers guarded them through the night and were later found in the fruit cellar.
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Akron, Ohio
Dorothy Frazier
Miss Frazier
Ruth
Dorothy
Ruth Frazier
Ney
Two Missing Scouts Found
Two explorer scouts Harrington aged 15 and Wallin 17 were found safe after a snowbound trek in the Great Smoky Mountains near New Found Gap on the North Carolina Tennessee line. Ranger Winsor led a search party to a point seven and a half miles east of the gap where the youths were exposed but unharmed aside from frostbite and a twisted ankle. They were to be brought out by jeep to Smokemont Camp Ground and then Knoxville for medical checks.
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Gatlinburg, Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mike Harrington
Allen Wallin
Luther Winsor
Appalachian Trail
New Found Gap
North Carolina- Tennessee
Winsor
Gatlinburg
Smokemont Camp Ground
North Carolina
Knoxville
Ed Nichols
University of Tennessee
Steven Shepherd
Senne
Nichols
Shepherd
Ohio benefited from federal programs in 1961
Ohio received substantial federal support in 1961 from HEW programs. Public assistance paid 84.1 million to 89,290 elderly. aid to dependent children totaled 45.89 million for 129,520 children. disability and blind payments reached 12.29 and 3.25 million respectively. Social security benefits totaled 43.0 million monthly for retirees and dependents. 13.4 million monthly for widows and children. disability payments 3.73 million monthly. Education funds supported schools and construction. National Defense Education Act aided 8,047 students and 3.0 million to colleges. NIH funded 8.4 million for 451 projects and 3.0 million for training. rehabilitation funding and outcomes aided 1,992 handicapped people back to work. Federal property and construction grants supported health and education facilities.
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Schou
Public Health Service
Ohio
Menshikov Hints At Retirement After Washington Farewell
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail A Menshikov hints retirement after more than 30 years of service while attending a farewell party in Washington. He leaves for Russia January 1 and says he has not decided his next move. Anatoly F. Dobrynin is due in Washington in about a month to take his place.
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Washington
Mikhail A. Menshikov
Russia
Menshikov
Anatoly FP. Dobrynin
Mother Of 5 Sent To Prison
A 31 year old mother of five was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in Marysville Reformatory for driving a getaway car used by two robbers. Judge John V Corrigan imposed the term after Mrs Wade admitted helping in robberies of a jewelry store a tavern and two service stations. Police had previously shot and killed one robber, John Meheltz, and the other, Donald McCormack, was captured and awaiting trial.
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Cleveland (Ap
Marysville Reformatory
Common Pleas Court
John V. Corrigan
Wade
New Martinsville
W. Va
John Meheltz
Donald McCormack
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Columbus, Ohio
Pecks Corner
Harrington
Wallin
Fairbanks
Alaska
Stanley Zavers
Chicago
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Melville H. Hosch
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
The
National Institutes of Health
Tion
Spencer
MODEL
Hoover
Spencers
Garry Their
A Finance Co
Central Ave
Middletown
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