Siege of Shawano militia charged in estate seizure
Five Menominee militants face prison terms over 90 years after surrendering from a 34 day occupation of the Alexian Brothers estate in Gresham Wisconsin. Twenty eight more adults charged with trespass and disorderly conduct. Nine youths to juvenile authorities. All adults plead not guilty. The group seized the abbey to turn it into a health and school facility for the Menominee tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawano
Wis
Menominee Warrior Society
Alexian Brothers
Gresham
Mike Sturdevant
Neopit
Dayton seeks annexation powers and liquor rule changes
Dayton officials pressed local legislators for stronger annexation powers and liberalized liquor rules for the Dayton Exhibition Center, plus state financing for a public defender’s office. Rep. Frederick Young and Rep. Larry Christman opposed the annexation request, citing airport land and broader implications. Deputy City Manager Earl Sterzer urged a bring your own bottle policy to attract conventions, and warned the defender’s office faces funding shortfalls without state aid. Other Dayton legislators attended the luncheon.
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Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Exhibition Center
Frederick Young
R- 38
Larry Christman
D-67
Englewood
Young
Cox Municipal Airport
Christman
Earl Sterzer
Sterzer
Public Defender’s
C.J. McLin
Sen
Tony Hall
D-6
Paul Leonard
Time Extension Introduced Studded Tire Debate in Ohio Senate
In Columbus the Senate Transportation and Local Government Committee reviewed a bill to extend Ohio studded tire usage from November 1 to April 15, up from November 15 to March 15. Sponsor Sen. Jerome Stano, who earlier backed a ban, argues drivers need more time for safety, while DOT official T. H. Bovard warns of road damage. Also introduced in the House were measures including removing the $5 vanity plate fee when renewing, plus bills on welfare food stamps, runaway care facilities licensing, a homestead exemption for seniors in house trailers, and cuts to state rulemaking and circuses permits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Transportation and Local Government Committee
Jerome Stano
Parma
House
Stano
T. H. Bovard
Department of Transportation
Bovard
Rhodes Aide backs funds for Ohio nursing homes repair work
Legislator says nursing home proposals backed by Rhodes to assist cash-starved facilities in meeting health and safety standards with local bank loans and a proposed bonding authority. Governor says full support. Ohio faces a 2.6 million dollar yearly MLK holiday cost and daily state payroll around 2 million plus 600 thousand in overtime.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Applegate
Nursing Home
Rhodes
Senate Health and Retirement Committee
Cincinnati Auto Emission Tests May Be Extended
EPA official signals tougher Cincinnati emission tests could spread to Indiana and Kentucky counties. Chicago regional administrator Mayo wrote to city leaders that a study committee will be formed to assess, amid Cincinnati Councilman Brush protests. Republicans Taft, Clancy, and Gradison filed complaints over the arrangement.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U8 Environmental Protection Agency
Indiana
Kentucky
Francis T. Mayo
Chicago
EPA
Thomas Brush
Brush
Hamilton County
Sen
Robert Taft Jr
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John D. Perote
Robert C. Chevalier
John J. Waubanascum Jr
Green Bay
Doreen K. Dixon
Waubanascum
Mally
Rodney H. Hughes
Bellefontaine
Welfare
Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King
General Assembly
State Administrative Services Department
James A. Rhodes
Douglas Applegate
D-30
Steubenville
Says
Donald Clancy
Willis D. Gradison Jr
Ohio Bell Business Office
Ohio Bell
OPER
Middletown
Henry Block
Manchester Ave
E. 2Nd & High
Sears
S. Main ST
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