Samuel Leibowitz Dies at 84 in New York
Samuel Simon Leibowitz, famed criminal lawyer who defended Al Capone and the Scottsboro Boys, died aged 84 in New York. A trial lawyer for 24 years, he held a high record of only one execution among over 100 murder defendants and represented Capone four times. He joined the Scottsboro case in 1932 and worked three years without pay to save nine young black men from death in Alabama.
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Samuel Simon Leibowitz
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Capone
Scottsboro
Alabama
Western College Program at Miami University enters fourth year
A task force report on MIAMI UNIVERSITY Western College recommends continuing the program with modifications. It outlines enrollment caps, faculty limits, space priorities, and open junior-year access while stressing clearer governance and funding. A final decision remains three months away with steps through University Council and Senate before trustee action.
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Oxford
Miami University
Western College
Western College of Miami University
Phillip R. Shriver
Miami
Shriver
University Council
Council
University Senate
Senate
Board of Trustees
Astern College
Division of
Western
Wcmrogram
McKee, Peabody and Mary Lyon
WCM
Patterson Avenue
Ohio State
Ohio 73
Nine Middletown area residents graduate from OSU
Nine area residents received academic degrees at Ohio State University autumn commencement in Columbus where 1,618 students were ceremony participants. From Middletown area: Melanie S Timmers, Nancy S Holtzmuller, Deborah A Witt, Kenneth B Johnson, Steven T Haney, Gayle H Bowman, Donald L Dawson, Susan E Hodapp, Catherine E Snider with degrees ranging from bachelor of arts to medicine and education.
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Middletown City
Middletown
Ohio
Betty York
Gene Saylor
Girard Avenue
Middletown Area
Ohio State University
Columbus
Melanie Sue Timmers
Jackson Lane
Nancy Sue Holtzmuller
Germantown Pike
Farmersville
Deborah Ann Witt
N. Maple Ave
Germantown
Kenneth Bruce Johnson
Cedar Lane
Chautauqua
Steven Thomas Haney
W. Seventh St
Franklin
Gayle Hays Bowman
Southline Drive
Lebanon
Donald Linn Dawson
Summit St
Susan Elizabeth Hodapp
Bone Road
Catherine Elaine Snider
E. Ohio
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Mabley & Carew
Middletown Center
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