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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1976
Page
13
In Columbus Ohio the Senate Democratic caucus voted to keep meetings closed despite a new open meetings law taking effect last November. Senate Majority Leader Oliver Ocasek said a substantial majority supported remaining closed with several members absent for the vote.
The Ohio Commission on Aging reported 138,468 people received social services under the Older Americans Act last year and the senior nutrition program aided 40,000. Ohio has 1.5 million residents aged 60 and over.
A petition filed with the FCC seeks action against an Ohio power company over alleged abusive monopoly practices in charging cable firms for pole attachments. If approved the move could affect how utilities charge cable providers for using poles.
In Cincinnati, earlier indictments against Lt. Richard K Beyer and Officer James Simon were dropped after a Hamilton County grand jury issued new charges. Beyer faces counts of submitting a false record and obstructing investigation by a grand jury, while Simon is charged with false statements about cash from Beyer’s informant fund. The new indictments involve another account with similar charges.
Ohio Supreme Court reverses a $25,000 award to Tyrone Brooks, a 10 year old who was injured stepping from a slow freight car on a railroad track in 1969. Ruling trespass precludes ordinary negligence, unless wanton misconduct shown. Court also reinstates $50,000 Mobil Oil injury verdict for Sam Walker in 1967 Fernald site accident.
The Ohio House, with 56 votes to sustain and 39 against, upheld Gov. James A. Rhodes’s veto of a bill to create voluntary nondriver identification cards. Democrats failed to reach the required three fifths for an override. Governor Rhodes cited a $25 000 appropriation as insufficient and raised concerns about misuse. alternative legislation was noted as drafted.
William Amicon 49 was named to the Ohio Water Development Authority by the governor on Wednesday. He replaces Eugene Hanhart who resigned, and he runs a Columbus construction business.
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