Write-In Votes Ruled Legal in Ohio Election Query
Ohio Attorney General Herbert Duffy ruled write-in votes remain legal after law changes. Prosecutor Mathias Heck asked whether votes listing only a last name could be counted when another candidate with the same surname seeks a different office. The issue is act, not law, Duffy stated amid a Phillipsburg Montgomery County case. Isle of Cloves nickname noted for Zanzibar spice trade.
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Columbus
Repoe
Ohio
Atty
Herbert S. Duffy
Mathias H. Heck
Dayton
Phillipsburg
Montgomery County
Act
Law
Duffy
Heck
Kenyon student wins Carnegie Hero Medal in college blaze
A 20 year old Kenyon College student Edwin T Collins of Detroit is the top recipient among 18 honored by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission after saving two friends in a Gambier Ohio dormitory fire on February 27 1949. He leaped from a third floor window to a fire escape platform and helped others reach safety as six classmates died.
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Kenyon College
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Edwin T. Collins
Detroit
Collins
Fewer and Better Rural Churches Urged at Congress
Delegates at the National Home Missions Congress in Columbus urged reducing the number of rural churches while enhancing their size and resources. Dr. Dawber warned that many churches remain overextended, draining funds and leaders. Niebuhr linked secularism to Communism, while Long pressed stronger church planning agreements as seminars continue.
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Columbus
America
National Home Missions Congress
Mark A. Dawber
National Home Mission Council
Aid
Reinhold Niebuhr
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Jacob Avery Long
San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Anselmo
Cal
Notice of bids for fire engine and equipment
Sealed bids for one complete fire engine and for one two ton truck chassis and one firefighting apparatus are due by 12 00 noon February 27 1990 to the Lemon Township Clerk at 2015 Fowell Street Middletown Ohio. Bids must include full interest details and a 10 percent certified check. The township may reject any or all bids and select the best bid.
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Lemon Township
Butler County
Ohio
Fowell Street
Middletown
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Paul J. Mehl
Springfield IH truck works strike vote announced
Local 402 United Automobile Workers plans a strike vote at the Springfield International Harvester truck plant. Local vice president John Minna said the vote will be held Wednesday and offered no reason. The union recently finished contract negotiations with the company.
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Springfield
United Automobile Workers
CJSO
International Harvester Company
John Minna
Mobley Digging Miami Hole For Hidden Gold
George B. Mobley 83 digs a 20 foot pit in downtown Miami seeking 40 million dollars in gold. He shows a 1858 blue glass mason jar and an 1853 wine bottle to onlookers, insisting the treasure lies beneath. Mobley cites pirate lore and uses a divining rod while backer Dr. H. H. Humphreys funded the effort.
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Miami, Fla
George B. Mobley
Miami
Sweeney to Run Columbus Primary for Renomination
Secretary of State Charles F. Sweeney plans renomination in the May primary and is the sole Democrat in the race. St Clair K Archer Jr of Bellaire filed petitions to run as Republican treasurer candidate in the same primary.
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Columbus
Charles F. Sweeney
St. Clair K. Archer, Jr
Bellaire
Brazil meat output valued above coffee in Britannica note
Britannica notes Brazil meat output is valued at 1S percent more than coffee, though coffee production dominates the country’s agricultural life, highlighting meat’s rising economic role alongside coffee.
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Brazil
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