Ohio metric bill defeated in House
Ohio House rejected a bill to require public schools to teach the metric system, voting 31 60. Representatives left the measure open for possible reconsideration while debating reimbursement and teacher readiness concerns. Other actions included a constitutional amendment for governor lieutenant governor tandem election and watercraft safety revisions.
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Ohio
Columbus
United States
John P Brandenburg
Cincinnati
House
Brandenburg
Senate
Secretary of State
Richard F. Celeste
Frederick H. Deering
Monroeville
Inmate Johnny Weber Dies at 100 in Ohio Prison Care
Johnny Weber known as Dad or J W died at 100 after years at the Ohio Penitentiary hospital now Ohio Correctional Medical Center. He had a stroke weeks earlier and was committed in 1926 for first degree murder in the death of his infant daughter. Gov Gilligan reduced to second degree in 1972 but he remained for care with no known relatives.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Johnny Weber
Weber
Correctional Medical Center
Ohio Penitentiary
Patterson
Department of Rehabiliation and Correction
Hungary
Johnny
J.W
John J. Gilligan
Tower Talks Promise Lease Debt Solution at State Office Tower
A summit plan is floated between the Rhodes Administration and Democratic lawmakers to free state government from the 44 story State Office Tower debt. The State Controlling Board met in a three hour special session and failed to resolve tower or unpaid campus construction bills at 37 Ohio colleges. The Ohio Contractors Association tells members to halt new work until obligations are met. A Tuesday special meeting is set to seek a bipartisan deal to settle tower rental debt through July 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rhodes
State Controlling Board
Ohio Contractors Association
Control Board
Democrats press antirecession bill over Ford veto threat
House passed a 6.1 billion public works bill to aid state and local governments and save jobs amid Ford’s veto warning. Senate had approved. Ford favored revenue sharing instead of targeted programs. Mayors group lobbied for the measure as Democrats push extended funding.
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Washington
Ford
House
Ron Nelsen
Senate
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Young Republican Leadership Conference
Richard M Nixon
Senate blocks no child care rule after Senate vote
The Senate killed a move to block federal day care staffing standards but approved delaying the standards until July 1. The bill provides 250 million dollars to states and eases a tax credit for centers hiring welfare mothers. It now goes to the House where budget concerns may challenge passage and the standards may take effect Sunday if not enacted.
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Washington
Senate
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Clifford P. Hansen
K-Wyo
Rock Springs
Wyo
New York City
House
House Budget Committee
Births and Relatives Listed in Vitals Statistics
Beverly Mass residents Mr and Mrs Franklin E Dodridge welcomed a boy on January 22. The notice lists numerous relatives and neighbors by name and address across several towns, including Baker, Brumberg, Childers, Creekbaum, Crowe, Flake, Johnson, McFarland, Miller, Sams, Long, Lovelace, Barker, McGuire, Martin, Aleman, Lawson, Radin, Hartbarger, Clair, and others. Hospital patient number 424-1871 noted for Ishmael Clair from Middletown.
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Franklin E. Dodridge
County Way
Beverly
Mass
Robert Baker
Stanley St
Susan Baker
Donald Baker
Carlisle
Ronald Birch
Selden
Emily A. Brumberg
Monroe
James C. Childers
Navaho St
Otis Creekbaum
Erie Ave
William Crowe
Lafayette Ave
Clarke J. Flake
Trenton
Earl Johnson
Germantown
Elizabeth McDonough
Hoskins Lane
Ronald McFarland
Martha Miller
Elk Creek
Stanley Oligee
E. Oxford State Road
Raymond Sams
Franklin
Herbert Long
Springboro
Cleo Lovelace
Central Ave
Sarah Barker
Beech St
Harry McGuire
Ianthe Martin
Clinton St
Leo Aleman
Linden Ave
Cora Lawson
Somerville
George F. Radin
Grimes St
Nancy Hartbarger
Catalpa Drive
Ishmael Clair
Jefferson St
Middletown — Hospital
Roosevelt Tops All Presidential Electoral Votes Record
The candidate with the highest electoral vote total in U S history is identified as Franklin Roosevelt, noted for an unprecedented landslide victory in the electoral college.
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Franklin Roosvelt
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