Sun Belt wins on HUD grant split in Senate vote
Senators from the South and Southwest push for a more evenly distributed $400 million urban development fund in a debate over a $31.8 billion housing bill. Texas lawmakers claim pockets of poverty exist in Houston and other Sun Belt cities, while many industrial state senators oppose. The vote marks a regional shift as HUD grant rules face changes and a House veto provision is discussed.
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Two charged in boy’s death held on $100000 bond
In Cincinnati, Jana Arrington and Michael Austin pleaded innocent to murder in the death of Keith Arrington, a boy beaten for violating a religious fast. Keith died after severe whippings, hot peppers, and confinement at a home where about ten people gathered. Police described the group as a fanatic cult. The coroner’s report is pending.
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Michael Austin
John Ranz
Hamilton County
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Ted Hessler
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Austin
Death penalty laws face constitutional challenges nationwide
The Legal Defense Fund says nine states Alabama Arizona Colorado Connecticut Florida Maryland Mississippi Nebraska Wyoming have statutes closely mirroring Ohio law struck down July 3 for limiting mitigating evidence. Courts may review these laws as challenges proceed, with Georgia deemed safest due to broader mitigating consideration.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
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John Evans II
Georgia
Boger
Texas
Court backs fed authority on tobacco hands grading
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Secretary of Agriculture may require burley tobacco sold at auction to be tied into hands before grading by a federal agent. The decision upholds USDA grading rules tied to price support eligibility, rejecting growers’ push to extend supports to looseleaf tobacco.
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US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kentucky Tobacco Growers
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Reunion panel sets meeting for 1943 Middletown class
A final reunion committee meeting for Middletown High School class of 1943 is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 30 PM at the University branch of First National Bank. The class reunion will take place July 31 at the Manchester Inn with a social gathering in the Ruthven Room the preceding Friday evening.
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Clue uncovered in nine slayings linked by watch
Fairfield County detectives seek a jeweler connected to a watch found near the Rev. Gerald Fields scene as a new lead in the nine homicides tied to a .22 caliber pistol. Nine people have died since December in central Ohio, including a cafe shooting in Newark and a Columbus nightclub owner, his girlfriend, and others.
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Fairfield County Sheriff's
Ohio
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Pickerington
Fairfield County
Dan Berry
Newark
Columbus
British paratroopers land in Jordan to aid King Hussein
In 1958 British paratroopers landed in Jordan at the request of King Hussein as he attempted to keep order. The event marked a notable intrusion by foreign troops in Jordan amid internal unrest and regional tensions.
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