Ohio state mental institutions under investigation for patient abuse
State authorities probe neglect and abuse at Hawthornden near Cleveland Lima State Hospital and Longview in Cincinnati while Cincinnati Columbus facilities prepare highway patrol inquiries. Reports cite sexual abuse thefts and harsh “reality therapy” at Lima and alarming patient confinement with limited activity amid calls for improved funding and safety.
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Sheila McCarthy
Hawthornden State Hospital
Cleveland
Lima State Hospital
Highway Patrol
Cincinnati
Columbus
Columbus State Institute
Robert Carl Jr
CSI
Timothy Moritz
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Hawthornden
Longview State Hospital
Acility
Longview Hospital Faces Grand Jury Call Over Birth Control Drug Use
Cincinnati AP: Ohio lawmakers scrutinize Longview State Mental Hospital amid claims of unapproved birth control injections given since 1973. Officials cite staffing, funding, and security issues, while debates over a grand jury investigation and further inquiries continue.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Longview State Mental Hospital
Robert W. Jaskulkski
Garfield Heights
James Rankin
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Patrick Lagan
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Life Term for Mrs Whittingham
Rosemary Whittingham’s life sentence for the shooting death of Susan Bartee was upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court. Convicted March 1 1973 in Marion County Common Pleas Court, she was sentenced September 14 1973 and sent to Marysville Reformatory for Women after experts testified she was distraught over her husband’s alleged affair.
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Columbus, Ohio
Rosemary Whittingham
Marion
Ohio Supreme Court
Marion County Common Pleas Court
Marysville
Reformatory For Women
Whittingham
Susan Bartee
Ohio House vote on federal pay raise for judges and officials
The Ohio delegation split 278 to 123 to hold a 5 percent pay raise for federal judges and executive branch officials. Republicans Ashbrook Brown Clancy Devine Gradison Guyer Harsha Kindness Latta Miller Mosher Regula Stanton Whalen Wylie voted yes while Carney Hays Stokes Vanik opposed. Mottl Seiberling Stanton voting yes. Stokes and St. Louis? no.
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Washington
Ohio
House
John M. Ashbrook
Clarence J. Brown
Donald D. Clancy
Samuel L. Devine
Willis D. Gradison Jr
Tennyson Guyer
William H. Harsha
Thomas N. Kindness
Delbert L. Latta
Clarence E. Miller
Charles A. Mosher
Ralph S. Regula
J. William Stanton
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Chalmers P. Wylie
Thomas L. Ashley
Charles J. Carney
Wayne L. Hays
Ronald M. Mottl
John F. Seiberling
James V. Stanton
Louis Stokes
Charles A. Vanik
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Communication Workers of America
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