Experimental treatment for Columbus girl shows seizure relief
Six year old Felice has remained seizure free for 40 days after an unapproved drug therapy for myoclonic epilepsy. Dr. Bernard Abrams led the effort securing a year long study at Children's Hospital in Columbus with sodium valproate and earned support from neurology chief Dr. Earl S. Sherard Jr. The case spurred hopes for a national pediatric center similar to St. Jude's leukemia unit, with Abrams fundraising nationwide.
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Columbus, Ohio
Bernard Abrams
Felice
Abrams
Earl S. Sherard Jr
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
United States
Food and Drug Administration
Birmingham
England
Peter Jeavons
Dr. Abrams
St. Jude's National Center
Eve
Johnstown Struggles After Summer Flood and Unemployment
Johnstown Pennsylvania reels from July flood deaths of 77 and $325 million in damage. Unemployment hits 17 percent as Bethlehem Steel layoffs 3,800 workers and allied industries add to 4,700 jobless. Residents face mental strain, school disengagement, and housing insecurity as recovery lags.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Conemaugh
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Allied Industries
Thomas Carroll
Rev. Carroll
Jose Casale
State Bureau of Employment Security Office
Kentucky panel to hear Beverly Hills fire probe findings
The Interim Joint Committee on Cities in Kentucky begins hearings on the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire with State Police Commissioner Ken Brandenburgh and NKU law professor Dr. Ovid Lewis presenting. Officials discuss fire code reforms and possible reorganization of the fire marshal's office amid calls to elevate it to department status.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Beverly Hills
Joint Committee On Cities
Ken Brandenburgh
Ovid Lewis
Northern Kentucky University
Southgate
Warren Southworth
Julian Carroll
Insurance Department
Lewis
Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet
Bob Estep
Ken Paul
Richard Beiting
John Braun
Luler
Cincinnati
Stanley Chesley
William Hillman
Covington
Bob Benson
Louisville
State Department of Buildings, Housing and Construction
General Assembly
Crime alert number posted for suspicious activity calls
A public safety notice advises calling 425 7700 to report crimes or suspicious activity. The alert emphasizes using the police number for rapid response and community vigilance.
Fire code violations at Beverly Hills Supper Club years before disaster
A 1970 memo listing fire code violations at the Beverly Hills Supper Club went uncorrected six years later as a 1976 inspection reportedly found some violations still present. State officials, including Fire Marshal Warren Southworth, were suspended amid a broader probe into the 1977 Southgate blaze that killed 164 people.
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Louisville
Beverly Hills
Southgate
Courier-Journal
John Bramlage
Bramlage
Stanley Boyd
Boyd
Warren Southworth
Southworth
John Calvert
Bae
Bean
Richard Schilling
Calvert
Local Weather Forecast With Rain Likely Tomorrow
Showers expected tomorrow after a cloudy night with lows around 58. Tuesday highs near 68. Tonight a 20 percent and tomorrow a 70 percent chance of rain. This morning low was 42 and Sunday's high reached 65. No rainfall over the weekend.
Explosion Kills Four in Ohio House Blaze
Four people died when an explosion and fire destroyed the Donald Swineheart residence in Brunswick Medina County. The victims’ identities were not released. sons Brian 16 and Russell 9 were mentioned by the coroner. A third son Michael 19 had left for Miami University in Oxford. A separate incident in Strongsville damaged a model home valued at 78 000 dollars by an explosive device of undetermined origin.
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Brunswick
Ohio
Donald Swineheart
Medina County
Andrew Karsten
Brian
Russell
Michael
Miami University
Oxford
Cleveland
Strongsville
Veteran patient found after 30 hour elevator escape
A 63 year old disabled veteran, Roland Sellers, disappeared from his VA Hospital room and was found in a fourth floor elevator after about 30 hours. He had a stroke three months earlier while working on an Army Corps project in Toledo and was reported in good condition. He replied "Up and down" when asked where he had been.
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Cleveland (Ap
Veterans Administration Hospital
Roland Sellers
Shirley
Sellers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Toledo
Floyd Johnson
Study finds death penalty rarely deters murder
A Minnesota Law Review study of 32 states from 1960 to 1970 finds high conviction and prison rates deter murder, while capital punishment shows little deterrent effect. The report notes murder rate increases aligned with states’ capture and convicting performance, not execution decline.
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Washington
Minnesota Law Review
Institute For Law and Social Research
Forst
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FDA
Mittee
Brandenburgh
Harold McGuffey
Jack Hall
Carroll
Ann Landers
Eeres
Heloise
Middletown
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