Self-Abortion Case In Court Tests Women’s Rights
A jury is chosen in Bowling Green for Maria Pitchford, 22, the first woman in U.S. history charged with performing an abortion on herself. She faces 10 to 20 years if convicted under a state law restricting abortions to licensed doctors. The case draws NOW and other feminists, with defense suggesting temporary insanity. Pitchford was five to six months pregnant when authorities say she used a knitting needle. manslaughter charge was dropped, per personhood.
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Bowling Green
UPI
Maria Elaine Pitchford
Miss Pitchford
National Organization of Women
Marla Pitchford
Helen Kuester
NOW
Louisville
Flora Stewart
Warren County
J. Davis Francis
Bowling Green-Warren County Hospital
Drug Defendant Changes Plea in 15 Year Sentence
Two more drug trafficking defendants reversed earlier not guilty pleas Monday and were sentenced by Huron County Common Pleas Judge Robert W. Smith. Roger Brown, 20, Willard, pleaded guilty to selling a $35 bag of marijuana to a county undercover agent, receives an indeterminate stay of 15 years in Mansfield Reformatory. Paul Sergeant, 24, rural Monroeville, pleaded guilty to attempting to sell marijuana, had pleaded not guilty to selling $30 worth of dope to agents. six month jail term suspended, two year probation, $1,000 fine.
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Huron County Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Roger Brown
Willard
Smith
Brown
Mansfield Reformatory
Richard Hauser
Paul Sergeant
Monroeville
Sergeant
Huron County Sets Longer Court Hours for Judge Heydinger
The Huron County Commissioners approved extended office hours for Judge Thomas E. Heydinger’s probate and juvenile divisions starting Sept. 18. Courthouse offices will open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, and 9 to noon Saturday, making them the longest in the courthouse.
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Huron County Commissioners
Thomas E. Heydinger
Huron County
Heydinger
Three Marion residents die in Wyandot County crash
UPI report from Upper Sandusky, Ohio states three Marion residents were killed Monday when their car pulled in front of a southbound semi on U.S. 23 in Wyandot County. Driver Stanley Terry 85, Lydia Killery 81, and Ethel Rolland 67 died. truck driver Fred Taylor 27 of Ellsworth, Michigan had minor injuries.
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Upper Sandusky, Ohio
UPI
Marion
Ohio
Stanley Terry
Lydia Killery
Ethel Rolland
Ohio Highway Patrol
Terry
U.S. 23
Wyandot
Fred Taylor
Ellsworth
Mich
Twenty Women Named to Ohio Hall of Fame in Columbus
The Ohio Bureau of Employment Services announced the first 20 inductees to the Ohio Women s Hall of Fame. Honorees include Judge Florence Allen, Frances Bolton, Martha Kinney Cooper, Gertrude Donahey, Jane Edna Hunter, Stella Walsh, and Marigene Valiquette among others for impact in law, education, government, and social welfare. Estates listed in Huron County Probate Court show Lisle W. Stewart valued at 79,036 dollars and Walter F. O Mara at 30,567 dollars.
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Columbus
UPI
Women’s Services Division
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Ohio
Florence Allen
Cleveland
Helen Chatfield Black
Indian Hills
U.S
Frances P. Bolton
Elizabeth M. Boyer
Novelty
Harriet Bracken
Martha Kinney Cooper
Cincinnati
Chioana Library
Gertrude W. Donahey
Jane Edna Hunter
M. Consolata Kline
Youngstown
Virginia L. Kunkle
Margaret A. Mahoney
Helen Grace McClelland
Fredericktown
Marigene Valiquette
Toledo
Ann B. Walker
Stella Walsh
Marion S. Wells
Newark
Huron County
Lisle W. Stewart
Norwalk
eWalter FE
O'Mara
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Otter
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Eiyne
Coca-Cola Bonding Company
Canada
Star View Drive
West
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Women’s Hall of Fame
Rose L. Papier
Lottie Randolph
Perry County
Ella P. Stewart
Probate
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