Prison Reformer Quits In Disgust At Cummins Prison Farm
Dr. Thomas O Morton a Southern Illinois University professor quits as Arkansas prison superintendent citing sanity concerns. A dig finds three skeletons at Cummins Prison Farm with 213 inmates unaccounted for since 1900, 100 to 200 bodies feared buried on the grounds amid long standing abuse rumors.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
UPI
Arkansas
Thomas O. Morton
Southern Illinois University
Tas
Murton
Edwin Barron Jr
Cummins
Winthrop Rockefeller
Ohio approves new redistricting plan by three-judge panel
A Cleveland panel of three federal judges approved Ohio's legislature approved redistricting plan and set February 18 as the filing deadline for congressional candidates and national convention entrants. The plan, signed by Governor Rhodes, was deemed technically the court's plan though originated from the legislature, with a 2.5 percent variation from the ideal district of 404 433 people.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ohio
Girard Kalbfleish
James O. Connell
Anthony Celebrezze
Rhodes
State Attorney General's Office
Walter White
Lima
Colorado governor joins pursuit in seven hour supermarket siege
Gov. John A. Love rode in a pursuing car as Dan Williams led a 250 mile chase across eastern Colorado after comandeering three vehicles and taking seven hostages. Williams surrendered when a school bus he stole ran dry. 240 officers and multiple aircraft tracked him. Two hostages were wounded and a Denver officer was among those held.
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Denver
UPI
Colorado
Dan Williams
John
A. Love
Williams
Lawrence Morahan
Tory
Louis Maple
Stamford
Conn
Morahan
Colorado Springs
Hugo
Limon
Counties must build or lease dog pounds for destruction
Ohio counties must create their own dog pound destruction chambers or lease facilities after a ruling by Attorney General William B. Saxbe. The decision, made at the request of Ashland County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Murray, bars counties from contracting with individuals or firms to destroy dogs and blocks professional dealers from obtaining dogs to sell to laboratories after a three day hold period.
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Chambers
William B. Saxbe
Norwalk
Saxbe
Joseph Murray
Ashland County
Ohio
Swanbeck seeks GOP nod for Ohio House seat in 14th district
Mrs Ethel Swanbeck of Huron filed petitions Monday at the Erie County Courthouse Sandusky to seek re election to the Ohio House representing the 14th district which includes all of Huron and most of Erie counties She carries 500 names on the petitions and aims for the May Primary She sits on the education and finance committees and is serving her seventh term
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Ethel Swanbeck
Huron
Ohio House of Representatives
Erie County
Sandusky
Erie
Swanbeck
Ohio General Assembly
House
Robert French Re-elected to Ohio Seed Board in Columbus
Robert French of Wakeman was re-elected to the board of directors of the Ohio Seed Improvement Association at the 33rd Annual Certified Seed Growers School in Columbus. French is the junior partner of W.B. French & Son, a seed producer for 32 years, with the association serving as Ohio’s official seed certifying agency.
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Columbus
Robert French
Wakeman
Ohio Seed Improvement Association
French
W.B. French & Son
Ohio
Rhodes Seeks Fresh Vocational Education Ideas
Gov. James A. Rhodes urged his administration to craft bold new approaches for trade and vocational schooling. He stressed emergency help for about 90,000 untrained youths entering Ohio’s labor market by June, and noted 150,000 more in the age group will graduate high school.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ohio
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