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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1949

Page

2

House Passes Tax Measures and Commitments in Ohio

A Columbus report details the Ohio House voting 100 to 19 to permit passage of non school tax levies with varying general election thresholds. The Senate concurred, sending the bill to Governor Lausche for signature as an emergency measure. Also covered are the House approval of six month commitments for mentally ill patients and the naming of U S Route 33 as the Blue and Grey Trail.

Columbus House Senate Frank J. Lausche Ohio William J. Hart Cuyahoga Pomeroy Richard A. Wilmer Butler Senate Education Committee Wilberforce University William M. Boyd

House labor committee acts on unemployment bill Amendments sent to subcommittee

The House labor committee referred Republican sponsored amendments to the Senate approved unemployment compensation bill. Proposals would require six benefit recipients to actively seek work, bar Florida vacations on benefits and loan payments for voluntary quitters without just cause. An amendment tightening benefits for striking workers was defeated. Four other bills were tabled, including cuts in employer premium payments.

House Labor Committee Florida

Ballot Change in Senate Advances Ohio Election Reform

A sweeping revision of Ohio election laws moves to a Senate vote. The bill aims to reduce ballot disqualification by counting ballots where voter's intent is clear, discarding non X marks, and tightening petition and write-in provisions for party candidates. Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum and sponsors argue the changes cut confusion and modernize procedures.

Ohio State Senate Henry A. Wallace Progressive Party Howard M. Metzenbaum Cuyahoga

Doctors Speak On Mount Mt Union Public Program

Four speakers including three Alliance doctors Dr Doug Lass King Dr William Elliott and Dr George Wilcoxon join James W Gladden of Mt Union College sociology for a program on Socialized Medicine. The lecture is Thursday at 8:30 p m in Chapman Hall with Robert Juergens moderating and a portion broadcast on WFAH.

Repository Bureau Alliance Speech Department Mt. Union College Chapman Hall Douglass King William E. Elliott George M. Wilcoxon Alliance James W. Gladden Sociology Robert Juergens Speech

Foremen's Night Dinner Addresses by Builders Leaders

Thomas R. Johnson of Columbus, executive secretary of the Ohio State Home Builders Association, and Calvin Yuill of Chicago, Gypsum Builders Association building code engineer, spoke at the Sue Ming Restaurant. Johnson discussed state legislative proposals while Yuill outlined sound color films on Gypsum use in plaster, wallboard, and lath. Earl Lawrence reviewed the Mellett Homestead issue as 55 attendees, including 15 foremen and seven Alliance guests, listened.

Thomas R. Johnson Columbus Ohio State Home Builders Association, Inc Calvin Yuill Chicago Gypsum Builders Association Sue Ming Johnson Yuill Earl Lawrence Mellett Homestead Robert R. Schneider Alliance

Boy Bitten by Dog In NE Neighborhood Incident

Four year old George Weisinger of 1133 Colonial Blvd NE was treated for a thigh laceration after being bitten by John Petrovichs dog of 1123 Havana NE, according to police reports.

George Weisinger Colonial John Petrovich Havana

Wooster Passion Play to Feature Michigan Singer

Harold Haugh professor of voice at the University of Michigan will sing the narrator role in Wooster College's Bach Passion of Our Lord According to St Matthew on April 17. A Cleveland native, he studied at Hiram College and Union Theological Seminary and previously taught at Oberlin Conservatory of Music since 1941.

Mr. Haugh Cleveland Hiram College Union Theological Seminary Oberlin Conservatory of Music

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