Ohio News in Brief: Education Pact and Courts
In New Richland the board and 160 teachers reach a master contract raising wages by over 7 percent with first year bachelor salaries up to 10 050 a year. In Lebanon a 17 year old Columbus youth faces armed robbery kidnapping and auto theft charges after a gas station abduction on I 71. In Newport Ky nineteen defendants object to a 3 million Beverly Hills fire case settlement. In Columbus Gov Rhodes seeks a possible third term via a constitutional amendment. In Cincinnati a federal jury nears deliberations in the Baltzer kidnapping trial after rebuttal witnesses.
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NEW Richmond
UPT
Board of Education
Richard EB. McKinniss
New Richmond Education Association
McKinniss
Newport. Ky
UPI
Beverly Hills
Richard Schilling
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio House
Claire M. Ball Jr
Athens
Rhodes
General Assembly
Cincinnati
Bruce Baltzer
Baltzer
Jason Comisar
Miami County Sheriff Indicted for Theft in Office
Miami County Sheriff Thurmen Adkins, 39, was indicted by a county grand jury on four counts of theft in office, briefly after Athens County Sheriff Gary Efaw resigned and pled guilty to a single misdemeanor amid a seven count indictment. The allegations center on misuse of the Furtherance of Justice Fund to buy drugs and pay informants. Efaw and Adkins are two of eight Ohio sheriffs facing legal trouble, raising concerns about public image of county law enforcement.
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Miami Co
United Press International
Miami County
Thurmen Adkins
Athens County
Gary Efaw
Adkins
Ohio
Buckeye State Sheriff's Association
Blood type frees rape slaying suspect in Michigan
John Henry Harrison, jailed for the 1970 rape and murder of 16 year old Jan Logsdon, is released after a Genesee County prosecutor accepts new blood type evidence showing his blood type did not match the sample used at trial. Harrison, who spent eight months in prison, had his release ordered after investigators confirmed the blood type discrepancy.
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Flint, Mich
UPI
John Henry Harrison
Harrison
Pittsburgh
Jan Logsdon
Genesee County
Thomas C. Yeotis
Michigan Department of Public Health
Leonard
Lawyer scoffs at suspension in federal case
In Avon and North Ridgeville Schulman mocked Judge Krupansky s suspension order as invalid and vowed to appeal to the Cincinnati-based federal appeals court. He accused the judge of prejudice, while Krupansky mandated six courses before reentry to federal practice. In a separate trial, Ken and Naomi Kinzell were found guilty of racial discrimination for denying housing to Barbara Ford, with Ford awarded $1 in compensatory and $347 in punitive damages.
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Avon
North Ridgeville
Schulman
Krupansky
Federal Appeals Court
Cincinnati
Buster
Cleveland Municipal Light
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
Ken
Naomi Kinzel
E. Oviatt St
Woma
Barbara Ford
Family’s strict rule led to double lives, police say
Neighbors recall the White children as quiet when father was home, but unruly in his absence. The teens reportedly paid $60 to a friend to kill their father over strict rules. After the shooting, the pair and their sibling allegedly spent cash, credit cards, and a pay check from the wallet, while neighbors described escalating tension and hidden misbehavior.
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Kelley
White Sr
Johnny
John Marshall High School
White
Ford Motor Co
Border clash kills over 100 as Kurdish separatists clash with Iran
Reports from Kermanshah province say more than 100 people died in a border battle on the Iraqi frontier between Kurdish separatists and Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolutionary forces. Initial tallies placed casualties in Kaneh. The upheaval follows Iran’s February takeover and signals renewed separatist tensions in Azerbaijan and Baluchistan. The new government announced a national referendum on the form of government within two weeks.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Kermanshah
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Kaneh
Khoemini
Khomeini
Azerbaijan
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Tabriz
Baluchistan
Pakistan
Shades of French Connection in white heroin ring bust
Federal agents and police say they have broken up a large portion of a major white heroin smuggling ring linked to the old French Connection. At least 11 people, described as high echelon members, have been arrested in New York and Washington D.C. in the past month, with the ring supplying white heroin to New York, D.C., and Chicago in recent years.
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Chicago
UPI
Ring
New York
Washington, D.C
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
East Coast
Washington
Abraham L. Azzam
DEA
Dormant Volcano Erupts Killing Hundreds in Indonesia
In Semaring Indonesia a 1000 year old volcano erupted spewing toxic fumes and killing at least 136 worshippers. Officials warned the death toll could reach near 1000 as rescue attempts faced obstacles.
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Semaring
Indonesia
Cleveland Judges and Forbes sue Kucinich over assistant
Cleveland's 13 Municipal Court judges and City Council President George L Forbes sue Mayor Dennis J. Kucinich and the Civil Service Commission to block an attempted court employee removal. Forbes later sues to oust Police Chief Jeff Fox, alleging intimidation of legislative and judicial branches. The case seeks a restraining order to stop removing court aide Mickey Griffith.
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Cleveland
George L. Forbes
Dennis J. Kucinich
Kucinich
City Civil Service Commission
Forbes
Jeffrey Fox
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Lloyd Brown
Mickey Griffith
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