Who Wants to Witness an Execution in America
A columnist recalls McVeigh’s potential televised execution and the 250 victims’ relatives seeking to witness it. Reactions split between moral opposition and calls for closure through witnessing, with experts offering religious, psychological, and historical perspectives. The piece ends pondering whether modern society will accept televised capital punishment.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
McVeigh
Elyria
Gary Malin
St. Mary’s Church
David Powers
Temple B'Nai Abraham
Diana Santantonio
Taft aide travel costs spark questions in Ohio
Kevin Kellems, Taft's press aide hired Oct. 11, has flown to Washington 15 times, costing taxpayers $5,327 in just over four months. The Columbus Dispatch details trips often booked last minute, with Kellems handling state and federal issues and arranging meetings with Bush aides and governors groups. Some lawmakers say they have had little contact with him.
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Columbus
Bob Taft
Washington
Taft
Kevin Kellems
Columbus Dispatch
Kellems
National Governors’ Association
Bush
Republican Governors’ Association
Ohio
Congress
Dayton family uncovers WWII codebreaking hero’s secret
Debbie Desch Anderson and her son uncovered the story of Joseph Desch who led NCR efforts in 1942 43 to build a high speed deciphering machine to crack the Enigma submarine code. His work helped shorten World War II and earned a Congressional Medal for Merit.
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Dayton
Joseph Desch
United States
Debbie Desch Anderson
Dayton Daily News
Desch
National Cash Register Co
Anderson
Kettering
Henry Tropp
Smithsonian Institution
NCR
Grant helps clear backlog of prisoners DNA samples
Ohio moves to finish a backlog of about 22 000 inmate DNA samples with a 1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Justice and help from private labs in Utah and Virginia. Ted Almay notes the program started in 1997 with 12 000 vials and has since collected 29 750 samples through 2000, but only 8 000 profiled before late 1999.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Institute of Justice
Utah
Virginia
Ted Almay
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Almay
FBI
Ohio EPA drops public list of brownfield sites in Ohio
Ohio EPA no longer publishes its list of contaminated sites after a 2005 appeals ruling. The Dayton Power & Light case prompted the change amid privacy concerns. The 1,866-site list shows every county, with debates over allocating $200 million in bonds for cleanup and redevelopment. Environmentalists push for $25 million for a thorough inventory to guide spending.
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Columbus
State
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Christopher Jones
State Environmental Review Appeals Commission
Dayton Power & Light Co
The
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio
Carol Hester
William Hinger
Huntington Bancshares Inc
Dayton Power & Light
Hinger
Dispatch
Bob Taft
Ohio Department of Development
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