Ohio Legislature Teeters Over Finance Chief Vote
The Ohio legislature faces a margin of control shift as two Cleveland Republicans defect in a bid to block reconfirmation of Herbert Defenbacher as finance director. Defenbacher, a Republican veteran under three governors, was previously rejected 14 to 10 by Gov. Lausche. A 17-vote majority is needed to reconsider, with party-line splits evident among GOP and Democratic members.
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Herbert Defenbacher
Defenbacher
Frank J. Lausche
Hearings Set On Controversial Ohio Toll Road And Oleomargarine Bills
Senate committees schedule hearings on a package of bills including an initiated measure to permit sale and manufacture of colored oleo margarine in Ohio and a toll road proposal. The first hearing on the margarine bill will address ballot recourse if lawmakers alter the measure. the toll road bill, sponsored by Sen. Ralph Winter and Sen. William Boyd, proposes a four member turnpike commission.
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Commerce and Labor, Election and Highways
Commerce and Labor Committee
Ohio
William Boyd
D. Cuyahoga
Ralph Winter
Medina
Winter-Boyd
Election revisions and turnpike plan surface in Ohio and WV item
Ohio Senate committee takes up three election reform bills amid talk of vote losses under prior laws. Proposals include write in votes for most offices, mandatory registration, and easier ballot corrections. A presidential primary date shift and independent electors ban are debated. In Morgantown, WV, WVU researchers find potato quality drives purchases more than price, with demand rising when quality is high and prices are moderate.
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W. Va
West Virginia University Horticulturists
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