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The Beacon Journal Page B4, Thursday, December 30, 1993 in raining or prison ill Landers Summit officials to visit city, Barberton neighbors next week to talk of building facility on 250-acre site need to be assured of some kind of direct economic benefit in exchange for supplying utilities: "I don't want that kind of facility in our neighborhood and not get anything," he said. He said he's leaning against the idea but first wants to poll council members to see what they think. "It would provide jobs, it would be an economic boost to the area, but so would a toxic waste dump," Hart said. Meanwhile, Jones and Hart said they were frustrated by the county's lack of communication over the issue. "The saddest thing is the city officials had to gather most of our information from the paper," Jones said.

On Monday, the state narrowed the list of possible sites to 16 in 12 counties. That was before Twinsburg and Akron dropped out. The prison would be the states second maximum-security facility. The other is in Lucasville. ship.

Barberton might be able to derail the proposal because it likely would have to provide water for the prison. "it's an emotional issue, not a safety issue," said County Executive Tim Davis, who said the county would pursue the plan if Norton officials decide they want the prison. Davis said he's heard opposition from Norton-area residents who don't want a prison near them and support from labor leaders who see the $50 million project as a source of jobs for construction workers. Davis argued that prisoner escapes are virtually nonexistent in modern prisons and that the dangers could be restricted to people inside the facility. He said that if southern Summit County residents and leaders can overcome emotional objections, they could gain 350 recession-proof jobs.

"I think it's worth considering, but it's up to them (in Norton)," said Davis. "Nobody is going to jam it down their throats." Norton Mayor Terry Jones said city officials haven't taken a serious look at the prison plan and that he would like to know what City Council members think. Jones wouldn't reveal his opinion, but he said prisons could bring a stigma to a community. "When was the last time you said 'Let's jump in the car and see if there's any good restaurants in Jones said, referring to the southern Ohio town where 10 people died in a prison riot in April. Next week's meeting between county and Norton officials will include Barberton Mayor Randy Hart.

Barberton would likely be needed to supply water and sanitary sewer services to the prison because Norton does not have its own central water supply. Hart said Barberton would Itoft'fflBftvfflTC i) The 1993 voting record for Ohio members of the U.S. House and Senate. Rep. David Mann, D-Cinciruiati Rep.

Rob Portman, Cincinnati Rep. Michael Oxley, R-Findlay Rep. Paul Fort Rep, Ted Strickland, D-Lucasville Rep, David Hohson, R-Springfield Rep. John Boehncr, R-Wesl Chicr Rep. Marcy Kaplur, D-Tuhlo Rep.

Martin Hoke, R-Lakewood Rep. Louis Stokes, D-Shaker Heights Rep, John Kasich, R-Westerville Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Lorain Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron Rep. Deborah Prycej li-Colunibus Rep.

Ralph Regula, R-Navarre Rep. James Traficant, D-Poland Rep, Douglas Applegate, D-Steubenville Rep. Eric Fingerhut, D-Mayfield Heights Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio Sett Howard Metaenbaum, D-Ohio business Classifieds Discount Coupons Entertainment Fashions Good Deals Horoscope International news Job Openings Kids News Local News Movies National News Opinions Porter's People Quizzes Puzzles Real Estate Sports Tv Listings Under Construc. News Vehicles Weather X-citing Color Yummy Recipes Definitions: Voting record is the percentage of 597 votes.

Portman was sworn in May 5 to replace Rep. Willis Gradison, R-Cincinnati, who resigned. He was eligible for 451 votes. For senators, the figure is a percentage of 395 recorded votes. Party unity is the percentage of 39 1 votes on which an Ohio representative voted in agreement with a majority of his or her party.

Failure to vote lowered score. Portman was eligible for 282 party-unity votes. For senators, the figure is a percentage of 265 party-unity votes. Pres. Supt.

is presidential support measured as a percentage of 102 votes in 1993 on which President Clinton took a position and on which Ohio members of House voted in agreement with the president. Failure to vote lowered score. Portman was eligible for 82 presidential-support votes. For senators, the figures show a percentage of 89 recorded votes. Source: Congressional Quarterly 1 Voting Party Pres.

Record Unity Supt, 98 85 81 79 87 72 93 61 43 47 .75 49 34 69 35 82 32 72 87 48 58 99 100 98 94 94 93 97 96 98 100 98 98 98 99 97 83 79 91 80 91 79 85 75 86 75 97 91 percent of the time. Glenn was present for 99 percent of the Senate votes, and Metz-enbaum voted 97 percent of the time, the study said. Hinckley officer killed woman from her car and later died. Huff said his brakes failed. Hinckley Police Chief David Yates let trustees decide whether Huff should rejoin the force.

Trustee George Van Deusen voted no, saying Huff lost his credibility. Two other trustees voted yes. "He was judged by a jury of his peers in a courtroom," said trustee chairman David Zorn. "They handed a verdict of vehicular homicide, which is a misdemeanor. They did have the option to convict him of a felony and they chose not to.

I'm not in a position to put myself above the jury." Zorn said he felt Huffs sentence of two years' probation was unfair. "This is not a case where he was into drugs and he needed a probation officer to make sure he was being rehabilitated," Zorn said. "I don't know what good probation will do Danny." The lawsuit was filed Monday in Cuyahoga County. Williams called it "neutral territory." By Jim Quevn Beacon Journal staff writer It's down to Norton. With Akron and Twinsburg officials saying no thanks, only Norton remains on the list of Summit County communities in the running for a new state prison to be built in northern Ohio.

County officials said they would meet next week with officials in Norton and in neighboring Barber-ton to see if there's any interest in trying to lure the prison, which is to hold 800 inmates, to Norton. Summit County Economic Development Director Chris Burn-ham said both Akron and Twinsburg have officially requested that the state prison be located outside their borders. That leaves as only remaining Summit County site 250 acres in Norton that are bounded on the north and east by Barberton and on the south by Franklin Town Votes South and West gave most support to Clinton Continued from Page Bl Institute of Applied Politics. "That kind of voting pattern reflects that. These are people who tend to work through existing organizations, strike deals behind the scenes and support the compromises leaders push." Regula said the results are a bit misleading.

Some of the issues on which he agreed with Clinton family leave and the Brady handgun control legislation were left over from previous sessions of Congress. "It wasn't so much a case of supporting Clinton as for being for something that had been rejected in previous years," said Regula. Nationally, Clinton got the highest support from Democrats in the South and West. All but two of the Democrats who gave Clinton the most consistent support were from Western or Southern states. Rep.

James L. Bacchus, supported Clinton 98 percent of the time, the highest percentage in the House. "He's alienated a lot of real traditional Democrats in the House," Green said of the president. Many of these traditional Democrats come from the Great Lakes states Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota, said Green. This was reflected by the relatively low levels of support given Tree No immediate decision on fate of the old oak Continued from Page Bl units scattered throughout Stark County and "it would be impossible to rake the leaves at all the homes," Turner said.

"We just don't have the staff." The couple living in the home, on 10th Street Southwest, are elderly and can't rake, she said. A few years ago, the housing authority paid $39,900 for the house and spent $22,150 to renovate it. The horseshoe-shaped street of World War era homes "is one of the few with a lot of old oak trees left," Morrow said. She and her husband, David, had one of the old oaks in their yard and were "doctoring it" for carpenter ants, she said. It was leaning directly over the roof of the home that the housing authority was buying, and a tree expert declared it a hazard, Turner said.

KlAN Group wants to rally on King's birthday Continued from Page Bl said use of language that is likely to incite a physical response was not constitutionally protected free speech. Keller's ruling may be appealed to the nine-member board. The Wan already has a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to void the Oct. 23 bill.

The suit also asks the court to order the state to allow the Jan. 15 rally. Richard Cordray, the lawyer representing the review board, said a hearing is scheduled Monday. Benson Wolman, a lawyer rep the president by Democrats with strong labor backing, such as Toledo's Kaptur, who backed him just 69 percent of the time. Issues besides NAFTA separated Clinton from some Ohio Democrats in the House.

Reps. Eric Fingerhut, D-May-field' Heights, and Sherrod Brown, D-Lorain, both voted against the president on legislation setting March 31, 1994, as the deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Somalia. Brown and Fingerhut favored an earlier withdrawal. Overall, Clinton prevailed with Congress on 86.4 percent of the roll call votes on which he took a position, a success rate surpassed only by Republican Dwight D.

Eisenhower's 89 percent in 1953 and Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson's 93 percent in 1965, in the 40 years Congressional Quarterly has measured presidential support. The president shouldn't expect to do as well next year, political scientist Tuchfarber said. After being out of the White House for 12 years, Democrats were ready to act quickly on some issues like family leave, and those have been taken care of, Tuchfarber said. "I think he's going to have a tough year.

Health care reform is going to be hard to enact," said Tuchfarber. Still, Clinton's 1993 successes shouldn't be dismissed, he added. "That's not for a second not to give him credit for what he accomplished. On a legislative basis, he had a year that would have been rated a minus or a Tuchfarber said. In addition to measuring support for the president, Congressional Quarterly also tracked how many roll call votes members The agency asked the Morrows to cut their tree down to make sure it didn't fall on the new tenants.

The Morrows paid half the $800 cost and the agency paid the other half, plus $100 or so in additional costs. The housing authority's oak would not cost that much to cut down because it is not as large and is not leaning, Turner said. "If we decide to cut," she added, "we will not cut the tree down unless it is absolutely necessary." The agency had the tree trimmed recently to try to lessen the falling leaves and branches. "We'll see what happens next year," Turner said. Morrow called the office of U.S.

Rep. Ralph Regula, R-Navarre, to see whether he could stop any cutting. An aide called the housing authority and was told a decision had not been made, Turner said. Morrow says that each day when she comes home from work, she is afraid the tree will be gone. "It's been there all the 30 years we've lived here and it's beautiful," she said.

"To see someone come in with unlimited money and rearrange the neighborhood is very disturbing." resenting the Han for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, said the Klan was notified of Keller's decision Tuesday. The ruling was announced Wednesday. Wolman would not comment about the denial because the case is pending in federal court. Telephone messages seeking comment were left at the Han's state office in Cleveland and at Pi-nette's home. Gov.

George Voinovich said last week he had asked the board to reject the application. Mike Dawson, his press secretary, said Voinovich believes the state can prove in court that the Han intends to promote hatred and violence. The Han won a federal court order last week allowing it to place a cross on the Statehouse lawn for part of the holiday season. Han opponents repeatedly tore it down, and it disappeared after less than one day's display. made.

Regula and Rep. David Hobson, R-Springfield, were the only Ohioans with 100 percent records. Sawyer voted 99 percent of the time, and Brown voted 96 Widower sues whose cruiser from staff ami wire reports Widower Roger Hanshaw has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Daniel Huff, the Hinckley police officer convicted of vehicular homicide in the death of Hanshaw's wife. Huff is on probation for two years. Hinckley Township decided Monday the anniversary of Bonnie Hanshaw's death to reinstate Huff as an officer.

"It's a slap to the face," Hanshaw's attorney, Richard Williams, said of the reinstatement. A woman who answered the phone at Huffs home said Huff declined to comment. Lawyer Dennis Paul, who defended Huff, declined to comment, saying Huff hasn't retained him to represent him in the suit. Huff testified he was driving about 70 mph to respond to an emergency call at a Medina club when his cruiser careened into Bonnie Hanshaw's car. Hanshaw, 38, a mother of three, was thrown iggy 1 Hero Officer's hospital job has been exciting as well Continued from Page Bl a lot, when the man pulled a handgun.

Hdd said he pulled his gun and "ran back and took cover." The man stuck the gun in his own mouth. Akron police officers arrived and talked the man into putting the gun down. "Sometimes," Hdd said, "I think a black cloud follows me around." He gets teased by fellow officers about all the publicity in May. It was late that month, as he was working his Springfield police job, when Hdd became suspicious about two men in a car. Hdd approached the car and ar rested the two after he spotted a 9mm pistol on the front seat.

Hdd, a Barberton resident, says he still hopes to land a full-time police job, especially now that President Clinton has committed some additional federal money for police hiring. "I've been taking a few tests in the general area (around Akron). It's just tough all over," he said of tight municipal budgets. He still doesn't think he did anything out of the ordinary that day in May, when instinct told him to question Dusten Might and Rifat Abuhilwa. They later were sentenced to life in prison for murdering Robert Hunt.

"Like I said in the paper (before), any good trained officer would have done the same thing." But he has had time to reflect on what could have happened had that day become violent. "Don't get me wrong. I'm really glad that I'm still standing here. I have two kids. They're still paramount in my life." Every day good things come your way! The Beacon Journal.