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Thursday, September 24, 1998 JOURNAL-TRIBUNE, Marysville, Ohio 5A STATEAREA State's Small town council casts it votes for Clinton impeachment 4 ir' am "I am not under that illusion at all, which is why I resented having to spend my time on this resolution," she said Wednesday. Greenberg, a Hamilton County assistant prosecutor, said he was shocked by the report of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation of Clinton. "We're hoping other cities will follow our lead. We'd like to see 100 more cities do the same thing," Greenberg said. Khris Bershers, a spokeswoman for the National League of Cities, a Washington-based lobbying group, said Wednesday she had not heard of any other city councils adopting similar resolutions.

Greenberg said he didn't feel it was out of line for Loveland council members to get involved in a nation: al issue. "We have a precedent for doing this," he said. "Last year, we passed a resolution against partial-birth abortion. My feeling is what's best for the country is what's best for Loveland." Loveland, a city of 1 1 ,000 people, is about 20 miles northeast of Cincin LOVELAND, Ohio (AP) In case Washington is listening, the Loveland City Council is on record as urging Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. The counc.il voted 5-0 Tuesday night, with two members abstaining, for a resolution that calls on the House of Representatives to begin the impeachment process.

"A lot of people in our community are disgusted with the president's conduct," said Brad Greenberg, the councilman who introduced the resolution. "Most of the sentiment is that he either resign or be impeached." Paulette Leeper, another council member who voted for the resolution, said she supported it because some constituents called her expressing disgust over Clinton's relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. But Mrs. Leeper said the council should have spent its time on issues important to Loveland, such as road widenings and getting a YMCA built. She doesn't think Washington will pay attention to the Loveland coun cil's resolution.

en resolution. Ida Sanford, left, Margo Prade's aunt, speaks to former Akron police captain Douglas Prade after he was found guilty on all counts at his aggravated murder trial at the Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron Wednesday. The jury convicted Prade of killing his ex-wife because he lost control over her after their divorce. nan. RrowncfnnA rrioc immh nf nati.

Former Akron police captain convicted of killing his ex-wife elegance to run-down area CLEVELAND (AP) There's Aside from the slower pace, Yat Aside from the slower pace, Yates (AP Photo) night for Dr. Prade, joining hands and singing, "We shall overcome." Prade, who plans to appeal his conviction, reiterated his innocence in a call Wednesday night from jail to WEWS-TV in Cleveland. "That idea, that notion that I was jealous and I was controlling and was obsessive was something they had to come up with because the rest of the evidence is weak," he said. Jurors also convicted Prade of six counts of wiretapping and one of possession of criminal tools for recording hundreds of his ex-wife's phone calls. A prosecution witness testified that he saw Prade speeding away from his ex-wife's office.

But a defense witness said she saw him in the gym of their condominium complex about the same time. AKRON, Ohio (AP) A former police captain sentenced to life for killing his ex-wife outside her medical office shouted to his former inlaws in court that his trial was a miscarriage of justice. "I am an innocent, convicted person," Douglas Prade, 52, told family members of Dr. Margo Prade, 41 She was shot and killed while sitting in her van outside her office last Nov. 26.

"God, Margo, myself and the person that killed Margo know that I am innocent," Prade said. "Through 10 months of investigation and 4'; weeks of this trial, I've seen this criminal justice system perpetrate the most egregious miscarriage of justice that I have known in my full career," he yelled. A Summit County Common Pleas jury convicted Prade on Wednesday of aggravated murder and he was believes the house itself draws people. The inn, featuring an ornate interior, high ceilings, inside its brick exterior, and was built in 1 874 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. No two rooms in the house are the same.

Guests also receive a complimentary tour of the city by Yates himself. "I've been living in this city 42 years and it gives me a chance to show it off," Yates told the Plain Dealer for a story this week. "Everybody seems to really want to learn the city and the people in it. They're not here just visiting the tourist spots." Yates first got interested in buying old properties when he determined Cleveland's prices to be an all-time low. several sexually explicit videos involving minors that belonged to Partin.

Partin attended high school in Idaho Springs. "I am not sure why they want to talk to him," Partin's attorney Jeff Berndt said Wednesday. another sign of the city's downtown comeback: its first bed and breakfast, nestled in a 124-year-old brown-stone. Since opening in June, Robin Yates has had steady business at the Brownstone Inn. He hosts tourists, business travelers and anyone looking to avoid bigger hotels.

A room goes for about $100 a night. Tom Conley, a Chicago businessman who has been staying off and on for a month at the inn, said he wanted an alternative to hotels while he is in the process of relocating here. "Robin is very personable and delightful host, and the accommodations are perfect for me," Conley said. "It gives me the opportunity to stay a couple nights and have some privacy without having the big hustle and bustle of the hotel environment." Whiteside said Wednesday. Partin could be sentenced to up to 21 years in prison if the judge orders the jail terms to be served consecutively.

The pornography investigation began in December, after Partin's then-girlfriend told police she found ft Colorado wants to talk to Ohio man about case of missing girl largest tire dump shut down by EPA SYCAMORE, Ohio (AP) A tire dump that has become an environmental eyesore has been shut down by state regulators who fear the piles of rubber pose a potential health threat. With up to 20 million discarded tires, Kirby's Tire Recycling is the state's largest tire dump. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and local officials say they are worried that a fire could produce a cloud of thick smoke and pollute the air, causing health problems. "It would be very difficult to get under control," county sanitarian Jeff Ritchey said. Kirby's has been taking tires since the 1950s.

Its piles of black rubber provide a stark contrast to the nearby flat farmland of northwest Ohio. The EPA and the Wyandot County health department have been trying to get the company to reduce its tires for the last five years. They also want the company to make other changes, including making more space for fire lanes and controlling mosquitoes that breed in water inside the tires. The dump was barred from accepting more tires last week after a judge ruled that the company was not complying with an order to shred 5,000 tires per day. "They were supposed to start drawing down tires and get the new ones out," said Ellen Gerber, an EPA environmental supervisor.

"They were getting some done, but not enough." Christopher Schraff, the company's lawyer, said new equipment, which would cost more than $100,000, is needed to shred the tires. He also said it has been difficult finding a buyer for the recycled material. "The trick will be to find a customer for the product," he said Wednesday. The EPA took the company to court last year, getting an order forcing Kirby's to remove all new tires within 72 hours and get rid of the old ones. But the EPA and health department said Kirby's violated the order over the past year.

Wyandot County Judge John Hunter agreed. In a ruling last week, Hunter prohibited Kirby's from accepting, scrap tires until it complies with the original court order. Residents in the town about 75 miles southeast of Toledo have complained about the tire dump for years. They fought a plan three years ago to let another company burn the tires to generate electricity. Dump, co-owner Doris Kirby hopes the closing will be temporary.

"It may be a few months before we're back open," she said. Ohio Lottery CLEVELAND (AP) There were no tickets sold naming all Six numbers selected in Wednesday night's $12 million Super Lotto drawing so Saturday night's jack pot will be $16 million, the Ohio Lottery said. There were 56 Super Lotto tick ets with five of the numbers, and each is worth $1,465. The 3,803 tickets showing four of the numbers are each worth $67. In Kicker, one player had the exact six-digit number to claim $100,000.

The winning ticket was sold at Goshen Dairy Store in Carrollton. The four Kicker tickets showing the first five digits are each worth $5,000. The 47 with the first four num bers are each worth $1,000. The 442 with the first three numbers are each worth $100, and the 4,345 with the first two numbers are each worth $10. Here are Wednesday night's Ohio Lottery selections: Super Lotto 1-11-21-22-42-44.

Kicker 9-9-4-3-2-5 Pick 3 Numbers 8-7-1 Pick 4 Numbers 6-0-1-8 The Ohio Lottery will pay out $419,761 .50 to winners in Wednesday's Pick 3 Numbers daily game. Sales in Pick 3 Numbers totaled $1,173,503. In the other daily game, Pick 4 Numbers players wagered $384,066 and will share $120,500, Sales in Super Lotto totaled $2,982,563 and players shared $336,841. Sales in the Kicker totaled $483,725 and players shared $254,650. use of a minor in nudity oriented material, pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, and pandering obscenity involving a minor.

He is to be sentenced Nov. 6. "Through his attorney, Partin has indicated he may talk to us after his sentencing hearing in November," COLUMBUS. Ohio (AP) Police investigating the 1983 disappearance of a Colorado teen-ager said they still want to question an Ohio man convicted in an unrelated child pornography case. James Partin is not a suspect in the disappearance of Beth Miller, "but he is someone we do want to speak with," Mark Wilson, an agent with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said Tuesday.

Miller, 14, vanished Aug. 16, 1983, while jogging near her home in Idaho Springs, Colo. She was declared legally dead three years ago, but her sentenced by Judge Mary Spicer to the maximum life in prison. He will be eligible for parole after 26 years. Prosecutors said Prade was enraged over Margo Prade's ability to create a new life for herself after their divorce in April 1997 and said he had already arranged how to spend $75,000 from her insurance policy.

The judge gave relatives of the victim a chance to address Prade and the court before she imposed sentencing. "Douglas, I don't understand," said Phyllis S. Foster, one of Dr. Prade's sisters. "What happened? I was so proud of you and Margo.

You took her from me. You didn't have to do that. You just had to walk away. I know I'll never forgive you, but 1 will pray for you." Several hundred people attended a church prayer vigil Wednesday body has not been found. Investigators from Colorado interviewed Partin last December after Columbus police discovered a map of the Idaho Springs area and clippings about the Miller case when they searched Partin's home while investigating pornography allegations.

Carl Whiteside, chief of the CBI, said Partin refused to answer questions then because the Ohio case was still pending. But on Tuesday. Partin, 36. pleaded guilty in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to 18 counts of illegal Corp. of Cincinnati, Dayton Power Light and FirstEnergy Corp.

of Akron have outlined a proposal that would begin competitive electric sales at frozen rales, on Jan. 1, 2001. Under that utility plan, consumers would have five years at frozen rates to decide if they want to pick another supplier. Though passage of an electric deregulation plan appears increasingly unlikely this year as the current legislative session nears an end, the consumer groups hope to assist in the continuing debate. "If we were going to sit down and start from scratch, that might be a good thing," said Shari Weir, consumer issues director for Ohio Citizen Action.

"But we don't want to continually delay passing legislation because the longer we delay legislation, the longer we delay savings from competition." The bills were evaluated in several categories by the consumer groups, including consumer savings. Watchdogs: Deregulation plans need more work ii COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Bills that would deregulate Ohio's $1 1 billion electric utility industry need more work, a coalition of consumer-oriented groups is warning. Ohio Citizen Action, Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy "and the Ohio Environmental Council gave average to failing grades Wednesday to legislative proposals offered by legislators and investor-owned utility companies. Bills sponsored by state Sen. Bruce Johnson, R-Westerville, and state Rep.

Priscilla Mead, R-Upper Arlington, received an overall grade. A competing bill offered by investor-owned utilities received a failing grade from the alliance of consumer, environmental and low-income advocates. The deregulation plan advocated by Johnson and Mead would open the electric industry to competition on Jan. 1, 2000. for all consumers.

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