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23 a FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1995 DAYTON DAILY NEWS yJettcroState wws to I glut 5 room- char CHRIS KASSONASSOCIATED PRESS Smile, you can vote: James Chisman of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles said the new computerized license and ID card system has simplified voter registration. Ohio's motor voter law accelerates registration Woman sues "estate over 93 accident By Lynn Hulsay GREENE COUNTY BUREAU A woman injured in the accident that killed U.S. Sen. Mike 'DeWine's daughter in 1093 is suing the estate. Rhea A.

Myers and Robert Y. Myers of 3951 U.S. 42 East, Cedarville, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Greene County asking for more than $50,000 from Richard L. DeWine, administrator of Rebecca A. DeWine's estate, i Rebecca DeWine's vehicle went left-of-center at a curve on U.S.

42 near Charleton Mill Road and hit a vehicle carrying Myers, said Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper D.T. Heard. He said Rebecca DeWine was driving faster than the suggested speed on the roadway, which was wet and has a super-elevation that makes driving more hazardous. Heard said DeWine was not driving faster than the posted limit. The lawsuit says Rhea Myers suffered multiple lower extremity injuries, post-traumatic stress syndrome and the loss of her ability to perform her usual activities.

Her husband claims the loss of his wife's services and consortium. Jury finds man tguilty in stabbing of elderly woman WILMINGTON (AP) A jury 1 on Thursday found James R. Goff, 20, guilty of stabbing an 88-l year-old woman to death at her I farmhouse. Doff, 20, of Wilmington, sat qui-' Clinton County Common Pleas Court as the verdict was read. The jury had deliberated for three hours.

Goff was convicted of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and grand theft auto. He was acquit- ted of a second count of grand 'theft auto. He -had pleaded 'innocent. The trial now will go into the sentencing phase, during which I Goff lawyers will try to convince jurors to spare his life. -The jury could recommend that be sentenced to death, life in "prison with eligibility for parole in 1, 30 years or life in prison with parole eligibility in 20 years.

Goff was accused of killing CINCINNATI (AP) The owner of a private computer bulletin board said he will fight obscenity charges alleging that he electronically distributed or displayed images of bondage and sexual intercourse. "I'm not really worried about it at this point," said Bob Emerson, owner of Cincinnati Computer Connection in neighboring Clermont County. Dale Menkhaus of the Hamilton County sheriffs office, which is leading a regional task force on the case, said Wednesday the department is enforcing the law. "A law says what you can have and what you can't have," Menkhaus said. "We have no choice." A Clermont County grand jury Wednesday indicted Emerson on nine obscenity charges.

He is accused of possessing obscene material and distributing or displaying pornographic images through the computer billboard service, based in With-amsville. The indictments allege that in May and June, Emerson supplied images of bondage and sexual intercourse between couples and threesomes. Another count accuses Emerson, who is awaiting arraignment, of using computer software without the owner's consent. "We're going to battle it," said Louis Sirkin, Emerson's lawyer. "I don't think he did anything wrong." Authorities raided Emerson's business June 19.

Emerson sued the Hamilton County sheriffs department and several police departments July Bruce Johnson, R-Westerville and Sea Ben Espy, D-Columbus. Earlier versions of the bill that grew out of an attorney general's task force study were sidetracked by opposition from local government organizations. Oelslager said the latest proposal may fare better because it responded to many of the issues previously raised, including fines for violations and some exemptions to a requirement that a new law required license bureaus to offer registration to every customer. James Chisman, a deputy administrator at the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, said the agency's computerized license and ID card system simplified registration. The bureau had about 1.6 million customers from January to June.

Each was asked if they wanted to register. "If they say yes, the computer automatically prints the form and as the individual leaves they sign the form and that is all the individual has to Chisman said. Taft said 6.39 million Ohioans were registered to vote as of June 30, the most since the record 6.53 million for the November 1992 presidential election. By John Chalfant ASSOCIATED PRESS WHITEHALL A new motor voter law appears to have increased voter registration statewide, Secretary of State Bob Taft said Thursday. Taft said 280,413 Ohioans took advantage of the law to register or change their name or address.

Almost half the activity since the law took effect Jan. 1 occurred in deputy registrar offices. Ohio's motor voter law, enacted to meet a federal mandate, required county welfare offices, libraries and other agencies to offer voter registratioa Although deputy registrars previously provided registration forms, there was no uniform implementation statewide. The Publishers push piiblic-iitforinniatioe bill By John Chalfant ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS (AP) The Ohio Newspaper Association on Wednesday urged lawmakers to approve a bill intended to ensure citizen access to public records at reasonable cost. Frank Deaner, executive director, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee the latest version of the proposal reflected 0 Bolt of volts sets back 'I'm not really worried about it at this point' Bob Emerson owner, Cincinnati Computer Connection 17 in U.S.

District Court, accusing them of Illegally confiscating computer equipment and materials before a court had ruled that the material could be considered obscene. His lawsuit asks for more than $250,000 in damages plus return of the materials. Four other people were charged after the raid. Their charges also are pending. In a separate case, police in nearby northern Kentucky charged a man with receiving 23 pictures depicting children committing sexual acts.

David B. Thurber, 31, of Crescent Park, is accused of distributing pictures of children that he allegedly retrieved from the America Online computer service by using a laptop computer. Kenton County, police said the number of images he had creates a presumption that he was distributing them. Thurber was arrested Friday. He posted $5,000 bond Monday and was released from the Kenton County Jail pending an Aug.

preliminary hearing in Kenton County District Court. Thurber could not be reached to comment Thursday. There was no home telephone listing in his name. i request made in person be filled the same business day. "That laid the foundation for the beginning of this piece of legislation.

I guess the discussion two years ago was the preliminary battle," he But Oelslager acknowledged there was no guarantee of supL port from local government groups. "We don't have any assurance at this point," he said. shell 410 feet in the air. "The amazing thing (was) we didn't go off the air," Gibbons said. i The station has been operating at 18,000 watts since early July, going through a testing process that eventually will lead to an upgrade to 37,000 watts, he said; The radio station, which is part of Antioch University, is now operating at its old level of 10,000 watts.

Gibbons expects two or three days of repairs to the antenna before the station call return to 18,000 watts. j. He said once the upgrade is complete the radio station's signal will be audible to 1.5 million people in all 13 Miami Valley counties. Currently, the radio station covers eight counties and is accessible to 800,000 people, he said. WYSO is a National Public Radio affiliate and features news and a variety of traditional and contemporary music.

The money found its way into the Senate bill at the urging of Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio. If approved by the full Senate and the president, the funding will allow widening and deepening of the 4,330 feet of streaiji channel through West Carrollton and construction of a Contrail railroad bridge over the creek. The committee also approved about $6.6 billion for nuclear cleanups, almost all of the Clinton administration's request. Earlier this month, the House approved $800 million reductions to the budget request.

Reductions in nuclear cleanup funding would make accelerated cleanup less likely a't Miamisburg's Mound plant. I What's French for 'walce up'? WYSO's power boost "The big question, of course, is whether or not that will result in higher turnout at the polls on Election Day. That remains an unanswered question," he said. About 8.3 million Ohioans 18 years old or older are eligible to register. That means about 1.9 million have not done so.

Rep. Jeff Jacobson, R-Dayton, chairman of the House Ethics and Elections Committee, was skeptical of the law's impact. "My sense is the registration goes up and down, but it doesn't really affect turnout very much," he said in an interview. "It's not as much as it's cracked up, (but) I wouldn't say it was totally worthless," said Jacobson, a former member of the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Ohio's law must define the right of access to information and then define the media upon which that information can be made available." There currently is no fee schedule for copying charges.

The price can range from 25 cents to $1 per page. Sen. Scott Oelslager, R-Canton, heads the subcommittee that will hold hearings on the bill he introduced. Other members are Sen. -v-stiflr have all these things in your compounds.

The kitchen is right in the house, the bathroom is in the house. You don't have to walk a long way and get the water. And you have coldness in the house, too," he said, referring to air conditioning. Ron O'Kelley, Karman's father, said HaMzimana was drawn immediately to the family's small vegetable garden. "He likes to pull the weeds," O'Kelley said.

"Their primary thing in Rwanda is farming. Everywhere you go there you find small, subsistent farms." But HaMzimana's brief exposure to America has already changed his ambitions. "I want to be a mechanic," he said. "On lawnmowers. On cars.

On airplanes. On everything." By Lynn Hulsey GREENE COUNTY BUREAU Less than a month after a long-awaited power upgrade, WYSO-FM's new antenna was struck by lightning, forcing the Yellow Springs radio station's broadcast power back to the old level, General Manager Brian Gibbons said Thursday. "There've been any number of hurdles that we've had to get over with this project so, on the one hand, these things are kind of old hat," Gibbons said. "There isn't much we can do about a million volts coming out of the sky." About half of the new $19,000 antenna equipment was destroyed when lightning struck at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday during a fierce storm that included tornado sightings to the west of the Clifton Road tower.

Gibbons said the bolt set fire to the antenna radome, a protective compromises with state agencies and Gov. George Voinovich's office. The bill also attempted to respond to objections from local government organizations. "The current public records statute is vague in defining timeliness and cost, leading to many disputes and recent complaints of excessive charges to citizens," Deaner said. "To keep pace with technology, 1 to 10 days, with the ability to breathe and sleep like any healthy person.

Perhaps more complicated is HaMzimana's political future. His visa in this country expires in mid-December. He already is thinking about what will happen when he returns to his native country. "To go back there would be very bad," he said. He fears reprisals by the Tutsi-controlled government.

The youth spoke more freely and enthusiastically of what he has discovered in America. "The people don't walk on the highways here. They all drive in cars," he said. "Oh, and they have telephones here, right in the house. You r- Myrtle Rutledge.

Her body was found Sept. 17 in an upstairs bed-room of her home near Wilmington. Audit CONTINUED FROMIB Hernandez continued to pay him because "David did not want me to resign. He was trying to get me to come back." Hernandez could not be reached Thursday for comment. MCCAA officials said the audit should help clear the air for the troubled agency.

It has 30 days to respond to the findings. "There is really nothing in this report that has not been identified during the past several months," said Jeff Ireland, MCCAA board of trustees spokesman. "This report should enable us to put this period behind us and move forward in furtherance of our mission." In 1994, MCCAA spent about $9 million in federal and state money in its quest to help the poor become self-sufficient. Investigators have said they will wait until MCCAA responds to the audit, which it must do within 30 days, before determining whether they will ask a federal prosecutor to seek, criminal charges. Youth CONTINUED FROMIB accepted it." 1 But O'Kelley wouldn't, even "though doctors in Africa didn't have the facilities to help.

After returning to Beavercreek six weeks ago, she began working with doctors at St. Elizabeth Medical Center and her congre-S gation at Far Hills Baptist Church so HaMzimana could be flown to Dayton for the surgery. Dr. Jerome Spiegel a head and neck surgeon at St. Elizabeth who will coordinate the surgical team, said the 15-year-old's non- malignant tumor occurs in a very small percentage of adolescent boys, but in this country, is usually removed early in its growth.

Because of the size of the tumor and its engorgement with ERIC ALBRECHTASSOCIATED PRESS Columbus: Kael Lee Au can't stifle a yawn as summer school teacher Elvina Palma leads a French class at Cranbrook Elementary. Luckily, Palma Isn't looking in her sleepy student's direction. Senate panel OKs project for Holes Creek control By Katharine Gazella WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved startup funding for a long-delayed Holes Creek flood control project and the president's request for nuclear cleanup funding. Under the Senate's 1996 energy and water appropriations bill, the flood project would receive $190,000, which equals funding approved earlier this month by the House. The money found its way into the Senate bill at the urging of Sen.

John Glenn, D-Ohio, after being eliminated from the Clinton administration's fiscal 1996 budget. The project has been awaiting federal funding since 1971, when the Corps first studied the flooding problems at Holes Creek. blood vessels, the surgery will have to be done in steps. First, an incision will be made in HaMzimana's throat to deliver the anesthesia through his obstructed airway. An angiogram of the tumor will then be done to determine its blood supply and to devise ways to block off the vessels, Spiegel will need two to three hours to remove the tumor.

Afterward, a plastic surgeon will reconstruct the nasal passages and throat and possibly even part of the youth's face. The surgery itself carries the risk of bleeding to death or suffocating, but if HaMzimana pulls through, his chances of leading a normal life are excellent, Spiegel said. He should recover in seven.