Sunday, April 18, 1999
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Council to reconsider Issue 4 mailing
Cincinnati Councilman Tyrone Yates and Vice Mayor Minette Cooper have called two special council sessions to reconsider an ordinance appropriating money needed to mail the ballot language of Issue 4 to every registered city voter.
Both meetings will take place at 5 p.m. in council chambers, Room 300 in City Hall, 801 Plum St. — the first on Monday and the second on Tuesday, Mr. Yates said Saturday.
During last week's regular council session, the vote on an ordinance to transfer $56,500 from the city's contingency fund to the clerk of council's office, which will oversee the mailing, failed 4-4 with Mr. Yates absent.
By calling the two special sessions, he said, council will have an opportunity to reconsider the ordinance. Three readings are required of ordinances.
Mr. Yates said the cost of the mailing, about the “strong mayor” proposal, has been revised to $47,000.
Price Hill man charged with vehicular homicide
A Price Hill man was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide Saturday in connection with an April 4 crash in Whitewater Township.
Scott A. Monday, 21, is also charged with aggravated vehicular assault. He was held in the Hamilton County Justice Center on Saturday night.
Mr. Monday was northbound on Lawrenceburg Road about 4:30 p.m. April 4 when he drove his car left of center, across double-yellow lines, and struck a motorcycle head-on, police said. The car continued on and struck a second motorcycle.
The operator of the first motorcycle died Tuesday, the second motorcyclist was seriously injured.
Covington man accused of DUI in I-71 crash
A 34-year-old Covington man was arrested Friday night on charges of drunken driving and causing a car accident on southbound Interstate 71 near Reading Road.
Phillip T. Garamy, 428 W. Ninth St., is facing his third drunken driving charge, Cincinnati police said.
He was driving southbound about 8:30 p.m. when he hit the back of a 1991 Chevy Blazer, police said. After the accident, Mr. Garamy became involved in a physical fight with the occupants of another car, police said.
He faces additional charges of driving without a valid license, failure to stop, and misconduct at an emergency scene.
No serious injuries were reported.
Man killed when car hits tree in Price Hill
Police said they don't know what caused 21-year-old Raymond Walling of Fairfield to swerve his car off Elberon Avenue in Price Hill and into a tree Saturday morning, killing passenger Michael Watson, 20.
A blood sample was taken from Mr. Walling at University Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition Saturday afternoon, and will be tested for alcohol content, Cincinnati police said. The accident occurred about 4:45 a.m.
Mr. Watson, of University Heights, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other passengers, 28-year-old Sabrina Morgan of Price Hill and 19-year-old William Johnson of Walnut Hills, were admitted to University Hospital. On Saturday afternoon, Ms. Morgan was listed in serious condition and Mr. Johnson in fair condition.
Loveland man killed in Clermont Co. crash
A Loveland man died Friday night in a single-car accident near Owensville.
Christopher S. Wallace, 36, of Barmil Drive, was riding in a 1998 Ford Taurus driven by Brian A. Downey, 29, of Mount Airy.
Mr. Downey, charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, was being held Saturday at Clermont County Adult Detention Center. Police said they have not determined whether the accident was alcohol-related.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the two men were heading north on Ohio 132, about 2 miles north of Owensville, at 11:55 p.m. when Mr. Downey lost control of the car. The car swerved off the left side of the road, went into a ditch, became airborne and hit a sign, a culvert, a pole and a tree before coming to rest, police said.
Mr. Downey, of the 5500 block of Kirby Road, was treated for minor injuries and released from Clermont Mercy Hospital. Another passenger, 26-year-old Melanie L. Hoffer of Pierce Township also was treated for minor injuries.
Environmental justice topic of UC meeting
A free, public environmental justice symposium will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
Speakers in Room 118 will include lawyer D. David Altman; activist Linda Briscoe; Allan Harris, a U.S. Department of Energy engineer; law professor Bradford Mank; and a representative of the Cincinnati Health Department.
The symposium is sponsored by the college's Environmental Law Society and UC's Just Community.
Three hurt in crash
HAMILTON — Three people remained hospitalized Saturday following a single-car accident on New London Road near Oakwood Drive.
Theresa Creech, 26, of Curtis Drive in Hamilton was driving westbound on New London Road shortly before 9 p.m. Friday when she apparently lost control of her vehicle, said Hamilton police Lt. Gerald Martin.
The vehicle went off the road and hit several trees.
Ms. Creech and her two children, Felicia Creech, 8, and Bryant Adams, 3, were taken to local hospitals, officials said.
On Saturday, Ms. Creech remained in critical condition at University Hospital, while the children were in serious condition at Children's Hospital Medical Center and Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial.
Lt. Martin said the accident was under investigation.
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