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G The BG News Tuesday, Octobers, 1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 75, Issue 30 Weather Convicted murderer may be freed by Chris Miller courts reporter Supreme Court deemed the death penalty During the 1968 trial, Dr. John Exner, a "[Staten] has a severe personality dis- unconstitutional and Staten's sentence University psychologist, testified he be- order of the sociopathic type," the report was changed to life in prison. lieved Staten would kill again if returned stated, "manifested by repeated antiso- A man sentenced to die by a three- "We filed an appeal with the U.S. Su- to society. cial acts, alcohol and drug abuse." judge panel in Wood County Common preme Court and it came up for hearing Staten was paroled once, in 1987, but An official at Lima Correctional Faci- Picas Court could be released when he at the same time as the case of Furman was reincarcerated in November of that Ity, where Staten is currently being held, appears before a parole board this vs. Georgia in which they outlawed the same year after an arrest in Lucas said no exact date had been set for this month. death penalty," said John Halleck, Sta- County for drug offenses. month's parole hearing. Terry Lee Staten was convicted in 1968 ten's attorney during the murder trial Staten had a history of drug abuse "All I can say is he will appear before of the shotgun murder of Casmir Wa- and the appeals. when he was arrested for Wasielewski's the [parole] board sometime in October," sielewski on Walbridge Road in Wood While the death penalty was reinstated murder. A psychological report issued to said the official, who did not want to be County. by the state in 1978, the law prevented the court by Toledo physicians Dr. Simon identified. According to court records, Staten was the original death penalty sentence from Dorfman and Dr. Morris Weinblatt Anyone interested in the hearing can scheduled to die in Ohio's electric chair being reinstated on Staten. revealed Staten had been on a drinking write to: Ohio Parole Board, Adult Parole Cool as ice: on October 1, 1968, but several appeals "Once they give him breathing room, binge and took phenobarbital when he Authority, 1050 N. Freeway Dr., Colum- Today, mostly sunny with delayed his execution. In 1972, the U.S. they can't take it away," Halleck said. shot Wasielewski in the back and head. bus, Ohio, 43229. the high 60 to 65. Light southeast winds. Tonight, clear and not quite as cold. Mud Slide Low around 40. Wednesday, Tremors mostly sunny with the high 65 to 70. may have Inside The News been a Ouch!: A1990 University alum- quake nus is accosted by an angry mob after the postponement by Julie Tagliaferro of a vehicular manslaughter administration reporter case. J See page three Although most Bowling Green Electionorama: residents agree they felt a tre- The News provides an in- mor shake the town Sunday depth look at the day's elec- night, local officials disagree tion news, along with the over what the tremor actually candidates' stances on mak- was. ing health care affordable. Charles Onasch, a geology n See page four professor at the University, be- lieves the tremor to be an earth- quake and not a sonic boom, as previously reported in The News. Onasch said that Don Stierman, Outside Campus supervisor of the seismographic equipment at the University of Toledo, recorded the tremor as a small quake measuring between Cot 'em snookered: 1.8 and 2.0 on the Richter Scale. CINCINNATI - A majori- ty of Ohioans contacted in a Wood County Sheriffs Dep. telephone survey approve of Wilbert Strohl said he believes the tremor was the result of a the way Gov. George Voino- Thc BC Ncwi/Rcbccca Colon vich is doing his job, an Ohio sonic boom, despite reports from Digging into the ground, two fraternity members participate in lege Park Sunday afternoon. The event raised more than $800 for the University of Toledo. poll reported Monday. the 29th annual Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon Mud Tug at Col- the American Heart Association and the Arrowmont School. Fifty-two percent of those polled approve of the job See Quake, page three. Voinovich is doing in his second year in office. The Project to total $300,000 ... poll found 23 percent dis- approve of his performance, and 25 percent said they did not know how to rate him. City Park Pool complex to be expanded Voinovich, a Republican, has been criticized for his by Chris Hawley budget cuts, particularly in next to the Columbia Gas build- education. He has imposed local government reporter area, a sand and water play area and a new toddler pool with spray ing, 521 N Main St., has been $316 million in budget cuts "Tliis is what we need to do to make this pool safe and jets and a fountain to the existing canceled because the city sur- to help the state cope with a attractive." veyor has determined it is not an budget deficit. Bowling Green City Council pool complex. "This is what we need to do to alley and is not city property. The random statewide approved payment Monday to Robert Callecod, Parks and Recreation director The Collaborative, Inc., a Toledo make this pool safe and attrac- Director of Public Works Bill telephone survey of 976 architectural firm, to begin con- tive," Parks and Recreation Di- Blair told the Council fall leaf adults was conducted Sept. struction plans for the first rector Robert Callecod said gin Jan. 15 and will be completed "The climate is so favorable and small brush pickup will be 9-19 by the University of phases of a $300,000 City Park about the project. on May 15, according to Callecod. for borrowing now," Callecod completed by city wards. He said Cincinnati. It has a margin Pool improvement and expansion The Council agreed to pay up to He said the project will be said. "That's why we're going pickup will begin in wards one of error of plus or minus 3 project. $15,000 for the construction funded through a combination of ahead with [the project]." and two on Oct. 19 and added percentage points. The poll The project will add a 150-foot plans, which are scheduled to be loans and funds raised by the In other business, Municipal pickup in other wards will be an- was sponsored by the Cin- water flume, a sand volleyball completed by Dec. 1. current parks and recreation Administrator Colleen Smith said nounced through the local news cinnati Post. court, a landscaped sunbathing Construction is expected to be- levy. the proposed vacation of an alley media. Of those who approved of the governor's perform- ance, 22 percent said he was doing a good job, 9 percent Freshman said they just "like" him and USG approves school year budget 8 percent cited his tight fis- cal policy in balancing the dies in plane state budget. Those who disliked the Group also plans a 'Get Out and Vote' campaign governor's performance accident byJeniBond cited his education budget The BG News staff report better," Melendez said. "If we need the cuts (7 percent), followed by student government reporter 'Tm basically glad we have a budget money later, we'll have it." budget cuts in other areas (6 to operate with. The financial Because there was no debate before voting percent). Two percent fault- An 18-year-old Universi- Undergraduate Student Government on the remainder of the budget, senator Mi- ed Voinovich for not im- committee took it upon themselves to ty freshman was killed in a passed a budget Monday for the 1992-93 chael Haynes said there is a lack of respect proving the state's economy plane crash Sunday morn- academic year and is planning the "Get Out write the proposal and the body in USG for students and other senators. or reducing unemployment. USG will also continue their campaign to ing in Hancock County, and Vote" campaign as a follow-up to its re- accepted it, which was the best thing W.Va., on her way back to cently-completed voter registration drive. encourage students to vote, according to Bowling Green from West The USG budget, which was passed in part to do under the circumstances." Jackson. After registering nearly 700 people during the voter registration campaign, USG Lottery Virginia. at the Sept. 21 meeting, was completed when )ason Jackson, Undergraduate Melissa Lynn Curdie, a the assembly voted and approved allocation will kick off a"Get Out and Vote" campaign biology major from Can- of funds to the various USG committees. Student Government president Oct. 27 through Nov. 3. In other business, onsburg. Pa., was pro- Passing the budget was necessary for USG Mike Sears; national, state and community CLEVELAND - Here are nounced dead at the scene.