May 19, 1971

Bucks featured at indoor bowl game

Without even playing one game, Ohio State is assured of at least one bowl this year – the toilet bowl.

That’s not a value judgment, just a warning that “GO BUCKS” toilet seats will be on the market soon, according to Davd Balliet, president of the Sanitary Specialty Manufacturing Company (SSMC) of Cleveland, distributors of the new seats.

Each scarlet and gray seat, which will retail for $19.95, is adorned with the Ohio State emblem on top and emblazoned with “GO BUCKS” on the underside.

David Kleis, of Cleveland, originated the seats, designing the first one as a joke for a friend who’s an Ohio State alumnus.

The seat was displayed as a conversation piece and Kleis began receiving requests from other people wanting seats representing their alma maters.

Kleis took his idea to several toilet manufacturers, all of whom turned down the honor of mass producing the world’s first two-tone toilet seat.

May 23, 1972

Wheelchair games held

The Second Annual Ohio Wheelchair Games concluded Saturday with six members of the Columbus Buckeye Wheelers team qualifying for the National Wheelchair Games to be held in New York June 9-11

The competition which included over 100 participants ranged from track and field events to billiards, bowling, races, and table tennis. Many of the participants have previously competed in international wheelchiar game meets.

The Toledo Silver Streaks captured the first place team title with 247.5 points. Wayne State’s Roadrunners placed second with 173.5 points, and the Columbus Buckeye Wheelers took fourth with 137 points.

May 22, 1974

Man convicted of murder in Lincoln Tower stabbing

Leon Baskin Jr., 24, of Delaware, was convicted of the Nov. 28, 1973 stabbing death of Beverly M. Lee in Lincoln Tower and sentenced to life in prison Tuesday.

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge J. Craig Wright found Baskin guilty of murder in the first degree after the defense counsel waived the right to a jury trial. Wright said Monday, the first day of the trial, was spent hearing a motion to suppress certain evidence, specifically statements made by Baskin.

The motion was denied and the evidence heard on Monday was submitted for trial Tuesday morning. Wright said it included statements from Baskin’s girlfriend, the Delaware Police Department, the Ohio State University Department of Public Safety and an oral confession Baskin made to a Delaware police stenographer which he later signed.

May 19, 1976

Probe: radiation excess human error

An investigation by officials of Riverside Methodist Hospital has shown that human error was the cause of radiation overdoses to 275 cancer patients, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.

Dr. Joel Axt, a radiation physicist at Riverside, was suspended May 6 due to his error in calculations which resulted in the overexposures, said Thomas Clark, public relations director at Riverside. Axt was unavailable for comment Tuesday.

Six deaths within the cobalt-treated patient population have occured since January, said James R. Flynn, senior associate administrator of Riverside.

May 20, 1980

OSU vows to battle discrimination claim

An OSU official says the university would rather go to court than informally settle a Department of Labor (DOL) ruling charging sexual discrimination in its faculty pay and tenure practices.

The finding, issued by DOL in April, states: “A pattern emerges showing females at the lower end of the wage scale and rank in the faculty category.”

Madison H. Scott, vice president for personnel services, says the university will not resolve the matter with DOL through informal conciliation as recommended in its April ruling.

Scott says Ohio State intends to let the matter be taken into DOL’s administrative court. The court’s ruling must then be approved by the secretary of labor.

Compiled from Lantern reports