Headlines 25 August 2010

Former Sen. William Saxbe of Ohio dies at 94

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William Saxbe, a former U.S. senator from Ohio, died Tuesday, Aug. 24 at his home in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 
He was 94.
Saxbe, a Republican, was the fourth and final attorney general to serve under President Richard M. Nixon. Saxbe presided during the Watergate investigation.
"Though his life and public service transcended so much of our state and nation's history, Sen. William Saxbe never lost his connection to ordinary Ohioans. And Ohioans loved him for that," Gov. Ted Strickland said in a statement.
Attorney General Richard Cordray said that after he heard Saxbe had died, his thoughts "turned immediately to the portrait of this man, which hangs to this day in the attorney general's office. On it are emblazoned two quotes attributed to him: that he was, `conservative on money and crime,' and that he was also, 'liberal on the rights of people.' These are principles that served him and Ohio well."
William Saxbe, a former U.S. senator from Ohio, died Tuesday, Aug. 24 at his home in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 
He was 94.
Saxbe, a Republican, was the fourth and final attorney general to serve under President Richard M. Nixon. Saxbe presided during the Watergate investigation.
"Though his life and public service transcended so much of our state and nation's history, Sen. William Saxbe never lost his connection to ordinary Ohioans. And Ohioans loved him for that," Gov. Ted Strickland said in a statement.
Attorney General Richard Cordray said that after he heard Saxbe had died, his thoughts "turned immediately to the portrait of this man, which hangs to this day in the attorney general's office. On it are emblazoned two quotes attributed to him: that he was, `conservative on money and crime,' and that he was also, 'liberal on the rights of people.' These are principles that served him and Ohio well."
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