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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1969
Page
10
The Franklin depot and office area show a long-used city garage site will be razed or burned for firemen training as part of a city building complex. The building has housed city services since Franklin burned in November 1967 and features a 60 year old central heating system.
Voters won’t see a bond issue for a Warren County retarded children school this May or in a special election. Robert Schafer, chairman, said plans for a new school will not be placed on May ballots and may target November. The board eyeing construction for Hopewell School and enlarging Green Knoll School, with details on millage to be set after plans are drawn and before commissioners. The November renewal of the operating levy complicates timing as state orders press the board to act.
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co and subsidiaries earned 2.01 per common share after preferred dividends for the year ended January 31 1969 up from 1.97 in 1968. Gas and electric sales rose 8.6 percent and 10.8 percent respectively from the prior year, a company spokesman said.
Franklin resident Hal O'Neal recalls forty three years at the depot from 1909 to 1952, describing the era of Big Four passenger trains, the split waiting rooms, and the once busy Franklin Junction. He notes the depot sits between Riley Boulevard and the old New York Central tracks and may be torn down for the new city building or to train the fire department.
A Cincinnati man, Arville C. Black, 49, was found guilty of first degree murder in Common Pleas Court for the August 1 shotgun slaying of Adolphus Sexton, 46, in a tavern. The jury recommended mercy and Black faces sentencing Monday.
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