Demolition of Dohn buildings signals new mall era
Two warehouses at 9 and 15 N Wall Alley housing Dohn's Hardware are being demolished to clear space for an air conditioned mall. The sites have long industrial and retail ties, including a 15 foot turntable from the old Shetter Garage. The project unfolds as local historians note origins dating to 1898 and 1849 structures tied to First Methodist Church history.
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N. Wall Alley
Dohn’s
Quality Press
Miami Sales Co
A.B. Shetter Garage Co
Shetter Garage Co
Dohn
N. Broad St
Shetter
N. Broad
Wilfred
Housing Project Gang Up Near Verity School
Builder Adam Cristo says Butler Metropolitan Authority will start a $1.4 million 61 unit low cost housing project on a 97 acre tract near Verity School off Johns Road in about two weeks. The plan includes duplexes townhouses and a community building matching a Main Street Lafayette Avenue project. Cristo will also begin a private 80 unit apartment development nearby at a $4 million cost.
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Butler Metropolitan Authority
Verity School
Johns Road
Adam Cristo
Cristo
Main
Lafayette Avenue
Women embrace recycling under a different name
The era’s humor notes that many women treated garage sales as a form of recycling. It reflects on how domestic thrift and repurposing were socially common, framed with a light, witty tone.
Franklin Schools Inch Toward Black After Years Of Debt
Franklin school district, in debt over $400000 nine months ago, may run in the black by year end as bills from 1971 and earlier are paid. Clerk Treasurer Coy Myers reports most bills up to early 1972 will be settled by September, with about $186000 in unpaid bills plus a $20000 electric bill. Delbert Treadway says past debts total about $100000 remain, and hard choices may curtail maintenance to achieve full payment by year end.
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Thom Hall
Franklin
Delbert Treadway
The
Journal Today
Coy Myers
Myers
Treadway
Distrct
Ohio School Boards Association
OSBA
John TewWell
Carl Gorsuch
Gorsuch
Franklin boy dies after road accident near Preble County
Kevin Scott Collins six dies in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital after being struck Friday on Ohio 725 near Montgomery Preble County line. Driver of backing car 16 year old Jimmy Strong cited for improper backing. possible further charges. Survived by parents a brother and three sisters. Funeral services arranged at Eaton Funeral Home with burial at Woodhill Cemetery.
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Franklin
Ohio
Preble County
Kevin Scott Collins
Earl Collins
Montgomery-Preble County Line
Middletown Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Charles Domke
Lockwood
Mich
Jan Stover
Strong
Earl K
Jeanette Webb
Germantown
Debora _ Bush
Farmersville
Pamela
Oscar Shockley
Eaton Funeral Home
Kenneth Howard
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral
Renewal and addition millage eyed by Middletown board
The Middletown Board of Education plans to decide tomorrow on placing additional millage on the November ballot while also slated to renew the 5.6 mill levy. The panel weighs whether to launch a separate levy or combine it with the renewal as one measure amid budget pressures and a tight August 20 filing deadline.
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Middletown
Howard Schueller
Butler
Warren County
Stormy weather and a bank holdup in Hamilton
A brief storm in Middletown and Cincinnati area caused outages and wind gusts up to 45 mph. In Hamilton a bandit robbed Economy Savings and Loan at Hamilton Plaza after lights failed, taking cash and fleeing. Police describe the suspect as a 5 ft 8 in Black man in yellow clothing. A separate storm injury occurred when a tree fell on Bluford Lee’s pickup on West Elkton Road, sending him to Fort Hamilton Hughes Hospital with a head wound.
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Middletown
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Greater
Cincinnati
Wedekind
Hamilton
Economy Savings & Loan Co
Hamilton Plaza
Daniel Poff
West Elkton Road
Hamiton-Eaton Road
Bluford Lee
Fort Hamilton-Hughes Hospital
Sorg Paper Co Reports Revised Loss Figures
The Journal corrects prior figures for Sorg Paper Co stating the quarter shows a $44,000 pre tax loss, an 80 percent improvement from the prior quarter's $222,000 loss. For the first six months of 1972 the company reported a pre tax loss of $266,000.
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Sorg Paper Co
Sorg
Judge Marrs Appeal to Be Filed in First Court of Appeals
Hamilton case involving Dee Brenneman 20, with prosecutor Richard J. Wessel planning a brief filing in the First Court of Appeals after a ruling by Judge Howard G. Eley. Brenneman, arrested Jan. 23, 1971, on possession for sale of marijuana, had been sent to Mansfield Reformatory for 10 to 20 years. he has remained free on bond since Eley’s decision.
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Richard J. Wessel
Court of Appeals
Wessel
Dee Charles Brenneman
Hamilton
Harry Wilks
Brenneman
Common Pleas Court
Howard G. Eley
Darke County
Ohio Supreme Court
Butler
Robert L. Marrs
Marr S
Wilks
Eley
Marrs
Mansfield Reformatory
Ptl. i
Ricky Harbrecht
Hamilton Police Department
Harbrecht
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John Kiesewetter
Journal
A.B. Shetter
N. Broad Street
Ruey Shetter
Ruey
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Vorhis
Walker Chapel
S. Broad, Street
Second Avenue
Cohn’s
Cohn
Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Verity
First
Manchester Avenues
Parkway
Sheckler
Gang Up
ATRA
Woodlawn & Crawford Quality Corner
Friday
Ciney Hospital
Roderer
Coe
Central Ave
David Driver
Boards of Elections
Butler County
Sunthru
S. Breiel Blvd
Shopping Plaza
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