Recollections Flow As Council Honors A Founder
Industrial Council Division of the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce honors Francis Carmody a charter member and former city chairman for 17% years of service. Tributes from Leo Reinartz John Kinder and others recall Carmody first job at Sorg in 1920 and leadership that helped Middletown win an All America City award in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Driscoll
Bob Osborne
John Kinder
Industrial Council Division
Middletown
Sorg Paper Co
Sorg
Carmody
National
Driscoll
Crawley Osborne
Osborne Studios
Industrial Council
Robert Osborne
Kinder
Interstate Folding Box Co
Reinartz
Charles Murray
Charles W. Denny Jr
Barkeley
Square D Co
Wilbur Cohen
Cohen Bros., Inc
Franklin Charter Vote Set May 6 For Home Rule
Franklin city council received a home-rule charter draft from the charter commission and set May 6 for a special election. The council approved a $66,500 65 foot aerial fire truck from Snorkel Fire Equipment Co. amid debate over its cost and utility. Council also asked the State Canal Land Authority to transfer flood control land along old U S 25, resolving a long standoff.
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Franklin
Charter Commission
Joe Baxter Jr
U.S. 25
North End
State Canal Land Authority
Paul Smith
Bernard Eichholz
Snorkel Fire Equipment Co
Smith
Bob ‘Eaton
Dayton
Cincinnati
Baby Death Trial Enters Second Day In Warren County
In Warren County Common Pleas Court the defense for Mrs. Carrol Sisson called her husband James and her parents to testify as the trial on a second degree murder charge progresses. Doctors testified the infant son Douglas born last May suffered injuries and convulsions. the child died in December after early September beating claims.
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Lebanon
Carrol Sisson
Warren County
Sisson
Cesare LaRuffa
Blanchester
Edward Cranmer
Leroy Anderton
Newark
New Chamber Official Pushed Tourism Program
Robert G. White named director of Middletown chamber succeeding Richard W. Slagle. White, 42, Kent State graduate, heads Ohio Chamber executives and serves on Ohio Travel Council committee. Edward W. Barker praises White as qualified leader for regional economic growth.
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Chamber
Mansfield Area
Big effort to recover 25 ton gravel truck
Hamilton workers at Marcell's Garage spent hours preparing to move a loaded gravel truck, then used three wreckers to pull it from a ditch after it left the Cincinnati Dayton Road. Driver Hunter Swick of Clayton, 36, owned by American Aggregate of Dayton, was involved. The truck weighed nearly 25 tons and had damaged a sign and a utility pole. The largest load recovered by the shop was 40 tons.
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Marcell
Hamilton
Hunter R. Swick
Clayton
American Aggregate of
Dayton
Cincinnati-Dayton
Hendrickson Road
Two County Schools for Retarded Children Debated
Warren County contemplates keeping two schools Hopewell in Springboro and Green Knoll in Lebanon or consolidating to one in Lebanon. Leaders cite travel, land delays, and possible levy funding as factors while a March 12 board meeting looms for final decision.
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Franklin
Warren County
Hopewell
Springboro
Green Knoll
Lebanon
County Board of Mental Retardation
Leon
Delorés Wright
Hopewell School Association
Wright
Hopewell School
Springboro Methodist Church
Charles Anglesby
Retardation Board
Anglesby
Reserved plates available for 1969 licenses
Reservations for specific 1969 license plate numbers are being taken at the local Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Deputy registrar Kathryn Agee says bookings close March 10 with office hours 9 am to 5 pm weekdays and 9 am to noon Saturdays. Blue on white plates go on sale March 17 with vehicle title and 1968 registration required. price is 15.50 dollars, available only to the registered car owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Kathryn Agee
Arson Suspected in Blaze at Putt-Putt Golf Course
Firefighters investigated a blaze yesterday at the Putt-Putt Golf course located at 1841 S Main St. A one story frame office storage building sustained interior and exterior damage. damage estimates were not available. Owner Stanley Reed of 1612 Lamberton St. was identified. Fire department personnel continue the probe.
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S. Main St
Stanley Reed
Lamberton St
Apartment project delayed by missing permit at Interstate 75 site
Developers Adam Cristo and Robert Keays faced a planning board meeting in Lebanon as Warren County commissioners refused to approve a variance to use the Interstate 75 and Ohio 122 site for a multi unit apartment motel complex. Work had stopped after a zoning order, later reversed, with contractors not returning to the site.
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Adam Cristo
Robert Keays
Warren County Commission
Lebanon
Ohio 122
Cristo Cristo
Keays
Cristo
Rt. 122
Tor
Warren County Planning Commission
Warren County
Merrill Knoop
Knoop
Forest guards kill seven poachers in Kaziranga sanctuary
In Kaziranga Sanctuary forest guards killed seven poachers last year targeting the nearly extinct one horned Indian rhinos. Local authorities say the clashes underline ongoing wildlife protection battles in Assam.
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Gauhati
India
Kaziranga
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Jack Thornton
Franklin’s
Miller
Baxter
LaFrance
Dick Berger
Nadine Kirkpatrick
Journal
Andertons
Jim Ruppert
LaRuffa
Wilmington
Children’s Hospital
Lawrence A. Diehsl
Davidson
Photo Shop
Laura Williams
Crawford ST
FBI
John C. Brown
Central Avenue
Call
Beck-Taibert Pontiac
Terrace Hills
Gulley
Ken Sprinkles
Stephen C. Ridenour
Jantrol
Bryant
Winkler
Trenton Heating & Air Conditioning
West State St
Dial
Maurice F. (Moe) Riednour Owne
Bartel’s Shoes
THE
Manchester Road
Fisher
Armco Park
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