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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1971
Page
13
City and township residents total 26,142 registered as of yesterday. The Board of Elections at 43 S. Main St. opens at 8 30 a.m. Today and tomorrow are the final registration times ending at 9 p.m. Each voter who moved or changed names must re register if not voted in the last two years. Those turning 18 before election day must register.
City commissioners will hold a public hearing tonight on a 4 million mobile home park and 30 acre shopping complex off German Town Road. Developer Joe Lewis proposes 303 mobile homes on 50 acres plus an apartment complex and a 30 acre industrial park with utilities and a sewer system.
Rep Walter Powell announced that the U S Postal Service approved a new 2880 square foot post office to replace the current 700 square foot facility at 212 E State St in downtown Trenton The move follows local petitions and aims to improve efficiency. location and cost details are pending.
Armco Steel Corp. rebuts market talk of Q3 losses and projects a profit for July to September ending Sept 30 despite weak August and September shipments. Senior VP D C Boone cites high July tonnage offsetting falloffs, notes 1971 Q3 earnings expected lower than Q1 and Q2, and flags dependence on economic policies and import pressures. About 2,000 hourly workers at four plants remain laid off with Middletown Works 362 on layoff. office staff reductions planned by September end.
Franklin City Council hears another written resignation from Jesse Hollingsworth after a prior outburst. Mayor Moore honored by the Franklin Jaycees as council members seek a replacement within 30 days. Hollingsworth cites personality clashes and lack of communication, leaves after reading his resignation and a prior meeting transcript. The only business is accepting International Salt Co. bid for winter street salt.
Ortman-Stewart Transportation opposes underwriting the Dial- A- Ride scheme yet may back it if city funds all four stages. City plans subsidized cost of 30 000 for three radio equipped mini-buses in North End with total four stage cost near 100 000. Ortman notes prior student rider losses of 1 600 per day and doubts Ford consultants yet remain open if profits from stage one cover later stages. He cites Mansfield setback as a caution but keeps an open mind about the program.
Gem City Demolition Co. of Dayton is the apparent low bidder at 17,175 to raze seven structures as the downtown urban renewal begins. Bids go to HUD before City Commission approval. 43 parcels total, cost about 28 million, yielding 269000 square feet of space.
The Middletown East Kiwanis Club will hold a 6 3 dinner meeting at the Holiday Inn then travel to Hamilton to tour the new Butler County Jail led by William Denham president of the Butler County Commission.
Franklin Jaycees awarded life membership to Council Chairman Daniel Moore at a council meeting. Jaycee President Jerry Truesdell presented the plaque, noting Moore’s past service including a 1965-66 presidency and early 1964 reorganization efforts. Moore, 36, lives with wife Beverly at 480 David Bird and three children. only three others have received this honor in 22 years.
Crystal Tissue Co of Verity Parkway was fined 500 dollars in U.S. District Court Cincinnati after pleading no contest to discharging substantial quantities of Rhodamine BX dye into the Great Miami River last December. The river ran rose colored for 47 miles between Middletown and the Ohio River. no fish were killed.
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