Oswego Skyline Dwarfs Five-Unit Plant Chimney Rise
August photo by Don Kranz shows the Niagara Mohawk plant at West Harbor front with the new tallest chimney in New York reaching 700 feet after pouring 11 800 tons of concrete. Built by M W Kellogg Co with Northern Ready Mix supplying concrete, the stack will be FAA lighted and serve all five units while four existing chimneys are dismantled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Mohawk
West Harbor
New York State
Don Kranz
M. W. Kellogg Co
New Year 1972 in Oswego County Face Big Stories
January brought births and deaths, political swearing ins, and local debates. Mayor John O C Conway began a third term in Oswego. Fulton leaders began fourth terms while county figures named first chairman and clerk. A trailer fire killed five children and burned the father. a Minetto driver died New Year’s Day from injuries. Oswego Common Council approved a one percent sales tax hike. A snow roller phenomenon appeared near Oswego as health, housing, and budget issues framed winter civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Michael Borst
Tex J. Borst
Varick St
John O'C Conway
Oswego
Percy E. Patrick
Fulton
Frank McDonough
LaPoint
Richland
Frederick James Boardway
Minetto
Syracuse
John F. Serow
Donald Gleason
Hannibal
Arnold Shirley
Boylston
Naomi St
John T. Sullivan
City of
Saco
Fulton School Board
Percy Patrick
New Channels Corp
Conway
Paul A. Hoyt
Allentown
Lee Memorial Hospital
AEC
Niazaia Mohawk
Nine Mile Point
John Canale
Sixth Ward
Lake Ontario
Edna Burdick
East Cayuga St
Gero
Oswego Budget Cuts and Planning in 1972
Oswego officials announce a 60 percent tax rate drop per 100 valuation for 1972. The Common Council approves a 1 424 258 levy and a 5 5 million city budget. State tax data show booming retail sales in Oswego and Fulton for 1971 and plans for the Million Dollar Shopping Center opening in May 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew B. Frawley
Worth St
Fulton
John O'C. Conway
Oswego
Common Council
N.Y
Fulon
Oswego Year in Review 1972 Highlights and Hazards
A yearlong recap of Oswego area events in 1972 notes drownings and traffic fatalities, major fires at Fay's Drugs and West Second St, and local turmoil over water rates and taxes. February blizzards halted publication, dropped 56 inches of snow, and cut power to 5,000 Niagara Mohawk customers.</s>
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Oswego
Northern County Health Building, Inc
Pulaski
Alfred E. Rickert
SUCO
Oswego County
Fay’s Drugs
Oswego Plaza
West Second St
Holiday Inn
Ho-ho-ho
Niagara Mohawk
Palladium Times
First Ward
John T. Sullivan, Jr
Oswego Hospital
Paul D. Marturano
Syracuse
Marurano
Robert
Nancy) Barnes
West Oneida St
Margaret Dowdle
East Fourth St
First Woman Career Substitute at Oswego Post Office
Early in the year Karla Ives age 21 of County Route 6 North Valney became the Oswego post office’s first woman career substitute. Later that year she moved her postal service work to the Fulton Post Office.
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Irene Mae Duffey
Howard Road
Fulton
Vivian Ridgeway
Lacona
Karla Ives
North Volney
Oswego
Daniel Brown
East Seventh St
William J. McCarthy
East Eighth St
Oswego County
Fulton Elks Lodge
North Valney
City of Oswego
Postal Service
Fulton Post Office
Oswego News Roundup Shapes Local Affairs and Losses
Oswego contends with council dissolutions, library funding debates, and civic appointments as state and county actions unfold. Valedictorian and salutatorian honors at Oswego High. fatal pedestrian crash near Route 49. Olfactory film controversy and Easter remarks mix with grant news and local infrastructure bids.
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Social Service Dept
Don McCann
Republican Party
Nestle
J. Leo Finn
Oneida Lake
Benjamin
Carlita Lynigg
N.Y. Telephone Co
William H. Mersfelder
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Sullivan
Eugene F. Sullivan
Supreme Court
Ireland
Richard N. Donovan
Ruth Sullivan
Mary Prisco
Robert Brace
James FE. Schneider
Security Building and Loan Association
Gary Rayder
Route 49
West Monroe
Louis Granato
Alfred University
Cortland
Penn- Central
F. Hosmer Culkin
Library Board
Paul Marturano
Oswegonian
Attica
Charles E. Wells Construction Corp
David Nan
Russell
AAUW
Clayton Dillabauch
Oswego RD 2
Route 104
Harold Pierce
Fulton RD 2
Oswego Board of Faucation
Minetty School
Fulton Chamber of Commerce
Francis J. Furfaro
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Ralph D'Amico
W. Oneida St
Oswego Theatre I
Palladium-Times
Oswigo
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