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Dayton Newspapers Strike and the Dayton Image
Dayton Newspapers Strike and the Dayton Image
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Perry401
165 posts
Aug 19, 2013
8:54 PM
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Does anyone remember that there was a strike of Dayton Newspapers (Dayton Daily News & Journal Herald) sometime in the 1960's or maybe early 1970's and after a few days (or maybe weeks) without news, an independent newspaper called "The Dayton Image" was published to fill the newspaper gap.
As I remember it only a few issues were published, and they had only a few pages -- maybe only 4 to 6 pages. While there was some attempt to cover the news, with few true reporters the paper barely filled those pages. There were a few death notices, some national news, and a little local news. Much of the local reporting dealt with the newspaper strike and how negotiations were progressing.
This replacement paper was almost void of advertising -- except for a few ads placed by Rikes and a few other stores. Other sections included TV listings and descriptions of what was happening in the comic pages (so people could keep up with Mary Worth's adventures for example).
I also remember that the newspaper pasted enlarged copies of each days cartoons and other syndicated materials in their Ludlow Street windows at their main offices. People on the sidewalk would stop by to catch up on their favorite syndicated features especially when waiting for the bus.
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KennyE11
130 posts
Aug 19, 2013
11:12 PM
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See the website below:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042562/
There were 33 issues published between Aug. 28 and Oct. 6, 1969, daily (except Saturday?)during the newspaper strike.
It was apparently microfilmed, so the Dayton Library probably has it on file.
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JJCofMAINE
24 posts
Aug 20, 2013
11:09 AM
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My father was editor of the Kettering-Oakwood K-O) Times in the late 50's to early 60's. I was probably a freshman at the time (Christmas, '58), if I have the correct year, when the Dayton Newspapers went on strike.
Although K-O Times only published weekly, on Thursdays, they took advantage of the strike, and for 2-3 weeks, during that strike, they published a special Sunday edition.
I sold those papers on the corner of 2nd and Main Sts, at Rikes, and made a bunch of money. We didn't have to stand there very long, as the papers went so quickly.
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JJCofMAINE
25 posts
Aug 20, 2013
11:14 AM
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So I was off a year. I found an article on Google that talks of the Dayton Newspapers Mailers strike, dated Dec. 27, 1957. I was an 8th grader at that time. Still made a lot of money.
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olds88
122 posts
Aug 21, 2013
5:31 PM
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Had a friend that was in the tree trimming business and was hired by DDN to fill his truck with papers in Cincinnatti and drop them off at downtown stands.He made good money but wasnt very popular with union people.He lived near LMD. She might who iam talking about.
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blue J
119 posts
Sep 04, 2013
1:47 PM
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JJCofMAINE- I just learned recently that some people in my family were good friends with the founders of the K-O Times, so I'm sure your father knew them as well. I just talked to their son a few weeks ago, as he still lives in the area. He himself, I found out, wrote quite a few editorials in that paper during the Watergate years, and raised the eyebrows of federal authorities...very interesting...
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JJCofMAINE
35 posts
Sep 05, 2013
1:40 PM
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BlueJ: My father, Jack Cronin, was hired as the first editor of the startup Kettering-Oakwood Times in early 1956 by the founders, a married couple by the name of McConnaughey (spelling??). I believe their names were Jim and Sue. They had a son, Fred.
Mrs. McC was related to the Rike family. The Rike's had an estate on Ridgeway Road, just north of Dorothy Lane, on the west side. Because of our acquaintace, through my dad's employment, my siblings and I had an open invitation to use the swimming pool at that estate - it was quite nice.
So, is it "Fred" you refer to as being the editorialist?
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blue J
120 posts
Sep 05, 2013
1:57 PM
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Yes it is...I found out that my uncle, my dad, and one of their first cousins who I talk to pretty frequently were friends with Fred going back to the early 1950s. (You did spell the last name correctly, by the way).
Fred's parents, the founders of the paper, were also published novelists (fiction). I did not know they/she was related to the Rike family, though.
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