October 19, 201213 yr McHale will be inducted as the lone member of the 2012 Hall of Fame class Saturday, October 27 at Kings Island during a 10:45 a.m. ceremony on International Street. Story, including a photo of the ribbon cutting at the park's grand opening in 1972: http://warrencounty.fox19.com/news/people/99634-former-kings-island-general-manager-named-hall-fame
October 19, 201213 yr Wonder why Taft wanted him to "return to Coney Island to oversee its rebirth as an amusement park"?
October 21, 201213 yr Wonder why Taft wanted him to "return to Coney Island to oversee its rebirth as an amusement park"? They wanted to reopen Coney as a none competitor to Kings Island. He knew the park well having worked there from 1952 through the park's closing on Labor Day, September 6, 1971. Ed remained at Coney until his retirement.
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