Lufkin Votes Merger With Cooper Industries
Shareholders of the Lufkin Rule Co. in Saginaw vote to merge with Cooper Industries of Houston. Cooper also pursues a separate merger with Waukesha Motor Co. on Oct. 20. Lufkin, a leader in linear measuring devices, reported 1967 sales of 19.887 million and earnings of 1.604 million. Plants span six subsidiaries and locations worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lufkin Rule Co
Saginaw, Mich
Cooper Industries
Houston
Tex
Cooper
Lufkin
Waukesha Motor Co
Waukesha
Wis
Saginaw
Middletown
N.Y
Cleveland
Madison
Jackson
Area Wife Witnessed Tragic Farm Accident
A wife in an Area town described seeing her husband struck by prongs during a farm equipment accident. She witnessed him thrown into the air and into the wagon as she prepared to leave to return a borrowed jack. She rushed to stop the machinery and assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Zeyaus
Corry Ambulance Service
Con-Gunman Pulls $5,000 Robbery in Pittsburgh
A man posing as a detective held up Park Savings and Loan in Pittsburgh, cuffed manager Keefe Warner in a basement wash room, and escaped with about $5,000. Police hunt a new breed crook described as half con man half gunman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Savings and Loan Office
Park Savings and Loan Association
Keefe Warner
Warner
Truck Mirror Fatality on Route 8 Near Wesley
Franklin County police report a worksite accident on Route 8 near Wesley when a moving truck struck two company workers. Paul Fisenman, 20, of Eryburg, died from injuries. Joseph Kerr, 24, of Meadville, was hospitalized in fair condition. The truck driver Lewis Thomas, 22, from Franklin, carried the load northbound. Both men were at the rear of a Pennsylvania Electric Co project truck when struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Clarion County
Wesley
Paul F. Fisenman
Eryburg
Franklin Hospital
Joseph Kerr
Meadville
Eisenman
Kerr
Lewis E. Thomas
R. D
Indian Summer Brightens Weekend Drives and Local News
Saturday rain cleared for a sunny stretch though the donkey baseball game was postponed. Community notes include visits by families from Findley Lake and Marietta, church events, a City hospital report, and a new September birth in Erie followed by local congratulatory remarks.
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Texas
Spartard
Corry Dodge
WV Binney
Craig Kinney
Finchey Lake
N.Y
Sparta Grange
Pearl Campbell
Blooming Valley
Pittsburgh
Edward Milfor
Hill
Hogan
Weiners
Falconer
N. Y
Rogers
Kenneth Bedow
Brenda
Darlene
San Ann
Calif
Robert Bedow
Clymer
Charles Pratt
Union City
L. Hewitt
Howard Blakeslee
R. D
Corry
Clarence Smith
Mabelle Weidner
Charles B. Kinney
Findley Lake
D. V. Kinney
Richard
Barbara
Raymond
Alberta Miller
Sparta
Warren Brown
Guy Scouten
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Erie
Richard Warnshuis
Edinboro
Deborah Lynn
Warnshuis
Linda Scouten
Corry Memorial Hospital
Ronald Hennigh
Hennigh
Sandra Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cooper Ind
Marie Rodriguez
New Castle
Pennsylvania Engineering Corp
McGraw-Edison Co
Penn Engineering
Lectromelt
Elizabeth Rodriguez
New York
Bronx
Elizabeth
Mary
Jose
Columbus
of Champions
Harold Mallory
Columbus Milling Co
Mary Kwma
Paul Kubich
Mike Kuzma
Pennsylvania
Crawford County Fairgrounds
Miss Kuzma
Kubich
Kuzma
Future Farmers of America
Mallory
Columbus Milling
Wayne
Hy Evelyn Merkle
Methodist Church
Ava Campbell
Enterprize
Europe
Aid
Charles Clark
Wilda
Marrisetta
Ohio
Spartansburg
Wil
Austin Rog
George Rogers
William Bailey
Meg
Russel Hutchison
Gerald Rogers
Douglas Wynn
Ashville
Alton Rogers
Tue JourNal Daily
Firestar Tractionaire
Firestone
Firestone Stores
Firestone Dealers and
Barney
South Center Street
Tan
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