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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1972
Page
5
Trade figures show lamb prices across weight classes with 85-110 lb woolled slaughter lambs at 29.00-30.00 and 85-100 lb shorn slaughter lambs with No 2 pelts at 30.00-31.00. Sheep across classes remain steady with overall bids around lb 18.00-20.50 and 100 head represented.
Cattle and calves show steady demand with cows and bulls strong to higher. Hogs rise modestly as barrows and gilts advance. feeder cattle and calves vary with 700 head reported and prime and choice lots priced per hundredweight in ranges. Bulls and sows limited by testing availability.
Ohio report lists eggs delivered to major cities with U S grades and price ranges by carton size. Large A white cartons sell to retailers at 43 to 48 cents, medium 40 to 45, small 28 to 29, with farm prices 6 cents for light hens and potatoes at 3.50 to 3.51 per cwt.
James Gates was elected president and Mrs. Doris Gates named vice president of the Garfield Elementary School PTO. Other officers include Anderson A. Simmons Jr. as secretary at 700 19th Ave and Mrs. Alfreda Burkes as assistant secretary at 1215 Yankee Road with Mrs. Roberta Combs at 4550 S. Dixie Highway serving as treasurer.
Senator Henry Jackson faced vocal disruption from about 300 Ohio University students during a Bakers Center session in Athens. A student accused him of being a war monger. Jackson urged march to Hanoi for freedom. He later praised Cincinnati recycling volunteers as a model for the country.
Akron attorney Dor sey Lowers, once a paper empire builder with about 12 million in debts, was arraigned on two counts of giving false information to obtain 200 000 in bank loans. He faced a 5 000 dollar bond, and creditors claim 11 million of debt was owed to investors in his quick profit program.
Local officials meet with Monroe Butler Madison and Lemon townships and agencies to hear the NEBCO sewer plan final report by Jones and Henry Engineers of Toledo. Trenton Summer Festival Committee discusses July 14 to 16 plans at the Presbyterian Church. Edgewood Local board tutors organize a telephone campaign for the Butler County Joint Vocational School May 2 election. The measure asks six tenths mill for building and 1.7 mills for operating.
Judge Sarah T. Hughes, who administered the presidential oath to Lyndon B. Johnson after JFK's assassination, is recovering from injuries after a traffic accident in Savannah, Georgia.
Detroit AP Ford Motor Co said it has added about 1700 workers or will soon in response to enlarged operations and foresees 2175 more jobs from plant expansions within a year. The move follows 7500 hires or recalls in early 1972 and is linked to brisk car and truck sales, says William D. Innes, Ford executive VP.
A 16 year old Middletown girl suffered injuries when her westbound car crashed on Hamilton Mason Road and knocked down a utility pole. Karen E. Wingate, 16, was treated at Middletown Hospital. In a second crash at 4 pm a 18 year old Benny Wilson collided with a vehicle driven by 17 year old Anthony Oakley as Oakley stopped to turn onto West Alexandria Road.
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