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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1958
Page
19
Charles Mercer reflects from abroad on missing American news and praising how American TV networks reduced entertainment to cover UN sessions and global affairs. He credits television with keeping viewers informed and suggests travel is no substitute for home screens during crises.
Radio listings feature Amos n Andy Music Hall with a romance subplot as a tourist is taken around Manhattan by Andy and Kingfish. TV lineups include Out Door Guide, Death Valley Days, German George, Life of Riley, Affair in Sumatra, M Squad, and Casablanca scene with Bogart and Bergman amid wartime escape.
Ohio faces a possible extra congressman after the 1960 census with the 1961 General Assembly to choose the method. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown says redistricting or election at large are options, with a Cleveland-area likely source if redistricting occurs. The Census Bureau lists Ohio as likely gaining one seat alongside Arizona Indiana Maryland and Oregon.
Michigan State University researchers report two weed killers may curb weed growth in groundcovers. Alanap and Crag 1 were tested on ajuga English ivy euonymus pachysandra and Japanese honeysuckle with ajuga severely injured by Crag 1 and ajuga pachysandra and English ivy hurt by Alanap.
The May issue of Better Homes and Gardens advises leaving the stems after removing the flower heads. By snapping off only the bloom, the stems feed the ripening bulb, helping bulbs store energy and produce stronger bulbs and better flowers next season.
Recent visitors included Mrs Helen Lemmon and daughter Nancy from Bradenton Florida Mrs Eva Jordon from Franklin Mississippi Miss Audrey Wagner from Franklin Ohio Mrs Lester Lewellen and Miss Amy Hoffman from Dayton Ohio and Mr and Mrs Larry Gardener from Germantown Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arnold hosted a picnic with Sam Fish Larry John and John Fish Jr plus Mrs. Lara Snapp and Janie Butler accompanying them to a week visit with D. W. Butler in Springfield. Lynn Eaton family hosted Dayton guests Opal Johnson Larry Eaton Bette Eaton and Frank Eaton Sr. Robert Lynn Eaton returned from Warren after two weeks with friends.
A U S Navy Albatro s twin engine transport with five crew members was forced to land near Santiago by Dominican air force fighters while returning to Guantanamo from San Juan Puerto Rico. The aircraft was searched for about an hour and released with no crew harmed and no items taken.
Mary Lloyd Lane district manager of the Hamilton Social Security office urged workers to know the three core protections provided by Social Security. She said most know old age benefits but fewer understand survivors benefits and disability coverage for dependents. She noted that taxes create broader protection than a voluntary system and that shared risk lowers individual costs.
A long list of property transfers is recorded, featuring buyers and banks. Transactions include lots and acres in Monroe Liberty St Clair Oneida Mayfield and Trenton, with prices ranging from no tax to thousands of dollars. Key entities include Midd. Fed Security Sav. & Loan First Natl. Bnk Rose Bros. Co and several individual buyers.
Walter Rohde and others transfer to Middletown Federal lot 5594 and part of 5593 for 16180 dollars. Maude Faulkner transfers to Middletown Federal lot 6975 for 6250 dollars. Jan Phillips and others to Security Savings and Loan lot 8604 and part of 8605 for 20500 dollars. James Guyler and others to Sun Life Insurance Company lots 94227-28 for 9500 dollars. Donald Selby and others to American Building and Loan lots 6181-82 for 91000 dollars. Sol Finkelman and others to Oglespy Barnitz Bank lot 10245 for 15
Market quotations show a wide list of corporations including Boeing, General Motors, Standard Oil, American Can, and United Airlines among others. Animal market notes list hogs and sheep prices with ranges for various weights and grades across multiple categories.
Dayton Produce Cincinnati reports consumer egg grades with U S A and under grades, list of jumbo large medium small prices, plus farm poultry prices for No 1 fryers hens and light birds, and potato prices ranging from 2.00 to 4.35.
A cryptic market note from Middletown highlights securities with quoted figures 15 8 25 and 26 2, signaling trading activity. Details remain terse but reflect ongoing pricing and interest in specific securities.
A historical grain table lists old and new corn futures and oats with Sep, Dec, Mar and May contracts. Prices move across grains with high and low points and percent changes noted for each maturity.
Two Oxford youths were treated at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital after a car went out of control on Ohio 130 near Boyle Road in Butler County. Driver Michael Dellmore, 20, had hand and arm cuts while passenger George Johnson, 21, endured face and arm bruises. The vehicle rolled onto its side after striking a mailbox. Sgt. Richard Jordan investigated the crash. The article notes the U S leads in coal iron oil and silver production with Russia second in each.
Obituaries for Alpha Alf T. Etter 85 of Germantown and Albert Laishley 85 of Mercy Hospital in Middletown. Ovligne H Robinson 54 of 1810 Carroll Ave and Pasqualina Rossi 706 Malvern St both with services at local churches and Woodside Cemetery. Funeral homes McCoy Leffler Jos R Baker Schramm announce arrangements with dates and interment details.
Thank you notes express gratitude for sympathy after the loss of John B. Holt. The message thanks relatives friends and nurses at Middletown Hospital and Batley Funeral Home for their care and aid during services. The second notice marks memory of Linda Lee Highley with a verse and family sign-off.
In Cincinnati the USDA reports cattle totals of 350 head and calves 100 with a mix of quality grades. Average prices show yearling club steers around 26.50 per hundredweight at 880 lb, heifers around 25.25 at 742 lb, cows 17.50 to 18.50, and various bulls and canners priced from 15.00 to 22.00 with dealers at 26.00 to 30.00 and stockers 500 to 650 lb.
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