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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1962
Page
23
Republic Steel Corp cut its quarterly dividend from 75 cents to 50 cents to reserve funds for capital improvements. President Thomas F. Patton cited a profit squeeze from rising costs and limited relief from higher prices, noting intensified pressure from competition and foreign steel.
Ex deputy sheriff Clinton Warren Taylor, 48, of Winter Haven, robbed the Bank of Inverness of 22121 dollars then was arrested 47 minutes later after the money was recovered. A state trooper seized him in Coleman, Florida. The bank drive in window teller warned customers outside during the holdup. Taylor previously served as chief deputy sheriff in Sumter County.
A small feature explains a daily message puzzle titled Wishing Well 4gr from 1968. It describes counting letters in a name, adjusting by rules, and using the resulting key numbers to read a hidden message from a letter rectangle. William J. Miller authored this puzzle syndicated by King Features.
The 11:00 A.M. list shows many major players with varied performance. Strong gains appear for American Airlines and American Motors, while notable declines or modest moves touch Chrysler Motors and Continental Baking among others. The spread reflects mixed sentiment across industry groups with several railroads and utilities highlighting sizable percentages.
A fragmented listing shows Middletown Securities alongside Aeronca Pid Crystal Tissue Co Sera Paper Co and First National Bank with minor figures. The unreadable OCR sequence suggests a historical financial ledger or trade notices referencing local firms and paper products.
The Manchester Motor Inn announces a gathering featuring members of the New York Stock Exchange, inviting attendees for a networking event and a briefing session on market developments.
Cincinnati markets show steady to higher cattle and hog values. Steers and heifers mainly 27.50 to 28.00 for 985 to 1125 lb, cows and bulls 12.00 to 15.00 for utilities and canners, hogs moderate activity with barrows 18.50 to 19.00 for 190 to 240 lb, sows 16.50 to 17.25, spring lambs 22.00 to 22.50 for 85 to 90 lb.
Divorce petitions filed by Lillian Faye Thenemann and Susan McKinney seek dissolution of marriage on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Notices urge defendants to answer by early September and October 1962 under Case Nos 6897 and 6778 in the Common Pleas Court.
Local market notices show paying prices for rabbits ducks and turkeys including young and white varieties. Names or dates are unclear but the list highlights poultry and rabbit items offered for sale.
Prices for eggs by size and grade at farm, packing plant, and retailer levels in Ohio and southern Indiana. Details include jumbo to small eggs, large A and B grades, carton pricing, and consumer delivery rates in major Ohio cities. Potatoes priced at 3.00 to 4.75 per unit.
Akron Ohio AP plans for a 2 million dollar home for the aged to be owned and operated by the Ohio Presbyterian Homes a unit of the Synod of Ohio United Presbyterian Church USA. It will be named Rockynol.
Fourteen residents of West Middletown in Butler County sue the Voice of Deliverance Tabernacle seeking an injunction to stop what they call loud services moved outside three weeks ago. Neighbors within 120 feet to one mile say shouting and praying disturb sleep. Evening services run from 7 30 to 11.
Maurice H. Stans, budget director in the Eisenhower era, resigns as president of Western Bancorporation, a holding company with 24 banking affiliates. He will be succeeded by Mont E. McMillen, president of the board of First Western Bank and Trust Co. Stans cites personal reasons and is reported to be on safari in Africa.
A false bomb threat disrupts American Airlines operations at Cincinnati area airports for the second straight night. A caller claimed a bomb on a plane, prompting searches at Columbus and Dayton with no bombs found. Columbus flight delayed 2.2 hours and Dayton nearly one hour. Monday's similar call delayed four Cincinnati flights.
Canada agrees to sell up to 18.75 million bushels of wheat to Poland for about 42 million dollars. The deal was signed in Ottawa by Polish Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Franciszek Modrzewski and Canadian Deputy Trade Minister James A. Roberts. Poland will take 11.25 million bushels with an option on 7.5 million more by end of January, paying 10 percent down and the balance over three years.
In Washington, Ohio senators faced a party split as Frank Lausche and Stephen Young voted opposite in a 53 23 Senate vote. The amendment would allow possible elimination of price supports for feed grains in 1964, with Young supporting the majority and Lausche opposing.
About nine percent of commercially used violets in the United States are cultivated in Dutchess County New York. The figure highlights the county’s role in a national horticultural market and suggests a notable concentration of violet production in the region.
A 15 month old child was treated at Middletown Hospital after drinking kerosene with a stomach pump used to remove the fuel. Also reported: Elmer Matthews, ex-Middletown fireman, in satisfactory condition after a stroke on Sutphin Street. Polly Ann Reed, 27, treated after ambulance transfer.
Gustavo de Mattos Sequeira 81 a prominent Portuguese historian writer and playwright died of cancer Tuesday in Lisbon He was a staunch republican and liberal who faced dismissal as sub director of Lisbon customs under Premier Salazar and became a leading oppositionist among intellectuals and writers.
Sample want ad lists a chest of drawers and a dresser spinet desk for 10 dollars each. It notes a 10 day rate of 1.60 dollars and payment due within 10 days after the last insertion.
Patricia Louise McKenzie Middaugh 34 wife of Leslie Middaugh dies Middletown Hospital. Visitation at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home Tuesday. Service at Messier-Broul lire Funeral Home Manistique Michigan at 2 p.m. Interment Manistique Cemetery. Charles O Stamp 42 Rochester Minnesota dies at St Marys Hospital. Visitation Tuesday and Wednesday until 2 p.m. at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home. Service at First Baptist Church. Interment Woodside Cemetery.
The family of Roy Hummel expresses thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for their kindness after the loss of their father. They thank Rev Howard Sears for consoling words, Mr Lawrence Dye floral donors pallbearers and the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home for managing the service.
Obituary notice recalling Charles Edward Perry who died August 22 and James Larry Singleton who died August 22 three years ago. Entries honor their smiles kindness and memory with family messages of mourning and love from spouse children and siblings.
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