Auto Makers Hope for Bright New Year After Sales Spree
Detroit reports show a year long surge in car sales with a projected seven million units sold by Monday night, up 1.2 million from last year. GM and Ford forecast record earnings as inventories ease and profits rise, with Chrysler and American Motors posting gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Phlegar
Detroit
General Motors
John F. Gordon
Frederick G. Donner
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Studebaker
Wall Street
World Petroleum
American Telephone and Telece Co
Telestar
Bethlehem Steel Sees Long Range Growth Ahead
Bethlehem Steel chairman Arthur B. Homer said near term demand for steel remains flat but the company plans $250 million in new Chicago area facilities to foster long term growth. He cited future factors like equipment replacement and family formation driving higher durable goods demand, while emphasizing product development and efficiency. Stockpiling by big users could shift demand later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel Co
Homer
Metropoltan Chicago
Bethlehem
Ing
Four Floor Addition Planned at Middletown Hospital
Middletown Hospital plans a 4 floor expansion funded by a 1.132 million federal grant, lifting bed capacity to 400 from 297 and adding expanded emergency and admitting rooms, a pharmacy, and central patient care floors. Year 1962 admissions near 14,500 with 109k patient days. births about 2,170. ER visits roughly 17,930. New equipment cost 108k. Nursing school enrolled 28 freshmen for 42 total.
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Middletown Hospital
Walter A. Mischley
Verity Hall
Middletown Hospital Association
Middletown
Wundry
School of Nursing
MHS
Tom Webb
Central School
Lincoln
Oneida
Maple Park
Chamber of Commerce
Colt
No Boom In Steel Expected
Republic Steel Corp president Thomas F Patton forecasts only a slight demand gains next year with production staying well below the 1955-57 peak. He projects 1962 output near 98 million tons, about 100 million in 1963, and a cyclical rise through 1964 amid a flattening economy and seasonal factors.
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Cleveland
Thomas F Patton
Republic Steel Corp
Patton
12 Boys In A Row Surprise Is Gone
Mrs. Johnnie Williams of Youngstown Ohio was told her latest child is a boy continuing a run of twelve sons her eldest Johnnie is 13 and her other children include Clarence Stanley David James Hayert Don Burt Clifford Tyrone Ver ton and Mathew born at St Elizabeths Hospital
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Youngstown, Ohio
Johnnie Williams
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Hog Prices Rise Sharply In Ohio Christmas Week
Hog sellers in Ohio saw prices rise about 25 cents per hundredweight to 17.12 as buyers faced lighter receipts during the Christmas week. Interior yards totaling 42,000 head were run, with 17,000 headed Wednesday marking the largest single-day total since March 7, 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Tony Curtis Receives Painted Christmas Gift in Newark
Hollywood AP reports Tony Curtis got a holiday surprise from a teenage Newark fan who painted him in oil with snow white hair. The quirky portrait adds charm to a star who has long fascinated fans.
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Hollywood
Tony Curtis
Newark
N.J
Curtis
Trade Fair Opens JA Week Marking 1963 Season
The third annual Junior Achievement Trade Fair will launch the 1963 JA season with JA week running January 27 to February 2. Booths by 12 teenage-run companies open downtown Monday night and at Middletown Shopping Plaza February 1–2. Cash prizes go to top booths. Highlights from 1962 include best salesman Jeff Gilbreath, a 1962 JA awards banquet, and trips for top achievers to the national conference. New director Robert Bunn succeeds Edward Sheehan. Twelve student companies formed in Middletown and surrounding districts held a stock sale at Greene & Ladd Stock Exchange.
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Middletown
Downtown Merchants Division
Middletown Area
Jeff Gilbreath
Madison High School
Aeronca Skyrockets
Jackson
Mich
5U JA
Bloomington
Ind
Gilbreath
Robert Bunn
Youngstown
Edward Sheehan
Sheehan
William Wiley
Lemlon-Monroe
Madison
Fenwick
Franklin
Trenton
Crystalites
Ma-Man-Co
Busy Bee Dee'’s
Ja-Rays
Wrennco
Jarmco
Solar Crafts
Priscilla Crafters
Little
Dean Miller Heads It New TV Station For Cincinnati
Newport Kentucky AP James G Lang says Dean Miller plans a second Cincinnati television channel after buying radio WNOP. Miller seeks FCC permission to use Channel 3 without interfering with Louisville Channel 3 or Dayton Channel 2. Sale priced around 760000 with Miller linked to Sinatra and Lawford. Miller, son of Clifford and wife, formerly WCPO TV actor and West Coast film producer, now expanding in southern Ohio.
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Newport, Ky
James G. Lang
WNOP
Newport
Dean Miller
Miller
Cincinnati
Lang
Federal Communications Commission
Louisville
Dayton
Ohio
FCCN
Clifford Stuhlmueller
Hamilton
Wcpo-Tv
West Coast
WLM
Jackson
Blue Ash
Americans Shook Off 1962 Stock Crash Shock
AP recounts how in 1962 Americans quickly recovered from the May–June stock market break. Despite 17 million stockholders hit, prices rebounded by November, and fears of recession faded as construction, autos, and industry recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Business News
NEW York
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Freight Company To Open Terminal In Conneaut Ohio
AP reports Midwest Emery Freight System plans a new terminal in Conneaut after the first of the year replacing the Erie, Pennsylvania facility. The Chicago headquartered firm operates more than 40 terminals and is the nation's largest hauler of perishables. Michigan accounts for nearly half of timber marketed in the Great Lakes states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conneaut Ohio
Midwest-Emery Freight System, Inc
Erie
Chicago
Michigan
Great Lakes States
School Board To Receive Research Report Jan 21
Middletown School Board will hear a research report on enrollment, building needs, and future school locations based on a survey by Miami University's Bureau of Educational Field Services. The report covers 10 year population projections and recommendations for new construction to meet anticipated increases.
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Middletown Board of
Miami University
Bureau
Ralph Purdy
Purdy
Lemon Township
Blue Ball
Middletown
Monroe
Paperback best sellers list updated for readers
The list features Mila 18 The Manchurian Candidate The Winter of Our Discontent Barabbas Requiem for a School Girl Plough the Sea Lawrence of Arabia The Wilderness My Saber Is Bent The Agony and the Ecstasy and more top titles planned for paperback release.
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Condon
Steinbeck
Barabbas
Lagerkvist
Ross
Wilder
Nutting
The
Wilderness
Warren
Paar
Stone
Bestseller list snapshot from Publishers' Weekly
The sample shows hardcover and non fiction charts with weekly last list positions. Items include A Shade of Difference, Seven Days in May, Fail-Safe, The Thin Red Line, Ship of Fools, Silent Spring, Travels with Charlie, The Rothschilds, and Letters from the Earth with authors and last week positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury
Knebel and Bailey
Burdick and Wheeler
Jones
Porter
Carson
Language Lab Upgrade Signals New Era at Middletown High
Highlights from 1962 board and administration notes mark a major change in teaching methods at Middletown High School with the installation of a 28-booth foreign language laboratory. The shift moves from translation to audio-lingual approaches, enabling students to learn French and German.
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Middletown High School
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US Steel
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Lie
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Wil We
Charley
Hudson
Mor
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