Sam's Column Reflects 1948 Business Woes
AP notes 1948 fears of high taxes and tight credit, steel profits squeezed by costs, bad weather hampering production, and rising prices. By 1963 the scale shifts to Western Europe blocs, automation, and tuition hikes, with inflation discussed as possibly temporary.
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New York
Associated Press
Europe
Havana
U.S
Columbia University
Christian Dior
National Better Business Bureau
Successful Investing Rate Adjustments Hike Fire Insurance Profits
Roger E. Spear discusses safe holding of established fire insurance stocks amid rate adjustments. He cites Fireman’s Fund Hartford Fire and Reliance Insurance as solid examples and notes investment income boosting dividends. He also critiques past growth stock choices like Atlas and Pullman, emphasizing that true growth stocks must sustain earnings and dividends through cycles.
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Man's Fund
Hartfod Fire
Reliance Insurance
Atlas
U.S. Steel
Pullman
Big Steel
C&O Takes Control of B&O Line in Merger Step
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway assumed control of the Baltimore & Ohio at one minute after midnight per ICC terms, while keeping names and operations separate during a transition. A nearly $250 million infusion will strengthen B&O ahead of a full merger, with both lines totaling over 11,000 miles and $700 million in annual revenue. The move followed two years of ICC hearings and testimony from about 480 witnesses.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
B&o
Los Angeles
Houston
ICC
Lincoln Electric Cuts Welding Gear Prices Nationwide
Cleveland AP Lincoln Electric Co reduced prices on arc welding equipment and supplies, affecting more than 60 percent of output. Cuts ranged from 3.5 to 16 percent with an average about 8 percent. most transformer-rectifier welders down about 5 percent, while hand electrodes stayed the same. The company cited its incentive management program for the cuts.
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Cleveland
Lincoln Electric Co
Ohio Senator backs Rhodes firings amid fiscal crisis
State Sen Joseph W. Bartunek of Cleveland defends Gov James A. Rhodes's mass firing of state workers. He calls it an unfortunate and expenditious move as Ohio faces a dire $50 million shortfall and a fiscal year ending in July.
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Cleveland
Joseph W. Bartunek
James A. Rhodes
Bartunek
Kyw-Tv
Ohio
Auto Makers Stall Steel Demand in March Plans
Cleveland AP report cites Steel magazine saying automakers and other large steel users will largely determine March output. Chevrolet said it will not take about 20 percent more steel, while flat rolled products remain dominant and tin plate rises. Feb barge shipments could exceed January despite fewer shipping days.
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Cleveland
Steel Magazine
Metalworking Weekly
Steel
Chevrolet
General ‘Motors
Mills
Stars Suggest a Fortunate March for Your Life
This astrological note advises tact with family in late afternoon and highlights a favorable birthday month. It forecasts strong opportunities in work and finances, with benefits extending through six months, notably November and December, and a promising six month outlook into 1964. It also warns singles about fleeting romances in September. A child born today is noted for leadership and keen intellect.
Fires set at North High School in Columbus
Arsonists entered North High School through a basement window and started four fires causing about 1000 dollars in damage. Two boys under 12 fled the scene as fire trucks responded to the first of two alarms on Sunday.
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Columbus, Ohio
North High School
New York Stocks and Mutual Funds Quotations Update
At 11:00 A.M. market quotes include Admiral Aeronca Mfg and Allied Stores among many industrials, airlines, steel, and rail stocks. Notable entries cover American Airlines, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Sears Roebuck, Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, Westinghouse Electric, and Woolworth. Mutual funds list George Putnam balances, Wellington and Mass. Inv. funds with varying ranges.
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Admiral
Aeronca Mfg
Allied Stores
American Airlines
American Can
American Motors
American
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Oo Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel Boeing Co
Brines Mfg
Brunswick
Budd Mfg
Canadian Pacific Champion Paper
Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Chrysler Motors
Cincinnati
G. & E. Cities Service
Columbia Geb
Vssees Commonwealth Edison
Consol
Edison
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Bus Line
Hilton Hotels
Hoover Ball
Insoir
International T. & Ty
Sceses Kennecott Corp
Kramer Baking
Lockheed Aircraft
Ccscnece
Marshall Field
Martin
Bovereceeseces Mead Corm
Ceccsecerenenene Merck
Cceeeceveces Mgm
Mohasco Montgomery
Chris Craft
Oecsees National Cash Regis
New York Central RR
Northern
Marathon Olin Mathieson
Pan American Paramount
Pennsylvania
Phelps Dodges
Seese
Phillip Carey
Seesess Phillips Petroleum
Pullman Corp
Ccscceceseenee
Raytheon
Republic Steel
Revere
Schenley Whisky
Sears Roebuck
Servel, Inc
Sinclair Oil
Woolworth Corp
Beene
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Zemith Radio
S.ess-Seseee
Mutual Funds
George Putnam
George Putnam Growth
Wellington Bal
Wellington Equity
Mass. Inv. Gr
TV Electronics
Middletown Securities and Dayton Bank Listings
Securities listed include Aeronca Pid 4 percent and Aeronca Prior Pid 9 percent. Crystal Tissue Co 13 percent. First National Bank 41. Third National Bank of Dayton. Winters National Bank of Dayton rm 4. Lou Blower 9 percent. Sora Paper Co. Pid a4. Greene and listed in the Middletown area.
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Aeronca
Aeronca Prior
Crystal Tissue Co
First National Bank
Third National Bank of Dayton
Winters Nationa Bank of Dayton
Sora Paper Co
Public Sheriff Sale in Butler County Ohio Real Estate
Butler County Common Pleas funds will auction Lot Two, West Park Subdivision in Wayne Township Hamilton, Ohio on March 5 1963. The parcel at 5169 Oxford Middletown Road carries an appraised value of 9500 dollars. Sale requires cash payment with James F. Hixon as Sheriff and Robert B. Dell as attorney. Feb 11 18 25 notices.
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Willard Knight
Court of Common Pleas
Butler County
Court House
Hamilton
Ohio
West Park
Wayne Township
Oxford
Middletown
James F. Hixon
Robert B. Dell
Elmer Eugene York
Madison Hills
Madison Township
Franklin- Madison Road
Simpson & Jacobs
Henry J. Weller
Market Summary for Livestock and Hogs Reported
Steers and heifers traded slow to steady with cows weak to mostly 50 lower than last week. Slaughter steer average around 1050 lb at 25.75. cows and bulls utility and commercial 14.50-16.00, bulls 19.00-20.50. Calves wealers steady 35.00-38.00. Hogs 3,300 head, gilts and sows active, barrows and gilts around 125 No 1 and 2, 210-230 lb 16.35, No 3 290 lb 14.75. sows 300-400 lb 13.50-14.25. Sheep 200 head, slaughter lambs good and choice 85-110 lb wooled 18.00-19.50.
Egg price ranges in Ohio and Indiana markets report
AP dispatch from Columbus notes cage prices by grade and size for farm eggs, packing-plant deliveries, and retailer sales in major Ohio cities. It lists jumbo through small categories, U S grades, and carton pricing, plus poultry, hens, and potato price ranges in the region.
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Columbus
Ohio
Indiana
U. S
Morrilton council 1880 pay and penalty records found
In 1880 Morrilton Arkansas council members were paid 50 cents per attended meeting and fined 50 cents for each missed session. Case No 80206 The Standard Building & Loan Company Elmer Eugene York et al. Also offered for sale Lot 18 in Madison Hills Subdivision Butler County Ohio at 7105 Franklin Madison Road Middletown with appraised value 19500 dollars. Simpson Jacobs and Henry J Weller attorneys.
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Orrilton, Ark
Morrilton
Butler County Common Pleas the Standard Building & Loan Company
Rockefeller lives Anew At Kennedy
Albany, N Y AP Gov Nelson A Rockefeller escalates attacks on President Kennedy signaling a new phase of a possible 1964 Republican bid. In Newark he labeled the Kennedy administration a dismal failure on the economy and civil rights while criticizing secrecy on Cuba policy and the halt of underground nuclear testing. He spoke at a $100 plate New Jersey GOP dinner and met state leaders to discuss party affairs and fundraising.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Nine Die On Ohio Roads In Weekend Toll
The Associated Press reports nine fatalities on Ohio roads over the weekend, covering Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, all occurring on highways. The toll marks a sharp drop from last year's February weekend totals, which included thirty deaths in traffic accidents, four fires, eight other mishaps, totaling forty-two.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Europeans Still Freezing Amid Worsening Cold Wave
Europe endures a deep freeze with grim tolls rising to at least 539. In Spain’s Canary Islands a town hall collapsed in a storm killing 23. Britain faced 15-foot snowdrifts, blocked roads, and widespread damage as the blizzard drained millions from the snow-clearing bill.
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London
Europe
Spain
Canary Islands
Africa
Britain
Kent
Space Flight Test Planned at Brooks AFB
Four Air Force pilots will enter a tank like cabin at Brooks Air Force Base on Tuesday to begin a 20 day simulated space flight. The crew includes Capt. Richard Furman 27 of Philadelphia Merle Hahn 34 of Preston Minnesota Bernard F Lukasik 28 of Dickson Pennsylvania and Paul E Lavoie 29 of Fall River Massachusetts.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Brooks Air Force Base
Richard Furman
Philadelphia
Merle Hahn
Preston
Minn
Bernard F. Lukasik
Dickson Pa
Paule E. Lavoie
Fall River
Mass
Jagan Secretary Under Suspicion
Police searched the apartment of Premier Cheddi Jagans private secretary in Georgetown British Guiana seeking firearms, a Sunday report said. The operation Friday night occurred without the knowledge or consent of Jagan s leftist government in the internal self governing colony. A planning notice from Middletown Ohio announces a Master Plan amendment and public hearings through March 1963.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
Seascn
Jack Kelshall
Japan
WISHING WELL 4 a fortune reading game puzzle
WISHING WELL 4 is a US patent office registered game by Willem J. Miler from 1963. It describes a daily numeric puzzle that uses the length of a player's first name to generate a key number. Players then read a message from a letter grid by following checked figures in sequence.
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Willem J. Miler
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Two U S Air Force Captains Dead in Vietnam Crash
In Saigon two U S Air Force captains and a Vietnamese observer died when a B26 fighter bomber was shot down while strafing canal sampans. Government figures report 58 guerrillas and 10 defenders killed. total American fatalities reach 57, including 29 in combat. Captain John P. Bartley, 31, of Findlay Ohio, is named among the victims.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Eglin Air Force, Base
Fla
John P. Bartley
Findlay
Ohio
San Angelo
Tex
Scolded Boy Hangs Self in Wickliffe Home
In Wickliffe Ohio a 13 year old boy was found dead by hanging in the basement after a dispute with his mother over grades. William H Golie was found with a bath towel looped around his neck tied to a rafter. The death was ruled a suicide by coroner Dr H A Killian.
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Wickliffe
Ohio
William H. Golie
H. A. Killian
Lake County
Two Blind Men Die In Cold Near Beresford
Bodies of two blind men, James Tackett, 39, Spirit Lake, and Rueben Poppen, about 50, Beresford, were found on railroad tracks northwest of Beresford. Authorities say exposure may have caused the deaths. Tackett had been staying with a sister. a family en route to church found his body. Poppen’s was located about a half mile away with his guide dog nearby.
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Beresford
8.D
James
Tackett
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Rueben Poppen
Poppen
Keefe Returns To Law Practice
Former Court of Appeals Judge John W. Keefe, defeated last November for the seat, resumes private law practice in Cincinnati tomorrow as an associate at Kassir Heckerman and Hood in Mt. Auburn. Keefe served on the First District Court of Appeals from 1961 to January this year, and twice won a municipal court judgeship in Cincinnati. He also was executive secretary to Governor Frank Lausche for four years.
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Cincinnati
Court of Appeals
John W. Keefe
Kassir, Heckerman and Hood
Mt. Auburn
Keefe
First District Court of Appeals
Butler
Hamilton
Warren
Clermont
Clinton
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
Another Payment For Cuba Loaded
Baltimore AP United Fruit Co ship S S Santa Cerro begins loading a cargo for Cuba as payment for Bay of Pigs prisoners. AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department will not contribute to loading though it paid wages of longshoremen on two ransom ships. Jasper Baker says United Fruit will pay wages provide ship and 400 1000 in food.
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Baltimore
United’ Fruit Co
S.S. Santa Cerro
Cuba
Maritime Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Jasper Baker
United Fruit
Fugitive Sought After London Correctional Escape
London Ohio AP authorities pursue 41 year old Joseph Schultz from Hamilton County who escaped Saturday from London Correctional Institution where he worked as a trusty at the horse barn during a 115 year sentence for burglary and larceny.
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London, Ohio
Hamilton
London Correctional Institution
Joseph Schultz
Adenauer Says De Gaulle Will Be Cooperative
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer says French President Charles de Gaulle favors cooperation with the United States. He notes both leaders see U.S. partnership as vital to Europe and to America, and suggests the alliance should regain unity by cooling current excitement to avoid hasty decisions.
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Adenauer
de Gaulle
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Europe
U.S. News & World Report
Bonn
Kurt Lachmann
Western Alliance
Unit
Journal Want Ads Summary Notice
Classified notice describing ad placement terms and error handling with a sample item listing HEST OF DRAWERS in dresser Spinet desk 10 dollars and a contact code GA 0.0000. It notes seven day window for adjustments after ad expiration and no responsibility after first insertion.
Lost and Found notices from city shop and streets
Lost two ladies wrist watch in A P store return to 209 Harrison St for reward. Gold watch cuff link lost Sunday near Bethel AME Church Columbia Ave Castell Drug and Reedy's. reward offered. German police dog, 1 year old, lost near 1803 Sherman Ave. Keys lost with red handle near Broad and Central. Men’s glasses with gun smoke rims lost near Howard Ave. Reward offered. Contact GA 2.9520 or GA 2.3982.
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A&p
Harrison St
Bethel Ame Church
Columbia Ave
Castell Drug and Reedy's
Sherman Ave
Broad & Central
Howard Ave
Dia
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Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
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Betty Jean Miller
Common Pleas Court
Joseph T. Kiep
Charlotte F. Hermann
Finkelman & Ross
Greene & Ladd
Middletown Securities
Ladd
New York Stock Exchange
Manchester
Motor Inn
Dayton Livestock
Butler County Common Pleas
The
Citizens Building Loan & Savings Association
Dayton
Jagan
Planning Commission
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Director of Public Service
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Walter Newman
Vietnam
Journal
Lebanon
Waynesville
Mason and Warren County
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Want Ad
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Wilson Memorial Home
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