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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1968
Page
13
Steel Magazine reports delays in deliveries beginning in March as shipments rise 18 to 20 percent from December. Producers brace for strike hedge buying while limiting orders if needed. Output for the week ending Feb. 3 is 2.8 million net tons, near a 1965 record, with an annual rate of 146 million tons.
Portsmouth Ohio teachers approved a compromise with the School Board ending a pay dispute that led to a class boycott last Friday. A $325 yearly raise became effective last Thursday, lifting salaries from $5 325 to $8 825 for experienced staff, costing about $97 000 yearly.
McKinley Junior High invites parents to an open house tomorrow at 7 p.m. Principal Wendell Diehl says the event will explain eighth and ninth grade scheduling procedures with counselors from Middletown High School attending.
Fenwick High School will host two parent open houses led by Principal Rev. James J. OConnor. Parents with last initials A through N are invited tomorrow at 7 p.m., while those with initials O through Z attend Thursday at 7 p.m.
The Associated Press reports seventeen highway deaths in Ohio over the weekend, the year's highest toll. A spate of crashes Friday night and Saturday gave way to two fatalities Sunday, with the worst crash Friday in Seneca County killing four high school boys when their car hit a school bus.
The victim of a nude-body murder was identified as Roger A. Gaddis, 20, a soldier at Ft. Belvoir. His widow Mary of St. Paris, Ohio, confirmed the identification with Army fingerprint records. the murder, on a snowy Addison Township lane, remains unsolved with questions about the death method and missing clothes. Coroner Halverson says rope-burn marks on the throat and wrists suggest murder, but he withheld the cause of death pending autopsy findings.
The Board of Education will discuss approving the 1968 budget and appointing a principal for the new George M. Verity Middle School. Howard Cromwell will propose summer school dates and fees and a Middletown and Lemon-Monroe high schools tutorial project for the second semester.
In Butler County Juvenile Court Judge David Black suspended four Middletown drivers on traffic violations. Nelson D. Gabbard, 17, received a 90 day pleasure driving suspension for speeding. Ronald C. Prince, 17, and Robert Copen shaver, 17, each got 60 day suspensions for speeding. Ernest Lee Riley, 16, was given a 30 day suspension for muffler infractions, reckless operation and eluding police with a pursuit light.
A Boston terrier female, old and partially blind, wandered from Home Ave. Trenton. A large red coon hound is missing near Greentree Rd Ward. A Siamese male cat is also lost, described as a child’s pet. contact numbers provided for each.
Funeral notices for Francis Edward Bieller Anna May Crider Dennis Elam Bertha N O Connor Stella Grace Vanover and Lee Roy Vanover with details of ages residences hospitals funeral homes visitation schedules times and interment plans at Woodside and other cemeteries. Officiants include Rev Elmer J Gregg Rev O Krug Rev Herschel Caudill and Rev J Finnigan. Arrangements by Joseph R Baker Son McCoy Leffler Schramm and McCoy Leffler.
Ohio eggs prices paid to country packing plants for deliveries to major Ohio cities with U S grades. Carton sizes Large A 34-37 4, Medium A 30-34, Small A 27-30. Retail deliveries Large white 39-44 Mostly 39-41. Medium 34-40 Mostly 36-38. Farm poultry prices in Ohio and southern Indiana include fryers 13-16 Mostly 15, hens heavy few, light 4-5 Mostly 4-4. Potatoes 2.75-5.25.
USDA reports Cincinnati cattle and hog markets with mixed shifts. Steers and calves show scattered gains in prime and choice lots, while hogs slip early before steadying. lambs ease with buyers’ interest moderate.
Gains outnumbered losses at the opening as a brisk trading session began. Monogram Industries rose 1 percent to 57, Ling Temco Vought up 1 percent to 109, Hunt Foods down 1 percent to 50, Chrysler up 1 percent to 51, International Paper down to 29, and McDonnell Douglas up to 52. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks fell 5 to 314.9.
A collection of thank you notes expresses gratitude from the Braun Griggs Eckert McAllister families for sympathy kindness and funeral services after the deaths of Roberta Mae Braun James W Griggs Palmer Eckert and Peggy McAllister. It thanks relatives friends neighbors pastors pallbearers and funeral homes including Joseph R. Baker, McCoy Leffler, and Joseph Piel for support, flowers, food, and consoling words.
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