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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1972
Page
7
USDA livestock report from Cincinnati notes cattle and calves with steady to higher prices on cows and bulls, Steers and heifers show mixed to good demand. Hog prices drop about 25 points on near 80 head, varying by weight class. Calves and weaners show generally steady to firm values across weight ranges.
Prices paid to country packing plants for eggs delivered to major Ohio cities range by carton size with Large A 33-37 and 41-47 for retail cartons. Hens on farms listed at 5.5 to 6 percent, ready to cook broilers and fryers priced around 24.50 to 26.65 in Cincinnati Cleveland and Columbus. Potatoes quoted at 3.50 to 6.50 per unit.
Science fiction author John Jakes visits Gardner-Harvey Library for a Nebula Award exhibit on the Middletown Campus. The exhibit runs Sunday through Friday January 28. Jakes speaks at Logan Johnston Hall on Monday January 10 at 1 and 7 PM with a Q&A session after each appearance.
Cleveland AP report notes Industry Week forecasts domestic mill shipments near 97 million tons in 1972 up from 81 million in 1971, with consumption around 106 million tons and potential 109 million if car sales rise. Raw steel output could reach about 131 million net tons, up 9 percent from 1971.
Sheriff Roy Wallace investigates vandalism at the county office annex on Silver Street. Vandals fired a BB gun Thursday night or Friday, creating about twenty four holes in the plate glass front doors and damaging a basement window and a nearby sheriff's office window. The sheriff suspects a neighborhood youth with a new BB gun.
Pat Nixon led the U S delegation at William Tolbert’s inauguration in Monrovia as cannons boomed at dawn. Tolbert, a 58 year old Baptist minister, succeeds William V S Tubman amid Liberia’s 150th founding anniversary. Billy Graham joined the delegation for ecumenical services and prayers.
New York stocks started 1972 with gains as trading remained moderately active. Dow up 1.13 to 890.20 end of 1971, Amex index up 0.6 to 326.3, Big Board volume 14.04 million shares while several issues moved higher such as Thicket, Bur roughs, Greyhound, Texaco, California Standard and Lockheed Aircraft.
Springboro village council prepares for a reorganizational meeting at 7 30 p m with a president pro tem to be chosen and new appointees to street safety and finance committees. Newly elected Mayor James Eyler swore in 10 police officers to new terms and several board appointments followed.
Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana announced his Democratic presidential candidacy and plans to campaign in New Hampshire. He will decide on other state primaries after organizing for the March 7 New Hampshire balloting. Hartke spoke from the hotel lobby where Kennedy began his 1960 bid, urging the nation to avoid four more years of Nixon.
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