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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1973
Page
12
Mrs. Phyllis Minor, a municipal court typist, works as a scalesperson for Weight Watchers reporting big shifts in attendance from 30 to over 100. She contrasts Weight Watchers with TOPS detailing a guided diet, lists allowed foods and strict no-nos, and notes the 1973 program handbook title typo Ladits.
Five sample hands explore responses to an overcall in spades. Each suggests whether to bid two spades three spades notrump or four spades or to pass, based on point count and potential fit. The discussion favors aggressive spade contracts when game prospects improve and cautious passes when misfit risks are high.
Beverly Hills writer Elliott Arnold files for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences. Glynis Johns, now living in London, married Arnold on October 1 1964 and separated in June 1969. no children.
William Moore 28 formerly of Middletown returned from Ohio Penitentiary and placed on shock probation by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer. He serves time on armed robbery and was paroled by North Carolina authorities for burglary and grand larceny charges there.
New York markets opened slightly higher with few issues trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow fell 3.99 to 1039.80 after recent gains as profit takers booked some profits. volume on the Big Board totaled 23.23 million shares and the American Stock Exchange index eased 0.01 to 26.63.
Quoted quotations from CBWL Hayden Stone list numerous securities with mixed gains and losses. Major names include American Motors General Electric IBM Ford Dow Chemical Boeing Exxon and Procter and Gamble among others with percentages indicating daily movement. Receipts show 2,500 this week versus 2,600 last week and last year.
USDA figures from Cincinnati show limited sales across cattle and hog classes. Slaughter steers at 1000 lb bring 39.00. 860 lb heifers at 36.50. feeder cattle 750 lb at 39.50. Hog prices fall 0.75 to 1.55 lower overall with varied weights. sows and boars mix with gains and steady levels amid slow demand. Compared to last Friday, barrows and gilts rise about 1.75, sows firm to 0.25 higher, boars up to 1.00.
Ohio packing plants report egg prices by carton size and grade for large medium and small A. Retail delivery prices in major Ohio cities show large white and medium cartons mostly in the mid 60s. Farm prices for hens and ready to cool broilers and fryers across Cincinnati Cleveland and Columbus are listed with slight variations. Potatoes range from 5.25 to 7.50.
Vandals broke into Madison Junior High School at 1380 Middletown Eaton Road yesterday and ransacked several rooms. An undetermined amount of cash and checks stamped For deposit in Madison Junior High School Activity Fund were taken. Office file cabinets and the principal's office were disturbed, and keys to a soft drink machine were stolen. Entry was apparently gained through an unlocked window.
Joe Fugate Jr. reported to the Sheriff that several guns and a watch were taken from his bedroom on Brown's Run Road yesterday. The loss is valued at more than $200.
A new winter storm swept from the intermountain region toward the Midwest bringing snow and freezing rain. Kansas City faced outages as five inches of snow and an ice storm damaged heat amid frigid air and near zero temperatures.
The National Weather Service warns of a cold and snowy weekend across Ohio with a developing low from the Texas coast moving into northern Alabama by Saturday morning. Snow will cover the state, mixed with sleet or rain along the Ohio River, and temperatures will dip into the teens to mid 20s Saturday night.
Forecast calls for snow tonight and Saturday with possible rain or sleet in the extreme south. Lows in the teens to 20s tonight, highs in the 20s to 30s Saturday. Western Pennsylvania expects snow south with mixed precipitation north and a Sunday chill. West Virginia faces a winter storm watch with cloudy cooler conditions and snow likely, with a brief freezing rain risk.
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