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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1961
Page
13
CLEVELAND AP Steel magazine says a spring recovery requires housing starts to rise as autos falter. It notes high vacancies and potential rate cuts to spur building, with January shipments ahead of December and renewed demand in oil, tin plate, and can sectors. Ingot output rose 2.8 percent. overall production still near half capacity, signaling ongoing inventory liquidation.
Community groups meet Monday and Tuesday across Middletown and Manchester area in civic clubs churches and schools. Notices include VFW American Legion Sertoma and Rotary gatherings and the Ohio Dept of Highways contract sale inviting bids for Section 92 7.97 route 744 culverts and bridges with January 31 1961 bid deadline and $900 bid bond.
Predawn settlement ends a multi day bus strike by Transit Workers Union Local 234 in Philadelphia. The two year contract gives immediate 12 cent hourly raise, 12 cents next year, and 6 cents in fringe benefits including sick pay and pension. 5,900 members, maintenance and vehicle operators, had faced pay caps of 2.31 dollars per hour. City recalls workers as buses resume service, while snow adds to commute disruption.
Police logged a second inquiry from a Middletown resident who owns an old Racycle bicycle and is willing to sell it. Clyde Toliver of 2107 Logan Ave notified officers of his interest in selling his bike while authorities chased a lead sparked by a letter from J A Alspaugh of Orlando Florida seeking a riding condition Racycle to ride again.
Dr. James R. Woodworth will become associate director of Miami University Honors Program as the newly created post begins this semester. The program speeds up work for selected high-ability students and broadens their scope, with Woodworth handling increased inter-departmental cooperation and individualized guidance under Director Dr. F. Glenn Macomber.
The column lists stock quotations for multiple firms led by American, General Electric, General Motors, and United Aircraft among others. It also covers cattle, hogs, and sheep markets with bids, average prices, and distribution across grades, noting steady to weak sales and mixed loads. Combined figures reflect overall trading activity at the New York market with livestock prices for slaughter steers, heifers, feeders, hogs, sows, boars, and lambs.
A fragmented filing lists Middletown Securities alongside Aeronca Preferred, Crystal Tissue Company preferred, and a bank tie in Sore Paper Co. preferred stock notes. Lou Brower also appears among the names in the record.
Dayton Livestock reports bid ranges for hogs at 16.00 to 18.00 per cwt with weights 180 to 250 pounds and various lots up to 275 pounds. Lambs and veal show multiple grades with 12.00 to 17.00 for lambs and veal around 13.00 to 16.00. Cattle prices include choice steers 23.00 to 25.00, standard 17.00 to 22.00, and cows 9.00 to 15.80, with USDA Cincinnati slaughter data noting slow early activity.
Cincinnati AP dispatch reports farm egg prices paid after grading with a jumbo at 34-35, large 31-36, medium 23-33, small 23-2, and undergrades 4-22. Potatoes range 2.85 to 5.75 per bag. Also lists various poultry prices including Leghorn hens 30, ducks 45, turkeys Tom and hen, and other fowl accommodating farmers.
Ex general Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, 61, stands trial in Nuernberg for the 1934 murder of Baron Anton von Hohberg Buchwald. The case ties him to anti Hitler plots and names another SS officer as an accomplice. A 1951 allegation about Goering’s poison vial is not part of this trial.
A Middletown woman believed to have attempted self harm was revived and treated after gas fumes at home. She was later dismissed from Middletown Hospital. Police investigated a separate shoplift case at Gillenrow Pharmacy where a clerk caught a local boy stealing seven cigars. The boy was returned home and parents advised to contact the juvenile officer Larry Howell.
Adult Evening School at Middletown High will run tomorrow night with many registrations still needed. Herman H. Lawrence, supervisor, said 125 students enrolled last week, fewer than last September. He urged more enrollments, especially in general science, physics, health, and earth science, warning some courses may be cut if numbers do not rise.
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control will add eight new self receive stores and remodel others over six months. A transfer of 43 850 was approved. combined with 50 000 already available. New self serve stores to open by April 1 in Newark and Rocky River with Parma Dayton Cuyahoga Falls Sandusky and two in Toledo planned for the second quarter. The state liquor monopoly operates 286 stores and 55 agencies.
A Birmingham man, David Holland, faced costly repairs after discovering a 6 by 4 foot hole beside his home. Jefferson County workers filled the 83 foot deep trench with dirt and gravel, but Holland could be held liable for street damage unless the hole was promptly filled.
London reports Britain and the United Arab Republic agreed over the weekend to resume diplomatic ties after the Suez conflict. Each side accepted the other's ambassadorial nomination and will open consulates in Alexandria and Damascus for Britain and in Liverpool Hong Kong Singapore and Freetown Sierra Leone for the UAR.
FRANCES LEWINE reports on a Democrat celebration as John F Kennedy is to be inaugurated, with a Rayburn reception and a Transition Ball for the outgoing Eisenhower era. Republicans plan a large gala in Washington featuring Sinatra and Peter Lawford, amid fashion and formal wear buzz. Notables including Truman and Margaret Truman attend the luncheon after the inauguration.
Washington will host a party week with numerous dances receptions and dinners. Kennedy returns from Palm Beach Tuesday and will appear at a gala cast party hosted by his sister Jean Kennedy Smith for the inaugural event.
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