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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1978
Page
13
The police and fire department basketball game, snowed out last week, is rescheduled for tomorrow night at Verity Middle School. The contest begins at 7 30 p m with free admission and an open public invitation.
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal by Armco Steel Corp employees known as Time to Fight. The First District Court of Appeals had upheld Armco Middletown Works revised seniority system, ending litigation begun in 1975. A similar case at Armco Ashland plant was also dispatched by the courts following a federal ruling in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Eight former Covelly House residents sue Highland Greens owners Leon and Robert Mefford and Highland Greens Inc in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking 1 million in compensatory damages and 250000 in punitive damages for up to 200 displaced residents after a January 12 blaze claimed negligence and code violations at the Covelly House apartment building on Cincinnati Dayton Road.
A federal judge denied a request to block U S Attorney General Griffin Bell from approving a joint operating agreement between The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post. The Post printers challenged the Failing Newspapers Act as unconstitutional while citing financial losses necessitating a merger of production and sales facilities. Judge Timothy Hogan said it would be inappropriate to interfere with Bell’s pending decision Pending guidance from anti trust chief John H Shenefield Bell was urged to hold a hearing in Cincinnati before ruling.
The Franklin school system used city and Franklin Township snow removal equipment on loan after street use to clear parking lots at school buildings. The school board discussed the removal in a Monday night meeting and caucused for about an hour with Clerk Marcellene Hollingsworth.
A progressive dinner for First United Methodist Church of Franklin members is set for Saturday at 6 p.m. as an early social fellowship activity. Reservations via Rev. Arnold Ettenhofer or Mrs. George Burge by Thursday. Appetizers at Beedle home, salad at Ettenhofers, main course at Caupps, dessert at Burges.
A five hour steam system failure from a 440 volt circuit breaker outage at Sorg Paper Co. left downtown Middletown buildings without heat until restoration by noon. The First National Bank YMCA and United Way Building reported only mild discomfort with some heat rebalancing using electric heaters.
The Ta Kung Pao reports that China’s Kwangtung Province has established more than 2,200 earthquake detecting stations near Hong Kong as part of a new monitoring network.
Armco Steel Corp posted its strongest quarter of the year with a 1977 fourth quarter profit of 51,949,000 or 1.69 per share on sales of 913,370,000. Full year results showed 119,832,000 profit or 3.80 a share on 3,549,195,000 in sales.
A Middletown resident seeks a preliminary injunction to bar city trespass on her property until compensation for a potential appropriation is set by a jury. The hearing is set for 9 am Feb 2 in Butler County Common Pleas Court. The suit claims about 20 percent of her land is needed for sewers and seeks an additional temporary construction easement.
Harry Holliday, president of Armco Steel Corp, will reveal organizational changes on Wednesday. Ronald Conley, Middletown Works general superintendent, disclosed the plan this morning via Armco’s employee news service. Officials did not detail the changes.
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