Armco reports higher sales but profits dip in 1956
Armco announces preliminary results for 1956 with earnings of 65 cents per share on 10,878,752 shares, and sales hitting a new high of 761 million. Chairman Charles R. Hook cites strong demand, high production, and a five week strike impact, plus costs limiting profit margins. The year includes 5.22 million ingot tons produced, new furnaces boosting capacity, and non recurring income from selling an iron ore stake. Dividends of 75 cents per share to be paid March 15 to holders of record February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Hook
Hook
Armco
Itaxes
Iecord
Times Set For Hearing On Sewers
City officials announce two public hearings on sanitary sewer plans for a North Mid area including Heights Spring Hill Park Dixie Heights and Maple Park. City Manager Charles W. Thompson said notices will be posted and officials will explain construction to relieve health hazards from septic tanks.
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Charles W.thompson
North
Mid
Monpal
Building Heights
Spring Hill Park
Dixie Heights
Maple Park
Board of Health
Thompson
Duties Assigned For Scout Parley Plans In Greenville
Area Senior Girl Scout conference in Greenville was announced after a planning session Saturday with Carole Higgins and Mrs Alfred Ecklar. The event, in October, centers on Girl Scouting Around the World with Middletown Area Council handling publicity. Committees cover Greene County advanced registration Piqua Troy Sidney exhibits Dayton travel and traffic Cincinnati ceremonies and Springfield finance. The next area planning board meeting is March 23 at Troy.
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Greenville
Carole Higgins
Alfred Ecklar
Middletown
Springfield
Area Planning Board
Troy
Centen nial Exposition Brings Health History to Cincinnati
Public visitation of the 1957 Centennial Exposition presents The story of health and A Century of Medical Progress at Music Hall in Cincinnati. The free week long event runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with sessions aimed at all ages. Over 30,000 area students from 7th grade to high school across Ohio Kentucky and Indiana will visit during daytime hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family and adult visitors are welcome at all hours.
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Cincinnati
Music Hall
Academy of Medicine of
Hamilton
Butler
Warren
Clermont
Ohio
Kenton
Campbell
Boone
Kentucky
Dearborn County
Indiana
Columbus chosen for 1958 singers convention
PITTSBURGH. The International Board for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America Inc has selected Columbus Ohio as the site for its 1958 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Ohio
Local Sailor Dies After Ship Mishap
Seaman James A. Dearth, 21, died last night at Portsmouth Naval Hospital following an accident aboard the U S S Betelgeuse. A Middletown native and former Specialty Paper Co. printer's assistant, he enlisted in October 1955 and resided at 3419 Vannest Ave. His parents Mrs. John Weaver and Al Dearth were summoned to the bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
James A. Dearth
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Seaman Dearth
U.S.S
Kitt’s Strap Snaps on TV Show Performance
Eartha Kitt delivered a sultry televised performance on a British Sunday program. Her shoulder-strap broke during the song Monotonous. She seized the strap and held on for two tense minutes to finish the number.
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London
Eartha Kitt
Miss Kitt
Indonesia Offered Loan By Russians For Arms And Cars
A senior Indonesian official says Soviet Russia has offered a credit of six million dollars to Indonesia to purchase arms and cars. The offer was reported in Jakarta.
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Indonesia
Jakarta
Russia
Thief Robs Cop Car in Atlanta Patrol Car Theft
Atlanta police report a thief broke into patrolman C. T. Brooks car Saturday night in Atlanta Dekalb County and stole a .357 caliber pistol holster belt handcuffs and blackjack from the vehicle.
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Atlanta
Dekalb County
C. T. Brooks
Middletown Band Parents to Meet at High School
The Middletown High School Band Parents Assn led by president George Koeppel will hold its monthly meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the high school audio-visual room.
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Middletown High School Band Parents Assn
George Koeppel
Fisherman wounded in Sea of Galilee firing incident
Israel accused Syrians of firing on Israeli fishermen on the Sea of Galilee today wounding one fisherman. The incident heightens regional tensions as authorities investigate the cross border attack and seek civilian safety.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Had it Coming Victim Admits to Assault Incident
A young man, treated at Middletown Hospital last night, told police he had been whacked on the left eye with a soda bottle by a friend after using profane language toward his former girlfriend. He declined to press charges.
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Middletown Hospital
Cruiser Hit Indiana Man Is Charged
Two traffic accidents marred yesterday's record. John F. Borchertmyer, 21, Jefferson, Ind., was cited for failure to yield at an intersection with a police cruiser driven by Ptl. Carl Amburgy, 29. The cruiser suffered $125 damages, Borchertmyer’s car $75. In the second incident Donnie Stout, 22, backed into Charles Nicely, Reing, causing $80 to Nicely’s car with no injuries.
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John F. Borchertmyer
Jefferson, Ind
Ptl
Carl Amburgy
Clark St
Poinciana
Sierra Roads
Borchertmyer
Donnie Stout
Navaho St
Charles Nicely
Adventist Youth Leaders Convene in Ohio
Miss Lillian Hall of the Seventh day Adventist Church led a two day Youth Leadership Council in Dayton with delegates from Adventist churches across Ohio. Warren Wittenberg of Mount Vernon headed the event aimed at organizing church youth programs to curb delinquency. Hall took part in a panel on youth needs. A monument to Adventist youth will be unveiled at Mt. Vernon Academy later this year.
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Lillian Hall
Manhattan Street
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Ohio
Dayton
Warren Wittenberg
Mount Vernon
Miss Hall
Mt. Vernon Academy
Adventists
Mt. Vernon
Cleaners in Local Market Featuring Ten Names
A list of dry cleaning services including Paint Bandbox Dry Cleaners Butler Dry Cleaners Gough Lamb Cleaners Mathews Service Mayfield Dry Cleaners Merit Cleaners Oakland Cleaners One Hour Cleaners Perfection Cleaners Tattershall Cleaners presented as a directory snippet from the area’s retail services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandbox Dry Cleaners
Butler Dry Cleaners
Gough-Lamb Cleaners
Mathews Service, Inc
Mayfield Dry Cleaners
Merit Cleaners
Oakland Cleaners
One-Hour Cleaners
Perfection Cleaners
Tattershall Cleaners
School Buses Stymied By Ley Roads
Ice covered side roads led to an unscheduled county school holiday as bus travel proved hazardous. Forecasts warned of continuing bad conditions with freezing rain sleet and possible snow. In Butler County Madison Township Trenton Wayne Seven Mile Talawanda including Someville and Hanover and Reily closed. Also Waynesville Shawnee Germantown Eaton College Corner Dixon Israel Springboro Blue Ball and Gratis were listed.
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Butler County
Madison Township
Trenton
Wayne Township
Seven Mile
Talawanda
Someville
Hanover
Reily
Waynesville
Shawnee
Camden
West Elkton
Germantown
Eaton
College Corner
Dixon-Israel
Preble County
Springboro
Blue Ball
Gratis
Vandals Dump Bottles in Middletown High Gym
Patrolmen Clarence Bailey and Clarence DeHart responded to a janitor’s complaint at Middletown High School finding the old gymnasium littered with broken pop bottles. They could not determine how vandals gained entry, but the break in occurred Saturday night.
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Clarence Bailey
Clarence DeHart
Middletown High School
Korean Turncoat Is Coming Home
The U S consulate said Samuel David Hawkins, a former U S Army private from Oklahoma City, would likely cross into Hong Kong this week after three years in Red China. Hawkins exit leaves 13 of the 21 U S soldiers captured in the Korean War who refused repatriation still in China. Six have returned, and one died of a heart attack there.
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Hong Kong
United States
U. S
Samuel David Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Red China
Hawkins
China
Red Cross fund goal set for 1957 Middletown drive
The Middletown Chapter of the American Red Cross announced a campaign goal of 28,937 for March 1957 led by Ames Gardner chapter chairman. James Purvis will head training staff for Armco, with William K. Robinson as vice chairman. Division chiefs include J Richard Miller Richard D. Ismourt L Morton Taylor Oliver Seitzer and Wylie Mitchell.
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Middletown
American Red Cross
Ames Gardner
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Richard D. Ismourt
Colin Hardware & Paint Co
L. Morton Taylor
Oliver Seitzer
Riverside Concrete Co
Wylie Mitchell
Man in critical condition after Hamilton auto crash
Carl C. Williams, 27, of 18 N.B St., remains in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after an accident that damaged a tree and a parked car near 702 Liberty Ave. He suffered head and neck injuries, a hip fracture, and multiple cuts while riding with Melvin Norton, 22, who was charged with driving under the influence.
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Hamilton
Carl C. Williams
N.B St
Mercy Hospital
Williams
Liberty Ave
Melvin Norton
Heaton St
Norton
Safe Too Safe Beaten Man Dies In Toledo Heist
In Toledo a booby trapped safe owned by 83 year old Platt Tucker protected valuables but caused his death after he was beaten by five men seeking the safe combination. A tear gas bomb inside the safe was triggered. Tucker died in hospital six days later. Police recovered $18,000 and gems from the inner compartment.
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Toledo
Ohio
Platt Tucker
Tucker
Arother
Commission To Meet Wednesday Afternoon
Regular weekly City Commission meeting moved to 2 p.m. Wednesday from 7 45 p.m. The change aims to ensure a quorum as most commissioners would be unavailable at the later hour.
Easy Pay By Mail Parking Plan Starts Citywide
The city police division launches a simple pay by mail option for traffic tickets. An envelope is left with the ticket for residents to mail the remittance to the City Building. City Manager Charles W. Thompson notes it is imperfect but the best available. future post office permit plans could remove the stamp requirement. Initially, only three wheel cycle car operators will have envelopes, with broader distribution to follow.
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Division of Police
Charles W. Thompson
Leity
Thompson
Polio March Set For Thursday In Middletown Area
More than a thousand Middle town area mothers will canvass houses to support the March of Dimes polio drive. Middletown chairwoman Mrs Donald Butts leads the effort with Mrs Donald Yenser and Mrs Fenton Hall organizing outlying areas. The Colored Committee headed by Mrs Fanny Patterson and Mrs Ellen Turner rounds out volunteers. From 7 to 9 30 p m Thursday donors are asked to give to the polio fund and receive record cards for inoculations.
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Middletown Area
Middletown
Donald Butts
Donald Yenser
Fenton Hall
Butler County
Fanny Patterson
Ellen Turner
Infantile Paraly sis Committee Meeting Tonight
The Infantile Paralysis Committee will meet at 8 p m today at the home of Mrs. Fannie Patterson of 837 9th Ave Members will be asked to give reports at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Patterson
9Th Ave
Two Small Fires Reported by Fire Department
Fire department companies one and three responded to two calls yesterday with no injuries or property loss. A trash fire at Blum berg and Cohen Inc at Calumet Avenue and Walnut Street was extinguished quickly. A grease fire on a kitchen stove at William Roberts residence 716 18th Avenue caused alarm but did not result in damages.
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Blumberg & Cohen, Inc
Calumet Avenue
Walnut Street
Willam Roberts
18Th Ave
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Middletown Dry Cleaners Ass‘n
Ley Roads
Red Cross
Nnearest
Colored News
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Laundromat
Melampy
First National Bank
Banks—Saver
Monroe
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