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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1951
Page
6
Armco's Fabricating Division reports 1,485,690 safe work hours over 330 consecutive days, with an accident frequency rate of 0.47. The record began July 24, 1950, and the division leads Armco's Iron Man safety trophy competition. Maintenance and pipe welding sections also clocked long safety runs.
Pennsylvania leads in ice cream production at about 73.74 million gallons annually, generating more volume than any other state.
A playful verse laments the elusive fishing worm. The narrator recalls digging the ground but finding none while pondering luck, garden woes, a wife’s reproach, and neighbors selling worms for a price. The refrain repeats that nothing is more elusive than the lowly worm.
In Cleveland roving pickets threaten to nullify a truce in a wildcat walkout by 6,000 truck drivers and dockworkers. Union critics call the action a hostile bid to destroy gains, while pay stands at 1.40 to 1.65 an hour. A driver from Albion, New York was beaten but later released. organizers seek a 25 cent raise plus concessions, with a potential restart of operations expected soon.
The Middletown Civic Association executive committee accepted gifts for the Fresh Air Camp including a $1,000 bequest from the late Mrs. Mary McCoy and a construction gift from Gardner Board and Carton Company. A lease from Armco Steel for 15 years at one dollar per year was approved, and a nominating committee was named to prepare candidates for the upcoming election. Ben Bender announced committee appointments and praised C. W. Beck for chairing the prior canvass.
The Rev Valentine Leitsch CP former Holy Cross Monastery superior is named director of the new Passionist retreat house to open in St. Louis in September. The monastery also says Rev Louis Driscoll CP, now in Des Moines, Iowa, will return to Holy Cross after several years there.
Channel 4 offers a full Saturday lineup from 7:25 a.m. Telenews through 12:00 a.m. Reserved for Drama with varied programs including Wake Up and Live News Morning Matinee and entertainment shows such as The Paul Cowley Show Haystack Hullabaloo and Doodies Weaver plus sports and wrestling segments and family programs like One Man's Family and Saturday Roundup.
A dense schedule lists daytime and evening programs across stations WKRC TV and WCPO TV, including news at 10:15, cartoons, theatre, sports, variety shows, and curated lineups with multiple daily segments and film features. It captures programming blocks from 11:30 through midnight, featuring wrestling, theatre, game shows, and news updates.
The Mahoning County Board of Elections will purchase at least 100 voting machines for next November and repeat the amount annually until 400 to 500 are secured for the county. Total cost is estimated near $700,000.
Columbus AP By an act of the Legislature Warden Ralph W Alvis will get out of Ohio Penitentiary next September 11 Formerly heads of Ohio penal institutions had to live on the attached to the penitentiary was prison grounds But Warden Alvis decided his 12 room home no place to raise a family His two daughters have no recreation space and they attend Grandview schools some distance away Welfare Director John H Lamneck agreed and asked the Legislature to change the law It did and the new law becomes effective September 11 There is one disadvantage Under the old law Alvis paid the state 105 a month for quarters and subsistence Now hes looking for a home and it will cost much more.
Earl W. Tutt of 2308 Grand Ave earned membership in Bankers Life and Casualty Company President's Club for writing over 450 policy applications in six months. Tutt joined the firm in August 1950 as a White Cross representative.
Kroger Company reported net income for the first 24 weeks of 1951 of 5,521,320 dollars, or 1.50 dollars a share, with sales of 461,694,898 dollars, a 21 percent rise from the same period in 1950. The figure lagged the prior year by 140,540 dollars. Chief Officer Joseph B. Hall announced the results.
Washington the Arizonian and a Californian quarrel over irrigation. MR. ROGER DOULENS, a young airlines executive, ordered a summer suit from a department store but was told Newark would supply his size. The store called to say the suit had arrived but to wait after a huge sale whereby four suits were shoplifted, including his.
The text claims Martin Luther created German prose by translating the Bible into colloquial German and notes his pivotal role in shaping the language. The remark appears in a want-ad style prompt seeking readers to read the classified section.
Radio schedule lists Patras 9 30 Saturday night dance party The Dancing Party 100 News Peter Grant 11 30 Dance Orch Johnny Reznor WMOH 1450K News Hillbilly Hit Parade Slim Brickers Requestfully You Yours Requestfully Yours.
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