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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1975
Page
12
Franklin-The squad faced a morning fire in the storage room of the ambulance bay on Sixth Street. First aid supplies were destroyed. walls and adjoining office damaged. Firemen attributed the blaze to spontaneous combustion in stored rags. no major equipment harmed.
The Death Valley thermometer hit 134 degrees on July 10 1913 the highest temperature recorded in the United States at that time.
Richard Nicholas was elected Carlisle council president in a special meeting Saturday evening. He will serve until the January reorganization. The council schedules three readings on a street paving ordinance starting this evening with subsequent readings tomorrow and Wednesday. Seta Paving Co. of Cincinnati won the paving contract. Council vacancy created by the death of Edward John Edwards on July 6 in Cincinnati. Those interested in filling the vacancy should contact Mayor Stebelton or Nicholas.
An American mountaineering team led by Jim Whittaker failed to reach K2 amid porter strikes and severe weather. All climbers are safe, though one porter was critically ill and evacuated from 15,000 feet. The group returned to base camp at 17,600 feet and planned to depart, aiming for Skarda by July 28.
Inland Container earnings edged up in the second quarter versus 1974. Net earnings reached 5.856 million dollars, 1.31 a share, on 79.973 million dollars in sales, down from 82.702 million in the year-ago quarter. Chairman Henry C. Goodrich called the results excellent given the economy. The company runs a major Middletown corrugating plant.
Closing stock figures show mixed results across industries with notable gains in Am Aurtin and Chrysler and solid percentages for DuPont Eaton and Exxon. Key declines appear in Bendix and Gen Mot with others like Dow and Ford showing modest movement.
Stocks of local interest list varied prices from Aeronca Air Products Armco Steel Diamond Init and Sorg Square D St. Regis Tex Eastern First Bancgroup First National with bids noted at 32 percent.
Columbus Ohio AP notes egg prices paid to packing plants for deliveries to major Ohio cities with consumer grades and U S grades for minimum 50 case lots. Carton Large A 50 to 54 cents, Medium A 40 to 45, Small A 36 to 37. Retail carton prices in cities include Large A white 59 to 64 cents, mostly 50 to 61, Medium 50 to 55, mostly 52 to 55. Poultry farm hens prices and truck lot ready to cook broilers and fryers report Cincinnati 52 cents, Cleveland 52 cents, Columbus too few to report.
A two car collision on Penfield Avenue near Baltimore Street injures a child. William Terhune 20 failed to stop at a stop sign. his car struck Sandra Faxon 29. Faxon’s son James 1 was treated and released. Terhune charged with failure to yield at a stop sign. Damages: Terhune $300 Faxon $250.
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