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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1959
Page
2
Ohio lawmakers face reelection battles after passing the largest state tax package in history. Gov. DiSalle and allies defend the plan as needed revenue from cigarettes, beer, sales, inheritance, liquor, and gas rises totaling about 317 million dollars over two years.
Stella Thompson, 37, of Havant, chooses to stay in her one room flat with a wild mouse she tamed named Will. She inherited a large modern house but says Will would not adapt to new surroundings and she cannot leave him.
The Ford Motor Co said 7500 employees at Brook Park plants will be idled from August 15 to August 90 during the model changeover. An additional 2000 workers will be laid off at the Lorain plant during the same period.
The AP reports via Steel magazine that by evening the steel strike will have cost steel companies 378 million dollars in sales and workers 135.2 million in lost wages. Overhead and non productive salaries add 72 million, with 20 million to shut down and another 20 million to restart. Ingot production losses reach about 3.68 million tons, while post strike output in unaffected mills runs 382 thousand tons. Iron ore stocks remain good but rail freight may shift to Lake Superior ore if the strike endures. A Steel survey shows 43 percent more equipment orders in the second half versus the first six months of the year.
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