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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1972
Page
14
The Dow Jones average rose slightly as advances edged declines in slow trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Brokers cited hopes for improving economy and second quarter earnings plus concerns over George McGovern's economic policies and Vietnam War stance.
Cincinnati livestock market shows cattle 1500 head with slaughter steers and heifers active, hogs steady to strong and sheep steady. Prices vary by weight and class, with high dressing cows and vealers showing solid demand and bulls steady to strong.
Ohio markets list egg prices paid to country packing plants and consumer grade cartons for major cities. Prices show large medium and small A categories, with wholesale and retail ranges in Canton and other cities, plus farm hens prices and ready to cook poultry truck lots in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus. Potatoes priced at 6.00 to 9.50 per cwt.
Chicago grain prices show mixed moves as Wheat Sep Dec Mar May rise 1.53% to 1.63% with close near 1.60% for most contracts. Corn Sep Dec Mar May gain around 1.23% to 1.32% with oats and soybeans also advancing on the day.
The automatic pay raise under the United Steelworkers contract adds about $6 per ton to production costs. Mills reportedly plan to hold Most prices steady through year end. Industry Week notes profits and demand are mixed, with production around 2.365 million net tons last week.
The 21-year-old Arthur Bremer faces 17 counts in the Wallace shooting at a Maryland rally. A plea of innocence by reason of insanity is entered as juries consider handgun violations and other charges, with federal cases postponed. Bremer’s alleged victims include Wallace who is confined to therapy after paralysis.
Gov George C Wallace may campaign for some Democrats this year without endorsing the presidential ticket an aide says. The aide indicated Wallace hopes to do limited stumping for congressmen if physically able.
The City Commission of Middletown Ohio will hold a public hearing at 7 00 PM on Tuesday August 15 197? in the City Building 1475 Central Avenue on a conditional use request to operate a billiard parlor in Jackson Lane Shopping Center with two 2 by 4 exterior signs in a C2 Roadsidemmercial district Papers are on file with the Clerk of the City Commission for public inspection.
Legal notice announces a petition by nearby property owners to vacate an unnamed alley between Vine Street Webster Street and Clark Street Middletown Ohio. Public hearing set for Sept 19 1972 at 7 00 P M in City Building auditorium. A Planning Commission review recommended vacating with easement for existing utilities.
Legal Notice No 2475 reports the Planning Commission approval of a conditional use to occupy a General Commercial District building at Lot 10525 3004 Leftferton Road with an electro plating operation and a 34 by 40 addition. City Commission hearing set for 7:00 P.M. Tuesday August 15 1972 at City Building 1425 Central. Public inspections July 3 to August 7.
Public hearing set at Middletown City Building for zoning changes to Lot 14604 Jackson Lane area. Commission favors altering the 150 foot northern strip, preserving 140 foot western strip, with papers on file and hearing date to be announced. A separate real estate sale notice lists Parcel Lot 14568 and other properties in Middletown with an appraised value of 1,185,000 dollars and August 14, 1972 sale.
Registration is still being taken for the final YMCA Day Camp session from Aug 7 to Aug 18. YMCA members pay $20 and nonmembers $25. camp runs five days a week for two weeks at Middletown Sportsmen's Club with crafts nature studies hikes air rifle archery and a swim at day’s end. Call the YMCA for more information.
Legal notices reveal multiple filings in Butler County Ohio including Lucille Thomas vs. Warren Thomas divorce case OR72-06-1 with needed answer by July 11 1972, Alfred Cofer notice of divorce on gross neglect of duty and August 1972 response deadline, and ancillary estate actions for Elsie S Shafer Mary Foley Paul Potts and Mabet Blizzard. Also include bids for typewriters and highway project bid details with due dates August 5 and August 8 1972.
The highway patrol reports 20 fatalities and 2,259 injuries in the first quarter, up 67 percent from 1961 figures. Patrol Commissioner Walter Pudinski warns if the trend lasts, more than 14,000 bicyclists could die or be injured in 1962, with ages 15 to 34 contributing 77 percent of the rise.
Ivory Ferguson asked how to slap a policeman and did so at a Sarasota intersection. Officer David Blough arrested him for assault and he was taken to the city jail, hoping to reach the county jail to pursue the lye attacker. Two other men were also injured by caustic lye in a prior incident.
A series of local meetings list times and venues across towns. Groups include Weight Watchers at Fenwick and Temple Beth Sholom, Civitan Club in Manchester, Rotary in Madison, Lions at Madison High School, Sertoma Middletown, Kiwanis in Holiday Inn, and VFW Auxiliaries at post headquarters. Also noted are the Amway Corp distributors, Trenton Youth Activity Boosters at Trenton High School, and various fraternal lodges and support groups in the area.
In London the prime minister of Bangladesh Sheik Muji bur Rahman had appendectomy and gallstone removal. A Bangladesh mission spokesman said his general condition is satisfactory. The operation was performed by Sir Edward Muir, the Queen's personal surgeon, on the 51 year old leader.
Rose Adler Sperry, 68, vice chairman of the national board of governors of the American Jewish Committee, died Sunday at her Beverly Hills home. She founded the Leonard M. Sperry Memorial Center for intergroup cooperation, a Catholic Jewish research institution at the International University for Social Studies in Rome.
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