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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
2
A levy on imports raises up to 2 percent to reduce consumer purchases from abroad and improve the economy's balance of trade. The policy targets lowering import volumes to ease the unfavorable trade balance.
HAL BOYLE profiles Vickers Petroleum Co., a Wichita based family run operation now in the $30 million a year class. Founded by Jack Vickers Sr. in 1918 with a $5,000 oil lease, the firm grew through production and leases to 800 service stations across six Midwest and Southwest states. Jack Vickers Jr. leads with his mother Helen Vickers Springer and seven siblings among the directors. 26 family members toil in the business, praised for stability, internal harmony, and lasting control.
Ohio Attorney General William Saxbe called a U S Supreme Court ruling a sign the death penalty may be ending in Ohio. He said the decision to bar automatic exclusion of opponents from murder trial juries marks another nail in the coffin of capital punishment. Ohio has executed 315 people since the electric chair replaced gallows over five decades ago.
Columbus AP report says 34 Ohio State University students indicted after the April 26 incident when Black Student Union members locked the administration building from inside. Faculty picketed urging the university to act on behalf of the students and criticized the county prosecutor and grand jury.
In 1890 there were 800 workers for each engineer in the United States. By 1960 the ratio was 75 workers per engineer. Forecasts project continued growth with 540000 more engineers needed between 1963 and 1975, a two thirds rise.
Washington officials announce the Bureau of Public Roads has ordered a passing aid system from an electronics company for a third of a million dollars. The system will be used on winding two-lane highways and includes a digital computer, sensors to detect vehicles, measure distances, velocities and directions, and displays to give passing instructions to drivers.
Three large firms account for 92 percent of mineral water bottled in France. The concentration shows market leaders control most national supply, shaping pricing and distribution across major regions.
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