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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
14
Steel production will hit bottom next week due to the July 4th shutdowns. Steel Magazine forecasts a rebound in the second half of 1960 with higher sales and profits as output rises and operating costs stabilize. In July, ingot production is expected to drop further before recovering later in the month.
Hong Kong reports the road on the half mile Pearl River bridge across Canton remains closed to traffic pending servicing work. The Peiping Radio announced the bridge would open by end of 1959 using caisson techniques by Soviet and Red Chinese engineers.
In Cincinnati the USDA market summary shows cattle slaughter steers mostly steady with some gains. hogs rise to about 25 to 35 higher on new lots. sheep and lambs weaken. Prices vary by weight and grade, with calves, heifers, cows, bulls, sows and boars listed across multiple weight ranges. Shorn ewes hold at 3.00 to 5.00, lambs slower with limited demand.
A fragmentary item references Middletown Securities along with Aeronca and Crystal First National Bank, and mentions Sore Paper Co and Lou Blower in a terse business context. The readable text implies a local finance or securities note with several named entities.
London reports British Somaliland ends 73 years of rule as it merges with adjacent Somalia under a UN trusteeship. The united territory will become the United Somali Republic marking a new regional status after the transfer of sovereignty.
In Lowell Massachusetts a seven story recreation building in Kearney Square was gutted by a blaze that threatened surrounding structures. Fire Chief Frances Kelleher said nearly three percent of the firefighters suffered smoke inhalation as they fought the flames. Estimated damage approached two million dollars after the boiler room explosion and rapid spread of the fire.
Eggs prices paid at farm after candling and grading range from jumbo 26-32 cents to small 15-2 cents. Poultry No 1 fryers 17-18 cents, hens heavy 16-19, light 8-12. Potatoes 3.75-5.00.
Troy was a massive walled city in what is now Turkey. Greeks captured the city by hiding soldiers inside a wooden horse presented to the Trojans.
Japan's government sponsored NHK plans to remove American Westerns and Japanese samurai plays to curb television violence. Commercial stations have not mirrored the action.
AP reports American tourists are the colony’s top spenders with an estimated 63 million dollars spent in the past year. About seven million came from holidaying servicemen. Other nationalities contribute, but U S visitors lead in spending.
Dr. Thomas H. Holmes of the University of Washington told an institute on tuberculosis control at Lake Junaluska that illness is a by product of ambitions and methods used to reach goals. He cited Skid Row residents as having higher rates of tuberculosis and mental illness. He urged examining the past two years to find crises that prompted health changes.
Authorities investigate the drowning of 13 year old Frank Stepp in Crane Creek near Toledo after he fished overnight with three men. Carmen Hutchinson, 41, jumped in to swim, struggled, and the boy was later found dead in five feet of water.
Miss Sonja Musial 42 died in Youngstown Ohio after 34 years in a coma from injuries suffered when struck by a car on November 14 1956. She had remained unconscious and was fed intravenously during the long period.
Tommy Greathouse, 23, son of Russell Kentucky police chief W A Greathouse, was charged in Ironton Ohio with shooting his wife Shirley 19 six times outside a tavern. He says he was angered by seeing her with other men. Shirley remains in critical condition.
Archbishop Karl J Alter of Cincinnati breaks ground for a new science building as part of a four million dollar expansion at Our Lady of Cincinnati College, a girls school, with ceremony held Sunday.
Luther B Schroeder 69 of Lakewood suburb and Sherman Williams Co vice president and treasurer died Sunday at Lakewood Hospital after a heart attack Saturday. He joined the paint maker in 1908 as a junior clerk and rose to senior leadership.
Atlantic City's famous boardwalk marks its 90th year with festivities. The stretch originally ran a mile and a half and has since grown to five percent of a mile in length.
Flames swept a barn on the Ralph Linder farm near Canton causing about 50000 dollars in damage. The blaze destroyed farm machinery and a 12000 dollar irrigation system. The cause was not determined.
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