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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1967
Page
10
Construction workers began pouring 150 to 160 cubic yards of concrete for Middletown YMCA’s new pool. The 36 by 75 foot six lane facility will be housed in brick block and steel and feature varigated color tiling with a bright red 2 inch strip to mark depths. Completion is targeted for July 1.
State police ordered special patrols in Warren, Hunterdon and Sussex counties as the 10 day old NFO milk holding action escalates. A dairy farmer was shot by a special officer after an attempted gasoline pour onto a milk truck and a tanker hijacking occurred nearby.
Washington reports show a 50 cent half gallon of milk splits to farmer 23.5 cents, retailer 7.5, wholesaler 7.7, processor 0.0, farm procurement 0.2, dealer processors 2.1, central plant assembly 1.4, with middlemen use of 26.5 cents for labor, containers, buildings, advertising, transport, and profits. If milk is used for butter or cheese, farmer earns 17.7 cents.
Middletown Fire Department Chief Charles A. Hansel and Fire Prevention Bureau Inspector Leo H. Bertram attended a fire department instructors conference in Memphis Tennessee this week. More than 4000 attendees from 50 states Canada and 15 other nations registered for the four day event. The program covered concealed fires public relations new ICC hazard identification regulations and handling emergencies on super highways. The conference now in its 39th year is viewed as a clearing house for exchanging ideas in firefighting training and prevention.
Frischs Restaurants Inc declares a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share payable April 14 to holders of record April 4. The firm paid 60 cents per common share in 1966.
Basil Fleming an East Works foreman with Armco Steel Corp won top speech honors at the Toastmasters Club event held at Eastern Lanes last night delivering a humorous talk on Problems With Immigrants Into Ohio From Kentucky. Herschel Clark Luther Colliver and Leroy Meier also spoke Ray Jena served as toastmaster. The club set April 20 for its annual past presidents and oldtimers night.
Middletown and Fenwick high school basketball squads and coaches Paul Walker and Butch Rossi will attend a Middletown Rotary Club luncheon at Manchester Motor Inn Tuesday. Players will be introduced and the coaches will discuss what happened this season and why.
Veteran astronaut Neil Armstrong says the delay in the moon program lets spacemen catch up on study areas limited before the Apollo 1 fire. NASA plans no firm flight schedules until the Grissom report finalizes in April and redesigns for fire safety are complete.
The FBI solved the March 3 robbery of the First Security State Bank in Salt Lake City. While agents arrested the suspect on Thursday a second man walked into the bank and robbed it again, escaping with more than $1,000.
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