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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1966
Page
14
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City of Middletown Ohio passes emergency resolutions to acquire permanent and temporary easements for widening Breiel Boulevard from Central Avenue to Grand Avenue. The actions authorize notices to owners and set May 1966 adoption and publication as effective dates.
Roger E Spear summarizes investor questions from a 68 year old couple with 16000 extra cash seeking safety around five percent. The adviser recommends shifting funds into high yielding bonds while maintaining stock positions in Commercial Credit Norfolk and Western and noting bond issues Allied Chemical 5.20s and Baltimore Gas & Electric 5x maturing 1986 with yields around 5.15 percent. The piece also explains quick and long range benefits of stock splits as lower priced shares attract investors and signal growth.
Mead Corp announces plan to acquire Westab Inc for about 37 million dollars in stock. Terms disclosed by Mead president George H. Pringle and Westab president Paul V. Allemany. Shareholders vote at special meetings in Dayton on May 31. Westab based in Dayton with main plant in St Joseph Missouri. Mead posted over 500 million dollars in sales last year. Westab 58 million.
Dr. Donald C. Stevens new director of Butler County Mental Health Clinic Hamilton will speak to the Kiwanis at Manchester Motor Inn Thursday noon on a talk titled Where Your Money is Used in This Important Field. A separate Middletown resolution outlines Breiel Boulevard widening and right of way acquisitions with temporary easements to enable construction and grade conformity. The measure, adopted May 1966, declares emergency to allow plans and public welfare efforts to proceed.
The New York stock market posted a partial recovery with the Dow up 4.40 to 1891.20 in early trading. General Motors rose 25 cents to 85.25 and Ford gained 12 cents to 47.25 as investors sifted through auto production cutbacks amid recent losses. In related notes, the Dow had dropped 16.03 points to 886.80 on Monday, its steepest decline since 1963. A separate city notice details a resolution for Breiel Boulevard widening in Middletown Ohio, outlining rights of way and project scope.
Greene and Ladd list New York Stock Exchange contact details and present livestock and hog prices. Cows and bulls range 19.50 to 23.50, calves 32.00 to 36.00, hogs 25 higher for barrows and gilts, sows 50 higher, sows No 1-3 300-350 lb 19.50-20.00, lambs and pelts values noted with prime and utility classes.
AP dispatch from Cincinnati notes USDA cattle data with 600 cattle and 125 calves. Slaughter steers and heifers show fair activity and steady prices, cows moderately active and steady, bulls slow to weak. Price ranges list steers and heifers at 25.50 to 27.00 for 950 to 1,150 pounds and 24.00 to 26.00 for good grades, 25.00 to 25.50 for 800 to 950 pound heifers.
Legal notices reveal two divorce petitions filed in Butler County Ohio case numbers 12056 and 12059. Louise M Derkson and Jeanne H Busch are named respondents, with response deadlines in late May and early June 1966. Also a notice invites sealed bids by May 19 1966 to lease Lot 81 in Trenton for 99 years to operate a rescue or life squad with renewal terms and bid payments.
Dayton Produce in Columbus reports candled egg prices by grade from jumbo to small and B under grades, plus prices paid to packing plants for large and medium grades. Retail delivery prices in Ohio cities show large A white eggs at 39 to 41 cents and fryers at 17 to 18 cents, with potato ranges 4.25 to 5.50 cents.
Four youths were injured when their car overturned two miles north of Lebanon on Rt 42 at about 7:15 p.m. Dan ny Mussetter 17 of Xenia. Bruce Spencer 14, Tom Spencer 16, and Tom Brooks 16, all of Waynesville, treated for injuries at Kettering Memorial Hospital with varied abrasions. Authorities continue an investigation.
Tomorrow brings excellent prospects for advancing goals and business deals with strong support from others. For Taureans, beware dogmatic tendencies and consolidate assets in January February, planning a March upswing in career and finances. Romance and travel look stimulating now through September with key lucky windows in late October and next April.
An elderly man, Frank Clark, age 78, was found dead in his second floor Cincinnati apartment. Authorities suspect carbon monoxide from a space heater as the cause of death.
Several pet notices and valuables for return with rewards. A brown Chihuahua puppy named Chico from Dixie Heights. a 2 month old male Pekingese strayed from 2100 Grand Ave. A gold bracelet lost downtown from Journal to Parrot. a billfold left at a King-Saturday prescription counter. a Rove Watham watch and diamond ring lost on Linden Ave. a copper colored Pekingese lost near Carlisle. Call listed numbers to recover.
Multiple death notices for Martha Berry Earnest Bowen Walter J cook and Mary E Houser. Include service details at Full Gospel Tabernacle Church of the Ascension Church and Woodside Cemetery with dates May 1966. Services conducted by Rev. Lloyd Sheets Rev. Christopher Neely Rev. John Baker Rev. A M Wilson and Rev. Howard Sears. Interments at Woodside and Miltonville Cemeteries. Continuous notices list funerals at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home with contact 422 5405.
Multiple death notices and funeral arrangements from McCoy Leffier and Rines Funeral Homes for residents of Middletown Franklin and surrounding areas. Names include Margaret Huber Sherman L Larison Lou Lawson Thomas Neal Albert Stokley Virginia Wells with service times dates and interment details. Interments at Woodside Cemetery Butler County Memorial Park and Woodhills Cemetery.
Thank you to friends and neighbors for sympathy, flowers, cards, and support after the death of Fernando P Back and Laura Cohen. Special thanks to pallbearers, donors, the Police Department, Middletown Hospital staff, Dr. Bernard Roberts, Reverends Ramah Johnson Charlies Wood, Rabbi Meyer Marx, doctors Helfman and Gaker, nurses, and local funeral homes for their care.
A loving memory note marks six years since Bessie Jeanette Leopold passed away on May 10 1960. The personal remembrance honors a devoted wife mother and grandmother with a poem urging families to cherish their mothers. Fresh flowers and artificial arrangements are offered by Peck's Flower Shop at 50 S Main St, phone 422-5486.
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