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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1971
Page
16
Congress debates a large scale update to bank regulation with hearings in the House Banking Committee. Key issues include interlocks and corporate links, brokered deposits, equity kickers, and whether to ban or guide enforcement. Also legal notices detail planning hearings in Middletown Ohio and several divorce cases in Butler County.
A broad list of stocks and mutual funds appears with varied quotes from Allied Stores to American Airlines and General Electric. The day features price ranges for equities and crude volumes, alongside cattle and sheep market results showing mixed demand and modest gains in select segments.
USDA report from Cincinnati shows cattle and calves trading at about steady levels. Steers mostly 825 to 1,050 pounds with yield grades 2 to 3 at 33.00 to 34.00. heifers 600 to 900 pounds at 32.00 to 32.75. cows and bulls mostly 17.50 to 28.00 depending on class. calves dealers 39.00 to 42.75 for 200 to 285 pounds. feeder cattle too light for full test with limited runs.
New York trading opened with sluggish activity and little price movement as investors faced ongoing concerns about the international monetary situation. The Dow Jones average fell 4.42 to 932.55, the AP 60-stock index declined 1.4 to 327.0, and the American Stock Exchange price-change index slipped 0.09 to 26.15.
The fragment lists egg sizes and price ranges with page numbers 25 26 28 29 32 33 and 37 38. No coherent event or names available.
Ohio reports egg prices paid to packing plants for deliveries to major cities. Carton sizes and grades are listed, with large cartons at 40 to 46 cents, medium 35 to 42 cents, and small 22 to 26 cents. Poultry fryers priced around 5.3 to 5.0 cents per pound and potatoes priced 4.50 to 7.00 cents per pound.
Butler County commissioners awarded a 6633.69 dollar furniture contract to Miami Business Interiors for the new 1.3 million county jail. Sheriff Carpenter supported the bid. A single 33644 dollar bid from Slurry Seal of Southern Ohio for Princeton Road sealing was accepted. West Side Motors won 18922 dollars for seven police patrol wagons.
Robert Harris of Cincinnati says he has letters from Southern Airways indicating reluctance to haul Marshall Universitys DC9 for a football trip due to heavy load. The 1969 Huntington crash killed 36 players coaches and boosters after a Greenville NC game. Harris sent copies to the NTSB which may reopen its probe.
Roller skating students of Mr and Mrs Carl Hovel returned to Middletown after weekend competitions at Roll ing Wheels Rink Huntington West Virginia. Winners include Stanley Hovel 5 juvenile boys singles Debbie Hewitt 18 two events junior and open ladies singles Kathy Hughes 11 sub novice ladies singles. Others placing were Donna Jean Stacy 7 Donna Cappozzi 10 Jim Rowe Susan Lawson pairs and Susan Lawson singles with Kathy Hughes Donald McGuire 12 Fred Dodds 10 Paula Vaughn 11. All winners skate at Roller Haven Rink Middletown.
City commissioners will discuss ordinances to create an urban renewal coordinator and an air pollution technician. The coordinator would work in the neighborhood redevelopment office at 808 Ninth Ave serving South and Prospect areas. Also on the agenda are leasing city land for Sorg Paper Co parking and returning small right of way parcels to Roosevelt Boulevard residents. The meeting is at 7 p.m. in the City Building commission chamber.
Erich Segal, famed author of Love Story, leaves Yale Classics professorship for six months due to fame pressures. A Yale spokesman confirms the leave from his teaching post at the university.
Public notice demands defendants file an answer within 28 days after the th day of June 1971 to avoid judgment on the relief requested in the complaint. Attorney Edward Robb Jr and Anthony Valen for First National Bank present at Middletown Ohio address with publication dates May 4 11 18 25 and June 1 8.
Pamela Chrisman and Orville Chrisman Jr appear in Common Pleas Court Butler County Case No 19949 seeking divorce on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty after June 15 1971 with Edward S Robb Jr Fred Ross and First National Bank Building Middletown referenced as parties or witnesses.
Public auction scheduled for June 15 1971 at the Butler County Court House in Hamilton Ohio. The sale will cover the entire Lot Twelve Thousand Ninety Nine on the Middletown plat, also known as 3407 Gilenco Avenue Middletown Ohio, appraised at 14000 dollars. Cash terms. Sheriff and attorney information listed.
By order of sale the Butler County court will offer for sale at public auction in Hamilton Ohio on a Tuesday in June 1971 between 10:00 and bed recorded plat of Amy in Butler county. The sale includes all building use planning and zoning restrictions and easements and covenants currently applicable to the property.
Butler County police report a $300 cow was stolen from the Hubert H. Duiven farm at 6661 Princeton Road. Ronald McFarland noted two saddles worth $355 stolen from a barn at 2614 Oxford State Road. Helen Hall reported a girls bike worth $60 stolen from her Middletown yard.
Books written illustrated and bound by students from Mrs Margaret Edwards class at Rosedale School are now on display in the children's department of Middletown Public Library.
A collection of local lost and found notices including a black and white collie called Laddie near the city landfill, a black and white spaniel near Maple Park, a black Labrador retriever found near Frisch's, a pony found in Hunter areas, a yellow one year old German herdsman named Rex on Grimes Street, a tan and white cat, a lost billfold with important papers near Roosevelt Avenue. Call numbers provided for each item.
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with ages and addresses. Joan, 83, Brown County area, service at McCoy-Leffier Funeral Home and Woodside Cemetery interment. Dora E. Delver, 86, Mount Crab Ohio, service details at McCoy-Leffler with Woodside Cemetery interment. Matthew Todd Delver infant referenced with burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Marthe S Sauter, 42, Trenton, funeral mass at Holy Name Church with Wake at Clark Street Wilson-Schramm Memorial Homes.
Families and friends thank DARRELL DECK HEATH RICKETTS and WILSON and others for support after losses. They praise funeral homes Eaton and McCoy Leffier, ministers Rev Bates Rev Ashley Rev Bitt and Rev Wesley Poole for services and consoling words.
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