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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1962
Page
13
A daily fortune puzzle from 1962 explains a key number based on the reader's name length. Subtract four if six or more letters, else add three. Read letters under checked figures in a rectangle to reveal a message. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
Stocks and market quotations list numerous corporations and railroads with mixed activity. Major names mentioned include American Airlines, Boeing, General Motors, Chrysler Motors, Coca Cola, DuPont, General Electric, IBM, Penney, Sears Roebuck, Western Union, and Standard Oil. The report notes moderately active trading, steady to firm tones, and livestock prices for Barrows, Gilts, Sows, and Lambs with specifics on weights and price ranges.
A cluttered listing of securities and corporate names appears, highlighting firms such as Meronce Plo ness tens and Crystal Tissue Co plus First Nations Bank and Sora Paper Co. The fragmented OCR shows multiple company names without clear actions or dates, implying a market or financial register snippet rather than a full report.
A fragmented record lists hogs, sheep, calves, steers, and cows with price ranges. Entries show weights and condition codes, including heavy and light bulls, utility cows, and various cattle grades, with prices from roughly 10 to 28 per hundredweight and related lot descriptors.
Cincinnati market report shows cattle supply with 500 head and calves 250. Steers and heifers mostly steady with some high choice near 300 lb steers around 26.50, 750-900 lb heifers at 23.50, and utility to commercial cows and bulls in the 15.00 to 18.50 range. Calves dealers slow but mostly steady with choice 27.00-29.00. Hog volume around 2,500 with barrows and gilts noted.
Ohio and Indiana egg prices after candling and grading. Jumbo 22-28 cents, large 19-26, medium 13-20, small 10-16, large B 13-20, undergrades 9-17. Packing plants paid 28-33 for loose large A, 24-27 for medium, 20-21 for small, 26-27 for large B. Retail delivery large A white 33-38, medium A white 27-33, large B white brown 30-35. Poultry prices at farms: No 1 quality fryers, 14-15, hens heavy 13. Potatoes 1.25-5.50.
A metal fragment found near Cape Province town in South Africa is suspected to be a piece from the rocket that carried US astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter into space last week. The object shows serial numbers, resembles a gasoline drum top, and bears signs of intense heating. A prior fragment linked to John H. Glenn Jr.'s booster was found near Naauwpoort a month earlier.
Harry Friberg Lucas County prosecutor Paul Block Jr. Blade publisher are named in a civil libel suit seeking 500000. Friberg says editorials and a letter to the editor contained false information. The suit follows a separate criminal libel action he recently filed against the newspaper.
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle pressed State Auditor James Rhodes with a question about whether public offices like city auditor, mayor of Columbus and state auditor are full time roles that would bar outside compensation. Rhodes gave a measured reply, saying the issue would be discussed in the coming campaign and has been a repeated line in previous questions.
Chest of drawers and dresser and a spinet desk offered at ten dollars each. GA 0.0000 cost for ten days cited with ten day payment terms. Rates quoted payable within ten days after last insertion. Weekdays Saturdays Sundays 1 M TRANSIENT 10 30 AM.
A garbled mix lists lost dogs and a beagle female with tags and rewards in Georgia area codes, plus several funeral notices for Middletown residents. Items mention a brown and blue glasses case, a white and black pup, a Pebhingnese named JoJo, a beagle with tag 1038 near Riviera GA, and a Chinmahua nicknamed Prince. Funeral notices cover Bors, Trimble, Nelle, and Wells with services and interment details in local churches and Woodside Cemetery.
Memorial note honors Kelley Bashford and Joseph E. Bashford two and five years after their deaths. Wives, children, and grandchildren remember loving husbands and fathers with memories, poems, and enduring affection. May dates mark anniversaries and family bonds remain strong.
Funeral directors and homes listed include Riggs Funeral Home Inc in Dial GA phone 2-4545 Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home in Dial GA 2-5405 McCoy Leffler Funeral Home 423-9443 Wilson Memorial Home in Dial GA 22661 and Schramm Funeral Home GA 2-8711.
Decorative center ad lists Peck's Flower Shop at 30s Main Street Georgia offering cut flowers and flower plants including tomatoes and cabbage plants. Reads like a storefront ad with partial items and addresses. Peak contact details appear garbled.
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