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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1973
Page
12
Vital statistics list births to Charles Keith, Bruce Jume and Jack Street at three area residences yesterday. An out of town birth noted for Clarence Hunter Jr. in St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday.
Carl Ranson 24 of Columbus was found shot to death in a parked car in Franklin Park on Columbus east side shortly before midnight Monday. Police say he was shot in the head with a pistol. Hospital dismissals list residents and patient numbers for local facilities.
At the Middletown Area Developers and Homebuilders meeting the group discussed a national 10 year insured warranty for new single family and condo homes. John Brown said the program will enroll members in the Registered Builders plan with coverage for workmanship and materials in year one and major defects in years two through ten funded by builder premiums. Robert W. Booker outlined the plan to local builders.
Armco Steel Corp Middle town Works faced a 20 minute blackout after a cat touched two high voltage bus bars at an outdoor substation. Manager James Townsley recounted the Thanksgiving eve incident noting the cat was said to have eight lives used up before the blaze of glory.
Police identify Garfield Heights men Manfred Filla 20 Kenneth Konikowski 19 and Edmund Pawlowski 19 as the three victims of a rainslick road crash in a park area of Willoughby Hills. The car swerved and struck a tree early Monday, according to Cleveland Metropolitan Park Rangers.
In Fairfield Ohio, over 800 Fisher Body Division employees will be laid off next Monday as the plant is converted to produce small and intermediate car bodies. The layoff will last one to two weeks, with most output shifting from large car bodies.
Ripley Ohio AP reports the Burley tobacco market started with an opening day price record of 86.17 dollars per hundred pounds despite only a million pounds traded. The small volume was blamed on a light, late-maturing crop with some baskets reaching 90 dollars.
A dense list of prominent corporations including Allied Chemical Alcoa American Airlines Exxon Ford General Electric General Motors IBM Kodak and Westinghouse appears in a broad stock roundup. The compilation names major manufacturers energy firms and consumer goods companies reflecting active trading and market breadth.
Local stocks move with an Inc 277 bid at 28 percent and a bid of 374 noted. Investors watch small trades as market activity shows limited gains.
Prices paid to country packing plants for eggs delivered to major Ohio cities with cartons in Large A 72-76, Medium A 70-72, Small A 60-62. Retail sales in major Ohio cities show Large A white 79-83, mostly 79-81, Medium 75-78, mostly 77-78. Poultry prices at Ohio farms provide limited data for hens. Potatoes ranged 6.75 to 10.40.
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