Armco to Build Largest Blast Furnace Near Middletown
W W Sebald speaks on Founders Day 1949 as Armco announces a $35 million expansion south of East Works. The plan includes a 1500 ton per day blast furnace, 75 to 80 coke ovens, and a new by products plant, boosting capacity and creating 600 jobs. Expansion spans Middletown Zanesville Ashland Houston Kansas City plants, with total ingot capacity rising to about 4.81 million tons by 1952.
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Armco
Middletown
Hook
East Works
Hamilton
Miami Valley
Zanesville
Ashland
Sheffield Steel Corporation
Great Southwest
Houston
Kansas City
Pollution fouls Lake Erie bathing beaches across Ohio
Ohio water chief C V Youngquist reports industrial and human wastes grossly polluting many Lake Erie beaches. Cleveland’s beaches are heavily affected by upstream sewage from Conneaut, Painesville, and Sandusky, despite its own near total sewage treatment. A $100,000 survey backs continued study through October 1951 to map a full summer’s pollution.
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Columbus, CO
Lake Erie
State Water Division
Cleveland
C. V. Youngquist
Conneaut
Painesville
Sandusky
Department of Health
Ohio
State Health Department
Health Department
Youngquist
Bus Walkout Talks Resume In Canton Strikes Continue
Mayor Thomas H. Nichols announced talks would resume to end a three day bus strike in Canton. Representatives from Canton City Lines Inc and AFL Canton Bus Drivers Association planned to meet in his office. The walkout, the third in four years, caused minimal absenteeism but shifted service for about 34,000 riders. The union seeks a 25 cent hourly raise, while management offers seven cents plus three more next year. Current minimums are $1.37 for drivers and $1.57 for mechanics.
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Canton
Thomas H. Nichols
Canton City Lines, Inc
AFL Canton Bus Drivers Association
Appointment of Executors in Ohio Estate Case 25190
Notice of appointment of Gus C. Mayer and Paul F. Mayer as executors of Ethel Mayer, deceased, Middletown, Butler County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated September 27, 1950. OSCAR R. LEISER, Probate Judge. John A. Crist, Attorney. Oct. 10 17 24.
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Ethel Mayer
Gus C. Mayer
Paul F. Mayer
Middletown
Butler County
Ohio
Anna
Oscar R. Leiser
John A. Crist
Open Hearth Department recall at East Works plant
F S Barlow and Orley Moses recall early furnace days while Charlie Smith and Billy Price are celebrated. Mr Reinartz signals the plant start after Benediction as East Works workers boast of breaking steel records with new furnaces.
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F. S. Barlow
Orley Moses
Charlie Smith
Billy Price
Reinartz
East Works
Check Artist Case Turned Over To FBI
Cincinnati AP. John R. Self a 62 year old man who confessed to passing about 500000 dollars in bad checks is turned over to the FBI for prosecution on unlawful flight charges. Self was arrested after trying to pass a small check at a local store and warned by Cincinnati shops to be on the lookout. He admitted writing bad checks from New York to Omaha and said he is wanted in Pittsburg Dayton Cleveland Columbus and Toledo Ohio and in West Virginia for related swindles. He was born in Birmingham Alabama and has served prison terms in Ohio and West Virginia. He stated he is glad it is over and that he is old and ill and will not get out of the pen again.
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United States
Owever
Cincinnati
John R. Self
FBI
Self
Clem Merz
New York
Omaha
Merz
Pitts
Dayton
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
West Virginia
Birmingham
Ala
Ohio
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W. W. Sebald
Armco Steel Corporation
Ouriddletown
Oxford State Road
Resu
McGraw Construction Company
Ourngineering Department
E. N. Millan
Ned
Armco International Corporation
Central Works
Old Maude
Fellows
Saas Rae Iound
Insurance Agency
Fed. Savings & Loan
Lolgers
J. A Folger & CO
America
Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
Sri
Housewives
Quality Family
Ivory
U. S
William J. Miller
King Features
The
Norcross
Office Outfitters, Inc
N. Mai
Rae
Ross
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