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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1957
Page
7
Armco Steel Corp. reports nine month 1957 earnings of 44.8 million dollars with 3.74 per share, up from 46.2 million in 1956. Sales totaled 593.4 million, with third quarter profit 14.29 million and a 75 cent per share dividend approved payable December 6 to holders of record November 7.
In Kansas City the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Buldier Workers Union led 800 to 1,000 butchers in a strike against supermarkets over back room work and production limits. Stores report spoilage as 75 to 80 percent of chains and independents feel the impact. Union seeks payroll tied to meat sales with a proposed eight percent of sales. grocers oppose restricting workers to $25 of meat per hour.
Police described as untrue the claim by 14 year old James Kulpa that three youths doused him with kerosene and set him ablaze. Detectives say Kulpa, in fair condition with second degree burns to thighs and legs at Alexian Brothers Hospital, later recanted to avoid parental punishment.
Hollywood Elvis Presley replied to Frank Sinatra by defending rock and roll as the greatest music, saying it is the only thing he can do. Sinatra called rock music phony and false in a Paris magazine, but Presley defended the trend and praised its significance and his own commitment.
A cigarette caused a fatal fire in Cleveland on Monday, fatally burning 55 year old Mrs. John Randle. The blaze started in her home and investigators noted the tragedy as a result of smoking materials.
Dayton police search for Glen Cole 38 sought after $7000 worth of stolen goods found in his north Dayton trailer. Detectives charged Nola Mae Olsen with receiving and concealing stolen property as part of $12000 loot from nine burglaries since February. Cole previously served time for armed robbery in Michigan.
The Park Lane, Mercury’s new top model, will be unveiled November 12 at Middletown Lincoln-Mercury. It measures 220.2 inches, rides on a 125 inch wheelbase, and offers 360 horsepower standard Marauder engine with optional 400 horsepower Super Marauder and advanced multi drive transmission.
Tuesday gatherings include Men's Club at 6 p m at YMCA and Sertoma Club at 6 30 p m at Manchester Hotel. Fire departments meet at 6 30 p m Forrer Street and 7 50 p m Sheffield Street. Army units meet 7 45 p m at the Armory. FOE Miami Lodge SPEBSQSA and Legion hold 8 p m events. Golden Age Club at 1 30 p m. National Guard D Company D at 7 30 p m.
Cincinnati attorney Arthur E. Siegel aged 26 is free on $2,000 bond awaiting a federal hearing on a charge of using internal revenue real estate tax stamps. He surrendered voluntarily for arraignment after removing a cancelled stamp from a deed filed in the county recorder's office and placing it on another deed to avoid a $3 tax cost.
Ohio Attorney General William Saxbe ruled that approving school building plans for unincorporated Lucas County is not the county building department's function. The opinion states that inspection of such plans falls under the State Division of Workshops and Factories.
An unidentified man in Portsmouth Ohio walked into a doughnut shop and set $46 on the counter declaring I stole this here before fleeing. Owner Jack Renison recalled a thief once rifled the cash register about six years ago in the store.
Two divisions of the Middle town Safety Council gather tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Cwic Association. Ptl. Theodore Thompson leads a School Patrol session while Rbert Mann conducts an industrial division meeting.
A 16th day of a Pittsburgh Railways Co bus and trolley strike grinds transit in the steel city. About 2,200 operators seek 36 cents an hour over two years while the company offers 16 cents. Traffic jams worsen rush hours as stores report drops in business due to the stoppage.
Ohio Attorney General Saxbe ruled that signers of liquor local option petitions may withdraw their names anytime before the Board of Elections orders an election. The opinion, cited by Randell Metcalf, states communities should not be forced into a special election if petitioners withdraw.
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