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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1956
Page
7
New York market watchers split into bulls and bears over whether the long rise ends or continues. Some see a persistent sideways market with selective gains, while others expect renewed growth or a retreat. Current AP market data show the Dow and industrials hovering mid-range as investor confidence remains cautious.
The charge of the Light Brigade occurred at Balaklava on the Crimea peninsula in 1854. It provides a compact note of the famed military action during the Crimean War with Balaklava identified as the key location and 1854 as the year.
Carol Burns, Middletown High School student and secretary of the 1956 Girls State, will receive a citation from Secretary of State Ted W. Brown at a banquet during the Ohio Election Officials Conference in Cincinnati. Also honored are Mrs. Lester Merritt, dean of Girls State, and the secretary and dean of Boys State. James A. Cahill, former mayor of Chillicothe, will also receive a citation marking 70 years of boards of elections in Ohio.
Despite setbacks, state AFL and CIO mergers proceed with 14 already completed and 9 to a dozen more in prospect. Delays stem from labor leaders jockeying for top posts while leaders say racial issues in the South have little effect on consolidation. States merged include Arkansas Missouri Louisiana Tennessee Arizona Montana Vermont Colorado Virginia Wyoming Oregon Iowa South Dakota Utah. Prospects loom in Alabama Delaware Minnesota Nebraska New Mexico and more.
The national AFL-CIO merger plan began last December with a six month state drive and a two year deadline to complete mergers by December 1957. Some states like Mississippi and North Carolina have seen votes fail but Mississippi residents now express approval. Delays stem from leaders on both sides stalling to avoid weaker assignments in the merged bodies.
New York Central railroad workers using a flame thrower burned weeds and unintentionally scorched a Franklin trestle on the NYC spur Saturday. Acting fire chief Howard Harville arrived after a farmer raised alarms about a nearby barn and extinguished the fire that damaged several railroad ties.
James Ray Barrett aged 31 of 2025 South Ave and Roy Minton aged 34 of 108 N Sutphin St were arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated. Barrett’s bond was set at $500 while Minton faced $550 bond and an additional possession charge. The report also notes the United States produces about a fourth of the world apple crop.
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