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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1979
Page
11
New York trading opened mixed as traders weighed oil exporters price moves. Dow Jones averaged 30 industrials rose to 855.34 then slid to 854.82, with declines leading. NYSE volume 23.48 million shares, composite index down .32 to 56.76. ASE index off .03 to 176.79.
Lorain County Farm Bureau reports closing grain prices with wheat 3.40 per bushel shelled corn 2.24 oats 1.40 and soybeans 7.51. Ohio egg and poultry prices show hens 16-18 cents, ready to cook broilers and fryers 44-46 in Cincinnati and Cleveland, USDA butter steady, Midwest egg wholesale prices unchanged with large 65 and 62 for Class 2 large 62, mediums 60, smalls 43.
Campbell Circuit Judge John Diskin refused to dismiss six industrial defendants American Electrical Industry Barber Coleman Hugh Nelson Colonial Carpet Mills Cotton Belt Insurance Co American Insurance Exchange and the Aluminum Association from civil suits over the May 28 1977 Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that killed 165. Plaintiffs seek more than 2.9 million. No trial date is set.
John Wenzel of Parker Hannifin Corp. urges recruiters to engage technical high schools and community colleges to supply apprentices who can rise to engineering roles. His Parker Ideal program funds tuition and pays apprentices at 60% of journeyman wages, countering the decline of shop courses due to budget limits and teacher load.
Ford Motor Co reveals a graphite fiber reinforced composite LTD weighing 2,500 pounds with a 2.3 liter four cylinder engine and 24.7 mpg, priced over 3.5 million including R D and design costs. The experimental model serves as a test bed for future composite vehicles and first production parts.
New York AP reports that tiny investments through dividend reinvestment plans let ordinary shareholders accumulate more stock with discounts and low fees. AT&T used the method to fund all equity needs in 1977, with companies like Allied Chemical Dow IBM Texaco Union Carbide and utilities among early adopters.
New telephone books will reach over 12 000 Norwalk Milan Monroeville New London and North Fairfield customers by April 6. NAACP deputy executive director Richard T Barber to speak at Table d Hote in Lorain County. John Carroll University offers five session career change course starting April 5 taught by Don Cianci. Lear Siegler announces 30 percent stock dividend increase. TRW Nelson Division hosts state officials tour in Lorain. North Olmsted couple wins a Heatilator fireplace at Midway Mall Home Show.
Bass plans to move his Lorain Ford dealership to Detroit Road in Sheffield by April 1980. He presented site plans for a 12.5 acre parcel near Abbe Road, seeking rezoning from motor service and residential to commercial. Ford would sell about 10 acres developed, with construction of a 30,000 square foot building for roughly 1.3 million, and the project could create 35 jobs initially.
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