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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1964
Page
6
Article notes national average support prices announced Friday with local rates to be based on these averages. Adjustments will reflect quality premiums and discounts later as export markets grow. Written by Jo Fischer dated Saturday April 11, 1964.
A Tiger Walks stars Brian Keith Vera Miles Pamela Franklin Sabu and Kevin Corcoran. Released by Buena Vista, the Paramount theater shows a tiger and a carnival troupe in a small town. The tale blends juvenile appeal with adult tension as a tiger escapes and a sheriff’s daughter fights to save the animal.
Washington UPI reports the 1964 federal soybeans price support will be 2.25 dollars per bushel, unchanged from 1963, while cottonseed support stays at 44 dollars per ton. The decision follows plans to raise soybean supports and reflects expected record planting and the cotton-wheat bill. Goldwater mocked LBJ as Light Bulb Johnson, criticizing the White House for debt and energy use.
The review praises Pamela as a pretty and talented child and highlights solid performances by Vera Miles Brian Keith and Una Merkel. It also notes Kevin Corcoran as Pamela's friend and Sabu as the exotic animal trainer while calling the story from a Ian Niall book not quite right for a Disney picture.
James Mooney a Roosevelt junior high social studies teacher was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers succeeding Eugene Jahncke of Wilson junior high. Other officers named include Marian Kennedy Kenwood vice president Norman Hanson Wilson executive secretary Mrs. Clara Bavis Grant Wood recording secretary Gene Ulvestad Wilson treasurer Robert Sasse Washington sergeant at arms and William Wagner Franklin legislative chairman. The new officers will assume duties May 7.
The article notes that soybean production has grown steadily in recent years while maintaining prices and income for growers. It highlights ongoing improvements in yields and farming practices that support sustained profitability for soybean farmers amid market steadiness.
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports a six month suspension of picketing by security guards agreed between union negotiators and Cape Kennedy management while they work to settle the latest labor dispute.
The listings show multiple venues including Paramount with Macbeth and A Tiger Walks, RKO Iowa with Flight from Ashiya and Twice Told Tales, WORLD with How the West Was Won, TIMES with Lord of the Files and shorts, MARION with Misadventures of Merlin Jones, C R Drive In presenting Summer Holiday Pyro and Black Sunday, and TWIXT TOWN featuring Hatari and Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
The schedule lists Lawrence Welk with two Defenders at 7:30, Joey Bishop with three Defenders at 7, Hollywood Palace at 9 with Phil Silvers appearing in multiple slots, and Phil Silvers also linked to the 4 Defenders.
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