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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1963
Page
8
Chicago reports mixed cattle and hog futures with receipts seen at 11 000 cattle 10 000 hogs and 1 000 sheep. Barrows gilts and sows rise up to 25 cents for the week while slaughter steers show uneven gains and cows move higher amid broad price ladders across weight classes.
FDA warned consumers of botulism risk from Dagim White tuna labeled kosher for Passover. Six metro areas received cans WY2 WY3, with 10 defective samples found mainly in New York. Washington Packing Co. cans linked to Detroit deaths prompted recalls and inspections.
In Newark, an 8 year old girl identified as Alice Talbot was crushed when a 500 pound marble gravestone toppled at her grandfather's grave. Albert Talbot, 11, cried out as bystanders and the father attempted to lift the stone and free the victim. Police and rescuers were summoned to the scene.
Cedar Rapids hog prices held steady with Friday’s figures for 200 to 230 lb butchers at 12.75 to 13.85 dollars, a few at 14.00. 1s and 2s mostly 13.25 to 13.85 with grade and plant delivery. Packers and sows showed further weight-based adjustments. cattle, eggs, wool, and grain prices also listed with varying bids.
A batch of Iowa notices announces appointment of administratrices and executrixes for Linn County estates, including Evelyn Langhurst H. Wallace Leffingwell and Eldon Dennison. It also records a school district name change proposal, city zoning public hearings in Cedar Rapids, and ordinance amendments affecting R-4 and R-2 districts with detailed property descriptions and hearing dates in April 1963.
Iowa City university hospitals set their own fees the Gazette corrected an earlier report that the university lacks jurisdiction over hospital charges. The clarification confirms university control over pricing at SUI facilities in Des Moines and Iowa City.
Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn star in a spirited Texas panhandle pioneer family tale from the 1870s. Sunday night movie airs at 7 on TV 9.
The District Court will hear the application to probate the last will of Elizabeth Marks, late of the county, on April 19, 1963 at 9:00 a.m. in the Court Hall Cedar Rapids Iowa. Dated April 12, Cedar Rapids. Clerk Melvin J. McCalley. Janssen Kreuter Ford Ibeling, Attorneys.
The undersigned Merle Ison is appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Martin Olson, deceased, of Linn County Iowa. All persons with claims against the estate must file them in the office of the Linn County Clerk of Court. Anthony Scolaro, Attorney.
Notice is hereby given that a hearing will occur on the last will and testament of Ora M Carson, late of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the District Court. The process includes admission to seal and involves Allen & Fisher as attorneys. Date April 12, 1963.
Roger Foster, 17, told officers he stabbed captain Douglas Trevor, 47, and mate Edward Trevor, 22, on the charter boat Dream Girl with a bait knife. He intended to die at sea, but could not, after slaying the two men and tossing them overboard near Cuba. Foster mentioned relationship troubles and possible anti-Communist motives as investigators reviewed a notebook linking to Rockwell propaganda. The boat was later towed to Key West where Foster was detained as authorities pursued his motives.
Washington AP reports the IRS will accept postmarked tax returns by midnight Monday April 15, with Easter Sunday and weekend timing noted. It cautions filers to mail well ahead to ensure delivery by the due date, and even commissioner Mortimer M. Caplin has yet to file, planning to do so over the weekend.
Department store sales in New York City in the first week after the 114 day newspaper shutdown matched the same week a year earlier, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported. During the shutdown sales were 5 to 8 percent below 1962 levels, attributed mainly to a printers strike reducing newspaper advertising. The bank had no comment on the latest figures.
Washington AP reports another meeting was scheduled for Saturday to head off a midnight Monday strike against Boeing Co maker of Minuteman missiles. The AFL-CIO Machinists contract with Boeing expired September 15 and a Taft Hartley law injunction banning strikes for 80 days expires Monday afternoon.
Rain taps the roof as Television 9 schedules the crime thriller Follow Me Quietly starring William Lundigan for Saturday night at 10 30 PM.
Washington PTA elects officers including Mrs George Dom er as president and Mrs Don De Vault as first vice president plus Sharon Otting as second vice-president. Also lists tax returns, local ads and area church services and schedules throughout Marion with multiple church leaders and Easter events.
A downtown Fort Madison blaze destroyed the Daughdrill furniture building and Glenda's Vogue dress shop. No injuries. evacuation of about 20 apartment residents above nearby shops. Loss estimated in the hundreds of thousands. cause undetermined. Firefighters from multiple nearby towns aided the two building blaze.
Gerald Steggall of Tower Trailer Terrace is a patient at St. Luke's hospital after surgery Visitors are permitted. Classified want ads offer a time tested method and provide a channel to place ads by calling EM 2 1121 or DR 7 1559.
The Rev. Robert G. Clouse leads Bethel Baptist with Sunday school at 9 30, morning worship at 10 30 and an 11 sermon titled What Kind of Person Was i Christ. Youth fellowship at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30 with a sermon The Christian Teaching about the Dead and Their Resurrection. First Baptist led by Rev. William A. McKee also listed with morning and evening services.
The Rev. T. A. Youngquist delivers an Easter sermon from First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids as KCRG TV 9 covers the service airing Sunday at 11 a.m. The broadcast highlights the Easter message and church activities in the local area.
At Vandenberg Air Base California the Minuteman missile launch on Friday produced two successful shots in a row with the solid fuel rocket.
The report hints at a weather outlook for Easter morning with a weather segment tied to Hear TV 9 News Final. It signals a Saturday night broadcast featuring views weather and sports but provides no concrete forecast details or specific conditions.
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