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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1969
Page
16
A lengthy market summary notes hog prices fell by 25 cents with other livestock figures showing mixed results. It cites USDA data on hogs, steers, and lambs, along with stock market movements and industry notes, highlighting shifts in price levels and trading activity across several commodities and equities.
Market prices Monday for Cedar Rapids area cattle and hogs ranged with bulk consignments weighing 200 to 230 pounds fetch $19.745 to $20.25 per hundredweight. Packers offered reductions by weight grade from 300 to 860 pounds, with 25 to 75 cent decreases per grade, and butchers 10 to 26 pounds adjustments for weight bands.
CHICAGO UP I Thirteen people including syndicated columnist Murray Kempton were found guilty of disorderly conduct for taking part in a protest march during the Democratic national convention. Eight leaders and eight police officers face federal indictments over convention week disturbances.
Toledo police and highway patrol described a truck accident at a highway intersection in Toledo that released 17 head of Seattle Creed cattle. No charges were filed. Riders from the Ridge Riders Saddle Club rounded up the escaped cattle with three riders responding. Also, a fire damaged the Louis Mulder house basement, with moderate damage and flames near an electric stove. Firemen were on scene for about 14 hours.
Proceedings document Linn County supervisors approving weed eradication contracts and road work bids, listing commissioners, local firms, and approved expenditures. Includes questions of state institution support, mental health matters, and claims payment approvals with dates and clerical acknowledgments.
President Nixon told the Organization of American States that United States growth cannot keep lagging and vowed to review Latin America’s problems with open minds. He warned that unless conditions improve by 2000, U.S. per capita income could outpace Latin America by a drastic margin and said U.S. focus will be on what it can do with Latin America rather than for it.
Arlington Virginia AP reports Fredi Everman the nation's longest surviving heart transplant recipient died in his sleep Sunday. Born in Germany he had undergone the transplant July 20 in Houston performed by a team led by Dr Denton Conley. He was the world’s 25th heart transplant patient. He had traveled to Houston to donate his organs to a 34-year-old housewife who died from brain hemorrhage.
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