Struggle Des Moines Public Schools Hardest Hit
Des Moines six high schools and eleven junior highs face possible program cuts as funding shortages ripple through Iowa districts. Administrators, including Sam Long, discuss saving athletics via participation fees and a Des Moines High School Activities Foundation, while other districts weigh belt tightening and staff reductions across the state.
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Des Moines High School Activities Foundation
Activities Foundation
Long
Ames High School
Bob White
White
Mason City
Jack Steinberg
Easter and events guide for Emerald Knights and area games
City briefs list multiple weekend events and ads including Emerald Knights Drum Corps games and a big Easter show at Noelridge Park Greenhouses. It notes event times, age restrictions, venues such as Mercy Hospital Cafeteria and First Presbyterian Church Marion, plus ads for flowers, tours, and local services.
Midwest beef and pork markets show slow demand and thin tests
Des Moines reports Friday cattle and hog markets with limited sales and light demand. Heifer beef and steers were barely tested while pork items and bellies held steady or fell slightly. Joliet notes very few cattle for market test and active hog trade with multiple weight bands quoted.
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Midwest
German market to test American beer from Anheuser Busch
Anheuser-Busch plans to brew a light American style beer in West Berlin with Rudolf August Oetker and test market it after Easter. The venture aims to judge demand in Berlin’s tight, conservative beer market and may roll out across Germany if successful.
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McDonald’s
American Motors posts first quarter 1981 loss in dip in sales
American Motors Corp reports a 52.7 million dollar net loss for the quarter ended March 31 1981 versus 1.3 million profit a year earlier. Net sales drop to 598 million from 789 million with 71277 auto and Jeep wholesale units sold.
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Southfield
Mich
UPI
American Motors Corp
AMC
Markets Close Friday for Good Friday Holiday
Most stock and commodity futures markets were closed on Good Friday. Regular stock and commodities coverage will resume in Monday's Ga zette.
Hogs market slows in Des Moines on holiday demand
Iowa hog market shows very slow trade with limited demand as several buyers sit out for the holiday. Butchers steady to 50 higher, sows mostly steady. price ranges seen across 200 to 600 lb shotes and sows. Estimated receipts 45,000 with prior days and year-ago totals offered for context. Prices in Chicago for dairy and eggs largely unchanged with butter at 1.45 to 1.49 for 92 score and 147 to 149 for 93 score, eggs steady with Grade A cartons at various sizes.
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UPI
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USDA
Prudential Tender Offer Succeeds for Bache Group
Prudential Insurance Co. of America reports its tender offer for Bache Group Inc. common stock and warrants was successful with a majority of the outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis tendered.
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Newark, N.J
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