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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1972

Page

15

Stocks Take Nosedive in Monday Market Slide

New York reports a broad stock market drop as Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 6.9 points to 957.41 amid unfavorable international and economic news. Declines outpace advances on the New York Stock Exchange while Price Commission plans price rollbacks and customer refunds. Major movers include Gotty Oil, Pan Am, Tandy, Western Union, and Gulf Oil with notable declines.

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Cedar Rapids hog market prices ease on Monday

Market reports show Cedar Rapids hog prices down from Saturday. Butchers 20 to 230 pounds sold 22.75 to 23.25, packing sows 20.50 to 20.75, with price differentials for weight and grade. Packers reduced 5 cents per weight grade. over 260 pounds and other weight bands noted. Sows and boars also listed with weekly shifts and regional quotes.

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Beans Decline Grains Rise in Chicago Crop Trade

Chicago grains and soybeans moved mixed on the Board of Trade with soybeans slipping about 15 points as May contracts hovered around 81 to 82 cents. Wheat rose about 15 cents while corn and oats showed mixed results. Prices for soy products and related notes were variably reported amid market shifts in the Chicago grain market.

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Produce Market Mixed as New York and Chicago Listings Face Variations

Chicago produce totals indicate 435 shipments with russet demand fair while others slow. New York wholesale offerings numbered 29 with adequate supply and fair demand. Jakarta plans resettlement of 14,000 peasant families from overcrowded Java to other islands, as Antara reports 64 percent of Indonesia’s 120 million live on Java.

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Power Cut Forces Halt at Warsaw Drama Theater

A power outage at Warsaw's drama theater halted the current attraction The Power of Darkness prompting management to pause performances as crews investigated the outage and restored power to the venue. Industrial officials were not immediately available for comment.

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Warsaw Pact Readies Troop Reduction Plan

London sources report the Warsaw Pact preparing a plan for East West troop cuts in Europe a mutual balanced reduction scheme. The move may coincide with upcoming NATO ministerial talks and aims to delay new arms moves by awaiting a European security conference to address disarmament. Allies push for talks despite Britain Germany and France showing reluctance.

London UPI Warsaw Pact Europe United States Britain Germany France

Marcuse Sounds Warning On Youth And Vietnam War

Marxist thinker Herbert Marcuse told 1,500 students at the University of San Francisco that youth involvement helped shape world opinion against the Vietnam War. He cited three negative responses among American youth: defeatism and escapism, flight to private liberation, and turn toward individual therapy, urging education to gain tools for social change.

San Francisco Herbert Marcuse Marcuse Angela Davis University of California In San Diego University of San Francisco

Computer Goofs On Jury Picks

In Sedgwick County Kansas two sisters Lisa Starr and Deborah Starr aged 11 and 14 were drafted for jury duty by a computer error. Judge Howard C. Kine explained the glitch as the system selecting youths from census rolls. Their father Duane Starr said the girls were thrilled to receive summons letters but could not serve.

Wichita Kang Lisa Starr Deborah Sedgwith Howard C. Kine Duane Starr Lisa

U S Grounds X Ray Units

Washington reports the government urges states to remove mobile X ray units from the roads due to higher radiation exposure. TB is now almost non existent in many regions and skin tests are recommended to screen. X rays should be used only for high risk groups or those with positive skin tests.

Washington Merlim K. DuVal Coountry

Record Annual Heroin Catch

Federal investigations in the southern district of New York led to the seizure of more than half a ton of heroin last year, nearly twice the previous all agency total. U.S. Attorney Whitney North Se as mor said the 1,113 pounds seized in 1971 surpassed countrywide totals of 572 pounds in 1968, 358 pounds in 1989, and 288 pounds in 1970.

New York API U.S Whitney North Sessmoirit

Mao Purges Lin Backers

In Taipei AP report Mao purge of Lin Piao followers expands to lower cadres in Communist China after 38 top supporters of Lin Piao’s former defense minister were ousted. Nationalist intelligence says thousands will be purged, with central cleanout spreading to local districts.

Taipei Lin Piao Mao Tse-tumg China Maw Tve-tung Lin Ome Aps Lan Yeh Chun Huang Yung-sheng General Staff Huang Air Force Wu Fa-hsien Navy Li Tao-pengt Chiu Huitso General Logistics Command

Sailors Leap From Munitions Ship Amid Protests

Seven sailors jumped from the USS Nitro off Leonardo New Jersey as antiwar demonstrators formed a canoe flotilla nearby. Coast guard cutters rescued all sailors, to return them to the Nitro. Police said 19 protesters were arrested after entering the Earle ammunition depot to protest loading of the ship.

Leonardo UPS Navy Vietnam Coast Guard Sandy Howk Hay Earle Middletown Township

Storage space on demand with quick disposal offer

Local ad offers extra storage by selling unused space through a simple swap. Contact listed agent to arrange unit sharing and timetable. Includes terms for access, liability, and payment sequence.

Retirement Home Blaze Claims Three

A fire at the Allegany Inn retirement residence in Cumberland Maryland killed at least three people and left about ten unaccounted for. Firefighters from Cumberland and nearby communities battled the blaze for four hours before bringing it under control.

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Postal Head Promises U S Will Compete With Private Mailers

Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels said the U S postal system must compete with private parcel and third class mail handlers. He cited $10 billion authorized for capital improvements and $260 million in bonds sold, and described a Cincinnati pilot of a barcode based computerized mail system that could reorder letters by code. He emphasized universal delivery to all homes and businesses, anywhere, and noted efforts to cut red tape.

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French Vote Lets Britain Into Market

In Paris voters approved Britain’s entry into the Common Market, but turnout was low at 9.64 percent of 29,312,697 registered. About 36.17 percent supported enlargement, 17.12 percent opposed, and 7.07 percent cast blank ballots. Pompidou urged a strong endorsement to widen the bloc’s influence. De Gaulle did not threaten resignation. In Cedar Rapids, post office computer plans could speed sorting. the Iowa National Association of Postmasters held its convention at the Roosevelt Hotel.

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