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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1975
Page
3
In New York, rate and inflation fears again weighed on markets. The Dow Jones average fell 5.01 to 826.50, closing weekly with a 7.59 point loss in its fifth straight weekly drop. NYSE volume was 3.32 million shares, the lightest since December 27.
Bulk cattle and lamb prices varied by weight at several markets. Cedar Rapids buyers paid 57.00 to 57.50 per cwt for 210 to 240 lb butcher stock, with over 240 lb butchers lower and packers offering discounts on heavier weights. Fed reports from Des Moines and Joliet show mixed cattle and hog trends, while Chicago grain prices and milder retail tone frame the day’s market activity.
Estimated receipts Friday at Iowa and southern Minnesota packing plants show 40 000 head, with week-ago 27 000 and year-ago 59 000. Butchers mixed near mid session, demand fair to good, sows steady to lower, prices listed for various weight ranges and regions, including Des Moines and Sioux City spot rates, with U.S. and Chicago feeder and slaughter prices referenced.
Rinaldo Mascia, 26, arrested for filming the exterior walls of La Spezia prison says his aim was nostalgia for the period he was confined. Police found he had recently completed a theft sentence and was released days earlier.
Los Angeles CBS Television petitions a court to release the LAPD 10 volume Kennedy assassination file and related records. Paul Schrade, wounded in the night, plans a separate suit for access to evidence and prosecutions in the Sirhan Sirhan case.
Center Point Olive R Matheny 83 lifelong Center Point resident died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital Born June 30 1893 near Toddville she married Glenn R Matheny November 9 1915 Surviving husband two sons Cate G Center Point Allen L Los Angeles sister Edna Reneker Long Beach Calif three grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Services Monday 1 30 p m Murdoch chapel Center Point by Revs Gerald J Matheny and W H Hixon Burial Center Point cemetery Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p m Sunday
The Stanley town council sold 75000 dollars in revenue bonds to the Farm Home Administration to fund a three lagoon sanitary sewer system. The project is divided into two contracts, for the lagoons and for the sewer work, with Nichols Construction of Dyersville as the contractor on each contract.
Pamela Diane Silver of 3995 Sixteenth Avenue was stopped after erratic driving. She faced four charges including drunk driving, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest, and assault and battery after allegedly pulling a switchblade and kicking an officer. Held on $875 bond.
The notice lists multiple churches in Marion with pastors and weekly schedules. Bethel Baptist, First Baptist, Grace Baptist, Squaw Creek Baptist, Robins Faith Bible, St Josephs Catholic, Marion Christian, Robins Church of the Brethren, Church of Christ, Ascension Lutheran, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, St Pauls Lutheran, First United Methodist, Prairie Chapel United Methodist, First United Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian, Church of God Seventh Day, and United Seventh Day Brethren are named with service times and locations.
Edward A. Vaudrin 83 of 90 Central Avenue Marion died Friday Born August 10 1906 in Atlantic Mine Michigan married to Ethel L. Sullivan August 7 1948 in Chicago worked as inspector for Inter Lake Steel Mills Riverdale Illinois 28 years before retirement member of St Josephs Catholic Church Marion Services Monday 9:30 am at St Josephs Catholic Church burial Cedar Park Cemetery Chicago Rosary Sunday 7:20 pm Murdoch Chapel Marion after 1 pm.
Juanita F Trimble 54 of 480 Fifth Avenue died Saturday after a short illness. Born September 3 1920 in Holder Illinois she was married to Jerry Trimble May 22 1934. Survived by husband mother Annis Bedell two children Richard and Mrs James Cooper and others. Cremation held memorial services Wednesday at 11 at Chapel of Memories Cedar Rapids. Memorials suggested to Linn County Cancer Society. Sertoma Cedar Sertoma club breakfast Monday at 7 15 am Suburban Roy Tasnesen Cedar Rapids airport manager to speak.
Petitions call for a 350000 bond to fund a maintenance and storage facility for the Iowa City school district with vote likely on September 9. The board expects to set the bond rate for the school board election day after securing required signatures. Authorities prefer surveying existing buildings before new construction if approved. Also dated 1934 notes Adalf Hither becoming dictator of Cerny after the death of Pr von Minden bury.
A public showing of the film John Wesley will be held Sunday at 9 45 am at First United Methodist Church with a freewill offering. The event is the first in a five film series about Wesley the founder of the Methodist Church.
Michael D Harris, 4, of 615 Fifteenth Street SE, in critical care with a head injury after being struck by a panel truck at a SE intersection Friday. Mary Elizabeth Clack, 49, of 1257 Nineteenth Avenue SW, drove the westbound truck that hit him. Witnesses saw the truck stop immediately after impact.
Multiple brief items report thefts and incidents. John Joe Toms and Steve Catil lose items from residences and cars, including a $250 motor and a $152 scanner radio. Guns and a ring are stolen from Rey Shelton and a Cedar River Tower card reader valued at $1,000. A dean’s list honor for James Gradeville and a law office move are noted amid other notices.
OECD report from Paris cites 23 nation delegation findings from 300 cities adopting bus lanes bike paths and car park linkages to curb auto use. Nagoya Uppsala Bologna Besancon Singapore Nottingham show bus only streets free rush hour buses shared taxis and higher parking charges. Even with penalties for drivers the programs boosted bus demand and public approval among motorists.
VAIL AP report: Dick Gustafson found a counterfeit $1,000 bid stapled behind the cash register after a break in. The note included a genuine $1 bill earned for the hardware store, leading Gustafson to quip the burglar should have taken the $1 bill. The item exposes the loss as worthless. On this date Albert Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt urging atomic research funding.
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