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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1969
Page
17
A Friday trading session saw a fairly active stock market with a test rally and 10.21 million shares traded. Wheat advanced while corn slipped. livestock futures showed steady to higher bids. Reports include grain quotations, cattle and hog prices, and a note on a forged prescription arrest in Des Moines.
Grid of cattle hogs and wheat prices shows Friday firmness for butcher hogs and steady steers, with mixed results in futures. Reports from Chicago and Omaha detail loads of bids, weights, and grade adjustments shaping market action for cattle, hogs, lambs, and grains.
New York AP market report notes adequate offerings with slow demand. Wholesalers list fancy whites including Jacobe 39-1 and Hedums 2s, with prices low and trading uneven.
Graduate Ray A. Kipper, son of Mrs. Al Krippner of 806 Seventeenth Street SW, earned a Doctorate in Psychology on August 13 from the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana arrived to begin a swing through the Southeast Asia region amid shifting political tensions.
Indoor sports and entertainment ads appear alongside theft report, shop closings, a memorial notice, and community events. Items include Tropic Lanes openings, Piccadilly Tavern nights, a Giltree gift sale, a Dodge truck sale, a barbershop ad, a diaper service note, and a death in the family causing office closure. Local names, places, and vendors such as Roosevelt Motel, Handler Motors, Temple Judah, and Dry cleaning ads are listed.
A H Coles files nomination papers for the Cedar Rapids board of education listing 624 Devonshire Dr NE as residence. B G Davidson and P J Kramme also filed with others taking out papers. no Marion district filings yet. Three director terms expire. election set for September. Also notices: garage sale ads and local commerce items appear in the same column.
Three members of a Marion Iowa family were critically injured when a fire and crash occurred on Interstate 80 near Williamsburg. They were moved from Marengo hospital to University Hospitals in Iowa City. Injured include Daniel Moore, 4, with leg fractures. his wife Naile, 47, spine injury and fractured pelvis. and daughter Patricia, 21, possible fractured spine with severe lacerations.
MINNEAPOLIS The Donaldson Co board declares a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents a share payable Sept 12 to holders of record Aug 28. A 50 percent stock dividend will take effect, increasing shares to about 2,050,070 on Monday. One new share issued for every two held Aug 7, 1969. Directors also seek authorization to raise common stock to 1,000,000 shares and create a 500,000 share preferred class. Annual meeting set for Nov 13, 1919 at First National Bank. Donaldson operates a plan in Oelwein.
Clarence Faust a longtime resident of Iowa City died Friday morning at age about 70. He was born 1908 in Earlville and lived in Iowa City since 1920. He worked as sales supervisor for Hometown Dairies and belonged to Shrine temple Davenport Masonic lodge and American Legion. Survived by his wife three brothers and three sisters. Services Saturday at 2 at George Gay funeral home. Contributions to American Cancer Society.
The assault on battery charge against Connie Hultquist of 121 Twenty second avenue SE was dismissed Wednesday by Judge L M Hullnger for lack of evidence. The Gazette incorrectly stated larceny charges had been dismissed.
Marion Independent board reviews bids for athletic field vest rooms with Westbrack offering 7000 dollars and Ron Van Nota 7100 dollars. The board hopes completion by the first Winnie football game. Also notes Sharon Logan approved for third grade at Everson school and other district staffing and site discussions. Funeral notices for Edward T Hiams include his Milwaukee railroad career and survivors. Local ads and sale notices listed.
Chrysler Corp announced a tentative price increase for its 1970 Dodge trucks, averaging about 2 percent, higher than Ford Motor Co which set a similar tentative rise for its 1969 trucks.
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