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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1955

Page

3

Livestock market trends steady with mixed gains

Chicago bids show hogs mostly steady with some 25 cent drops while steers rise up to 25 cents. Cattle receipts around 5,500 and calves 300, with bulls and steers bid up to 22.50 for good grades. Sheep and hogs in Des Moines and Des Moines region also show active trade and steady prices with top hogs around 16.50 and lambs 20 to 23. Prices vary by weight class across regions amid weekly receipts.

Des Moines INS U. S

Waterloo hog and cattle market rounds from Omaha sale

Hogs steady with top at 16.00 per cwt for Sinepare 160-170 lbs and varying bids up to 350+ lbs. Cattle receipts 13,000 calves 250 largely fed. fed steer and heifer runs slow to steady, cows steady, bulls and dealers steady, stockers and feeders scarce. prime 1,220 lb fed steers around 23.25, various grade ranges noted.

Waterloo Hogs Waterloo INS Sinepare Omaha

Sioux City Livestock Market Cattle Receipts and Prices

Sioux City livestock market reports receipts of 7 500 cattle and 50 calves. Slaughter steers mostly steady to higher with best 21 00 to 23 50. Heifers weak. Choice fed steers trended 21 00 to 23 50, with high to prime 23 00 to 23 50. Good and low choice heifers 18 50 to 20 50.

Sioux Ory Livestock X City

Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market prices steady

The Cedar Rapids hog market held steady Tuesday with quoted prices for various weights of good and packers hogs. Cattle and calf listings show ranges for prime steers and heifers, commercial and utility cows, bulls, and calves with prices, along with poultry, grain, and straw market notes.

Cedar Rapids Go Packers

Stock Market Quiet Lower on Tuesday in New York

The stock market was irregularly lower with quiet trading. Prices fell around two points at most, some up between one and two. Estimated volume reached about 1,500,000 shares.

New York

Former POW in Korea denies charges in council bluffs case

Edward C. Kirby a 24 year old former Korean prisoner of war denied charges of misconduct while in Communist hands through his Omaha attorney. He was released from military custody at Offutt Air Force Base after being held since Friday night and faces a pre trial investigation likely in Omaha. Kirby a corporal in the Seventh Infantry division was captured December 1 1950 and spent 33 months in captivity.

Council Bluffs INS Edward C. Kirby Offutt Air Force Base John T. Grant Omaha Kirby Phoenix Ariz Seventh Infantry Division

Break-in at Sunnycrest Grocery Stolen Pennies

About $3 in pennies were taken from the cash register during a break in at Sunnycrest Grocery on Mt. Vernon Road Monday night. Owner Edward S. Stolba told the sheriff's office the theft occurred between 8 p.m. and the onset of rain. Entry was gained by breaking the glass front door.

Sunnycrest Mt. Vernon Road Edward S. Stolba Sheriff's Office

Notice of Probate Appointment in Iowa Estate

Notice is given that on August 15, 1955, James T. Holmes was appointed and qualified as Administrator of Carrie Weldon’s estate in Linn County Iowa. All persons indebted must promptly pay and all claims must be filed in the district court of Greene County Iowa, with Holmes & Holmes attorneys representing the administrator.

State of Iowa Linn County Carrie Weldon Hote Up County Iowa Gereon County

U S Total Dept Stores Apparel Food Radio Appliance

Morris Kats reports on census data affecting a chain of stores including apparel food radio and appliance sectors under the U S Department store umbrella. The note references the U S Bureau of the Census and outlines market categories and industry classification.

US Bureau of the Census Morris Kats

Wheat futures rise on Minneapolis demand with mixed grains

Chicago market shows wheat firm as Minneapo lis buying and short covering meet light offerings. other grains weaken under hedging and liquidation. Wheat moves within a cent-to-four higher while corn oats rye soybeans slide to seasonal lows. Cash provisions list various No 2 and No 3 prices for wheat corn oats soybeans and byproducts.

Chicago Minneapolis

Chicago Produce Report Shows Mixed Poultry and Dairy Prices

Live poultry weak on colored hens, steady on other classes. butter and eggs show varied prices in Chicago and New York markets. Carlot arrivals and shipments indicate moderate demand, with whites and long whites prices noted across states.

Chicago California Idaho Oregon

Eastern Iowa Women Enlist in Navy for Train Here

Two young women from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City join the Navy, heading to Bainbridge for recruit training. Grace Pecher and Twyla Losee, both 19, enlistment noted beside Cedar Rapids recruiter updates, with a Cedar Rapids reserve seaman recruit also reported.

Iowa Navy Cedar Rapids Bainbridge, Md Grace H. Pecher First Avenue SE Twyla M. Losee Iowa City Des Moines Eugene E. Johnson Washington Avenue 315Th Medical Depot Army Reserve Denver Fitzsimons General Hospital Thomas W. Sherren Calvin Wilson Cam McCoy Wis Glen Gustafson Newhall

Cable accident claims rigger on Cape Cod radar tower

Boston AP reports a fatal incident at a radar tower off Cape Cod where an anchor cable broke and struck a rigger. The victim was Arsen Haroutunian, aged 55, as the Texas station installation proceeded.

Boston Texas Cape Cod Arsen Haroutunanian

Former C R Man To Help Japanese Rebuild Air Force

Kenneth C. White of Pacoima California will join Lockheed advisory team in a two year mission to aid Kawasaki Aircraft Company of Japan in rebuilding and manufacturing trainer aircraft for the Japanese air force. White, a Roosevelt high school and University of Iowa alum, has been with Lockheed since 1943. He will depart for Japan around October 1 with wife Carol and two children visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids before the assignment.

Cedar Rapids Kenneth C. White Pacoima Calif Lockheed Corporations Kawasaki Airplane Company of Japan White Mr.White Verne C. White B Avenue Nw, and Mrs. White’s Sister, Mrs.Robert E. Davis Edgewood Road Kawasaki Company Roosevelt High School University of Iowa Lockheed Carol [McCune

Two East Iowans Stricken With Polio

Special to The Gazette reports Harry Smith, 21, of route 6 Iowa City, admitted to University hospitals Monday with polio and in fair condition. Charles Fierstine Jr. also admitted to the polio ward in fair condition. Tuesday announcement said make-up Salk polio vaccine shots will be held at Henry Sabin school from 8 to 9 30 am for Johnson county children who missed the second round.

the Gazette Iowa City Harry Smith Route 6 Charles Fierstine Salk Henry Sabin Johnson County

Mrs. L. R. Hoag Dies at 44 in Monticello

Funeral services for Mrs. L. R. Hoag also known as Steve Hoag aged 44 of Monticello will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church with burial in Oakwood cemetery. The body is at Goettsch funeral home. Survivors include her husband a daughter Helen and a son Thomas F of Monticello her mother Mrs. G J Heiken of Monticello a brother Henry and a sister Mrs Henry Husman of Scotch Grove.

Monticello L. R Steve” Hoag Presbyterian Church Oakwood Cemetery Goettsch Funeral Home Helen Thomas F G. J. Heiken Henry Henry Husman Scotch Grove

Cedar Rapids Youth Ordered Into Juvenile Court

A 16 year old Cedar Rapids boy was ordered into juvenile court after driving his father's car into a switch in front of 3008 E Avenue NW. He was drunk when arrested and had been arraigned in municipal court on drunkenness, but Judge James Patterson dismissed that charge and sent the matter to juvenile court.

Cedar Rapids E Avenue NW James Patterson

Mt Vernon Man Is Charged After Crash

Mt Vernon resident Harry Decious was charged with failing to have his car under control after a Monday afternoon two car crash in front of 3138 Mt Vernon road SE. His vehicle struck Agnes Nunemaker's car at 2900 Meadowbrook drive SE, pushing it over the curb into a cement block wall.

Harry Decious Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Road Agnes Nunemaker Meadowbrook Drive

Steel Products Company Incorporation in Cedar Rapids Iowa

Louis Woolfolk and Mary Woolfolk organize Steel Products Company under Iowa law. Articles name Cedar Rapids as principal place of business and set the corporate purpose from manufacturing to vending machine services and IP licensing. Authorized 500 shares of common stock with a perpetual corporate life unless terminated, with initial directors listed and officers elected by the board for one year terms.

Steel Products Company Louis Woolfolk Mary Woolfolk Iowa Cedar Rapids Board of Directors State of Executive Council Secretary of State of Board of Owa Treamurer Teel Products Company Yigus Woolfolk Donnelly, Lynch Lynch Dallas Merchants Pank Godot Rapids

Marion City Budget Approved and Starry Addition Platted

The Marion city council approved a 1956 budget of 180 321 with 95 951 to be raised by taxes. Hennessey Brothers bid 7 247 for six and a half blocks of sanitary sewer, winning over I K Davis. The Starry addition plat of 48 lots west of Fifteenth Street and south of First Avenue was accepted, including a central park. The council also updated traffic penalties, formed a new plats committee, and authorized public safety equipment purchases and a new squad car purchase trade.

Marion Hennessey Brothers I. K. Davis Hennessey Charles Gabelman Fifteenth Street First Avenue Twelfth Fourteenth Streets Jess R Mary Starry Don Gladys Torrence Homer Hunsaker Max Slater Leighton Ford Marion Auto Sales Ford Raymond Eckhart Oak Shade Cemetery

Farmers Savings Bank of Walford 1955 Report Card

Farmers Savings Bank of Walford Iowa submits its June 30 1955 condition report. Total assets 1 085 024 45. Deposits total 985 827 47 with liabilities 60 057 72 and capital 28 966 73. President M Frusha signs as officer. notary confirms sworn statements.

Farmers Savings Bank Walford Iowa United States ITAL Ganitaleme Tas Bakes Capital M. C. Frusha O Na Ank

Linn County Board Awards Court House Tuck Pointing Contract

The Linn County Board of Supervisors on August 2 1955 approved bids for tuck pointing the Court House. D C Taylor Company Cedar Rapids Iowa won the contract for 5900.00 after bids from Superior Waterproofing Des Moines Phillips Tuck Pointing Co Marshalltown. The board also acted on a budget hearing dates and related resolutions including farm to market project S 2485 and tax compromise offers, with multiple personnel and fiscal actions recorded.

Board OF Supervisors State of Iowa County of Linn Eveant Hood Wiley Court House Tuck M. C. Taylor Company Cedar Rapids Owa Superior Waterproofing Co Des Moines Phillips Tuck Pointing Co Marshallow D. C. Taylor Company PA Wiley Linn County Iowa State Highway Commission Oath Board of Supervisors Ralph Green & W.ig Groesbeck Ilowa Freas Biddick Justice of Peace Marion Zowashin Towa Towit Spanos Costes Anpanoose Coun Williams Earl Muscatine Secon Bosra Iles Butera

Financial setup of Iowa families called not good

Des Moines AP reports State Banking Department head N P Black warns that many employed Iowans live on credit with most income tied to loan payments. He cites car loans and farm mortgages, notes low farm prices, falling corn and hog values, and rising overhead that could push tenants and farmers into default without relief.

Iowa Des Moines N. P. Black State Banking Department Black

Cloud of Dust Blamed For Fatal Iowa Crash

An 11 year old girl, Judy Roach of Lee Township Madison county, was killed in a two car collision four miles west of Cumming after a dust cloud from a truck obscured the Roach vehicle. Judy’s mother Harlan Roach was with her. two other Roach children, Linda and Donald, were hospitalized in Des Moines. William Lydon, 30, of Stuart, following the dusting truck, failed to see the Roach car and collided, spinning the Roach vehicle and ejecting occupants.

Cumming INS Judy Roach Lee Township Madison County Harlan Roach Rex ‘Rouse William Lydon Stuart Rouse Lydon Judy Linda Donald Des Moines

Dulles Receives Cautious Read on Soviet Armies

Secretary of State Dulles said Russia's announced army cuts suggest a recognition of peaceful U.S. aims but warn that Soviet forces remain larger than those of the United States and other military strengths unchanged. He urged international inspection and noted talks on disarmament to begin August 29 under U.N. sponsorship in New York.

Washington (Ap State Dulles Russia U.S Dulles U.N New York Eisenhower Geneva Britain

Notice of hearing on Prairie High School building plans

Public hearing set for August 27, 1955 at 1 30 P M in College Township Linn County Iowa for objections to proposed plans specifications and forms of contract for the Prairie High School building to be located in College Township The plans specifications and contracts may be examined at the Superintendent’s office College Township Iowa Kathryn Worley secretary

College Community School College Township Linn County Towa Prairie High Jin Said Oenone Wropeeeee Ae Colege Township Lpws College Count N County Iowa Kathryn Worley

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