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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1977

Page

34

New York Stock Exchange Prices Gap Shows Mixed Levels

Afternoon price table highlights varied moves across many names led by Ampex Armco and AshiOil with scattered gains and losses. Large cap firms like IBM Intel and Coca Cola show modest shifts while mid caps such as Avon BellSouth and Georgia Power display mixed trends.

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Stock Market Creditors and Company Percentages List

A dense catalog-like ledger shows numerous company names with associated numbers and percentages. The entries include firms such as Texint TexOGs Texutil Thiokol UALInc UMCind and Uniroyal among many others, with percentages ranging roughly from single digits to mid forties. The scattered figures likely reflect market shares, dividends, or performance metrics for the firms listed.

Dow Closes Noon Rally Lifts Dow 5.98 Points

The Dow Jones rose 5.98 to 870.67 at noon as a technical rally offset recent losses. NYSE gainers led 3 to 2 among NYSE listed issues, and the composite index advanced 0.24 to 53.75 while the AMEX higher. Volume on the Big Board reached 9.49 million shares.

NEW York NYSE American Stock Exchange

Iowa Meat Trade Notes From Des Moines Report

Midwest carrot meat trade Thursday shows moderate beef demand with steer beef 58.75 to 62.25 per cwt and good heifer beef 60.75 per cwt. Pork trade also moderate with varied prices for loins picnics hams bellies and other cuts across weight ranges.

Des Moines Midwest

Hog and cattle market report from Sioux City trade

Livestock trading active in Sioux City with hogs at 200 to 250 pounds around 45.00 to 45.50 per hundredweight, sows weaker, heavier hogs down, cattle limited by mixed classes and small test sizes. The report notes uncertain figures and incomplete market data for larger weights and some segments.

Sioux City USDA U.S Peverol

Grains Steady to Mixed as Markets Close in Chicago

Chicago wheat No 2 hard red winter firm at 2.12n with soft red winter at 2.04n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.75n hopper and 1.71n box. Oats No 2 heavy 1.074n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 5.29n. In Joliet livestock, Thursday cattle sales insufficient to establish market, hogs 1 400, firm to 25 higher. No 1-2 200-230 lb 46.00-46.35, No 1-3 200-250 lb 45.50-46.00. Friday receipts cattle 500 hogs 1.

Chicago

Cedar Rapids hog and sheep market steady Thursday

Cedar Rapids hog market held steady with butchers 200 to 230 lbs at 43.50 to 44.00, sows 300 lbs 35.50 to 36.00, and various weight-based offs for heavier cattle. Sheep market steady with shorn lambs 48 to 50, wool lambs 46 to 48. Futures trading report from Chicago Mercantile Exchange noted.

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Livestock and grain prices posted from Des Moines market

Iowa hog and cattle markets show slow trade but firm to higher hogs with gains 25. Sows steady to 25 higher. No 1-3 200-230 lb hogs traded around 43.5 to 45 per cwt. Cattle light receipts with few steers 40.50 to 40.60 and cows 25 to 27. Empty futures for soybeans and corn on Cedar Rapids market. oats steady. West North Central hens prices unchanged in Des Moines market news with light trading for September.

Des Moines UPI Federal State Market News Service

Cedar Rapids Briefs Registering and local notices

Cedar Rapids residents learn to register new or transferring students at their schools or call the Educational Service Center at 3982401. Classes resume Aug 29. Local ads list Potpourri Restaurant and various places with weekly specials, thefts, openings, a street dance, a church event, and community notices.

Cedar Rapids Community School Student Services Office Educational Service Center

Motorcyclist Injured in Intersection Crash

Richard D. Vandermillen, 21, listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital after a car motorcycle crash Wednesday afternoon at Third Street and Eleventh Avenue SE. Marlo M. McMillen, 43, of Cherry Hill Road SW, was charged with improperly entering a stop or yield intersection.

Richard D. Vandermillen Blairs Ferry Road Mercy Hospital Vandermillen Marlo M. McMillen Cherry Hill Road Third Street Eleventh Avenue McMillen

Livestock Markets Report Hogs Steady Prices in Iowa

Webster City livestock note shows Thursday hog numbers with No 1-3 200-240 lb at 45.00, 240-260 lb 42.50 to 45.00, 260-280 lb 44.00 to 44.50, 280-300 lb 41.50 to 42.50. Sows hold or fall up to 50 cents. Butter prices in New York unchanged as USDA notes steady offerings.

Chicago UPI USDA New York

United Fire declares 25 cent dividend on common stock

United Fire and Casualty Co. board approves a 0.25 share dividend payable Sept. 15 to stockholders of record Sept. 1 1977. For the first half of 1977 the company reports consolidated net income of 1.635 million or 2.89 a share, versus 1.78 a share in the prior year.

United Fire and Casualty Co. Board of Directors

Government plans may raise costs for energy efficient appliances

General Electric told an FEA hearing that proposals to force the manufacture of refrigerators and freezers with lower energy use could push consumer prices up by as much as 60 dollars per unit. GE described the economic impact as grossly understated.

Washington UPI Federal Energy Administration General Electric FEA

Warner Lambert Charged Over Fatal Factory Blast

Warner Lambert Co and four executives face indictments for reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after a November 21 explosion and fire at the American Chicle Division plant in Queens that killed six people. Queens DA John Santucci announced the grand jury charges.

New York Warner- Lambert Co Queens

Court ruling blocks bans on children in condo housing

A Florida appeals court ruled a Fort Lauderdale condominium ban on children unconstitutional. The decision by the 4th district court of appeal angered many elderly residents in adults only complexes along the Gold Coast and prompted calls to take the case to the Florida Supreme Court.

West Palm Beach, Fla Fort Lauderdale 4Th District Court of Appeal Gold Coast Florida Supreme Court

Condominium Ruling Rankles Many Elderly

On this date in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed American neutrality in World War I, a decision that drew mixed reactions among elderly residents of local condominiums.

Woodrow Wilson

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