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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1966
Page
10
Prices for hogs were steady to 50 cents lower with 200-230 lb butchers mostly 23.75 to 24.00 and lighter weights contributing to a mixed session. Cattle and lamb futures moved with the broader market as slaughter figures showed weakness for steers and some strength for select hogs amid heavy trading on the New York and Chicago exchanges.
President Johnson told the American Legion convention that the U S may confront explosive crises unless it collaborates with other nations. He warned poverty and liberty curbs foster violence and urged imagination and courage to face future world events.
Hurricane Faith posed a landward threat as the seeding plan near Miami was cancelled. Gordon Dunn of the National Hurricane Center said there would be no seeding today and the program, running for about a week, is unlikely to proceed.
Glenn C. Dotson, 45, of Atalissa, faced seven traffic charges after a downtown chase through Iowa City Clinton and Dubuque streets and interstate routes ending at CoralVille interchange. He faced running stop lights and signs, driving without lights, and two speed violations including 75 in a 25 and 80 in a di-mile zone. bond set at 210 dollars. In Indonesia, small boats evacuated residents from Sangir Besar after Mt Awe eruption on August 12, with at least 28 dead and about 60 schoolchildren missing.
Wheat led decline as selling pressure rose in the grain futures market on Tuesday with wheat down to 134 cents or 14 to 2% lower at the close. Corn soybeans showed small rallies limited by weak demand while oats rye and soybeans posted losses. Cash grain quotes in Chicago list No 2 red wheat about 1.80 to 1.95 and No 2 yellow corn around 1.52 with soybeans near 1.74 to 1.88 depending on grade.
AP USDA live poultry wholesale prices hold steady for roasters and fryers while butter and eggs show mixed but generally firm tones. Potatoes show light supplies with steady demand. russells and round reds quoted in Washington and Minnesota. New York egg standards and whites prices range with steady butter demand. overall market appears steady with light check variations.
Construction is under way at 1100 Twenty-seventh Avenue SW to replace a 140 foot tower with a 425 foot self supporting radio tower for Communications Engineering Co. An Indiana contractor is installing the structure, which will house 15 to 20 commercial two way radio operations including Cedar Rapids Fire Department. Upon completion around Oct 1 the new tower will extend broadcast range by about 1.5 to 2 times.
Iowa City high school football coach Frank Bates will be out for at least one month after doctors ordered him to avoid games and practices. Bates suffered a stomach ulcer and is under care at Mercy Hospital, with reexamination planned to assess return to coaching duties.
Dr. Max D Wheatley 61 associate professor of anatomy at the University of Iowa died at his Hills home. A Kansas City native he earned a MA from Kansas and a PhD from Iowa before joining the faculty in 1946. Survived by wife and son Max Jr. Services Thursday at 2 30 p.m. at George Gay Oathaul chapel. Burial at Bohemian National Cemetery Cedar Rapids.
The Tennessee Valley Authority says it purchased more than $652 million of equipment materials and services in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
The article explains the sequence of dates in a stock split and when investors qualify for additional shares. It details record dates, ex split dates, and how proceeds reflect pre or post split sales, clarifying entitlement to extra shares.
Passers by and motel staff pulled a local couple, the Fitzsimmons, and their 6-year-old son from a motel pool in Iowa City after Mrs. Fitzsimmons slipped underwater. None could swim. all were revived after hospital checks. Four other Fitzsimmons children were present but unharmed.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate subcommittee there has been no instance of the CIA attempting to usurp policy since he became secretary. He said there is no question the CIA operates under policy direction and defended U S foreign policy against accusations of overextension.
NASA plans a 1968 manned lunar spacecraft to orbit Earth and observe the sun during increased solar activity. The mission will test space based astronomical observation and uses a telescope mount and instruments to measure the sun's structure and behavior amid solar cycles. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville will lead project and experiments.
A 9-year-old factory hand in Sydney named Peter Raymond Koean pled guilty to wounding Arthur Caldwell with intent to murder him after firing a rifle into the car window on June 21 He sought to emulate Lee Harvey Oswald and to die in similar circumstances a psychiatrist noted the boy had formed an Oswald fantasy Detective Ballard said Koean told police he would assassinate a public figure stating he disagreed with Caldwell's politics and that motivated the act
Blistered but ahead of schedule, Clif McAdams and Gordon Ritzman, both from Cedar Rapids Iowa, were 21 miles from finishing a 128 mile walk across Death Valley. They faced up to 120 degree air temps and 140 degree ground temps as they edged toward the end.
Des Moines AP reports that county courthouses must be open on primary election day next Tuesday per Atty. Gen. Scalise. He noted the 1965 law requires five and a half days of operation weekly unless a legal holiday occurs. primary day is not a holiday, despite county policy to close on primaries.
Two officers of insolvent Security General Insurance Co are charged in Minnehaha County with four counts of embezzlement totaling 290000. Eugene W. Smith as chairman and Kevin Smith as president allegedly diverted 1400 shares valued 140000 stock 100000 in debentures and 50000 cash between January and August 1963.
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