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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1968
Page
4
The New York market edged higher after Thursday’s loss. The Dow Jones rose .95 to 978.24 while the AP and S and P indexes gained modestly. Of 1592 issues, gainers led losers as 15.32 million shares changed hands on the NYSE and trading remained moderately heavy.
AP reporting from USDA shows official receipts for Monday totaling 11 000 cattle and 7.00 hogs with no sheep estimate.
Chicago market report lists weekly livestock price ranges by category. Cattle cover slaughter steers and heifers with varying weight classes and grades, cows, and utility stock. Hog prices span butcher and feeder weights, with sows and boars shown, while sheep and lambs appear with weight brackets and quality grades.
Pricing across hogs cattle and sheep for Saturday and Friday shows 25 cent lower butchers, steady SOWS, and detailed shifts by weight. Beef and pork values listed for prime choice standard grades alongside dairy and grain quotes and dressed meat trends from Des Moines.
Two Des Moines residents died in separate crashes on a Saturday morning. Craig Christianson, 23, died when his car lost control at a northwest Des Moines intersection. About thirty minutes later, Wyllis Carvell was killed when his car was broadsided at a northeast Des Moines intersection after turning left into the path of Kathleen Morgan’s vehicle.
Two Des Moines youths, both 17, were charged with possession of marijuana after officers encountered them at the Holiday Inn on Highway 218. They were questioned by a Johnson County deputy sheriff and held at the county jail Friday night.
Federal-state Market News Service report shows 5 400 cattle with active trade and good demand despite holiday gaps. Feeder steers and heifers varied with weights and grades. calves and stock cows also listed, but sheep too scarce for quantity.
Davenport City Lines seeks a five cent fare increase for adults and seniors and raises for children five to eleven from 10 to 20 cents. It also proposes eliminating Sunday and holiday service and ending weekday service at 6 30 p m. The wage dispute with drivers was settled hours earlier. contract with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 312 expired November 1.
Iowa City Coach Co will raise bus fares from 15 to 20 cents per ride starting Wednesday. President Lewis H. Negus cites rising operating costs and notes this is the firm’s second fare increase this year after a prior 10 to 15 cent hike on March 1. Previously fares had been 25 cents before subsidies began in 1966.
Sammy Davis Jr. brings a galaxy of international stars to The Hollywood Palace at 8 30 in color on KCRG TV 9 tonight.
City notices allege final assessment plat and schedule for curb and gutter work at multiple avenues and streets in Cedar Rapids with a hearing set for January 2, 1946? at 9:00 a.m. Objections must be written and filed within 20 days. Additional Linn County property tax protest sessions run December 1968 to January 1969. Probate notice for the estate of Charles John Miller appoints executors Earl Raymond Miller and Ralph Edward Miller.
The Cedar Rapids City Council passed Ordinance No. 116-68 on December 4 1968 repealing part of Chapter 73 and enacting new sewer rate provisions. It requires each water customer to pay an additional charge equal to 70 percent of the water bill, with a minimum of two and one half cents per 100 cubic feet, excluding deposits fees taxes and other items. Published in The Cedar Rapids Gazette on December 7 1968.
In The District Court of Iowa Linn County the last will of Dorothy H Moon deceased was admitted to probate on December 3 1948 with Richard Carpenter Moon and The Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids named ancillary executors. Creditors must file claims for allowance within six months. Date of second publication December 12 1968.
Vespers-Merion High School hosts a Christmas vesper service Sunday at 4 p.m in the gym with a band concert at 3 45 p m preceding it. Louise Schweitzer of 1700 Tenth Avenue reports the death of her brother Harley Alten in Alice Texas Friday.
Congressman John Culver announced a $24050 HUD open space grant for Marion Iowa in Linn county to buy 37 acres for park and recreation on two sites north of Willow park and along Indian and Dry creeks. The project is part of the Indian Creek regional green belt development urged by the army corps and Iowa Natural Resources Commission. Hospitalized note follows.
A listings style church directory shows services at Marion area churches with times for worship and Sunday schools. Notable entries include Bethel Baptist 8th Ave with sermons on A Man Joseph and A Woman Mary, First Baptist 14th Ave, Grace Baptist S 15th St, St Josephs Catholic Sth Ave mass times, Ascension Lutheran Grand Ave, and First United Methodist 8th Ave with sermons on Born with a Mission in Mind.
The Cedar Rapids Board of Review reconvened to hear protests from property owners regarding valuation increases under the Iowa Director of Revenue order. Protests must be in writing on the official form and filed by December 28, 1948, to seek adjustments up to 27 percent of actual value.
Ithaca New York AP Postman John Stark lost his job for refusing to deliver bulk mail saying the rate is unfair to taxpayers. Acting Postmaster James Graves announced Stark would be discharged effective December 18. Stark, 40, father of five, argued bulk rates help commercial firms but hurt government and taxpayers.
Police report two men set fire to the car of Traffic Commissioner Antonio Pata in Rome. A night watchman saw the assailants who fled after firing shots toward him. Pata faced backlash this summer after enforcing a strict no parking ban in the city center.
Italian labor unions announced five major strikes to paralyze parts of the country before Christmas. General actions are planned for Dec. 9 in Calabria, Dec. 10 in Sardinia, Dec. 11 in Sicily, Dec. 12 in Emilia and Puglia, and Dec. 13 in Abruzzo and Tuscany with more to follow into early January.
Sp4 James Dubose of Sum ter DC admitted disobeying an order during a Chicago Democratic national convention protest. He also pleaded guilty to assault and battery not connected with the event. A group of over 40 Black soldiers faced charges for refusing reveille while protesting standby riot duty. Dubose received three years hard labor, dishonorable discharge, total forfeiture of pay and allowances, and reduction to E-1.
Seven teenagers were killed when a car skidded off a side road onto U S 66 near St Clair Missouri and into a following truck. The truck driver was not injured. Authorities said the crash occurred Friday afternoon.
Local schedule lists channels including KCRG TV WMIT KWWL and WOC with programs Perry Como Merv Griffin and two My Three Sons episodes. Entries show times such as 9 00 10 20 10 50 along with shows Ghost and Ars and Threshold of Space for varied stations across Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Davenport La Crosse Roches ter.
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