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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1964
Page
2
Estimated receipts show 13 000 cattle and 10 000 hogs. Slaughter steers down 25 to 75 cents weekly. hogs closed steady to 25 cents lower. Prices span prime to standard grades with cattle and sheep varied across weight classes and quality levels.
AP USDA notes Saturday receipts of 40 000 and Friday 65 000 with a week total of 50 000 and year total 33 000. Demand fair and prices steady for barrows gilts and sows with varied No 1 2 3 grades across weight ranges 200 550 lbs. Range quoted from 10 25 to 15 75 per cwt for different categories and weights.
Cedar Rapids hog market held steady with Friday quotes for bulk 200 to 230 lb butchers at 14.75 to 15.00 dollars. Packing sows 300 lb and under bid at 12.75 to 13.00, based on grade and plant delivery.
Guy E. Deal, 42, of 1235 Eighteenth avenue SW, was arrested Friday night on a drunk driving charge. He was held in the city jail Saturday in lieu of a $500 bond after police stopped his car in the 1500 block of Mt. Vernon road SE at 10 20 p.m.
In Saigon Buddhist leaders launched a weekend campaign including a 48 hour hunger strike and nonstop prayers to topple Premier Tran Van Huong. They object to cabinet members linked to Diem and seek veto power over appointments while U S aid to South Vietnam rises to about 500 million dollars with conditions on recruitment.
Special to The Gazette Decorah hearings are planned this week for two beer parties involving juveniles. Thirteen youths linked to the Halloween party face charges, and six tied to a motel party face charges. An adult, Gregory Henry, 23, Decorah, was fined 300 dollars for supplying alcohol to minors.
Indoor club party at the YMCA Keen Teen room Sunday at 1 p.m. includes gift exchange and entertainment with bowling items and certificates listed. Discharge honors for Navy veteran Danny L. Rippey after four years aboard USS Rowan, nine months in Japan. New Year’s Eve at Hotel Roosevelt with Hi-Morgans, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., $2.95. Phi Beta Kappa initiation for Michal Marie Moklestad at the University of Iowa. Bowling deals at Magnificent Tropic Lanes and Optimist Lots venues. Youths fined for minor beer consumption at Purple Cow tavern. Gift certificates and turkey ads appear. Windows smashed at skating rink warming house. $40 loss. Sweater theft at Wolf’s store. Bavarian House advertises family style dining.
Thieves struck the Casino tavern at 726 First street SW stealing 442 from a cash box and emptying a safe valued at 300. At Friendly tavern 252 Sixteenth avenue SW 62 was taken from a cash box while a wall jukebox and cigarets missing. An attempted break in at Sammy's tavern 604 B avenue NE reported. Earlier Friday at The Web 3207 First avenue SE about 1500 stolen with a safe and jewelry. Detectives suspect same perpetrators across incidents.
A downtown Saigon bar was demolished by a bomb on Saturday injuring two Americans and four Vietnamese, including a child, all slightly hurt. Americans and Vietnamese girls were dancing in a room behind the bar when the blast occurred. The blast created a large hole in the ceiling and shattered glass in nearby buildings. Police feared a new Viet Cong terror wave.
Terry L. Sullivan, 17, of 1203 Ninth Street NW received a 30 day suspended jail term after pleading guilty to reckless driving. He must attend a 10 hour driver improvement school at Jefferson High School starting Monday night. Ed Snell Jr., 16, was a passenger who fell from the bumper and was treated at St Luke's Hospital in fairly good condition. Duane S. Carter, 18, of 1329 K Street SW was fined 100 dollars for reckless driving and 10 dollars plus costs for faulty brakes, with a 15 day suspended sentence and required driver improvement schooling. Carter was arrested five miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30 after driving at 75 mph weaving and passing in no passing zones.
Two 16-year-old Cedar Rapids girls were arrested for disturbing the peace after a planned fight in the Red Barn ballroom at 2500 Zika Avenue NW. One was released to parents immediately. the other, intoxicated, was released at 4:15 a.m.
A festive Want Ad urges readers to call EM 2-112 for sales and requests. The brief item uses a jolly tone to promote inquiries and quickly directs to the contact number.
Postal officials say the Christmas mailing peak is still days away with Thursday setting a record of 13000 letters canceled. Parcels not counted. Sunday hours 2 to 5 p m. Next week 7 30 a m to 5 p m daily through Saturday. Peak likely Dec 15 to 20.
Two Iowa students a man and a girl from Holstein and Larchwood were killed in a head on collision on South Dakota highway 50 east of Vermillion. They were returning from a party when their convertible struck a semi owned by Tri State Transportation Co.
The Soviet party announced preparations for a world communist conference to begin March 1, while China and its allies refused to attend the preparatory talks. Khrushchev era plans were reshaped as Moscow seeks unity amid Sino Soviet tensions and Western diplomatic reporting on China’s stance.
Two Strawberry Point teens David Johannes and Fran Wiskus were injured early Saturday when Johannes lost control on Highway 3. The car hit a utility pole and a tree, traveled about 100 feet, then burned. both escaped as the vehicle was destroyed and were hospitalized in Manchester.
An 18 year old Akron Iowa graduate Anthony Beckiman was charged with an unsuccessful plan to rob Holstein State Bank. He was arrested in Minden Nebraska in a stolen car with Mary Heider. He was armed with a nickel plated revolver linked to the Holstein cashier Richard McCrea who was held captive for 45 minutes but escaped.
A British Gurkha army patrol repelled an Indonesian guerrilla raid near Kuching Malaysia on Saturday according to an AP report. The spokesman described the clash as an effective defense with no immediate reports of casualties.
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