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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1970
Page
6
The Dow Jones industrial average rose to 825.02, closing higher for the year as trading stayed active. Volume reached 15.79 million shares, up from Thursday, with analysts citing investor optimism about the economy after the temporary end to the rail strike.
Chicago Livestock Market reports weekly price ranges for cattle and sheep, noting prime and choice cuts, weights from 750 to 1,100 pounds, and various grades. Slaughter heifers and cows show broad spreads with high versus utility classes, while sheep demand highlights prime wool and mixed grades amid steady trade.
Cedar Rapids buyers paid lower prices for hogs with Friday figures for plant delivery at 200 to 230 pounds around 15.25 to 15.75 dollars. Packing sows at 300 pounds traded 11.75 to 12.25 dollars. Larger hogs 230 pounds and up were discounted per 10 pounds, with weight grade adjustments and discounts varying by total weight bands. Poultry and miscellaneous items show mixed prices and incomplete OCR data.
Mondori Clayton, 29, of Iowa City, was arrested Friday night by Linn County Sheriff's Office on a drunk driving charge. He allegedly forced a deputy’s car off the road and drove erratically near Center Point Road and Blairs Ferry Road and is jailed in Linn County.
In Oslo Borlaug says the green revolution helps but cannot end hunger alone. He calls for wider distribution, education, and social reforms to lift all people from malnutrition. He warns without large scale solutions, humanity risks catastrophe and urges global collaboration. He accepted the Peace Prize and $80,000 gold medal.
Junior Tri Hi up McKinley Harding Stanklin and McKinley eighth grade clubs join Linn County Red Cross to sew Christmas stockings for Linn County Day Care Center at SL Wenreslaus eharet. Red Cross provides stocking material and candy. eighth grade Tri Hi cab also makes small staffed toys. Delivery to Day Care Center planned for December 22. Mrs Al McDonald leads both groups. McKinley ninth grade Tri Hi V decorated Central branch YMCA youth department windows with holiday motifs.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Attorney General failed to file a timely petition to intervene in the consolidation of Iowa Gas and Electric and Power and Light. The reply argues no extraordinary circumstances justify delay, noting late filing dates and prior representations by existing parties. The notice to Iowa officials occurred in July 1969 with hearings and briefs, and intervention would have been required by July 25, 1966.
Fayette county records show a $30,283 damage suit filed in district court by Robert Kroeger on behalf of his daughter Karen. He alleges a school bus driven by Thomas Cornish knocked over a parked motorcycle, injuring Karen, and seeks damages from Cornish and the bus owner Joseph Leland who leased it to Sacred Heart School.
Ethel Davis, 3, narrowly escaped serious injury Friday evening after being struck by a train at Seroud Avenue and Fourth Street SE while crossing the tracks. Authorities say she is hard of hearing and was crossing as the train approached.
Washington AP testifies Col James McDivitt nominated for brigadier general after Apollo 9 flight. The engineer Fullerton 78 Eleventh NW noted the first notice, with McDivitt serving as Apollo program manager in Houston. Jeanne Holm named brigadier general earlier in 1971. Army elevates top women in uniform.
As their Christmas project, Central Indian Guide and Indian Princess groups provide new toys and games for shipment to the Dakota Indian reservation, supporting children in need with donated items from their community effort.
Martyn D Brown of 1024 Ninth Street NW was arrested Friday on lascivious acts with a child and released on own recognizance. Meanwhile, Darryl Banks of Hopkinsville has passed the Rhodes preliminary exam and is invited to Des Moines for interviews before a district committee to select Rhodes scholars from several states. Banks majors in chemistry at Coe College and is part of the Coe Hornets.
Reniall D Oaks 1522 Fourth Stream SW faced a charge for lacking a valid license after a two car crash at B avenue and Seventh street NW. James M Stroh eny 226 Twenty-third street NW and his wife Ione 38 were treated for injuries at St Luke’s hospital. Claudia D Boyer 20 of U4 Twenty-fifth street drive SE sustained a hand injury when her car collided with Terry R Byirnsen 2339 Linden drive SE. Boyer treated and released. Accident occurred at Staubcourt and Havenne NE. No charges in that case. Hubert S Wray 58 of 732 Twenty-seventh street NE admitted for hip injury observation after a crash at Mt. Vernon road and Highteenth street SE Friday night. David L Enrich 163 Eighteenth street SE was stopped for a left turn when rear-ended by the Wray vehicle. No charges were filed. Wray in good condition.
Dr. Malcolm Peel, chair of philosophy and religion, learns his 1962 book The Epistien Ahegines A Valentinian Letter on the Resurrection will be translated into German for publication in Western Europe. Translator Peter Funk, theology candidate at the University of Berlin, studies under Hans Martin Schenke. Neukirchner Verlag of Neukirchen-Vluya to publish. Original English editions published by Westminster Press Philadelphia and SCM Press London.
Wharton Sel Hoe Rudolph Bruce sold 985 Orchard Drive to Gerald and Urban. Bruces moving to Sixth Street, purchased from Urbans. Closing handled by John Zachar Jr Co Realtors. Also Musser funeral rites 88, Mt Vernon. Baxiter Memorial chapel. local haircuts and theatre ads feature Marge's Salon and Widson Beauty Salon with gift certificates. station ads for local sheriff support and theatre matinee shows.
A compilation of church names addresses and pastors with listed Sunday school times and worship hours. Several congregations include St Josephs Catholic Grace Baptist First United Methodist Ascension Lutheran and others with service times and pulpit leaders.
Wide ranging legal notices detail probate actions for multiple estates in Linn County and Cedar Rapids. Directions cover appointment of executors, notices to creditors, deadlines for filing claims, and instructions for payment and distribution under Iowa law.
AT&T board chairman Hi H. Romnes denounced EEOC charges that Bell system companies discriminate in the hiring and promotion of blacks, women, and Spanish-surnamed Americans. He said the system recruits and advances without discrimination and vowed to contest the charges at the FCC as EEOC seeks to block a proposed rate hike.
Prague Radio reports 32 people killed and 17 injured in the Buda pest to East Berlin Pannonian Express crash. Coe College receives a $2,000 NSF grant for Dr Jeffrey B Reiser to continue work on three dimensional arrangement of molecules begun at Tufts University.
Two Luther College students, Mark Mogden of Westby and Robert Rechsleiser of Melrose, pled guilty to making two false statements on the Luther College report in a public place. They were placed on 18 months probation as authorities brought 49 law officers to the district court in Decorah on Friday for a campus bomb scare report.
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