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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1969
Page
19
In Chicago meat markets, hogs climbed 50 to 75 cents as cattle prices showed strength. Slaughter cattle and calves moved 25 cents higher with steers rising, while sheep stayed steady. The report notes mixed market activity across grains and stocks with tax-loss selling shaping activity in New York exchanges.
Hogs and butchers price shifts reported across Chicago Des Moines and Sioux City markets. Trade activity and demand noted with varied price ranges for 200 to 500 pound livestock, including sows calves and prime cattle. Data shows weekly receipts and regional quotations with yield grades and weights.
Prices paid on Monday for Cedar Rapids hay market reflect Saturday figures with butchers at 26.25 to 26.75 and packing sows at 22.25 to 22.75. Cattle market shows varied pricing. many items listed with weight-based adjustments. Also local notices include school board meeting, ads for florists and services, and a death notice for Joe Nemec, former Cedar Rapids resident.
The report lists various produce items with mixed demand and pricing notes from Chicago wholesale channels. It mentions apples, onions, potatoes, and russet varieties, with references to regional sources like Idaho, New York, and North Dakota Red River Valley. Market conditions show moderate demand and unchanged or varied prices across items.
Chicago prices drifted lower as soybeans fell about two cents and corn eased about 2 cents after a government grain production report. Wheat held uneven, with March at 1.40, corn 1.20, oats down slightly, and rye slipping modestly as the market absorbed the data. Local cash grain quotes list No. 2 yellow corn near 1.18 and No. 2 yellow soybeans around 8.4? per bushel amid mixed bids.
Comedian Bob Hope performing for 10 000 troops at Lai Khe base recounts jokes about Vietnam action and Nixon while his troupe performs with Connie Stevens Suzanne Charny and the Gold Diggers. The Hue lime factory Chronicle notes its cultural symbol amid Tet offensives and wartime reconstruction.
CHICAGO AP The nation's 450000 truck drivers seek a five dollar per hour increase over three years plus health and welfare fund contributions. Edward Fenner of the Chicago Truck Drivers Union says the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will present the demands in Washington. Current contract expires March 1 neural. If won, drivers' annual pay would rise from about 4.79 to 9.75 an hour, about 14872 a year by 1972. The demands aim to raise compensation without hurting profits or increasing prices.
Private services were held for Sheila Reid infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Reid of rural Coggon at Turner chapel east Cedar Rapids on Monday with a private committal. Surviving are her parents grandparents Everett Garrison Jot Walker and Pearl Reid of Cedar Rapids and great grandmother Grace Weber of Waterloo.
Expanding Tokyo based Japan Airlines expects a 30 percent rise in passenger and cargo volume over five years starting next year by deploying new jumbo jets.
Viola Iowa obituary for Florence H Wadsworth a Wink resident born February 16 1908 in Omaha Nebraska died Sunday widow of Vernon E Wadsworth survived by two daughters Mrs Paul Gaines and Mrs Edwin Hart three sons Willan Donald and Kenneth Wadsworth fourteen grandchildren and her father Harry C Fox. Services 1 pm Wednesday at Viola Methodist Church with visitation Tuesday at Murdoch chapel in Springville.
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