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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
12
Chicago cash markets show butchers up to 75 cents with hogs, sows and steers advancing. USDA reports huger receipts and steady to higher prices across cattle, hogs, and sheep with most categories showing gains. Des Moines data list top hog prices near $19.50 and variable carcass values for cattle and lambs.
Lamson Brothers and A G Hoelzen present grain quotations for Chicago markets. The report lists prices and bids from Cedar Rapids and national bank facilities, with contact details for broker inquiry.
Cattle receipts in Omaha rose with strong to higher prices for prime fed steers and good demand for stockers. Prime fed steers traded around 25.00 to 27.50 per hundredweight, with high choice to prime heifers near 24.25 to 25.50 and commercial cows 12.50 to 14.75. Vealers scarce, stockers active, bulls up to 19.00, and yearling stock steers offered around 22.25 to 27.50. Siou x City reports calves 800 and prime cattle steady to higher with steers 27.75 to 28.00 and heifers 26.50 to 26.25.
Cedar Rapids hog market quotations rose 25 to 40 cents higher for good No 2 butchers and sows sold plant delivered. Meaty No 1 high yielding hogs priced up to 50 cents over these quotes, No 3 overfats as much as 50 cents below, figures listed for various weights.
Stocks closed irregularly as trading volume around 2.6 million shares left gains and losses scattered. North American Aviation rose on news the air force ordered bombers capable of over 2,000 miles per hour, while other major issues fluctuated.
Summary of yearly company data from 1939 to 1953 noting 4 percent figures and references to Morris Ketx. The item compiles financial indicators across mid–20th century reports, focusing on percentages and annual figures within corporate disclosures.
Chicago wheat and soybeans showed mixed moves in light trading Monday. Nearby March wheat attracted flour mill demand while new crop grains benefited from favorable weather and a large 1958 crop outlook.
Chicago market report lists heavy hens at 15-16 cents, light hens 12-13, young hen turkeys 34, young toms 24, ducklings 28, geese 27-28, various cheeses and butter prices, eggs at 43 for white large, potatoes with Idaho russets at 3.75-3.90, bakers 4.00-4.50, and regional fruit and dairy receipts and prices. notes mixed shipment totals and current market activity.
A death sentence hearing for L. Ewing Scott was postponed to Thursday so the judge and prosecutor can review a new California law after Scott was convicted Saturday of murdering his long missing wife. No body has been found.
Secretary of Labor Mitchell said unemployment may rise temporarily this winter but there is no reason for a long lasting problem. He urged a shift to a steady economy with full use of workers and capacity, citing 1957 gains and the need for prudent wage bargaining and consumer demand support.
Weekend visitors include Wharton Glasnapp family from Kansas City and Cedar Rapids. Miss Virginia Van Camp dies in Phoenix. Local births, marriages, travel, and Christmas greetings noted. Funeral for Charley Heiserman of Independence. Mrs P H Shellenbarger dies in Montour. Community events mention library hours and local shoppers ads.
Former neighbors of the Marchant family attended the wedding of Suzanne Holmes and Thomas Marchant in Marion Saturday evening. A Linn County R.E.C.A. office closure is noted for noon on December 24. A brief note mentions Fidelis circle and Kings Daughters events scheduled, with no meeting this month.
President Nasser told a Port Said stadium crowd that imperialist countries with Farouk loyalists tried to topple his regime a year earlier. He named two former ministers and an officer who allegedly received 162 500 pounds to install a Western-backed government. He donated the bribe money to Port Said.
CHICAGO (UP) The National Safety Council says social drinkers and moderate drinkers are the main highway killers during holidays. They account for 55 percent of Christmas fatalities and 30 percent of off holiday deaths, with most victims being men drivers. The fatal actions include driving on the wrong side or in the middle of the road and ignoring signals. The council notes a 3 percent drop in early-year traffic deaths and urges extra care to save lives.
Bekes Megyei Memiugyujasag reports a Szeged special tribunal sentenced 21 rebels for planning a new counter revolution and overthrow of the people's democracy. Leader Prof. Pal Fekete got life, a former officer 15 years, and 19 others 2 to 13 years.
President Eisenhower received an unusual gift, a hand-worked 18 inch silver punch bowl engraved with Buddhist stories, from Burmese President U Win Maung who was visiting Walter Reed for medical treatment. The president said he would use it this Christmas for egg nog. The visitor, recently treated after a fall from a horse in Burma, described Eisenhower as in very good spirits and received an autographed photo in return.
The State Department wired Rockwell Kent offering a passport to Moscow if he would answer questions about past Communist affiliations. Kent, who has refused to answer such questions before, declined the inquiry and said he would not answer under any circumstances. He had sought a passport to attend a Moscow meeting marking the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Two American sailors Lester Hollis and Raymond Rouse said they deserted the French Foreign Legion after 700 miles of desert travel. They claimed Algerian National Liberation Front rebels aided their escape from Sidi Bel Abbes and Saida, and that about 12,000 Legionnaires had deserted since 1955. They reached Tangier where the U S consul general began discussions for their return.
A five day closed symposium at Sandia base Albuquerque starts January 6 to update 200 military and civilian doctors on medical effects of nuclear blasts burns and radiation. Attendees include top medical professionals cleared for secret material and civil defense officials will participate.
The January draft call lists two enlistments for the army with four more men slated for induction in Des Moines on January 16. Marvel L. McNary and William J. Barnts, both in their early 20s, were sent to Fort Carson for basic training. McNary, 20, of 515 Sixth Avenue SE, joins the Eleventh Cavalry, while Barnts, 21, of Monticello, will serve with airborne infantry.
In Davisville Rhode Island Dorothy Johnston reports pussy willows and other early bloomers like weeping willows and forsythia sending green shoots on the first full day of winter temperatures reached 51 degrees. She notes it as the first time such early signs appeared in her yard, marking a rare mild spell in late February.
Gov. Loveless said he will investigate the car dispatcher's office and may take personnel actions after the new year. The probe covers the maintenance garage bookkeeping hire of Herbert G. VrMeer and questions whether a second bookkeeper is needed.
The Iowa Executive Council refused to approve about one third of nine thousand two hundred thirty three dollars in office supply bills. Two thousand three hundred fifty seven dollars were too old and four hundred fifty two dollars lacked proof of receipt. Six thousand four hundred twenty four dollars were current and approved. Comptroller questioned whether the council ever ordered the supplies.
A collection of 35 Churchill oil paintings valued at 100000 arrived in New York for exhibits in the United States and Canada. The first show opens January 22 in Kansas City.
Washington AP Kennedy says a brand new investigation into alleged gangster infiltration of labor management fields in Chicago Philadelphia Miami New York and other cities is being pursued after field reports formed a pattern. He notes an important union is involved but won’t name it and points to racketeers and collusion at national and local levels.
A musical Christmas program titled A Musical Christmas on Lawrence Welk’s Top Tunes and New Talent Show airs Monday at 8 30 p m on Channel 9. The episode features holiday songs and fresh talent performances.
Joyce Abel, 23, a Greenwich Village hopeful from Knoxville, Tennessee, was found dead in her studio apartment after months of auditions and small parts. Her friend Jo Ann de Caron described the singer’s loneliness and repeated fear that she could not endure another Christmas as a failure.
Crossword style clues cover across and down entries including Hardy heroine and Green Hat heroine along with common words for essential being, acids with one replaceable hydrogen, and nautical terms. Includes clues for both directions and various wordplay themes.
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