Turnover at Three-Week Low in Irregular Pre-Christmas Trading
The New York Stock Exchange saw slow turnover of 9.58 million shares, the smallest since Nov. 30, as the Dow eased to a 0.98 drop. Ford held steady while Ling-Temco-Vought and Skelly Oil ranked among the most active with notable blocks. Chicago and Des Moines cattle and hog markets posted varied quotes amid light demand ahead of Tuesday deliveries.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Ford
Ling-Temco-Vought
Skelly Oil
ACF Industries
Cedar Rapids Market Prices Steady on Saturday Trading
C R Markets report Cedar Rapids prices held steady Saturday with Friday figures for live cattle at 17.50 to 17.40 per hundredweight for bulk country and plant delivered butchers weighing 200 to 220 lbs. Packing sows quoted 14.50 to 14.75. Weight-based deductions apply across ranges to 450 lbs plus. Eggs and poultry listed with assorted delivered prices including 1.02 per pound for No 2 yellow shelled and oats at 0.67. Soybeans at 2.55 per bushel.
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Chicago
DES Moines
USDA
Barrows and Gills
Cedar Rapidshoe
Joe Friday
Can Expect Progress To Speed Up Bunker Says
U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker says after eight months of progress in Vietnam the war may accelerate toward a settlement. He cautions no immediate shift in Communist attitude toward negotiations and says a Cambodia Laos expansion is not policy. He notes Thieu’s reform program exists but concrete actions depend on organization and execution.
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Bunker
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Thieu
Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
Livestock auctions report from Iowa markets
Federal State Market News Service notes three Iowa auctions with mixed cattle results. Slaughter cows up to 50 cents higher. feeder cattle uneven with some gains. steers show broad advance. Hog prices mostly weaker for a lighter trade. feeder pigs and dressed meats quoted with typical regional variations.
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Federal State Market News Service
Iowa
Frozen Pork Bellies Market Report From Lamson Bros
Open rish Low Close Pray and late February prices listed for pork bellies with multiple settlement points. Trading data shows March May July futures prices and volumes including 1,890 and 357 contracts.
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Lamson Bros
Voeltz Arrested For Theft Of Car In Cedar Rapids
Danny EL Voeltz aged 21 of Center Point road NE was held on larceny of a motor vehicle and hitting unattended vehicles. He allegedly stole a car from Mary F Gray on Knollwood drive SE, later struck a parked pickup, then a city vehicle, before being identified and arrested after returning to his home. He received treatment for a lip laceration at St Luke's.
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Danny EL. Voeltz
Center Point Road NE
Voeltz
Mary F. Gray
Knollwood Drive
J Avenue
Irvin Martinson
J Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
C R Man Held For Drunk Driving
Leonard J. Hopkins, 29, of 533 F avenue NW, was arrested Friday after a minor accident and charged with drunk driving. He was held in the city jail. Hopkins was driving south on Center Point road NE and tried to turn onto Forty second street when he struck Ronnie R. McFate of 1131 I avenue NE.
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Leonard J. Hopkins
F Avenue NW
Hopkins
Center Point Road
Ronnie R. McFate
I Avenue NE
Dike Man Dies In Fiery Crash
A Dike man, Kent Laberts, 20, was killed when a car crashed into a cornfield near Dike at about 2 30 a.m. Saturday. A second occupant, Charles Christensen, 18, was badly burned and hospitalized in Waterloo. The car exploded after the crash.
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DIKE
UPI
Kent Laberts
Harold Bowers
Waterloo
Charles Christensen
Christmas baskets and church notices in Marion area
The Evening club plans seven Christmas food baskets and the Lions club five more this weekend. Local ads list part time jobs, fire call details, and shop closures for Christmas Day. Multiple churches provide service times and sermons across Marion, with mass and Sunday school schedules.
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Marion Post
American Legion
Marion Lions
The
Legion Post
Lions Club
Three Hurt in Marengo Grash
Three Marengo men were injured in a one vehicle crash on a county road near Kotiza. Clement Slaymaker 34 was in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City with multiple injuries. Jerry Patterson 28 was in fair condition at St Luke's Cedar Rapids with a shoulder injury and a fractured left leg. Michael Schmitz 19 was in fair condition at Marengo hospital with lacerations. The pickup was owned by Leo Kelly Co and the driver was not immediately determined. Patrolmen Driscoll and Deputy Walters investigated.
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Clement Slaymaker
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Jerry Patterson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Michael Schmitz
Marengo Hospital
Leo Kelly Co
Tim Driscoll
Iowa County
Jim Walters
Two Injured in Head On Crash Near Draport Inn
A two car head on collision on Old 218 near the Draport Inn at 9 30 p m left two seriously injured. Charles Snenicka 25 of Otis road SE drove west. Kenneth Yeatsy 27 of Twentieth avenue SW drove east. Cooper 18 of Belle Plaine and Yeutsy were admitted with serious injuries.
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Draport Inn
Highway 218
Highway Patrol
Charles Snenicka
Otis Road SE
Old 218
Kenneth Yeatsy
Twentieth Avenue SW
Lnenicka
Mercy Hospital
College Cooper
Belle Plaine
Yeutsy
Miss Cooper
Fence Frustrates North Korean Intrusions at DMZ
SEOUL AP A new 10 foot fence of chain-link saplings and woven barbed wire blocks intrusions into the American sector of the Korean DMZ. Brigadier John Henson reports no infiltration since September completion after a period of border attacks from 1966 to 1967. Electronic warning devices line the fence as a Vietnam style barrier secures the area.
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Seoul
U.S
John Henson
Austin
Texas
Vietnam
Iowa Auto Plunges In Greek. Man Dies Near Salen Creek
Searchers recovered the body of a man thought to be the driver after a car plunged into Crooked creek south of Salem Illinois on a Friday night. The 1956 Plymouth with an Iowa plate bore Kenneth A. Vickers and Lillian Vickers as linked owners. A license found listed addresses in East Alton and Centralia Illinois with payroll stubs from International Shoe Co.
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Salem
Ill
Crooked Creek
Here
Tlinois 37
Marion
Williams
Kenneth JA. Vickers
Mr Belvedere Rings The Bell
Clifton Webb stars in CH to 9 Saturday night double feature at 9 30 PM on KCRG TV with a Saturday broadcast listing for a classic film segment.
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Mr. Belvedere Rings
Clifton Webb
Kcrg-Tv
Rookie Chairman Perkins Key to Johnson Victories
In 1967, Rep. Carl Perkins of Kentucky, new as head of the House Education and Labor Committee, steered major Johnson agenda items. He withstood Senate pressure to protect anti poverty and school aid provisions, reshaped conferees to favor rural districts, and secured broad passage margins praised by Republicans and Democrats.
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House
Johnson
Congress
Rep
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
House Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
New York
Perkins
Kentucky
Hindman
Senate
MecCormack
Inmates Escape From Nashville Jail During Gift Distribution
Six Nashville Metro jail inmates staged a rope escape from a third floor cell block as Salvation Army workers handed out Christmas gifts. They used a bed sheet rope to descend three stories after forcing Baucom to reveal a back door key. Three inmates were captured. three remained at large, including Leroy Bracey and Paul Baxter, with John Haynie also unaccounted.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville Metro
Salvation Army
Ralph Cruz
Ellis Baucom
Cruz
Baucom
Leroy Bracey
Paul Baxter
John Haynie
Great Falls
Mont
John McMannis
Gregory Brown
Everett Starks
Two Women Hurt in Center Point Crash on Ice Bridge
Two women were injured in a two car collision two miles west of Center Point Friday night. Rosita M. Wolfe and passenger Donna Blaise, both of rural Center Point, were admitted to St. Luke's hospital. Wolfe in fair condition and Blaise in fairly good condition, both listed with shock. Sheriff deputies noted Mary J. Parizek of Center Point swerved to avoid the Wolfe car on an ice covered bridge. no charges were filed.
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Center Point
Rosita M. Wolfe
Donna Blaise
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wolfe
Alburnett Man Charged With Drunk Driving After Bridge Accident
LaVerne McAtee, 53, was charged with drunk driving after a collision on a bridge north of Central City Friday night. Deputies said his car ran onto the sidewalk. he was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for observation Saturday morning.
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Alburnett
LaVerne McAtee
Central City
McAtee
St. Luke’s Hospital
Christmas With The King Family TV Special
An on air guide notes a COLOR broadcast of Christmas With The King Family featuring 46 members tonight at 8:30 on Channel 9.
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King
Channel 9
Loan Granted Benton REA for Iowa electric service upgrades
Rep John Culver announced the Rural Electric Cooperative in east central Iowa received a 241000 loan to repair facilities and fund six miles of distribution line for 44 new customers. The Benton County Electric Cooperative Assn serves seven counties with three miles of new tie line and 25 miles of existing line conversion plus reimbursement for approved construction costs.
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John Culver
D-Iown
Buchanan
Linn
Benton County Electric Cooperative Assn
Iowa
Culver
Jin
REA
Strike Looms at Clinton Engines
Machinists union Local 503 informs Clinton Engines Co that it will strike next Wednesday after contract expired September 22. Local President Gale Williams says management’s final proposal was unsatisfactory and workers have lacked a contract since.
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Maquoreta
UPI
Four Rinard brothers and associate get 30 days for assault
Four men pled guilty to assault and battery in Gilbertville. Donald Rinard 30, Kimmell Rinard 20, Gary Rinard 25, and Richard Stevens 21 were sentenced to 30 days in jail. They were involved in a fight with David Weyland 19 and Bill Nie 20.
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API
Gilbertville
Donald Rinard
Kimmell Rinard
Cedar Rapids
Gary Rinard
Independence
Richard Stevens
David Weyland
Bill Nie
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8Th Ave
William C. Larson
First Baptist
14Th Ave
Lawrence B. Sprankle
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Ralph E. Ryal
St. Joseph’s Catholic
William H.blessington
James J. McBride
Mark McGovern
Christian
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Peter M. Morgan
Christian Reformed
Jlibrary
Ascension Lutheran
Grand Ave
Roger W. Peterson
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
18Th Ave
Landis D. Gross
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Missouri Synod
10Th Ave
John D. Huber, Jr
Free Methodist
7Th St
Ronald W. Miers
First Methodist
Lloyd C. Kellams
Prairie Chapel Methodist Highway
Clyde C. Scott
First Presbyterian
Jean P. Hayter
Reformed Presbyterian
Robert B. McCracken
Church of God
9Th Ave
W. J. Kuryluk
United Seventh Day Brethren
2Nd Ave
W. Allen Bond
Marengo Grash
Marengo
Kotiza
Draport
Iowa Auto
John Beckler
By Don McLeod
Tommie
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