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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
4
Chicago cattle and hog receipts fell while prices rose. Slaughter steers and heifers gained 25 to 75 cents weekly on 26,000 cattle receipts. Butcher hogs advanced 50 cents to $1 on 31,600 hogs this week. The AP also reports a wholesale price index drop to 165.80, with 350 commodities tracked.
Slaughter steers and heifers show prices by weight and grade including prime high choice and regular choice ranges. Hogs and sows list varying weights and quality brackets, with barrows, gilts, and 2 and 3 grades detailed. Sheep and lambs report wool and shorn categories with price bands across multiple weight classes.
Yesterday's Quotations notes Friday wholesale carrot beef prices with steer prices for 600-700 pounds at 38.00 and 700-800 pounds at 37.50 while choice heifers 500-700 pounds bring 37.00. Heifers were steady and steers were weak according to USDA data.
C R Markets reports Cedar Rapids hog market hold steady with Friday quotes for 200 to 220 lb butchers at 19.50 to 19.75 dollars and 300 lb down packing sows bid at 15.75 to 16.25. Price adjustments apply by weight and grade, with downgrades from 220 to 500+ lbs and for different weight bands.
John Vanlandingham, 46, a blind attorney, was named Friday to the Maricopa county superior court. A Kansas native who earned his law degree from Washburn University in Topeka in 1944, he has been blind since age six and came to Arizona in 1947, later serving in the state legislature in 1963-64.
Lucky the six month old 160 pound lion cub intended as a Christmas gift attacked Maynard Hudson and Kenneth Burkhart in a Centerville tavern after calm behavior for about 30 minutes. Burkhart fired killing the animal as Hudson tried to remove it. Both men were treated and released from a hospital.
New York trading closed with a slight loss as selling pressure edged ahead of buying in a turbulent pre holiday session. Volume stood at 7.47 million shares, down from 8.57 million a day earlier, and the Dow Jones average fell 2.57 points to 799.10. Wilson Co led activity, dropping 4 to 61 on 276000 shares, amid profit taking after LT V bid news earlier.
Gary Greene of Mechanicsville, 26, suffered smoke inhalation when his bed caught fire in his home about 1130 p.m. Friday. He was treated and released at a Cedar Rapids hospital.
Bing Crosby hosts Kate Smith and Bob Newhart on The Hollywood Palace at 8 30 PM on Channel 9 in color.
Albania reports via its official communist organ that a pro-Peking faction has organized within the Soviet Union and circulated a pamphlet denouncing the Moscow government. The notice notes the split within Communist ranks and charges public dissent.
Shar on Eldridge, 18, of Clare was fatally injured when her car veered off a county road and overturned about five miles west of Fort Dodge. She was alone in the vehicle.
Norman Golb reports a 900 year old Hebrew parchment indicates a Provencal army killed a Narbonne family in Monieux near the Italian border during the First Crusade. The letter describes a husband's death in the synagogue and the kidnapping of two children, linking Narbonne and Monieux with later events around Rouen and Clermont.
Marion fire department sprayed 530 Christmas trees with a fire deferent mixture amid a campaign that started December 14. Firefighters expected little activity Saturday and noted the count is below average due to area groups offering spraying services. A separate crash sent Roy Meier, 17, to Mercy Hospital with possible rib injuries after his car struck a parked vehicle at A Avenue and South Fourteenth in Marion. Lost Collie Sandy: 377 3918. Reward. Merry Christmas from Fritz Sorg and family.
Local church schedules list Sunday worship times and sermon topics from Bethel Baptist First Baptist Grace Baptist St Josephs Catholic Christian Lutheran St Pauls Lutheran Free Methodist First Methodist Prairie Chapel First Presbyterian Reformed Presbyterian Church of God Seventh Day United Seventh Day Brethren plus notices of Edison and Sorg pharmacies closing for Christmas with emergency contact numbers and a 30 day furlough for Thomas Umbarger staying with his sister. New want ad number 369-1234.
Iowa City police and sheriff's department officers delivered a $50 cash gift and toys to widow Mrs Ronald Lipsius and her children after the fatal May 16 shooting of grocer Ronald Lipsius at Clover Farm Food Market The gesture came from Johnson County crews and state patrolmen while a suspect was sought in the case Monticello crash leads to charges for Geneva Lou Young and Charles Fred Clark after a rear end collision near town with one driver charged for losing control and the other for failing to yield the right of way
Denise and Leah Presbrey receive a brown puppy with a note asking others to care for Samantha. The Petersons, after consulting, decide the young children can give Sam a home for Christmas, renaming the foundling Samantha to Sam.
Dennis Curley, 18, of Oxford Mills was charged with failure to have his car under control after his vehicle left county roads one-quarter mile south of Oxford Junction. The car traveled 335 feet down a 40-foot embankment and rested by a Wapsipinicon river bridge. Curley was unhurt. Highway Patrolman Tom Tonner investigated.
Probate in Linn County Iowa admits the will of Merle L Dorland dated 1952 with Nora Roberta Soukup as executor. Creditors must file claims within six months from the second publication or be barred. executor to collect debts and pay estates. James M Allen appointed administrator of Richard Lyman’s estate with claims to be filed within six months from second publication. Cedar Rapids attorneys Keyes Crawford & Bradley represent both estates.
Probate No. 32977 for Raymond E Lineweaver deceased. Notice calls all indebted parties to file claims with the district court within six months from the second publication dated December 21 1966. Attorney for administrator is Robert F Wilson and Joan E Lineweaver signed as administrator.
Administrator and notice to all interested parties in the estate of Marian K Douglass Deceased to present claims to the Linn County district court as provided by law and be barred after the date shown. Dated December 31 1966.
On December 14 1966 the will of Esther Marie Huntington deceased was admitted to probate in Linn County Iowa with Shelby A Groth named executor. Creditors must file claims with the clerk within six months from the second publication. others may respond as required.
Probate of the will of Maybelle L. Collier was admitted in Linn County Iowa on December 2 1966. The Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids is named executor. Creditors must file claims within six months after the second publication and actions to set aside the will must be brought within one year.
Notice to creditors that Ruth M Nemecek died and will admitted to probate on June 6 1960. Ruth Maxine Cadwallader and Dolores J Smith named executors. Objections to probate must be filed within six months from the second publication. Attorney Carl Hendrickson represents the executors Cedar Rapids. December 1966.
Mrs Welk and her four grandchildren appear on The Lawrence Welk Show tonight at 7 30 on Channel 9. The program airs in color and features the Welk family as guests.
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