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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1952
Page
13
Chicago and Omaha livestock reports show hog prices falling 35 to 75 cents as total supply hits new peak since 1950. Cattle and sheep values vary, with cattle steady to lower and sheep markets weak, while hog receipts reach around 24,000 head in Chicago and Iowa figures show price declines across weight classes.
Kansas City market shows cattle counts around 13 000 with 1 400 calves and mixed slaughter cattle. Prices drift 50 to 75 cents lower on many steers and cows bid patterns uncertain with some bulls steady to strong and vealers holding firm, early sales showing some high value loads. Sioux City reports 9 300 cattle with steer and heifer prices weaker. best choice steers around 28 50 to 30 50 with bids off more on some offerings.
New York markets rose with autos leading advances as trading hit about 1.8 million shares. In Cedar Rapids, hog prices fell a quarter, while cattle and sheep sectors showed varied quotes for weights and classes across the market with several firms and components listed among the quotations.
The Treasury will sponsor courses in Maine junior and senior high schools to teach students how to prepare income tax returns, aiding families with filing accuracy and speed.
In Cross City Florida a 23 year old hunter shot and killed his father W H Rosier of Gainesville as he prepared to butcher a deer. Sheriff L E Hatcher called the incident an accident and identified the son as Bob Rosier who had just returned from Korea.
John A. Rosenberg seventeen year old fullback last fall pled innocent Monday at a traffic court arraignment on a reckless driving charge. He was released on three hundred eighty dollar bond with trial set for Wednesday morning. Rosa Rosenberg?
Moscow radio reflected on 1952 and claimed one Russian worker was 40 years ahead of himself. Pavel Bykov, a lathe operator, reportedly completed 1991 schedules, a leap forty years forward in a single year.
A midday selling squeeze pushed wheat oats and rye to new seasonal lows. Wheat finished down about 14 percent, corn near flat to up, oats and rye down, soybeans also lower, with cash grain prices and feed values noted for various classes in Chicago.
Live poultry activity shows market steady to firm as 27 trucks report prices. Hens, springs, fryers, and broilers across multiple breeds and weights with varied cents per pound. Cheese, Batten, carrots, potatoes, and New York produce figures noted with mixed receipts and price ranges.
Sunday morning two car collision on Avenue and Third Street injured six people. Among the injured are Madge Osterhaus Frank Osterhaus Elizabeth Liebold Don Liebold and Robert Loss. Loss faces driving without control charge, pled innocent and bond set at 15 dollars.
Lloyd Hendrickson Jr a Marine from Cedar Rapids now in Korea was seen and heard on CBS See It Now Sunday. He talked from a Foxhole on a mountain top near the front lines with Edward R Murrow as a camera crew filmed and flew to New York for the report.
AP reports Orville A. Hitchcock of the University of Town was elected executive secretary of the American Theater Association in Cincinnati on Monday.
Last of seven escapees from Washington State Penitentiary were captured by state police in Oregon after tunneling out a week earlier.
Harry J. Kiesling won the annual Christmas home lighting contest sponsored by the Playground and Recreation Commission and the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company for a near life-size lighted manger scene with recorded music. The display at 3330 Southland Street EW earned grand champion honors.
The army said it will grant emergency leave to servicemen overseas when a death or serious illness in an immediate family requires the service member to be home. Free transport prioritized by urgency. funerals not scheduled to be attended. policy aims to address past objections.
Washington AP report states Kansas will march first in the January 20 inaugural parade, designated as home state by Eisenhower. California follows as Nixon’s home state. other states enter in order of statehood. Each state and territory plans a float for the "Crusade in America" theme.
A fourth witness was jailed for nine months for refusing to answer questions before a federal grand jury probing the Brink's robbery. Paul Hooley of Boston begins term January 5. His wife Mary seeks appeal on a two year sentence. she is related to Joseph Specs O'Keefe, chief suspect. Donald O'Keefe and John H. Carlson also received prison terms.
The Iowa Health Department asked the Iowa Executive Council for 36950 dollars to reimburse 12 cities for fluoridation equipment. The council sent legal questions to the attorney general for advice. Cities chosen include Audubon Clarinda Creston Eagle Grove Fairfield Harlan Hartley Indianola Iowa City Knoxville Manchester and Perry.
Kenneth Cornell 53 former district superintendent for the Illinois Gas and Electric Company died suddenly Sunday at his Moline home. He began with the gas company in 1923, worked in Marion from 1937, later served with the Red Cross. Surviving wife a son Kenneth Jr Davenport and daughter Mrs Robert Justus Gainesville Fla. Services Tuesday at Knox Trimble chapel Moline. The page also lists local club meetings movers and visitors including George Reynolds death in Minneapolis and a string of local social notes and notices.
A Cedar Rapids recital showcased piano solos and vocal selections. Performers included Katherine Zamistil Carole Dutott Jeannette Dibble and Stephanie Munger with over a dozen local students from Marion such as Carole Davis Peggy White Dianne Batchelder Kay Batchelder Ethel Pearson Anita Pearson Ronald Franklin Barbara Franklin Mary Andersen and Judy Welper.
Linn County draft officials announce a January quota of 15 men to be sent from Zedar Rapids by bus on January 15. Only 20 year olds will be called, with no induction before turning twenty. The February call is expected to rise to 53 000 nationwide for the army. No January physical exams have been received by the Linn County board.
The Rev. W. H. Becker, 64, longtime superintendent of the Lutheran Home Finding Society of Iowa, died after a lingering illness at Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge. He led the society from its inception until his retirement in October. Survivors include his widow, two daughters, and a son the Rev. Wilbur Becker of Waterloo. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
State Auditor Chet Akers announced Edward Kellemyn of Pella will become chief deputy after January 1. Kellemyn succeeds Frank Hansen who has held the post 14 years but is in poor health. Hansen will become assistant building and Joan supervisor.
Ledger style compilation shows scattered ads and notices including lost items such as a diamond ring a Hamilton wristwatch and a green parakeet, plus service offers for jewelry repair tailoring nursing and home care. many listings lack full details but indicate local businesses and residents posting brief notices for replacements repairs and needs. The OCR fragment also includes rental items auto services and general classified sections with oblique references to mortuaries monuments and out of town ads.
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