Hogs Fall From Thursday Estimates in Market Report
Unofficial Thursday receipts show 12 000 hogs 5 000 cattle and 2 000 sheep in Chicago volume while pork prices slid up to 25 cents and hog sow prices rose to 25 cents. Prime steers traded 30.50 to 30.75 with varying readiness across cattle vealers and sheep. Iowa figures note slower trade with top hogs at 18 75 and softer barrow and gilt ranges across weights.
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Des Moines
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U. S
Cattle Receipts and Prices Across Omaha Sioux City Markets
Omaha and Sioux City livestock markets report receipts around 3 500 in Omaha with price ranges for choice and prime steer and heifer loads. Cows steady to strong with various categories quoted including fed heifers and utility cows. Sioux City notes steadier trading for slaughter steers and heifers with some Monday losses reversed and bulls up slightly.
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Omaha
USDA
Sioux City
INS
Cedar Rapids hog market prices dip 35 cents Tuesday
C R Markets shows plant delivered prices for good No 2 butchers and sows down 35 cents on Tuesday. Meaty No 1 high yielding hogs may fetch up to 50 cents above these quotes while No 3 overfats could be 50 cents below. Poultry figures appear as scattered fragments.
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Cedar Rapids
Stocks Rise on Heavy Volume in Late 1957 Trade
New York stocks advanced toward year end as buyers and sellers moved prices higher on a day with heavy activity. Volume was about 4.1 million shares while key issues gained from fractions to more than a point amid year end tax-related trading.
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New York
Disjoint Market Notes on Butter and Pontiacs Prices
A fragmented market brief lists butter receipts and resale prices with grading figures and carton sizes. It mentions milk products by carton weight, 60 to 61 cents for creamery butter, and mixed extras with various weight ranges. Pontiac river valley stocks and miscellaneous supplies appear in scattered figures.
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Na Mandards
Micke Supply Modernine Marine Light
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Dake River Valley
New York
USDA
Grain futures mixed as grains slip and rise on snow
Grain futures closed mostly steady with some declines and gains as snowfall in the Southwestern belt curbed new crop wheat. Short covering and export sales supported some contracts. soybeans and oats showed mixed moves while rye and corn varied. Cash provisions showed No 2 yellow near 1.18 and oats around 71 to 72 cents.
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Chicago
Routine Checkup Nets Man Sought For Bar Slayings
Russell Carpenter, 21, wanted in a Washington bar double slaying, was arrested in West Palm Beach after a patrolman conducted a routine check of transients. Carpenter showed a wallet with matching photos and a driver’s license, and explained he separated from Henry Overton, 44, in Miami Beach. Overton died in a head-on crash near Wrens, Georgia, while fleeing authorities, with a sawed-off shotgun found in the wreckage.
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Russell Carpenter
Washington
Larry Wald
Carpenter
FBI
E. E. Graham
Miami Beach
Henry Overton
Overton
Wrens
Clse
Charles Wray
Georgia State Patrol
J. L. Knight
Ahead of Soviets Srygley Aimed for Space in 1919
V Srygley of Sheffield Alabama wrote the navy on June 7 1919 offering to explore space with the equipment needed. Navy aviation chief said the letter would be filed for further consideration and thanked him for his interest. He later resumed inquiries as space stories resurfaced.
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Sheffield
Ala
The
Navy
Casals Resumes Role for Audience in Puerto Rico
Pablo Casals played the cello before an audience in San Juan on Monday night marking his return to performance for the first time since a heart attack last April.
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Puerto Rico
Pablo Casals
Filing system prevails and sends copies of letter
Srygley notes the system provided him with copies of his letter and the reply. He claims no "I told you so" stance yet appreciates being ahead of the Rus/Sians, able to prove his foresight.
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Multiple Breakins Reported in Linn County Area
Four breakins occurred between 1 and 4 a.m. Tuesday in Linn County with two at Mt. Vernon and two at Palo. Stolen included fifteen cartons of cigarets from Bob's Mt. Vernon and minor cash from Richard Eye and Richard Kahler groceries. An attempted breakin at Marion Sun Mart left a rear-door lock removed.
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Linn County Sheriff's Office
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Marion Sun Mart
Man Fined 300 For Drunk Driving Guilty Plea
A 26 year old man, Charles L. Reynolds of 3203 Circle Drive NE, pled guilty to drunk driving. He was arrested Monday night on Old Marion Road NE at Miami Drive. Judge J. E. Heiserman allowed payments of 50 dollars monthly until the 300 dollar fine is paid.
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Circle Drive
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Old Marion Road
Miami Drive
J. E. Heiserman
Portland-area youth faces plea on False Check charge
Harry Kaufman a 22 year old Chelsea resident was given until January 4 to plead in Linn County District Court to a false check allegation. He is accused of cashing a worthless 150 dollar check on December 20 at a Cedar Rapids jewelry store. Betty J. Ryan 21 received a 30 day suspended term in Marion Municipal Court after pleading guilty to a false check with restitution ordered for 13 checks. Bruce A. Block 19 had a three month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to buying beer as a minor while home on leave. police arrested him Monday night in a Cedar Rapids tavern.
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Kaufman
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School Fire Sparks $3892 Damages Suit
A fire last April at the Jefferson high school construction site leads to a $3892.41 lawsuit filed in district court. Plaintiff R. F. Ball and Southwest Ball Construction Company allege Southern Fireproofing Company employees moving a burning salamander caused the blaze. Damages cover cleanup and repairs.
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Two Guilty Pleas Lead to Suspended Terms in Linn Court
In Linn district court Carol Ann Powell 18 of Marion and Glen Syverson 28 of Des Moines pleaded guilty to larceny and passing a false check. Powell received a suspended six month jail term conditioned on repaying 300 to Sun Mart. Syverson was given three months in jail with suspension after restitution for a false $20 check cashed July 30 at a Cedar Rapids service station.
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Cedar Rapids
Vandalism Reported At Martini Creek Cemetery
A sheriff's office report notes six tombstones toppled at Martini Creek cemetery about five miles east of Marion. Date of vandalism is unknown. A prior charge against Leslie Anthony for failing to obtain a county health permit before starting a private sewage system work was dismissed after the rule had not been officially issued at the time.
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Woman Struck by Car Injuries Lead to Driver Fine
Frances Sneberg aged 51 of 1606 M street SW suffered a broken nose and abrasions Monday afternoon after being hit by a car at Fifth street and Third avenue SE. She was treated at Mercy hospital. The driver, Paul Yulga of 2424 Southland street SW, was fined 15 dollars and costs in municipal court for failing to yield.
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Mercy Hospital
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Two Oelwein Men Accused in Festina Burglary
Two Oelwein men Richard Schuler and James Medlock are charged with nighttime breaking and entering in Festina. Both are held on $2000 bond in Winneshiek county jail after being identified by Mrs. Lensing and arrested near Decorah. They previously served time for car theft and were found with $162 cash when arrested. The burglary involved a Festina service station and a hidden safe later located five miles south of Decorah.
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Decorah
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Festina
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Alvin Thune
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Franco Links Ifni Rebellion to Red Infiltration
Madrid general Francisco Franco on New Year broadcast claimed the Ifni uprising is part of an international communist campaign to infiltrate North Africa and threaten Europe. He praised Spanish troops in the 741 square mile enclave on the Moroccan Atlantic coast and warned that a future war would involve all nations unless defenses are strengthened.
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Mrs. Mitvalsky Retires After 16 Years With Cedar Rapids Police
Mrs. J. J. Mitvalsky a longtime Cedar Rapids traffic department clerk known as Frances retired Tuesday after 16 years with the police force. She joined on November 1 1941 and handled accident reports meeting thousands of Eastern Iowans. Her resignation cites poor health in recent months.
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Cedar Rapids
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Bonn Leader Urges Return to Secret Diplomacy
Theodor Heuss urges a return to discreet talks to resolve East West tensions. He says public meetings amplify propaganda and cites past secret talks on the Berlin blockade and Trieste as models for quiet understandings, praising Kennan and warning against war as policy failure.
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Danger of Atomic Blast by Accident Nearly Ruled Out
Washington defense officials reject risk of accidental nuclear detonation as virtually zero. General Herbert Loper notes a mathematical chance of about one in three billion, while Pentagon sources clarify that SAC bombs can be armed in flight and do not require landing to assemble components.
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Noted Hollywood Nitery Is Closed
AP reports Giro's, a longtime Hollywood after dark hangout on the Sunset Strip, has closed after failing to secure capital. Bankruptcy Administrator James Smith says business was poor and assets will be liquidated to pay debts. H. D. Hover ran the venue since 1942 and warned last fall over high costs for top acts.
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Soviets Claim First Substantial Progress Toward Peaceful H Bomb Use
Moscow radio asserted that in 1957 the Soviet Union achieved the first substantial progress toward harnessing the H bomb reaction for peaceful use, signaling a milestone in nuclear research.
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Boy 14 Kills Black Bear at 300 Yards in Canada
Victoria British Columbia AP reports 14 year old Robert Eddy shot and killed a black bear at a distance of 300 yards while hunting with his father. The incident highlights hunting risks and youth participation in big game pursuits in Canada.
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B.C
Robert Eddy
Marion council accepts 1957 paving assessments in conditions
The Marion city council approved the 1957 paving assessment plat and schedule, finding assessments not exceeding 25 percent of property values. Mayor George H. Brewer announced public safety would be the only fund in the red. The body also granted street light installations at Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets and Fourteenth avenue, and tentatively approved Elmer Konzen and Warren E Read additions with paving petitions to follow.
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Twenty-sixth Streets
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Elmer Konzen
Twenty-fourth Street
Warren E. Read
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
Traffic Toll Drops Slightly for 11 Months in 1957
The National Safety Council reports 34,880 traffic deaths through December 1 1957 about two percent lower than the same period in 1956. The mileage death rate reached 5.7 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles, the lowest on record for this period. November toll was 2,530, down from 3,603 in 1956.
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Chaplin Sends New Year Greeting to Soviet Union
The Soviet Russia newspaper printed Charlie Chaplin's New Year greeting to the Soviet people. He offered best wishes to those of the Soviet Union and expressed hope that the New Year would bring lasting and global peace.
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Soviet Russia
Charlie Chaplin
Soviet Union
Clermont Woman 87 Dies at SUI Hospitals
Clermont Iowa obituary for Mrs Warren Harrington 87 who died at University Hospitals Iowa City after a months long illness. Services at Elgin Methodist Church with burial at Muelenthaler funeral home. Survived by husband three sisters and one brother.
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Henry Herwig
Cedar Rapids
G. D. Grimes
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Fleet Stanton
Huron
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Red Skelton Show Moves to Channel 9 Tonight
The Red Skelton Show airs on Channel 9 KCRG TV tonight at 9 30 p m with a new time slot announced for Tuesday.
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