Market Rally Ends Year With Hopeful New Year Outlook
New York stocks closed a brisk rally in the final session of a year marked by steep declines. Traders cited expectations of a Ford economic policy outline and a resumption of tax-related trading as reasons for the late-day uptick. The Dow rose 7.44 to 610.69 while the NYSE composite added to gains as volume remained active amid year-end reallocations.
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Union
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New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Westinghouse Electric
Late quotations from Iowa interests in a broad market list
The snippet compiles late quotations across various Iowa interests and companies alongside Chicago grain quotes. It mixes corporate names like United Fire and Casualty and United Overseer with diverse listed items, prices, and ticker-like strings, reflecting a dense trade page fragment.
Home on Leave and Local Notices in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids brief notices list service members on leave from Fort Myer and San Diego to Great Lakes, Navy, Peace Corps, and USS Nimitz assignments. Local thefts include cash from Miller's Automotive, a bowling ball and shoes, two space heaters, a suitcase with valuables, and two film projectors plus a drug box at Van Buren school. Also promotions for Beauty Bowl Salon, rental ads, and church group meetings.
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Charles Mrkvicka
Fisher Street
Hiawatha
San Diego
Great Lakes
van Buren School
Twenty-ninth Street
Cedar Rapids Hog Market Slips Across Weight Classes
Cedar Rapids hog market Tuesday fell from Monday’s prices as buyers paid 38.50 to 39.25 for 200 to 230 lb butchers, with heavier cattle discounted per 10 lb brackets. Packers and sows faced weight-based reductions, while other city notices report thefts, local ads, and grain quotes.
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Sioux City
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UPI
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Webster City
Waterloo
Transit Alternate Plan Study Authorized for Linn County
A consulting firm was authorized to develop alternate plans for Linn County transit after a BRW Inc. report analyzed existing systems. The study will identify markets, rely on bus ridership data, and consider extending service to nights and Sundays with shelters and more frequent routes. Worsfeld expects final recommendations by March.
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County Regional Planning Commission
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Commodity Prices Rise in Final Minute Trading
In Chicago, active buying late in the session lifted soybean oil to allowable limits and soybeans near a limit move. Oats, corn, and wheat futures finished higher as demand strengthened. Soybeans closed 10 to 19 cents up with January at 6.96. wheat up 5 to 74 cents at 4.59. corn up 3% to 4 cents at 3.4114. oats up 3 to 4 cents at 1.66.
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Wilson Plant in Cedar Rapids Escapes Major Cutback
Wilson & Co Cedar Rapids plant faced a pork oriented cutback with 40 percent of its operation involved in pork production. Slaughter halted at three plants, while Des Moines Marshall and Monmouth facilities announce layoffs totaling 550 workers. Cedar Rapids employment remains around 2300 amid uncertain demand for pork.
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Refugees gain entry to U S as stowaways linked to freighter
Two mainland China refugees who reached the West Coast as freighter stowaways were granted permission to enter the United States on Tuesday. Market reports from Postville and Waterloo show pork belies, cattle prices, and meat packing updates, while gold and silver quotations list New York values.
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Ruth Johnson Rites Planned In Central City
Ruth N. Johnson 64, lifelong Central City resident, died at home Tuesday. Born August 11, 1910, she married Marshall E. Johnson January 28, 1927 in Waterloo. Survived by husband, two daughters J R Carley of Marion and Jack Carley of Central City, three sons Billy and Richard of Marion and Ale John with the U S air force in Omaha, five grandchildren, one great grandchild, two brothers George Wilcox of Aitkin Minnesota and Paul Wilcox of Marion, two sisters Mrs Marvin Spinler and Viola Wikan of Central City. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at United Methodist church. Friends may call Murdoch chapel after 1 p m Wednesday. Casket not to be opened after service. Memorial fund established.
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Marshall E. Johnson
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