02 Feb 1959
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1959
Page
1
Chicago market roundup shows hogs steady to 25 cents higher with most gains on 230 pounds and under. Cattle and calves tally 20,000 and 100 respectively as steers hold, heifers weaken, vealers fall to 36.00 down. sheep remain mostly steady with various lamb and ewe price ranges reported.
Des Moines AP USDA figures show estimated receipts Monday 5000 and weekly 2000 with yearage 64500. Prices range for barrows and gilts 200-550 pounds from 11.75 to 16.85 per cwt across multiple grades and weight classes reflecting modest activity.
Cedar Rapids hog market quotes show good No 2 butchers and sows firm at a quarter higher, with No 1 high yielders 50 cents above and No 3 down 50 cents. New York steel and select issues drifted into irregular trading as volume neared 2.5 million shares.
A local TV segment on Channel 9 features Dr I Q demonstrating a payoff using silver dollars scheduled for 8 30 Monday. The quirky stunt highlights a playful puzzle style appearance on the station.
In Chicago the market showed soybeans down after the U S department of agriculture cut the 1959 parity price by 8 cents a bushel on Friday. Wheat rose modestly while corn and oats slipped and rye declined, with soybeans posting declines across the board on Monday trading.
Betty Rinderknecht of Marion Route 3 has been named a candidate for women's day president at Iowa State College on February 11. Mortar Board selected her and five others based on scholarship and activities. Rinderknecht is a senior home economics journalism major and former secretary of Cardinal Guild Senate. She serves on the WRA executive council, social bureau and Student religious council.
Mrs. Bruce H. Fulton 48 of Springville a former Marion resident died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born Alma Taylor in Colorado June 24 1910 she married in Illinois 1928. Surviving are husband two sons a daughter a brother and a sister with services planned in Marion.
Stolen items include a $40 overcoat from Danceland. a $90 binoculars theft from a car. a $28 microphone from a wrecker truck. and a $20 aircraft compass reported at the municipal airport. Community updates note speaker events at Roosevelt, Montrose Sheraton, and local business bulletins.
A Gazette brief reports Dr. George Albright 77 of Iowa City, an ENT specialist, dies. It notes Mrs. Manley 76 and Mrs. Glass visiting, CBs on local surgeries and hospital stays, a fireplace fire causing damage, and upcoming local meetings and tax clinic events.
Des Moines AP reports Sen. Jack Schroeder says a joint Senate House GOP caucus may be held this week to discuss a liquor by the drink referendum. He will confer with House floor leader Clark McNeal to gauge Republican sentiment while opposing the costly measure.
Cedar Rapids annexes eighty acres to west city limits under council approval. The farmland tract at the southwest corner of Wiley boulevard and Vinton road NW includes two houses. Owners Arthur A Bezdek and Sylvia A Bezdek sought voluntary annexation without a public vote.
The Voice of Firestone presents a memorably broad all ten program lineup on Channel 8 highlighting classic performances and demonstrations. The broadcast emphasizes Firestone’s tech and audio heritage for listeners.
A lost package of St Patrick's day craft samples disappeared last week from a Playground Commission truck between Riverside recreation center and the east side center. Recreation Supt Nevin Nichols asked anyone who finds the package to call the recreation office EM 48121.
Iowa congressman Leonard G Wolf proposes a two year military draft extension and gains support from Adlai Stevenson who argues the current draft offers quantity over quality Stevenson spoke in Denver while Wolf toured Des Moines Elkader and Washington calling for floor support to block a four year extension and proving the plan sound and viable.
Penick and Ford buys seven minute frosting mixes breads and pie crust mixes from 6 O clock Foods Inc in Norristown Pennsylvania. The purchase expands Penick and Fords line of SWEL creamy frosting mixes.
Mrs Anna Hajsman known as Mrs Peter Cech died at age 89 after a brief illness at her Swisher home. Born in Czechoslovakia she married Nov 14, 1890. husband died Dec 6, 1957. Retired farmers, they moved to Swisher in 1946. Survived by daughter Mrs Joe Lamparek and three sons Emil Edward Milo all of near Fairfax. Services at Brush chapel 1:30 Wednesday by Theodore B Hlubucek. Burial Ander son cemetery near Swisher. chapel Tuesday.
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