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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1967
Page
4
USDA estimates show Monday receipts of 12 000 cattle 17 000 pigs and 1 000 sheep in Chicago. Slaughter steers edged higher while butcher hogs and wool slaughter lambs fell, with price ranges listed for various weights and grades. Des Moines reports slow demand with steady to lower hogs and varied futures for dressed meats across regions.
Chicago markets list frozen pork belly prices with February and March figures, highs and lows, and closing ranges. In Jersey City a bandit used a business ritual to rob Mueller Macaroni Co stealing 24640 after forcing a signature and bank transfer, driving off with the victim in a car trunk.
C R Markets report Cedar Rapids hog prices 25 cents lower Saturday with Friday bids for 200-230 lb butchers at 19.00 to 19.50 and 300 lb down packing sows at 16.00 to 16.50. Cattle and sheep quotes list various grades and weights with discounts for overweight cattle and fat cows. grain and poultry prices also noted. Delivered prices listed. Des Moines AP notes Luther College student Nea D Carroll, 20, Ottawa Illinois, elected president of the Student Iowa State Education Assn.
New York stocks rose on Friday with the ticker running three minutes late at the close. The market opened higher, faced early profit taking in the afternoon, and then attracted more buying. Volume reached about 12 million shares, up from 10.72 million the previous day.
A 16 year old Cedar Rapids boy was arrested Friday night after police found him intoxicated following a basketball game at Regis high school gym. He was charged as a juvenile with intoxication and resisting arrest for struggling with officers. He said he found a whisky bottle on his way to the game. He was held overnight and released to his parents Saturday morning.
LOS ANGELES AP Smog officials warned that oil and gas burning power plants in Los Angeles County must switch to new fuels or nuclear generation as the basin’s boilers cannot increase. The smog chief warned that without better controls smog will persist and utilities must expand beyond existing sites. SEATTLE AP Three polar bear hides worth 750 each and a zebra skin valued at 100 were stolen from a taxidermy firm Friday.
Five workers remained missing after a fire on a Gulf of Mexico gas well drilling platform about 35 miles southeast of Cameron Louisiana. Ten workers were aboard the platform when the blaze began with an explosion from a spewing diesel laden deck. R E Campbell reported escaping with others by breaking a window and sliding down a hose to a boat landing. Ozee Monk leaped about 100 feet from the rig. A nearby helicopter dropped lifejackets to Monk and three others in the water. Two men were reported in critical condition.
Detroit probate judge orders Henry Wade of Dallas and two Texas officials to show cause April 3 why Jack Ruby's personal items should not be released. Earl Ruby seeks pistol, clothing, watch, ring, and cash reportedly held by Wade. Estate involves possible $100,000 film contract. James Decker denies possession of Ruby items.
A vehicle struck a telephone pole 442 miles north of Marion causing injuries to two 18 year olds, Neil Krejci and Dennis O Connor, and knocking out service in Alburnett Coggon Prairieburg and Central City. Krejer charged with reckless driving. Police report the outage was restored by 9 a.m.
Lyle M. Geske twenty four of 618 Third Avenue SW sustained serious injuries in a single vehicle crash in the 4400 block of Bowling Street SW Friday night. He was hospitalized at Mercy, then University Hospitals in Iowa City, with head and chest injuries and facial lacerations. Police said his car left the road, hit a railroad crossing marker, a culvert, and an embankment. The accident remained under investigation Saturday.
Two men were injured in a two car collision on highway 38 three miles north of Monticello at about 7 p.m. Friday. Leo J. Wicke of Cedar Rapids and Roger J. Pratt of Monticello were hospitalized with injuries including a lacerated knee, broken nose, back and rib injuries, and possible chest injuries. Deputy John Wright and Patrolman Kenneth Carter investigated and said Wicke swerved into Pratt’s northbound path. a third car was involved. The case remains under investigation.
A pre-sentencing investigation was ordered Friday in district court in Waubon, concerning Damon Sickles 31 of Lansing who pled guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a deadly weapon after a knife incident in a Lansing tavern last month. Probation officer George Murray will conduct the investigation and report back on Feb. 17. Sickles remains jailed in lieu of bond.
Marion residents are urged to remove cars from streets to allow snow plowing by the street department. Vehicles left over 48 hours on a street will be ticketed and removed to permit plowing. The Gazette Want Ad Number is 369 1234. Adv. End Youth Week at Baptist church features a skit Who Won Tom Fisher and talks on What My Church Means to Me. Federal and state, $4.38. Both husband and wife. 30th year. 364-5573. Frank Gorup, 1004 17th St. NE. Adv. Buys Site Kendall Craft Homes buys land at 2800 North View Drive McGowan's Country Club addition. sale by Thomas E. McGowan real estate. Adv. Various church notices list service times and sermons across Bethel, First Baptist, Grace Baptist, St Joseph's Catholic, Christian, Lutheran, St Paul's Lutheran, Free Methodist, First Methodist, Prairie Chapel, First Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian, Church of God Seventh Day, United Seventh Day Brethren.
A car crashed into a bridge abutment on a Jasper County road near Colfax on Friday night killing Morris William McClay 40 and his mother Iva Pear McClay of rural Bondurant. LaVon McClay 45 and her son Wayne 12 also of Bondurant were reported in good condition at Newton hospital.
Bids were opened Thursday on a proposed Rienow IE men’s dormitory at the University of Iowa. The 523-bed, 12-story building would mirror Rienow I, with a construction budget of 2,175,000 dollars. Low bids came from Fane Vawter 2,029,866 West Des Moines W A Klinger 2,132,887 Sioux City and Kinderknecht Construction 2,134,943 Cedar Rapids. Five other bidders submitted bids. awards await the state board of regents decision.
Classified listings show obituaries in memoriam notes nursing homes and services plus lost and found items including purses cats and glasses. Vendors advertise monuments discounts and rental services with contact numbers for Ken Buresh Sears and local nursing homes in Mt. Vernon and West Branch Iowa.
Robet Kessler family expresses gratitude for military service, hospital staff, and mourners after the death of a husband father and brother. Mary Venneman family thanks friends relatives neighbors and donors for sympathy floral offerings and spiritual cards in their bereavement.
Wayne Begg 41 principal of Ankeny high school was elected vice president and president elect of the Iowa State Education Assn over Richard Sorensen 42 superintendent of Marion. About 400 educators at the delegate assembly approved three legislative proposals including opposition to using public funds for transport of private or parochial students, support for a civil service system for state employees, and backing for reorganizing counties state government commissions and school districts.
Pam Rackowicz, 21, of 1017 Mt. Vernon road SE, suffered minor injuries in a two car accident on Sixteenth avenue SW Friday at 8:45 p.m. She was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Larry G. Zeman, 19, of Cedar Rapids, drove the other car, with Jerry L. Tauber, 24, of 1635 Fourteenth avenue SE, cited for moving a parked vehicle when unsafe to do so. Tauber fined $10 and costs in municipal court Saturday.
An inmate, John W. Piper of the men's reformatory, pled innocent in district court to assault with intent to commit murder. No trial date was set. The charge stems from a Dec 11 1966 razor assault on fellow inmate Joseph Hibner, who faced January release.
A two car collision at Third avenue and Tenth street SE on Saturday at 9 15 a m left Henry H Davis 26 of 1012 Ninth street SE and Duane Ampey 30 of 1207 Tenth avenue SW with minor injuries. Both were treated at St Luke's hospital and released. Drivers Davis and Roger L Stull 22 of Luzerne were involved Stull faced a charge of failure to stop for a flashing red traffic signal.
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