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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1978
Page
16
Fragmentary United Press data shows a dense stock listing with company names and percentage figures. The readable items include various firms and price or percentage data, but OCR corruption obscures complete meaning and context.
A mixed stock session saw the Dow slip 4.42 to 770.96 while the NYSE composite fell to 49.72. NASDAQ rose to 102.22 as trading volume cooled, signaling cautious sentiment amid credit-tightness speculation.
Trade moderates with hogs mostly steady to lower across Iowa and Nebraska markets. No. 1 200-230 lb hogs 46.50 to 48.50, sows 38.25 to 42.00. estimated receipts 65,000. Chicago Mercantile futures show soybeans down 1–2 cents and corn down up to 7 cents, with Cedar Rapids processor quotes. Omaha quotes hogs 195–250 lb 47.75–48.25, sows 43.00–45.75. cattle and calves insufficient to test trade with Monday receipts projected.
Recovery group for nervous and former mental patients meets Monday at 1 p m in the basement of First Christian Church. Topic is Patients Choice. Open to the public. Advertisers note discounts on plants and autos. Shaklee delivery service. Ticket info for theater and events. Easter shopping and travel ads. Community notices include a pancake breakfast and store openings.
Activities at the Marion Community Center are scheduled all week with multiple groups and times. Highlights include High School Completion classes, various dance groups, and community meetings at multiple venues such as the Nazarene Church and Olde Barn Players. Call numbers are provided for missed deliveries.
The city will keep ice skating rinks open as weather allows. Ameri can Legion Park sliding hill is in good repair. Sunday gym programs at Linn Mar High School and Vernon Junior High will continue through March 12 from 2 to 5 p.m. Kenneth and Mrs. Smith sold their 340 11th St. house to Joe Butterfield and wife, possession Jan 23.
Isabelle Pottier a French foreign exchange student from Bordeaux will address the Linn-Mar AFS chapter Monday at 8 pm at the Educational Services Center. The public is welcome. YMCA Marion schedule lists non aquatic family gym at 1 pm and pool family swim at 1 pm.
Delivery issues due to transmission problems caused missing regularly scheduled stock for today's edition. Several items could not be included and readers are advised to check later editions or updates from the newsroom.
A United Mine Workers member, John Hull of Patoka, 33, was killed in a gun battle between strikers and non union workers outside the Bowersock Mine on State Route 57 near Petersburg. Police reported no immediate arrests as investigators questioned witnesses after the incident during the coal strike.
By order of the Cedar Rapids City Council sealed bids are invited for well pumps at Well Nos. 4 and 9 East Side Well Field. Bid deadline February 22 1978 at 9 a.m. in City Hall Council Chambers. Bids must include a 10 percent bond and comply with Iowa Affirmative Action and bond requirements. The city may reject any bid and reserves rights to seek a bid that better serves the city.
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