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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1968
Page
4
Market reports show Friday delivered hog prices for 200 to 230 lb butchers at 18.25 to 18.75 dollars with packers and sows priced by weight and grade. Monday estimates from Chicago and Des Moines AP USDA data indicate varied butchers and sow ranges, with cattle and sheep also noted across regions.
Two Mt. Vernon fire trucks responded to a grass fire at the Don Henik farm two and a half miles south of Mt. Vernon. A small farm building was damaged as officials said a trash fire apparently got out of hand and spread into the grass.
British Prime Minister Wilson arrived in Ottawa for talks with Canadian Prime Minister Pearson after stops in New York and Washington. He planned extensive discussions with Pearson on a busy Saturday as part of a broader round of heads of state talks. Earlier this week he spoke with Soviet Premier Kosygin in Moscow and with President Johnson on issues from Korea to Vietnam.
ATHENS AP The military government banned corporal punishment in schools throughout Greece Friday. Education Minister Theofylactos Papaconstantinou said in circular beatings are anachronistic and a penal offense. He cited many parents complaints about children being beaten for discipline.
Vienna AP reports Czechoslovakia's communist party admits grave political problems between the Czech majority and Slovak minority, signaling tension within the federation.
Masonville resident Gladys Massingham, 42, suffered head arm and leg lacerations in a one car crash Friday night. Her vehicle climbed a bridge railing half a mile south and east of here on a gravel road and flipped over. she was listed in fairly good condition at Manchester hospital.
Federal-State Merkel News Service reports on two Iowa cattle auctions. Feeder steers and steer calves show mixed to steady prices, heifers weak to 50 cents lower. Slaughter cows rise 50 to 3.00, demand and quality vary. Feeder steers by weight range from 24.50 to 27.90 per cwt for light animals, with higher prices for heavier lots. Calves and stock cows priced per head or per head ranges, with feeder pigs steady in pattern area and varying per head and per cwt values across weight classes.
Tampa officials dissolved the White Hats youth patrol after rioting. Mayor Dick Greco cited pay and leadership issues as factors, noting three of the five leaders faced serious charges while another moved out of state. The program had formed after June riots, with volunteers donning armbands and white helmets to urge calm.
Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger headline a color feature night at The CK on the first. a 9 Saturday night double with The Little Hut and more. Admission lists a $30 price.
AP reports the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen strike against three major lines ends as carriers agree to increase half of train crews. Missouri Pacific Texas & Pacific and Seaboard Coast Line had walked out over crew size. Union cites safety and collective bargaining success.
A Greyhound bus and a car collided head on on U S Highway 1 in Vero Beach Florida early Saturday killing Walter Jones 37 of Ypsilanti Michigan and seriously injuring John Sheridan 30 of New York. Twenty six bus passengers were hospitalized four admitted others treated and released. Deputy Ronnie Williams witnessed the 2 28 am crash noting Sheridan’s car crossed the four lane road into the bus in a no median lane area and a flag was present.
Argentine officials blamed Communist groups for attacks on the U S and South Korean embassies on Friday, with investigators focusing on possible ideological motives and pursuing leads to identify suspects.
Marion independent board of education set March 14 as the date for voters to decide whether 15 million should fund additions to the high school and Washington elementary buildings and to construct a new elementary school. Polling places: Emerson school for residents north of Seventh Avenue and Lincoln for those south of Seventh. The board accepted petitions calling for the bond vote.
A slate of Sunday services and worship times across Marion churches includes Bethel Baptist on 1000 3rd Ave with Rev. William C. Larson. First Baptist on 2895 14th Ave led by Rev. Lawrence B. Sprankle. Grace Baptist on 440 5 15th St with Rev. Ralph E. Ryal. St. Josephs Catholic on 995 5th Ave with multiple priests. Christian and Christian Reformed churches on downtown and 1298 7th Ave. Ascension Lutheran on Grand Ave. Lutheran Church of the Resurrection on 2770 18th Ave. St. Pauls Lutheran on 10th Ave. Free Methodist on 7th St. First Methodist on 8th Ave. Prairie Chapel on Highway 13. First Presbyterian on 8th Ave. Reformed Presbyterian on 15th St. Church of God Seventh Day on 9th Ave. United Seventh Day Brethren on 2nd Ave. Services range Sunday school 9 to 10:50, worship 10:30 to 11, with evening services often 7:30 or 7.30. Sermons include topics such as Lincoln's Religious Convictions and The Scarlet Cord.}
DES MOINES AP A 1.7year-old Roosevelt high school student was arrested after police and Iowa narcotics agents seized marijuana pep pills depressants and suspected LSD from his car and home. He was charged with possession of narcotics and stimulant or depressant drugs and released to his father for Polk county juvenile court appearances.
Twenty four people were plucked from two lifeboats and a liferaft in the Atlantic after abandoning the listing freighter Charny Quebec 550 miles off Cape Hatteras. They were taken aboard a rescue vessel and reported in good condition. A separate Liberian freighter Pegasus leaked 30,000 tons of oil and drifted oil slicks toward the coast while a tug towed it.
Israeli soldiers killed three Arab saboteurs who mortared a settlement and tried to flee after the attack, according to AP reporting from Tel Aviv.
In Linn County Iowa Edward J. Renak appointed administrator of Joseph Bednar estate the filing of debts and six month bar period. second probate notice to Agnes A Madden will executor Francis Snider appointed with six month filing period and one year for actions to set aside the will. both notices dated February 1968 with Cedar Rapids attorneys Lynch Dallas Smith Harman representing executors.
Probate in Linn County Iowa lists Emma Just deceased. Creditors must file approved claims within six months from second publication or be barred. Administrators Anthony Just of Walker, Iowa and Toddville, Iowa, with Kubitek Novak Kubice Attorneys of Cedar Rapids represent the estate. Second publication date February 17, 1968.
Probate notices in Linn County name Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids as executor for Nels Fagerstrom with probate set, creditors to file claims within six months, and bid advertisements for street resurfacing in Cedar Rapids with specifications on file and bids due after ten days. City Clerk Harold G. Schacter dated February 7 1968. publication dates February 9 and February 16 1968.
Probate notice announces Agnes Blazek deceased. asserts administrator Joseph W. Blazek asks creditors to present claims by law for allowance. filed in Cedar Rapids Iowa with attorney Imogen B. Emery. second publication February 17, 1968.
Probate of will for Chester A Ankney appoints Leo R Ankney as executor. Creditors urged to file claims. actions barred after six months from second publication. Iowa Cedar Rapids matter includes municipal election notice for Shueyville February 1968 with sample ballot and updated commissioners.
Federal and state tax services offered with pickup and delivery options. Includes personal tax service in home and office tax service providers. Also lists job ads for office manager and carpenter work with contact numbers.
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