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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1964
Page
8
Chicago AP USDA reports show slaughter steers 25-50 lower, cows 50-100 higher, hogs mixed with barrows and gilts mostly 25 lower but heavier weights steady. Choice and prime lots price 21.50-23.00 for 1,000-1,400 lb steers. lambs 21.50-21.00 for 96-115 lb woolled types. slaughter ewes 5.59-7.00.
In Dallas, prosecutors and defense prepare Monday to select 12 fair jurors from 900 county residents for Jack Ruby's murder trial. Melvin Belli argues prejudice may bar many, while Judge Joe Brown plans extended voir dire and may move proceedings to a larger courtroom due to crowd and media interest.
Waterloo hogs drifted lower with butchers 15 cents down and sows steady. Top butcher quotes were 14.25 while sow prices held at 12.75.
U S Rep James E Bromwell of Iowas Second district was scheduled to speak at two belated Republican Lincoln day fund raising dinners in Indiana He would address a Kosciusko county rally in Warsaw at noon and a Porter county rally in Valparaiso at 630 p m Rep Charles Halleck was to introduce Bromwell at both events.
Clinton mayor Andrew H. Dall died after suffering a heart attack at his home and dying at a local hospital. The longtime public servant, in his fifth term as mayor, had previously served two terms on the city council before his 1955 election.
Notice announces probate of Alma Jane Steggall will dated February 26 1960 with codicil October 18 1962. Peoples Bank and Trust Co is named executor in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Creditors must file claims with Linn County District Court within six months from the second publication. Allen & Fisher of Marion Iowa serves as attorney for the executor.
Pastor Rev Ralph Tritle 33 and wife Beverly 32 died when their car left a county road on an icy curve and plunged 30 feet into a ravine five miles northwest of Peterson. Their children David 8 Dianne 7 and Barry 5 were injured and hospitalized at Spirit Lake. David walked to a nearby farm for help but the farmer was away. Tritle had served as pastor at Peterson and Royal since July 1, previously at Smithland and Ticonic.
A collage of church schedules across Marion area listings. Bethel Baptist Prairie Chapel Methodist First Presbyterian and others publish Sunday schools worship times sermons and youth activities. Also notes a home site purchase at 2350 Brockman Avenue and a Gazette want ad info desk.
The government dropped one of four charges of jury tampering against Teamsters President James Hoffa in Chattanooga. Special Prosecutor James Neal asked for direct acquittal on a charge Hoffa aided Nashville sandwich maker Lawrence Medlin, accused of offering a $10 000 bribe to a juror in the 1962 conspiracy trial. Medlin was among six indicted with Hoffa last May but will be tried separately.
Washington AP reports 700,000 added to unemployment in January raising total to 4.6 million. Weather forced about 3.4 million into part time work, an all time high. Yet the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that after seasonal adjustments the start of 1964 shows continued employment strength.
Harold Branson 42 of Marshalltown pled innocent in district court to an open murder charge connected to the shotgun killing of his wife Lacie 48. Trial set for March term with Judge J W Tobin presiding. Mrs Branson died January 24 from shotgun wounds suffered a week earlier during a domestic argument.
Suzette Burmeister, 20, of 718 Fourth Avenue SE, remained in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after a .22 caliber pistol fired while she sat in a parked car in Shaver Park NE Friday afternoon. She reported the gun discharged accidentally as she held it in her lap and she drove to Mercy for surgery.
Howard Bakken, 21, pled guilty to furnishing beer to minors and paid a $300 fine plus costs. James Peterson, 21, also of Decorah, was fined $300 and costs on a drunk driving charge.
Carol Ann Bodensteiner ages four died when she ran into the road in front of the family farm home three miles southeast of St Lucas and was struck by a car driven by Gregory Kuenner twenty six of St Lucas The driver faced no charges The girl was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Bodensteiner.
A double deck cattle truck overturned Thursday near Vinton at the junction of Highways 101 and 218. Driver Eugene Harper, 24, of Bismarck, charged with no chauffeur license and loss of vehicle control. His brother Dale, 30, injured slightly. one cow killed. The 72 cattle, average 550 pounds, spent the night at the Vinton sales barn before route to North Liberty.
Washington AP The space agency indefinitely postponed the seventh moon probe in the Ranger program. The blast off was set for month end but depends on a study of Ranger 6's failure to deliver television signals and other data.
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