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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1957
Page
42
Estimated salable livestock receipts for Tuesday show 8 000 cattle 8 500 hogs 3 000 sheep. Hog prices fell 25 to 50 cents with under 240 lb weights down most. sows scarce about 25 cents lower. Cattle receipts 16 000 with steers up to 1.00 higher and heifers up 50 cents. cows and bulls up to 50 cents. Slaughter lambs 25 cents higher with good to prime lambs at 19.00 to 21.50. Grain quotations listed by Lamson Brothers.
Omaha market receipts 15 000 cattle 400 calves vs week ago fed steers and fed heifers steady to higher strong to 50 cents higher cows up to 25 cents bulls and dealers steady stocker and feeder cattle light supply up to 50 cents higher high choice to prime fed steers 21.00 to 21.50 some above 22.00 course choice steers 18.75 to 20.50 good to low choice 16.50 to 18.50 choice heifers 18.00 to 19.25 good to low choice 16.00 to 17.75 utility and commercial cows 10.75 to 12.50 canners and cutters 9.50 to 10.75 choice stock steer calves 22.00 stock heifer calves 19.00 good and choice stocker and light feeder steers 17.00 to 19.25.
Readable bits show commercial broilers priced at 15 cents per pound for 2 to 3 percent weight, springs under 4 pounds at 12 cents, heavy springs at a similar range, and hens under 5 pounds at 50 cents? plus various cockerels and older stock. Grain prices include No. 2 corn at 1.14 dollars and No. 1 yellow soybeans at 82.24, among other grain figures.
Timothy bought Red Tape for 17 dollars and Al sike for 40. Sweet Clover liow and White priced 11 and 12 dollars. Alfalfa Northern Common listed 32 dollars, Red Clover 3000 dollars, and another 32 dollar item appeared.
The market eased slightly in quiet late Monday dealings with volume about 1.7 million. Leading issues fell fractions to around a point while some issues rose against the trend. General Motors set a new 1956 57 low.
AP USDA market notes show steady wholesale creamery prices with mixed grade scores. Unsettled quotes for roses and assorted extras list weights from 38 to 48 pounds with color variations and standard checks around 29 to 30 cents per unit.
Receipts and prices for poultry eggs and dairy show steady markets. Buttered items list capons ducklings and loaves with varied cent per pound ranges. Inventory includes eggs white large and mixed large extras with standard sizes. beef and pork items referenced along with shipments and arrivals across U S regions.
Receipts show 8 700 with slower trade for steers and heifers and uneven early sales. Prices drift higher by 25 cents on some offerings while high dip and prime lots attract best action under 100 pounds. Cows are active and bulls steady. good stockers and feeders visible with several steer and heifer lots in the mid teens to upper teens per hundredweight. Location noted Sioux City with scattered regional activity.
Grain prices in Chicago showed irregular movement led by flour market talk and oil market signals. Wheat rose 1 to 2 cents with March at 2.33, corn mixed, oats steady to down, rye up, soybeans up around 1.5, and lard 7 to 13 lower for March.
Chicago AP reports bid quotations for wheat and corn with No 1 yellow at 1.3044 dollars, No 2 at 1.304-2, No 3 at 1.261-29, oats at 1. heavy white at 8142, No 1 extra heavy white 82 cents, and soybeans with soy bean oil at 1.354 per cwt and soybean meal at 45.50. Barley nominal with malting choice at 1.304-0 and feed at 1.072-4.
Estimated receipts Monday 60 000, week ago 58 000, year ago 89 000, actual Saturday 31 500. Trading fairly active. Prices for butchers under 200 lbs steady to 50 cents lower. Heavier weights and sows mostly steady to 25 cents lower. Top 17.00. Barrows and gilts by weight ranges with prices listed. Sows by weight ranges listed.
Seven residents from eastern Iowa enlist in the armed forces four to the air force two to the army and one to the marine corps. Air force recruits train at Lackland Texas including Robert D. Comried Ernest D. Riggle Darrell R. Tracy and James R. Worley with Worley also listed as airman third class due to prior reserve training. Army enlistees are Joan I. Olds and Curtis F. Cummins with Olds heading to Fort McClellan Alabama and cryptography school at Fort Gordon Georgia and Cummins to Fort Chaffee Arkansas then neuropsychiatric training at Fort Houston Texas. Marine recruit Donald D. Nelson proceeds to San Diego California.
Senators O Mahoney and Watkins propose transferring unfair trade practice oversight from the Agriculture Department to the Federal Trade Commission. The bill would cover meat production and distribution as well as soap soybeans poultry leather and glycerine. They accuse the department of burying anti trust complaints and show hearings found a lack of enforcement since the 1935 Packers and Stockyards Act.
The senate judiciary committee recommended contempt citation against Ludwig Rajchmann, Poland’s U.N. delegate, for refusing to honor a subpoena from the internal security subcommittee and leaving the United States. Subcommittee counsel suggested Rajchmann might have been a Soviet spy ring figure from the early 1940s, while he served as a financial adviser to the Chinese Nationalist government. The note also promotes a TV segment titled Legacy of a Hero on Broken Arrow Channel 9 Tuesday at 8.
A cryptic crossword style puzzle with across and down clues. The clues cover a wide range of definitions from literature and myth to everyday objects, including plants, metals, animals, tools, and cultural terms. Answers likely form a connected grid of intersecting words.
Waterloo hog market report shows steady to lower prices across weights with top at 16.50. Buyers note widespread quotes from 13.75 for light hogs up to 16.35 for 190-220 pounds and 14.00 for 500-550 pound sows.
Iowa Tax Commission official Earle Sloan Smith resigned after a Des Moines traffic case in which he pleaded guilty to reckless driving speeding and driving without lights. He had been fined 83 dollars and was arrested in East Des Moines as a state car struck light poles.
Marion students excel at the Maquoketa FFA contest with James Stanaway earning a gold rating in public speaking and the Marion team led by James Burns winning gold in parliamentary procedure. Nile Anderson took a silver in extemporaneous speaking and Weaver Simonsen a bronze in creed speaking. The district contest happens March 16 in Monona with Bruno Rinas guiding the group.
Des Moines AP Henry Gruemmer 42 Wilton Junction promoter sentenced to five years after a February jury conviction for fraud filed notice Monday to appeal his conviction and sentence. Appeal goes to the U S circuit court of appeals in St Louis.
Community notices list adults meeting at Marion High School to discuss tax issues and possible district merger, square dancing at Marion Rural School with potluck, and various social events. Also reported are births, hospital updates, and local business ads including Storms Ben Franklin.
The Iowa Executive Council referred Dr. Frank R. Peterson of Cedar Rapids for $196 travel expenses to the legislative claims committee. Peterson, a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, traveled to New York in October 1955 during his official duties. Council members noted the request should have been filed within 90 days.
Cedar Rapids detectives investigate an alleged assault on a 12 year old girl reported Sunday. The victim said a youth at knife point forced her into a nearby garage and attacked her while returning from a store about 7 30 p m. Detectives are checking youths matching the girl's description.
Postponed Jackson school meeting and a string of local notices cover residents’ activities. Mrs. Alex Noble undergoes surgery at St Luke’s. Oscar Anderson recuperates at home after surgery. Dutch treat Air Force Mothers dinner at Nick’s restaurant. Canopus club luncheon at Sheraton Montrose. Square dancing at Monticello Legion hall. Border Veterans potluck at Memorial building. John Donnelly to speak to Alpha Kappa Psi. Dawn Schuldt earns high honors at Cornell. beginner and advanced speech reading classes offered by Cedar Rapids Hearing Society. correction notes on Hubbard Milling plant location on Cran die line. New hospital transport for teratment of injured toe. Free flower plants advertised by Pier son’s Florists.
Wilbur Chapman Baker 46 of Spirit Lake, who fled Iowa to avoid a 30 year term for first degree assault with intent to murder his wife, was arrested in Argentina. The governor’s office was notified by the U S state department and Iowa will seek his return to serve the term.
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