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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1966
Page
4
Market report shows barrows and gilts 25 to 50 cents lower in Chicago, sows down 75 cents to $1, while slaughter steers gain 50 cents to $2.25. Cattle and sheep also move, with mixed gains for hiefers and specials on prime and choice grades amid varied weights and receipts.
C R Markets notes steady Cedar Rapids hog prices on Saturday with Friday bids for bulk 200 to 230 lb butchers at 26.75 to 27.00. Packers sow bids for 300 lb and under at 24.00 to 24.25 with price adjustments by weight and grade.
Church listings show services at Bethel Baptist First Baptist Grace Baptist St Josephs Catholic and more with varied worship times sermons such as The People of God and So You Are Tempted. Also listed are Lutheran, Presbyterian, Seventh Day and other denominations plus family night and local business ads.
Philadelphia report notes English language newspaper circulation in the U.S. rose by 208 576 to 60 410 240 in 1965 per N W Ayer Son directory.
Davenport IA AP reports forecast sunshine and milder weather to melt the eight mile ice jam on the Mississippi near Quad Cities. About 20 tons of coal dust sprayed to absorb heat while Army engineers assess thaw signs and avoid downstream blockages.
Singapore AP reports Indonesian tanks and troops block roads to President Sukarno’s palace while helicopters monitor student protests. Kami banned. Moslem Students Union pledges support. army tacitly backing protesters unclear. Sukarno had outlawed Kami after three days of demonstrations and ordered a citywide curfew.
At the Blue and Gold banquet held at St. Pauls Methodist church and Hoover school, two Cub Packs announced recipients. Pack 29 honored twelve Scouts including David Prignity James MacGregor Jerry Geitler Randall Jones Joe Podzimek Jeff Dahn David Burns Patrick Hess Mitchell Haars David Alberts Kevin Skinner and Dale Simon. Pack 29 Awards to 12 Cub Scouts celebrated at Hoover School.
Gustav G. Pingel, 79, and his wife Lillian, 71, of Alden, were killed when their car collided head on with a cow truck on a Hardin County road six miles west of Iowa Falls. Truck driver Steven Elis, 28, of Galt, was treated for minor injuries and released.
Robert Dale Jessen, 50, of Strawberry Point, was charged by the highway patrol with drunk driving after being arrested near the town Friday night.
Rep. Kornegay says military casualty notices will come from the armed forces instead of commercial telegraph, changing the process for informing families. The statement was made Friday in Washington.
Notices in Linn County probate actions involve Minnie L. Bartosh Emma Heinbaugh Dorothy Parker Goebel and Alice Johnston estates. Executors named include Kenneth E. Stahle and Merchants National Bank with Pubic creditor claims deadlines and payment directions.
Mrs. Charles Kamp, 29, suffered cuts and bruises when the car struck a railroad signal bridge guard rail at the edge of West Union on highway 150 early today. Her husband, driving, apparently fell asleep and veered left. Kamp and their two children escaped injury. Mrs. Kamp was in West Union hospital.
Two retiring postmasters from Linn-Benton County were honored with inscribed plaques at a Cedar Rapids banquet. John Pazour of Marion and Willard Street of Center Point received the plaques from President Harold Fammelsburg.
The Senate confirmed Jack Hood Vaughn as Peace Corps director despite Sen. Morse calling him grossly incompetent. Morse also opposed Lincoln Gordon's nomination to succeed Vaughn as assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs, but both nominations passed by voice vote.
Miltoni Brown of Tama, 33, hurt Friday night while working on a retaining wall at a college campus construction project in Cedar Falls. He fell about 15 feet onto a cement surface and was hospitalized with a broken hand and leg injuries. Cigarettes were reported missing from a nearby store during the incident.
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