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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1965
Page
11
Tuesday estimates show USDA receipts for cattle hogs and sheep. Chicago and New York markets report losses in steel and equities with overall activity mixed. cattle and hogs steady to higher in some zones. lumber and iron trades show declines amid wide price moves.
Soybean prices fell sharply on Monday while feed grains trended lower. Receipts for the period reached 85 000 with week-ago and year-ago comparisons, and Saturday totals at 53 000, reflecting broad price declines across Chicago and New York wholesale markets with mixed results in eggs butter and potatoes.
Market notes list Chicago wheat and soybean bids alongside corn futures with No 1 and No 2 grade oats. Prices shown include No 3 yellow and No 2 extra heavy white oats with figures around 11 05 and related grades.
In Macugnaga near the Swiss border Italy five children of British atomic physicist Dr Clement Green and his wife Rosemary perished when a wood stove overheated in their ski cottage. The parents were dining out when flames erupted. Children named Miranda 9 Rina 9 David 6 Dominique 5 and Matthew 3. Police said the fire likely started from the overheated stove. Palice recovered three bodies and searched the ashes for the remaining two.
Cedar Rapids hog prices fell with bulk 200 to 230 lb butchers at 15.25 to 15.50 and 300 lb packers sow bids 13.00 to 13.50. Quotations vary by grade and delivery at the plant with weight-based reductions.
Ralph M. Davis, 25, was found unconscious in his car on Nevada Route 17 between Reno and Virginia City. He was in fair condition at a Reno hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder from a fast draw mishap during target practice, wearing a fast-draw holster. Davis had been visiting his sister in Reno.
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China reelects Liu Shao-chi as president and Chou En-lai as premier at the national people's congress. New China News Agency cites the decision.
A KC-135 jet tanker with four crew aboard crashed and burned about three miles north of Limestone Maine near Loring Air Force Base. Public affairs said casualties were not yet known.
The Kennedys became the Senate’s first brother pair in 162 years as Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Kennedy of New York joined the chamber. Edward, 32, is the youngest senator, while Robert, 39, had won the New York race after leaving the attorney general post. Edward returned to Washington after a Florida holiday with his wife Joan and daughter Kara, walked with a cane, and visited his brother John’s Arlington grave. The last sibling duo served 1890 to 1903 with Theodore and Dwight Foster from Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
In Wilmette, Ul. AP report says 18 year old Harrison Crouse, a University of Illinois freshman, will plead not guilty to murdering his parents and teenage sister. His attorney Frank Ferlie said Crouse has not signed a confession and claimed the defense will proceed with an innocent plea. The hearing in Chicago felony court was continued to January 12.
YAKIMA Wash AP vandals cut down an 85 foot community Christmas tree set up December 11 on a downtown street divider. The tree toppled into traffic, knocked over lights, and the culprits fled before dawn.
Notices include annual meeting for Bohemian Insurance Association Cedar Rapids Linn County reading 1964 statements officers elected, probate of wills for Lucille Fettingwell and Elly Jasper Morris, city council public hearing on annexation and ordinance 125-64 127-64 to condemn property for franchises, with detailed city staff appointments and job titles listed. The publication, dated January 1965, runs in The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Folcroft, Pennsylvania residents Horace and Mrs Baker, the first Black family in Delmar village, recount harassment since moving in sixteen months ago. A recent unsigned Christmas card from neighbors expresses support, amid ongoing unease and vandalism occurrences. The Bakers plan to stay and seek ordinary citizenship despite hostility.
A special committee in Pisa has collected global suggestions to electrify the Leaning Tower of Pisa bells to stop dangerous vibrations and stabilize the cathedral on unstable soil. The plan aims to end the tower's steady drift and preserve the historic site.
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