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Chicago AP reports early soybean trading on Friday with modest moves as investors weigh supply and demand signals. Prices show slight shifts across futures, influenced by weather forecasts and export data.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1965
Page
16
Chicago AP reports early soybean trading on Friday with modest moves as investors weigh supply and demand signals. Prices show slight shifts across futures, influenced by weather forecasts and export data.
CHICAGO AP hog futures fell about 25 cents while slaughter steers held steady. Lambs rose about 50 percent amid thinner trade.
Grain quotations from Chicago show corn oats and wheat advancing with widespread price moves across commodities. The report notes activity in New York stocks and livestock pricing, highlighting regional market reactions and trading volumes.
The treasury said no fundamental change in gold and foreign exchange markets is implied by plans to seek legislative action on the 25 percent gold reserve requirement for domestic money. It called the rule an obvious problem and noted price moves stem from misinterpretations of official actions, while underlying factors remain unchanged.
Officials said results would be announced in late Saturday at the earliest after a meeting adjourned with the voting count. The rail merger involves the Rock Island acquisition, with North Western railway seeking to acquire it.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market Friday were weak to 250 lower. Thursday bulk 200 to 230 lb butchers were 15.75 to 16.00. Packing sows 300 lbs down bid 13.00 to 13.50. Prices vary by grade and plant delivery. adjustments apply for weight groups. French move seen as bookkeeping ad justment not dollar attack. Immigration service says a record 1.25 million people visited the U.S. last year.
In a decorous meeting, Jervis Longdon Jr. presided as new chair as shareholders debated a potential Rock Island merger. Expect prolonged action with possible FCC hearings and court fights, while a salary plan increases county workers' pay gradually over four years to align with the study.
In an informal Friday meeting, the supervisors agreed to implement the Jacobs salary survey and its recommendations. The panel also endorsed changes to county operating procedures and a switch to a twice monthly pay system for county employees who currently receive their pay in monthly checks.
Cedar Rapids Steel Transportation Co appeals in Linn district court after the state commerce commission revoked its truck operator permit for alleged failure to stop operations as a regular carrier. The supervisors described a county salary study that boosts pay to attract talent, noting examples of clerk and typist grades and ranges. The plan aims to avoid straining county funds while offering raises and new stock incentives for certain employees.
Marion board of education approved a one story seven classroom unit for Starry school addition at Thursday night meeting. The project will attach to the north end of the building with administrative offices included. Estimated cost is 154000 tied to a bond issue and amortization schedule.
Community rites are set for Nicholas Jones age 83 with services Saturday. The piece notes associated remarks by Gene Gordon of Durrant and J Bergquist of Dubuque on the building program with the board and mentions education and licensing matters involving Supt John Messerli and Cedar Rapids Steel.
Harvey P. Halder a 29 year old resident of 700 Thirty-fifth Street Marion was arraigned in municipal court on a larceny charge. He was given until next Wednesday to enter a plea and released without bond. Prosecutors say he placed coin size washers in half dollar wrappers and exchanged them for 40 dollars at Kresge store Lindale Plaza on December 21.
Members of the Independent Garage Owners Association met with Cedar Rapids schools director G. W. Eddings to discuss forming an advisory committee for a proposed adult auto mechanics school. The committee will be shared by garage owners and auto dealers to plan the new course.
Legal notices detail probate of Mason M. Kaupke's will in Linn County Iowa and an assessment hearing for Sanitary Sewer improvements in Cedar Rapids. The document lists court dates, property descriptions, resolved zoning changes, and notices for an estate administrator and legal actions related to the municipal project and final budget. Multiple names, addresses, and dates are included for official proceedings.
London delegate George Thomson Minister for State for Foreign Affairs will fly to the United States on Sunday to hold talks with U.S. officials on foreign affairs.
Jerome D. Harshman, 21, of 4412 Regal Avenue NE, pled guilty before Judge Charles Penningroth to breaking and entering. Sentencing was set for Jan 14. He allegedly broke into the R and R Conoco station at Town and Country shopping center on December 29 and was arrested after returning to the scene and asking what happened.
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