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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1970
Page
4
The session closed with a Dow drop of 3.96 points to 798.11 and the Associated Press notes a softer close across industrials rails and utilities. Chicago livestock prices show hogs and cattle varying with mixed bids and high volume speculation across multiple weight classes.
Market notes show prices for various cedar products and weights from 250 to 300 pounds. Packers quoted at 25 cents per pound with price ranges and weekly shifts noted. Health and grain prices appear in the same column alongside livestock weights and sales, including steers and hogs.
DETROIT AP reports a listing of auto production by makes with figures and rankings. Details cover manufacturer output, domestic and foreign brand shares, and shifts in production during the period.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy will address Trinity College Historical Society in Dublin in March during the bicentennial celebration. The U S embassy confirmed Friday that he accepted the invitation.
Paris confirms a sale of fifteen front-line and bomber aircraft to Libya with later deliveries planned. The contract bans transfer to other states, a point experts say is hard to enforce. Egyptian officers reportedly accompanied the Libyan delegation to Paris, fueling Israel’s fears that French weapons could reach Egypt through postwar channels. French diplomats at the Big Four talks in New York plan to push for formal adoption of peace points next week.
A legal notices item from The State of Iowa outlines estate matters and executorships. It lists individuals such as Priederich and others, with details about will acceptance, guardianship, and court proceedings, noting deadlines for appeals and related filings.
Fort Benning AP reports a hearing on defense motions in Lt. William L. Calley's My Lai massacre court martial will be postponed up to 15 days as two Army lawyers conducting an on site inquiry fail to return by January 15, five days later than planned, a reliable source said.
The Williams Travel Trailer Co. building in Cherokee was destroyed by fire on Friday night. John Williams, president of the firm, was working on a family boat when the blaze started and was burned on his arm and leg before escaping through a door panel. The fire destroyed a stock of campers and trailers and manufacturing machinery. Williams estimated the loss at about $50,000.
A fragmentary church directory lists services at Grace Baptist Bethlehem Catholic Ascension Lutheran and others with times and pastors including The Rev Don R Martin and The Rev Roger W Peterson. A two car rear end collision on Seventh avenue near Second street injured Susan M Wilkins and charged Timothy L Buttolph for following too closely.
Marilyn Rouse 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Rouse of Vinton died today in Rochester Minnesota at St Marys hospital from leukemia after year long illness. Survived by parents a brother Donald of Vinton a sister Mrs Jim Jessop of rural Vinton and grandmother Gladys Berry of Covina California Born May 1 1954 Services Tuesday at 2 pm Bethlehem Lutheran Church burial Evergreen Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home handling arrangements
Independence authorities report two injuries after a two car collision on highway 20 at about 1 10 a m. Loras John Freiburger 19 of Delhi drove head on into Bernadine Shannon 34 of Independence as Freiburger tried to pass a truck. Bernadine Shannon and passenger Richard Knowles 15 suffered facial cuts. Freiburger had minor injuries.
Larry E. Ary, 29, of Mt. Vernon, held in city jail on grand larceny charge for the Oct 20 theft of six adding machines valued at 1200 from Cedar Rapids Engineering Co, 92 Seventeenth Street NE, where he was employed. Ary held pending arraignment.
Police report Phil s Texaco station was broken into between 3 20 and 4 50 am by sawing three bars from a south side window. Three cash register drawers containing 50 dollars each and two money bags with checks and bills were taken. Estimated loss 30 to 400 dollars. authorities call the incident a Walk Right In style break in.
Frances Leaper, 68, longtime Springville resident, died Friday in a Cedar Stupids hospital. Born February 3, 1901 in New York City, she married Elmer Leaper in 1996 in Rock Island. he died in 1963. A member of the United Methodist Church of Springville, she had no survivors. Services at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Murdoch chapel in Springville, with burial at Norwich Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Senator George Murphy 67 walked from a clinic with a clean health bill for reelection. He finished a weeklong examination in Triday hoping to end health as a campaign issue as his hoarse voice from 1966 throat surgery lingers. In Rome, over 400 Italians have left Libya settling in refugee camps in Italy since the military government overthrew King Idris on Sept 1.
Eastern Iowa report states the state department will run breath alcohol schools for peace officers across town beginning Monday. Two sessions will be at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winneshiek County, Cedar Rapids area sessions run 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on consecutive days. Sessions require attendance of one three hour block daily. An Elkader session is set 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on January 28, with additional sessions in Cedar Rapids covering noon and 7 10 p.m. time slots.
Conrad E. Lawlor of Des Moines, district director of the speakers bureau, announces a small business conference to be held near Cedar Rapids at the Town House in February. The event features notable speakers and aims to boost local enterprise.
A rural Linn County youth was taken into custody Friday afternoon after threatening his parents with a shotgun. Deputies arrived west of Central City, the boy emerged with a firearm, moved toward a barn, then surrendered the weapon. Case will be referred to Linn County Juvenile Court.
Ford plans to close its 45 year old Dallas assembly plant on February 27 citing high modernization costs. The facility employs 300 salaried staff and 1,600 hourly workers. A spokesman said every effort will be made to relocate all employees.
UPI reports a western Algeria landslide destroyed 292 homes and cut off four villages. The disaster struck after heavy rains following a Saturday evening quake, isolating towns as relief teams moved in. Couples and families face uncertainty amid damaged infrastructure and limited access.
Reference may be made with Harold Ewoldt at the Chamber of Commerce for further information.
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