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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1977
Page
16
New York traders saw a modest advance as the Dow Jones 30 rose to 984.38 amid a cautious mood. Gainers edged losers with Big Board volume at 14.6 million shares as investors weighed post holiday confidence and recent economic news.
The AP reports late national price data for New York stocks with wide moves across major names. Investors watched notable shifts in AmEx, Citigroup, AT&T and large industrials as market leaders posted varied gains and losses in a fluctuating session.
Des Moines area students excel at Coe College Kohawk Invitational with Ottumwa High School earning the traveling sweepstakes award. Valley West Des Moines and Creighton Prep place second and third overall. Cedar Rapids Washington and Jefferson students reach advanced rounds and finals in extemporaneous and oratory events.
Cedar Rapids market shows higher hog bids with 200 to 230 lb butchers at 37.50 to 38.25. Sows around 30.50 to 31.00 while lighter and heavier weights feature varied discounts. Cattle and sheep quotations follow with steers and heifers in the 29 to 38 dollar range and lambs at 44 to 50 dollars, plus grain and produce price notes from Des Moines Chicago and Webster City reports.
Fire officials investigate a Sunday evening blaze at 3840 E avenue NW Cedar Rapids caused extensive damage to the living room and garage of a one story frame house. The home is owned by Albert H. Goodyear and occupants were believed to be John Goodyear and Bob Thompson. Fire started under the living room floor near electrical boxes. no one was home when the fire started and a passerby alerted the department.
Cedar Rapids items include dean's list honorees Kay Ku dart and Karen Askren at Wheaton College in Wheaton Indiana. Police reports cover burglaries, thefts, and a missing microwave at Kirkwood Community College. Military assignments and graduations note airmen at bases in Colorado and Missoula, with postdated events like a postponed Kennedy High vocal dinner and a preschool story hour. Travel ads announce Florida Bahamas tours and a Hawaii tour, plus local lost items and public notices.
Snyder Van R Snyder district six engineer for the Iowa department of transportation will receive special recognition from the Cedar Rapids Marion Chamber of Commerce at its annual dinner Saturday night at the Roosevelt Royale He will be transferred to a similar post at Atlantic Tickets for the event must be picked up by 5 pm Friday No tickets will be sold at the door James Mortensen vice chairman and CFO of Young and Rubicam Inc New York will speak On this date in 1861 Florida seceded from the Union.
A YMCA affiliated group of youngsters has begun a contract to scrape gum and other stubborn substances from the 2,518 star shaped plaques on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame. The effort aims to improve the appearance of the famed sidewalk for visitors and local residents.
A Cedar Rapids federal court selected a jury Monday in the case of Glenn McClintic 44 charged in a scheme involving about 36000 in merchandise fraudulently obtained and disposed of in the Cedar Rapids area. Co defendants Scott Voeltz and Robert Braumann are expected to testify for the government.
Michael C. Cox a 19 year old of Marion went to Linn county jail to hand out a friend but was jailed himself for using blasphemous and obscene language and resisting execution of process after a friend arrested for drunken driving could not be released until sobered up.
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