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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1967
Page
4
Livestock prices moved unevenly last week with lambs up 24 cents and most hogs and cattle showing declines. Slaughter hogs and sows eased, while cattle showed mixed gains and losses across weight classes amid steady to weak demand in Des Moines and Chicago trading corridors.
The Iowa state tax commission mailed about 100 refund checks on Friday as overwithholding last year left thousands awaiting refunds. The first checks ranged from $2 to $20 with a $100,000 case getting a higher amount, and about one million residents are in the tax records since January 1986.
C R Markets report Cedar Rapids hog prices Saturday were steady to 25 cents lower. Friday’s quotes for 200 to 220 pound butchers ranged from 19.25 to 1475 dollars, with sows around 15.50 to 164. Packers show reductions by weight and grade with declines varying from 25 to 40 cents per hundredweight as load weights rise.
Manhaliz received a prison sentence in Linn district after pleading guilty to passing a false check. The court imposed penalties related to a bad check incident involving Marion service and other alleged fraud charges.
The Schenandoah police found a couple dead in the sleeper berth of an empty semi truck owned by AL and VeoCo of Worthington Minnesota. The truck had been parked at the Marin Hovedarn restaurant since Friday morning and no one could explain the cause of death.
New York stocks closed higher after an early loss marking the ninth straight gain era. Traders shrugged off selling as volumes rose with YW million shares traded, following news of consultations in New Delhi on Vietnam peace talks.
Paul Taylor of 1663 Tenth street NW was fined 100 plus costs after striking an unattended car parked near Jefferson High School. Municipal Judge Loren Bul linger Jr ordered the youth to work for the city at 1 dollar an hour to pay the fine. He reportedly left the scene after the collision Thursday afternoon.
Bahamas leader Lenden Pindling, 36, selected to form a government after PLP victory. Governor Sir Ralph Grey praised him as best able to command majority support. The election left an 18 18 hung assembly with the United Bahamian Party-led bloc and Fawkes party member backing Pindling to secure a slim margin. Brasnen reportedly named speaker.
Des Moines reports the state board of regents accepted a 90090 bequest from Eva M Byerly to aid Cedar Rapids public high school graduates entering the University. The Eva M Byerly student fund pays up to 590 dollars per award with annual awards depending on assets.
Secretary Udall has restored the portrait of Albert B. Fall, a Teapot Dome scandal figure, to the interior secretary portrait gallery. Fall died in 1944, was convicted in 1929 of a $100000 bribe, and served one year in prison. The damaged painting was found in a dusty storage crate and rehung with other secretaries.
A chaotic OCR fragment outlines proposed measures by the Civil Aeronautics Board to require airlines to ensure seats for every passenger and to address aircraft seating shortages. It mentions satellite communications and regulatory actions, with references to North America and flight shortages.
H and R Block Co opens tax service office at 460 Ninth Street Marion residents can access services there. George's Gourmet Pizen House and Restaurant begins Friday night at 720 Tenth Street with Bob Laughlin as manager. Gazette ad number 369-1234 lists contact details. Cedar Rapids Executives Assn names Richard Russell as president following Thursday Roosevelt Hotel meeting. Russell succeeds Henry Mlatejka, with Oral Gleason as first vice president John A. Barlow as second vice president Edward C. Rudin as secretary and Wilmer Ross as treasurer.
A roundup of worship times and sermons from Marion area churches including Bethel Baptist First Baptist Grace Baptist St Josephs Catholic Lutheran Church of the Resurrection St Pauls Lutheran Free Methodist First Methodist Prairie Chapel First Presbyterian Reformed Presbyterian Prime Church of God United Seventh Day Brethren with services on Sunday and weekend offerings.
Texas Supreme Court upholds Fort Worth refusal to allow mothers to solicit funds for the March of Dimes. Court bars District Judge Craik from granting injunctive relief and reviews the city ordinance empowering rejection of fund raising projects with overhead above 20 percent.
University of California and state college leaders suspend fall term admissions for 1967 as President Clark Kerr asks chancellors to hold new enrollments while Gov. Reagan presses a 10 percent budget cut. Student bodies plan letters and rallies draw thousands.
Russell A. Williams aged 18 of 3720 F avenue NW received two 15 day jail terms for intoxication and resisting an officer. Judge Loren Hullinger Jr ordered concurrent sentences. Williams was arrested at 12 12 am Saturday in the 100 block of Third street NE after struggling with officers at police headquarters.
A miscellaneous shower for Diane McCalley was hosted Thursday at the Frank Luse home with co hosts Jacques Luse Mrs Clarence Meggers and Mrs James Fitzgerald. McCalley will wed Richard Loring Lesh of Dallas Texas next Saturday. She is the daughter of Ray C McCalley and his wife formerly of Marion.
A Saturday fire in a doctor's lounge at a Memphis hospital forced the evacuation of seven mothers and 29 newborns from a nearby maternity ward. The blaze, confined to the lounge and starting in sofa stuffing, left the lounge gutted. Hospital employee Maurice Elliott was overcome by smoke. no other injuries were reported. Babies and mothers were moved to other sections of the hospital.
Early January U.S. auto sales fell 21.1 percent from January 1966, the first major economic barometer of the year. All four automakers posted sharp declines for the first 11 days, the steepest percentage drop for that period since 1968 models went on sale last fall.
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