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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1963
Page
16
AP reports hogs steady on moderate demand with 7,000 head. cattle and sheep show mixed to steady moves. Slaughter steers mostly steady to 50 lower. hogs ranged 15.15 to 17.10 per cwt. lambs and ewes also detailed with various weights and prices. Furnished by Lamson Brothers and Hoelzen.
Tuesday bids show butchers 200 to 230 lb pigs at 14.75 to 15.85 dollars with a few at 15.90. 1s and 2s mostly 15.25 to 15.85. Packing sows 300 lb and up range 13.00 to 14.25 dollars. Weight-based discounts apply for heavier hogs and packers. OMAHA LIVESTOCK reports cattle receipts and mixed steers and heifers prices. calves modest.
Chicago wholesale markets report steady to modest movement across butter eggs poultry and potatoes. Butter and eggs remain uneven with various grade notes while potatoes show improved arrivals and track. Idaho russets sell around 4.15 to 4.25 a bag and Red River reds 2.10 to 2.30.
Services were held today in New Jersey for Bernard Stephan 71 father of Mrs Arnold Klink of Monmouth and a former Cedar Rapids resident.
In New York the stock market edged higher with modest gains led by several issues. Volume was about 4.8 million shares, above Mondays 4.09 million, while most key stocks posted gains and few declined.
Reading fragmented OCR listing obscure entities and numbers. The readable items include names like McKay Cher Bur Clinton Cohn Rath Pkg Dodge and references to Eng Natl Oats Elec Mfg with unspecified dates or actions. The text lacks a clear event or outcome.
Judith Marie Chambers 19 of Springville enlisted in the Army and will train at Fort McClellan Alabama as a communications center operations specialist. Also on leave from Fort Riley Kansas is Sgt. Todd Betzer son of Harold Betzer living at 4311 First avenue SE for 15 days.
Exciting developments and big news teased for 7 30 PM Friday on KCRG TV 9 focusing on Flint Stones and local happenings.
In Chicago the soybeans faced their steepest loss since a nine day rising run as hedge selling intensified. Corn fell further as selling pressure grew after prices failed to absorb new offerings, with wheat and oats also lower.
AP notes no wheat or soybean prices listed. Corn prices range from No 2 yellow 1.1912 to No 5 yellow 1.163, oats No 1 Heavy white 74c, barley buyers report mixed quotes across grades.
A reader disputes recent notes on stock splits, arguing commissions rise with splits. The columnist clarifies splits are proposed by directors and approved by shareholders, not driven by brokers, noting cost differences and the motive to raise share prices.
City briefs note Kiwanis officers for 1963 to be installed Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Embassy club. Also listed: speaker events at Roosevelt hotel and Business Men's Breakfast in Alcove, a floral ad from Piersons Florists, a telephone theft at King Kom laundromat, and local notices on hospital patients and costume rentals.
DES MOINES A bill to create 99 county school districts and 20 to 30 intermediate districts was being prepared for introduction in the house by Rep. Keith Dunton and others. It would not follow current county lines, aim to ease tuition problems, equalize tax areas, and provide regional services. the intermediate districts would align with a plan by county superintendents and could cut about two thirds of county superintendents' jobs in Iowa.
Des Moines headlines report the senate tax revision committee sent a bill to the floor to allow immediate use of the 7 percent federal depreciation reduction on equipment and machinery for Iowa state income tax. The measure aims to apply to 1962 taxes payable this year as returns are filed. A companion bill cleared by the house committee on tax revision.
A London auto firm announced it would stop selling any French Renault cars in protest of President de Gaulle's general antipathy toward Britain. The move reflects mounting tensions between the two nations amid wartime-era economic frictions.
Larry Foster an 18 year old from Independence was charged with failure to have his car under control after a collision on the curve northwest of the fairground. Arthur Petsche 43 of Oelwein was driving the other car. Foster’s passenger Ken Partridge 17 from Independence suffered forehead lacerations.
City officials report nine years of missed social security deductions for police and fire personnel starting with the 1954 civil service switch. The lapse, now estimated at about $10,000, blocks a planned 30-cent hourly raise and 40-hour week for police. Fire demand for a captain exam and a new station bond are deferred or under review. Adjustments include raises for some city staff and a new planning appointment.
A free screening of Time and Two Women will be shown at 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in Linn County with physicians and Linn County Cancer Society volunteers available to answer questions after the 20 minute film. Frances Nelson notes Marion Business Girls co sponsor efforts.
A compact classified note requests readers to use the Ga zette Want Ad section for Greenbacks and provides the phone number EM 2-1121 for contact.
A district court notice announces a hearing in Cedar Rapids for Melvin J. McCally on a will and estate of a deceased resident of Linn County. The hearing is set for January 25 at 9 00 o clock in the morning at the courthouse in Cedar Rapids to determine probate.
Hopkinton Iowa Lewis Ireland 62 died at home Sunday night from a heart attack. Born Langworthy he attended Monticello public schools and worked 30 years for the Milwaukee railroad as depot agent at Fayette Langworthy and Delhi before Hopkinton where he served 22 years. He also distributed DX Oil products in Monticello. Survivors include wife Bernice Russ son Gilbert of Greeley mother Mrs. George Ireland of a Wyoming nursing home two brothers Harry of Algona and George of Milwaukee sister Mrs. Clarence Schaeffer of Monticello and five grandchildren Services set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm at St John’s Lutheran Church burial Oakwood cemetery Monticello.
ABC News Final reports on the world situation with Bill IShadel airing weeknights at 10 15 PM on KCRG TV9. The program provides late evening international news and analysis for viewers in the region.
A probate notice states on January 28 a will purportedly of Leslie M. Hays, deceased in Linn County, will be presented in Cedar Rapids Court House for proof and admission to probate. The District Court clerk is Melvin J. Spangler, with officers Spangler and Hinesence overseeing.
State of Iowa Linn County District Court notices a hearing on January 24 1963 at 9 00 am to prove and probate the last will and testament of Adolph Sramek in Cedar Rapids Iowa with Melvin J McCalley Clerk and Richard D Holden Attorney listed.
State of Iowa Linn county notices that on January 21 1963 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Charles OD Nolan late of Linn County Iowa deceased All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly Those having claims against the estate must file them duly authenticated in the office of the Clerk of Linn County Iowa District Court Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Cedar Rapids WA Executor Sargent Spangler Hines Pence Attorneys
Notice lists George R. Leehman named executor of the Joh Henry Leehman estate in Linn County Iowa. Creditors are directed to pay debts to the undersigned. Robert C. Nelson acts as attorney for the estate.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned appointed as Executrix of the estate of Lewis P. Sawyer, late of Linn County, Iowa, deceased. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment to the undersigned.
The text appears to be an oblique probate notice involving executrix duties for Ray Mason of Linn County Iowa. It mentions debts owed and the filing of claims, but the torn OCR obscures key names and dates.
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