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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1974
Page
19
New York trading mixed with the Dow slipping around 1 percent as investors digest oil embargo hints and corporate results. Banks remained cautious while some industrials showed modest gains amid a broad, unsettled session with variable oil and commodity tones.
Market reports across Cedar Stop and surrounding areas show bulk cattle and hog pricing. Packers and wholesalers publish varying weights and grades with discounts for over 250 pounds and heavier loads, while beef and pork cut specifications reflect current demand and regional delivery patterns across Iowa and nearby markets.
Harold Knoldt of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will discuss the business outlook for Cedar Rapids Friday at the Embassy Club. Also noted are local ads for a new Best Rental, Friday fish and shrimp, a coat theft report, a mid January sale of decorative items, a garage entry theft, birthyear coin sets from Jerome's Rare Coins, and an Optimist club meeting with Peter Bezanson discussing the Cedar Rapids community center and Hilton hotel complex.
Pamela Henness 4 former Marion resident died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack. Survived by Patricia Henness and Jack McShane, burial planned in Sacramento after family memorial services. Margaret Godwin born 1893 in Hast ings. a Cedar Rapids hospital death, former teacher and Eastern Star member. Services scheduled Saturday at Baxter Memorial chapel in Marion with viewing Friday after 9 am.
Marion man Lynn Gregory 63 of route 1 Marion died Wednesday in an Iowa City hospital. Survived by two sisters and two brothers, services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Beatty-Bearle chapel with Dr. Wayne A. Shire officiating. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Also notes hospital statuses and local ads on hospitalizations and shop specials.
An organizing committee met to study plans for a community center. A Wednesday 7 pm session in the city council chambers will hear proposals by businessmen Andrews Allen and Peter Bezanson to build the center with a privately owned Milton hotel. Committee members include 28 people led by Chairman Bill Fletcher and Vice-Chair Lew Burkhaller.
Fred L. Day Marion city manager since November 10 collapsed at home early Wednesday night. He was admitted in critical but stabilized condition to St Luke's hospital. Mayor William Grundy said Day's duties began recently after relocating from Lexington Ned.
Marion Independent reports permit details for new structures. Marsh Goldie receives a commercial permit at 5185 Lighth Avenue for a 40 by 32 foot frame building priced around 13,500 with contractor Eugene Dunn. Two new house permits issued include Allison Pratt at 2720 Twenty-sixth Avenue for 27,446 and Copper Construction Co. at Highview Drive for 15 id.
The Marion Independent school district AYS club gathers Sunday at 2 pm to hear high school senior Kevin Klopfenstein present slides about his stay in Ceylon as an American Abroad. The Marion board of education met with architect Brown Healey and Bock to discuss Vernon Junior High roof design and authorized progress. superintendent Dr. Richard M. Lorenzen to review initial designs.
Wheat gained eight cents in late trading after two volatile sessions as a rally in the final minutes lifted prices. March wheat at 2.04, corn up over four cents, oats up, and soybeans uneven as the Chicago cash grain market reflected broad gains and profit-taking.
A fragmentary Webster City livestock listing appears with unreadable OCR text. Readable items include price notations such as 25.00 and 0) values, with stray numbers and letters scattered. The legible portion references categories typical to livestock sales and a few price figures but lacks coherent details or names.
Fussell Means, AIM leader, tops Rich ard Wilson by a small margin in the Pine Ridge primary for president of the Oglala Sioux tribe. The final unofficial tally released by the Election Board shows Means with 667 votes to Wilson's 56, Gerald One Feather third with a lower count.
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