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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1963
Page
8
Chicago AP reports Monday receipts estimated at 14 000 cattle 10 000 hogs and 1 500 sheep. Hogs gained 25 to 50 cents for the week while slaughter steers held steady to 50 lower and slaughter lambs fell 25 to 75.
Hog prices rise 25 to 50 cents for barrows gilts and sows in midweek trade while late-week quotes show 190 to 290 pound ranges. Cattle slaughter steer and heifer price tiers hold steady to modest declines with steers 27.50 to 28.50 for heavy weights and heifers 23.50 to 26.50. Sheep and lambs respond with 25 to 75 point declines across slaughter categories.
In Des Moines buyers are slow, demand fair to poor and prices down as much as 25 to 50 cents from early Friday highs. Estimated receipts 25 000, week ago 24 000, year ago 33 000, Friday 62 000. Butchers ranges listed for various weight classes from 200 to 550 pounds with prices between 11.25 and 15.85. Sows priced 11.25 to 14.65 depending on weight.
UPI reports Waterloo hog sale quotes butchers prices by weight. No. 2 butchers list ranges from 160 to 400 pounds with varying prices, including 160-170 at 12.75 and 360-400 at 13.00. Sow categories 270-400 pounds range around 13.50 to 13.00 per hundred.
Prices at the Cedar Rapids hog market hit steady to a quarter lower. Butchers 200 to 230 pounds sold for 14.50 to 15.60 with some at 15.75, while the bulk of 1s and 2s ranged 15.00 to 15.60 based on grade and plant delivery. Packing sows under 300 pounds ranged 13.00 to 14.00, with price differentials by weight group for packers. Additional notes list eggs, wool, and grain values including corn at 1.07 and oats at 0.36.
Cedar Rapids resident Delbert Wagner 26 escaped with a bloody nose after his westbound car collided with a Waterloo Railroad switch engine at Coldstream avenue and Madison street NE. The engine engineer Harold Flynn of Waterloo drew 23 units. Wagner’s car damage was about $250. He was the third local motorist to hit a train this week.
A GI patrol faces an emotional explosion as Peter Brown guests on KCRG TV 9’s GALLANT MEN at 6 30 p m Saturday.
A holdup man and an accomplice obtained about $100 from the Woerner Oil service station on highway 30 at about 7 a.m. today. The man, who implied a gun, took the money and a money changer after telling attendant Lyle Haack to wait five minutes in the rest room before both suspects drove off west.
A concise saying notes that responsible drivers not only maintain their vehicles but also protect pedestrians, framing careful driving as a duty to keep people safe on shared streets.
A temporary restraining order issued under Taft Hartley halted a threatened Boeing Co. strike in Seattle. U S District Judge William Lindberg granted a ten day restrainer and set a hearing for next Friday to decide extension through the 80 day cooling off period amid Kennedy’s warning that a strike would threaten national health.
Jenniva Fries also known as Genevieve Fries has been appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of John E. Huff, deceased of Linn County Iowa on January 11 1963. Creditors are asked to pay debts and file claims with the Linn County Iowa District Court Clerk through attorney Ted V. Ruffin.
City Council of Cedar Rapids Iowa will hold a public hearing at 10 00 p m February 11 1963 in City Hall Council Chambers on the Martinec petition to rezone property at 704 Second Street Southwest from R 4 to B 1 The legal description covers Lot 1 and part of Lot 2 in May and Covells Addition Kingston now West Cedar Rapids The hearing notice is dated January 24 1963 and published January 26 1963 by City Clerk Harold G Schaefer
On January 25 1963 Robert H Cropp and George D Cropp were appointed as Administrators of the estate of Howard E Cropp late of Linn County Iowa deceased They invite immediate payment of debts and require all claims to be filed with the Linn County Iowa District Court Clerk Their attorneys are Claassen Kreuter Ford Ibeling.
Executrix of the Timothy Driscoll estate in Linn County Iowa invites all creditors to file claims with Carl Hendrickson attorney and to settle any debts promptly. Those indebted must make immediate payment to the undersigned executrix Ruby Virginia Woodward.
The undersigned executrix of the estate of Otto T. Erland requests immediate payment and invites all persons having claims to file them with authentication in the Linn County Iowa District Court. Alice M. Arends and William O. Slade, attorneys.
Notice in Linn County Iowa states Robert C. Nelson named executor of Basil Hall late of Linn County deceased. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to render a true account and pay due demands to Nelson as attorney for the estate.
Executor of the estate of James E. Bromwell of Linn County Iowa asks heirs and creditors to present claims for payment. The claims will be filed in the Linn County Clerk's office. Harold Wendorf Nazette and Bromwell, attorneys, handle the matter.
Notice is hereby given that on February 1 1963 at 9 00 a m the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Katherine A Cutter late of this county deceased will come for hearing before the District Court at the Court House in Cedar Rapids Iowa for the proof and admission of same to probate Kubicek Novak Kubicek Attorneys appear for the filing party and Melvin J McCalley Clerk of District Court.
Notice that Marie Feier eisen has been appointed Executrix of Esther Engler estate in Linn County Iowa. Creditors must promptly pay and file claims with the Linn County District Court clerk. Kubicek Novak Kubicek Attorneys represent the estate.
Cleanup of the 1.0.C.F. hall is planned Sunday at 9 a.m. Osceola lodge No. 18 and Grove City Rebekah lodge No. 35 will do the work. YMCA Marion branch schedule lists senior men 1:30 p.m. and classes from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Various churches publish Sunday services and school times. Mr and Mrs Richard Schlueter are visiting in Manhattan Kansas.
State of Iowa Linn County ss signed on the 25th day of January 1963 duly appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Clara L Schand late of Linn County Iowa deceased All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment Merchant National Bank Of Cedar Rapids Simmons Perrine Albright Ellwood Neff Attorneys
Notice of appointment of Fred C Sorensen as executor of the estate of Martin H Sorensen late of Linn County Iowa. Creditors must file claims duly authenticated in the office of the clerk of Linn County Iowa Silliman Gray Stapleton attorneys represent the executor.
Four youths from the Wellman area are jailed in Keokuk county on charges of larceny of property over 20 dollars. Named are Edward A. Thompson, Kenneth Robert Davis, and William C. Pfeiffer, plus a 17-year-old. A witness saw them remove two new tires from a rack at Ab Walters service station in What Cheer around 6 30 p.m. Friday.
Louis L. Melsha and Milton Langer were elected to the board of the Bohemian Savings and Loan Assn at its annual meeting this week. All other directors and officers were re elected. The 1962 year end assets stood at 21 656 437 and dividends paid to stockholders exceeded 711 000 at four percent.
About 40 percent of boat users on Wisconsin waters are non residents. Most operators are 30 or older and the majority rely on outboard motors of 19 horsepower or less, according to Wisconsin conservation department data.
Paris reports say President Charles de Gaulle ignored a fierce barrage of criticism from allies including President Kennedy. He urged officials not to respond while linking Britain's Polaris pact to tensions over Europe’s entry into the Common Market. A French official later called Kennedy's unity plea statesmanlike.
Cedar Rapids postal officials report 500000 of the new American Flag 5 cent stamps arrived Friday and went on sale immediately. The original 50000 supply, issued January 10, sold out in a week. The flag stamp becomes a regular issue and will be continuously available.
Federal Judge Stanley Weigel ordered Vaughn Meader to appear only on television until Feb 4 amid a $100 000 breach of contract suit filed by Enrico Banducci, owner of the Hungry nightclub in San Francisco. The suit seeks to bar further appearances at other venues until Meader completes his engagement at Banducci’s club.
Former President Harry S. Truman was discharged from Research hospital after surgery to repair a hernia. He left the facility and returned to his home in Kansas City.
Executrix is named for the estate of Irene Lehdigh, late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons interested must present claims to the Clerk of Linn County Iowa. The executrix is LSIE MAE WARNER represented by Perrine Albright Ellwood and Neff Attorneys.
Notice in district court announces Gertrude E. French as executrix of the Walter J. French estate. Creditors are requested to render immediate payment and all claims must be filed with Sargent Spangler Hines Pence attorneys. The estate is in Linn County Iowa and overseen by the district court.
On the eighteenth day of [month] fied as Executor of the estate of Merle Mason late of Linn County Iowa in district court Alfred M Mason named as Executor. Attorneys Barnes Wadsworth Elderkin Locher Pirnie represent the estate.
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