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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1967
Page
10
Chicago conditions show lower cattle and steer prices as snow delayed USDA weekly totals. Des Moines trade fair and demand fair with mostly steady butchers and sow prices varying, with receipts and weights detailed across common cattle ranges.
Midwest carrot meat trade stalls amid storm with minimal eastbound traffic. Steer beef mostly steady with some 50 cent drops on 800-900 lb. ranges. cow and heifer prices steady to higher. utility boning cattle at 33.75 and canner/cutter at 34.75 to 35.00.
C R Markets posted steady to 25¢ lower hog prices on Saturday with 200-230 lb butchers at 19.25 to 19.75 and 200 lb packing sows at 15.75 to 16.25. Weight-based reductions apply to heavier hogs. 80-95 lb spring lambs quoted at 20 with other sheep notes. grain and poultry prices listed among miscellaneous items.
The deaths of Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee raised the US astronaut death toll to six. Two jet trainer crashes claimed Charles Bassh Elliott Lee and Theodore Freeman. The Gemini 9 crew perished in a T-38 crash in St Louis and Freeman died at Ellington Field near Houston.
Walter Grishaber age 58 of 1647 Fort Second Street SE was fined $100 and costs on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident without giving his identity. Police said Grishaber fled after his car was involved in an accident on First Avenue East January 9 at 3 25 p.m.
Gov Harold Hughes and Rep Fred Schwengel met to press for restoring federal highway money delayed by President Johnson. The cutback could cost Iowa about 8 million in the current year and 16 million in 1968, with options to offset the loss by trimming other programs rather than highway funding.
Hazleton resident Rockney Hen nager critically injured when his car struck a power pole and a street light pole on highway 150. Live wires fell on the car, sparks flew, and rescuers freed him after about thirty minutes. His wife had just given birth to their first child Friday.
Kenneth L. Stangland, 17, and Dennis Collum, 16, were hospitalized in fair condition after a one car crash Friday night southeast of Williamsburg. Stangland, the driver, was charged with failure to have control of his vehicle after the car left a county gravel road and hit a telephone pole, breaking it.
New York stocks advanced strongly on Friday as banks cut rates across the country. Major banks led the rally with two cuts on Thursday and Bank of America followed Friday morning, lifting prices to intraday highs before profit taking trimmed some gains. Trading remained heavy at 97 million shares.
Jeneary, 43, will head West Liberty schools starting March 1 after being chosen by the school board. He has led Oxford Junction schools for three years. Patrick Hand resigns as West Liberty superintendent to become dean of men at Hiram Scott college. Hand served since 1957, named superintendent in 1961. Jeneary holds a Drake University BA (1949) and MA (1953). he is married with three children.
Mrs. Linda Hildebrand a 19 year old Colesburg resident is listed in good condition at Manchester hospital after a rear end collision on highway 20 eight miles west of Manchester. The car driven by her mother Hattie Phelps 56 was struck by a grain truck driven by Merle Hawkins 31 of Delhi. Hawkins was charged with failure to control his vehicle. Neither Phelps nor her husband Eben were hurt.
Youth Sunday services led by junior and senior high youths will be conducted at First Baptist Church this Sunday at 9 30. Gerald Ackley building contractor bought a site at 2610 Northview drive in McGowan's Country Club additions through Thomas E McGowan Real Estate. Residential ad cites Frank Gorup contact and Gazette Want Ad number 369 1234.
A roundup of Sunday services across multiple churches listing pastors, service times, Sunday schools, and sermon titles. Includes Marion churches such as Bethel Baptist First Baptist Grace Baptist St Josephs Catholic Lutheran and several others with specific times and topics.
UPI reports U S Stratofortress bombers dropped incendiaries across 18 square miles of War Zone C near the Cambodian border northwest of Saigon. The raid followed a January 18 attack on War Zone D. Ground forces and air strikes killed at least 124 guerrillas in multiple northern provinces and around Saigon. A Phantom jet was shot down but its crew survived with a Marine helicopter rescue.
Cocoa Beach residents react with shock to news that seven Mercury astronauts died in the Apollo accident. Mayor Robert Markshe recalls Virgil Grissom and the community ties, while locals recount memories at a restaurant where astronauts visited and celebrated.
Dennis W Bates 22 of 3427 Oakland Road NE received a $300 fine plus costs for three charges. He was fined $100 on each of reckless driving eluding police and speeding, after a chase from Center Point Road NE to Shady Oak Court and Northwood Drive NE. He fled on foot, was arrested at home, and also faces charges of suspended license and parole violation. He could not pay the fine and faces a 90 day jail term.
Cedar Rapids police sought the driver of a car that struck two pedestrians at Avenue NE and Twelfth Street NE at 12:01 a.m. Both victims were treated at St Luke's hospital and released. Anthony M. Alessi 18 of Coe College and Elizabeth McHale 17 of 433 Eighth Avenue SW were named. The driver did not stop after the accident.
Apollo 1 faced repeated failures in its life support environmental control system with over 200 faults during qualification. Changes and revisions occurred monthly while launch deadlines slipped from late 1966 to February 21 after vacuum chamber tests were postponed due to leaks.
Anna M. Michael, 73, of 1633 FE avenue NE, suffered a head injury in a fall while entering a car Friday afternoon at Cedar Memorial Cemetery near the First Avenue entrance. She was treated at St. Luke's Hospital and released. The car, driven by Harold L. Green, 73, of 303 Thirty-fourth Street NE, started up as she stepped in, causing the fall.
Dr Edward W Green of Iowa City Iowa is among 17 American physicians arriving in South Vietnam to aid civilians. The doctors will work two months in provincial hospitals for 10 dollars a day under a program by the Agency for International Development and the American Medical Association. Green 35 is an assistant professor of general surgery at University Hospitals Iowa City and specializes in accident cases. He is a 1957 graduate of the SUI medical school, married with three children.
The Department of Justice filed a five count information in Brooklyn federal court charging E. R. Squibb and Son Inc with mislabeling 250000 bottles of Milk of Magnesia. Labels allegedly set a dosage for infants at one tablespoonful rather than one teaspoonful. The laxative was shipped in late 1965 and later withdrawn. The information also said Tolserol muscled relaxant bottles contained penicillin tablets posing serious allergy risk.
Five Cedar Rapids boys aged 16 and 17 were stopped by Deputy Sheriff Dennis Fiser on East Post road SE between 6 and 7 p.m. Friday for whisky consumption. He found whisky in a soft drink bottle. they were released to their parents and the case referred to juvenile authorities.
Mary Ellen Ainsworth a minor through Forrest Ainsworth sues Thomas Lee McLachlan in Johnson County District Court seeking 35000 damages from injuries in a two car crash on Sixth Street SW Cedar Rapids on Dec 21 1966. Ainsworth was a passenger in the other vehicle and a music major at State College of Iowa.
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