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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1971
Page
10
The market rose on Friday led by blue chips despite profit taking. The Dow Jones Average gained 3.36 points to 868.50, an 18 month high, with NYSE turnover around 21 million shares for the day and a weekly total near 101 million shares.
Chicago stockyards report weekly price ranges for cattle and hogs with prime and high choice levels. Slaughter steers 1,156-1,375 lb at 30.50 to 31.75. heifers 950-1,075 lb at 30.25 to 31.00. cows 16.75 to 19.00. bulls 24.00 to 26.00. Sheep show lambs 25.50 to 25.00 in varying weights and grades.
USDA market report shows steer and heifer beef prices around 49.25 to 50.75 for 600 to 800 lb ranges with varied yields. Pork trade remains slow with loins and picnics fluctuating and bellies higher. skinned hams and hams across weight classes listed with price ranges.
Prices paid on the Cedar Rapids hog market were steady Saturday. Friday's delivered prices for butcher hogs 200 to 230 pounds varied by grade and condition, with packers and sows priced per weight. CATTLE AND SHEEP PRICES LISTED ALONG WITH POULTRY AND GRAIN DELIVERED RATES FOR THE PERIOD.
Milan Italy AP report says Silvio Papetti 34 was found hanging from a church bell and police arrested him. He received a five month jail sentence Friday for attempting to steal the bell cord.
In Chicago a U S district court judge issued a 10 day restraining order to stop the closing of the Union Stockyards on the south side. The move came after a suit by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and meat industry men claiming insufficient notice preceded the announced shutdown. Union Stockyard contended it loses about two thousand dollars daily operating the yards. The judge ordered both sides to meet during the injunction period to seek a resolution or face another order.
President Nixon enjoys a quiet weekend at Caneel Bay Plantation in the U S Virgin Islands with wife Pat staying in a private two bedroom cottage near the beach. He plans to read three dull books and review intelligence reports as White House aides accompany him.
Four Central City men charged after a tavern fracas December 26 had their mayor's court trial postponed for one week. Defendants Dave V. Silver 22 and Joseph W. Nagel cited illness. L. C. Howe 43 and Virgil D. Powers 26 remain charged with assault and battery and resisting execution of process, all pled not guilty. Trial resumes next Friday.
Geoffrey Drummond aged 40 died Friday from heart complications in Washington D C. He wrote with his father Roscoe Drummond on a double byline column since 1968 for the Los Angeles Times syndicate and earlier for the Chicago Sun Times and The Gazette. James Arness and Greg Morris appear as celebrity surprises on This Is Your Life at 9 30 PM Saturday in color on KCRG TV Channel 9.
The Nebraska Supreme Court struck down the 1969 self defense act nicknamed the shoot your neighbor law. The ruling stems from a case in which Judith Goodseal of Omaha, accused in a 1969 murder, argued the act affected her actions after a confrontation with Dick Williams of Council Bluffs. The 5-2 decision questions the act’s constitutionality and its alignment with protecting individuals from harm or property loss.
Lisbon man Larry E. Alger, 27, was injured in a 3 a.m. crash on highway 13 at its bridge junction with highway 30. His pickup ran through a guard rail, rolled down an embankment, and he was later taken to St. Luke's hospital in fair condition with possible internal injuries head lacerations and a shoulder injury. Charges are pending.
A fire caused extensive damage to an apartment at 600 Fifth Avenue SK early Saturday. The blaze, possibly started by a cigarette in a sofa, filled the building with smoke. Authorities were alerted at 2 28 a.m. The apartment is occupied by James Dye and owned by Frank Bedell at 3102 Parkview Court SE.
Cub Scouts Pack 102 awards were presented at Adams school on Thursday to a long list of recipients including David Quinby Monty Adams James Beer Scott Bullene David Mudd Matt Shelton James Bender Donald Muret Tim Moley Brad A'Hearn Jeff Bair Chris Salmon Tim White Jeff Town Kent Cramer Tracy Eggleston Steven Lind Mark Taylor Jay Burkhart Ray Wagner Kenneth DePyper Mark Napier John Kinley Danny Rink. Pack 6 awards were presented at First Congregational church to David Lenzen John Haddy Pat Furlong David Le Bubn Gary Wagner Bob Wagner Brian Stewart Steve Zirble David Chadima Brad Collins Kevin Ecker David Fletcher Kevin Haigh Tom Le Buhn James Wallace and James Welsh.
Firemen responded to two incidents in Wharton Marion over a 24 hour period. Thursday night a short in the Bea Sova residence kitchen at 2500 First Avenue caused the alarm but produced no fire or smoke damage. Friday morning a grass fire along the Milwaukee railroad tracks west of the Indian Creek bridge, started by a passing train, was extinguished with no reported damage. A Christian marriage conference by the Marion Ministerial Assn. will be held Sunday at 7 30 p.m. at St Josephs school with clergy from association churches participating.
A reader notices a roster of area churches with addresses and pastors. It lists service times for Marion and nearby congregations including Bethel Baptist First Baptist Grace Baptist Robins Faith Baptist St Josephs Catholic Christian Ascension Lutheran and others with their weekly worship hours Sunday school and sermon topics where provided.
Mary Sondag 101 longtime Keota resident died Friday in an Iowa City hospital after eight days there. Born October 25 1869 in Clear Creek she married Michael Sondag April 17 1894. Survivors include three daughters sixteen grandchildren ninety two great grandchildren about thirty great great grandchildren a sister and a brother. Services pending at Powell funerals home.
AMES AP Des Moines black militant Charles Knox failed to gain a ballot spot for the Iowa State student body presidency election on February 12. His running mate Barbara Yates, a graduate English student, finished third in the run off with 330 votes. The final ballot tickets are Steve Zumzach Don Hickerson with 1 782 votes and Ron Holmes Scott Shafer with 625 votes.
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