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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1961

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Hogs Steady To 25 Higher In Early Chicago Market Update

Chicago AP report shows hogs steady to 25 cents higher as supplies drop to the smallest Tuesday level since Nov. 8. Slaughter steers 25 to 50 lower. USDA figures list hogs 6,000 with varied consignments across 190 to 300 lb ranges and prices from 17.75 to 18.85. Cattle totals around 4,000 with steers, heifers, and calves priced improving or declining per grade, while sheep offerings 2,000 with western lambs at 18.00 and natives 15.50 to 18.00.

Chicago USDA Iocis Es Bologna

Town Hogs Prices Steady Despite Moderate Activity

Des Moines reports only moderate market activity with prices generally steady and some weaknesses up to 10 cents lower. Receipts for the week reach an estimated 70,000, up from 58,000 last week and 67,000 a year ago, with hog details broken down by weight for butchers and sows across several weight ranges.

Des Moines UPI

Livestock Buy Sell Quotes from Waterloo Market

Steady quotes for pigs and sows across weight ranges with prices per 100 pounds. Notable figures include 160-170 lbs at 14.75 to 16.40, 200-220 lbs around 17.50 to 18.15, and 276 lbs sows about 15.75 to 16.40 with 300-360 lbs listings near 15.50 to 16.15. Market shows varied prices by weight and class.

Waterloo UPI

Omaha cattle market summary with mixed steer and heifer prices

UPI report from Omaha shows receipts of 10.506 calves 25. General slaughter steer and heifer trading slow with prices mostly 25 cents lower. Good to high choice steers and some prime quoted around 23.50 to 27.00. Heifers mostly 26.00 to 27.00. Overall market mixed with thin demand and varying grades.

Omaha i UPI Kieth Choice Pri

Sioux City Livestock Cattle Receipts Steady To Lower

Sioux City market reports cattle receipts of 6 500 with calves 100. Early sales show steers steady and heifers down 24 cents. Good and choice steers priced at 23 50 to 26 50 per hundredweight. High quality load of prime beef noted. good and choice heifers at 22 50.

Sioux City UPI

Cedar Rapids Hog and Grain Prices Steady With Varied Weights

Tuesday Cedar Rapids market reports show steady hog prices for 200-230 lb hogs at 17.25 to 18.10 with some 18.25, under 230 priced 15.50 to 16.35, weight bands down 25c per 10 lb to 330, above 230 to 400 down 25c per group, to 550 down 50c per group. cattle and egg and grain prices listed, including corn 09' 2c, soybeans 2.42, oats 60c, and wool figures. miscellaneous consignments appear from various entities.

Lamson Brothers A. G. Hoelzen Cedar Rapids Maseewenene

Truck crash kills thirteen in Algiers market route

An AP report from Algiers says a truck carrying thirteen Muslims to a market ran over a land mine planted by nationalist rebels. Three people were injured in the blast.

Algiers

Soybeans Slip Again as Corn and Wheat Fall in Trade

Chicago AP report shows soybeans dropping up to 10 cents with late-session slip leaving old crop contracts down 3 to 9/4 cents. Wheat eased about half to 2 cents, corn and oats declined modestly, and rye fell about 4 to 5 cents.

Chicago

Stock Market Turns Mixed After Two-Day Rally

New York AP reports stocks ended mixed amid profit taking after a two day advance as trading slackened and volume hovered around 4.6 million shares.

New York

Chicago market report on grain prices and provisions

AP report from Chicago shows no wheat oats or soybean sales with corn prices listed for several grades. No. 2 yellow 1.17, No. 3 yellow 1.13, No. 5 yellow 1.02, sample grade yellow 1.13. Soybean prices and other figures are unclear. references to barley and feed values appear garbled.

Chicago Barney

Dow Tones Averages Reported by Francis Sauteet & Co

The listing shows the Dow Jones averages for industrials at 648.17, 650.64 for railroads at 341.83, utilities at 105.97, with a Tuesday previous at 2 pm. The report appears furnished by Francis Sauteet & Co, 404 Merchants Bank Building, Tel EM 4 915.

Francis Sauteet & Co Merchants Bank Beg Lout Industrials Railroses Utilities Chéneess Oes

Chicago Produce Market Brief Shows Steady Prices Across Items

Chicago receipts and prices show steady to slightly mixed movements for produce. Carcass and egg markets hold with unchanged wholesale buyin prices, whites and mixed eggs around 38 to 38 1/2 cents. Live poultry steady to lower with roast ers and fryers near 20 to 24 cents. Potatoes arrivals and track sales feature Idaho Russets at 4.90 to 5.00 per cwt and River Valley round reds about 2.70, with Minnesota-North Dakota varieties at 2.40. Overall market shows moderate supply and demand with steady tone.

Chicago Lse

Dairy market report shows steady demand and varied scores

New York AP notes USDA butter demand remains fair with ample supply. Creamery scores around 93 AA and 92 for other grades, with 61 percent at 60 percent milk fat. Market shows some rise for large offerings, adequate for mediums. demand irregular for large and fair for mediums. Pecres 48-50 and 42043¢ extras medium. standards checks.

New York USDA

Bergmann Named To New Post at Collins Radio

Glenn M. Bergmann, former eastern region sales director, promoted to director of marketing for Collins Radio Cedar Rapids division. He will oversee all sales and marketing for aviation and radio gear across design, development, manufacture and sales. A World War II veteran, he previously worked at Boeing and earned an electrical engineering degree from Kansas State University in 1950.

Glenn M. Bergmann Collins Radio Co Cedar Rapids Bergmann Collins Central Region Boeing Aircraft Co Kansas State University

Linn County court schedules 38 criminal cases for trial

Linn district court lists February term trial dates for 38 criminal and 20 equity cases. Week of Feb 6 includes false check, indecent exposure, rape, embezzlement, drunk driving and other counts. Equity actions set Feb 2 through Feb 28 with multiple domestic and civil disputes. A separate negligence petition cites Benner and a rear-end collision involving a 5 ton truck and a McDowell driver. jury trial requested.

Linn District Court W. E. Williams William V. Howe Bernard Doerflein Paul M. Cully Keith Tatve Pat O’brien Evelyn V. Flaherty Paul A. Kittlesby Jesse F. Hodge Kenneth L. Butters Emil H. French Donald R. Steinberg Timothy E. Shea Clarence E. Bilshand Edgar Wright Larry K. Krotts R. J. Seidlitz Hubert Polton Patricia M. Nuelle Joseph Cerny Richard D. Conger William J. Perez William J. Barnes Ruth V. Barnes Edward E. White Benner McDowell Buresh Rental Service Butenhoff

Linn County Grand Jury In Session

The grand jury for the February term of court met Tuesday at the Linn county courthouse. Kenneth Moon, assistant county attorney, presented cases for consideration. Foreman Gerald Boone of Jackson township led the panel, with Grace Schatzle Buffalo township Home R Pooler College township Carl A Eden Linn township Earl McBurney Monroe township Marvin McCullough Clinton township and Earl Welsh Marion among the jurors.

Linn County Kenneth Moon Gerald Boone Jackson Township Grace Schatzle Buffalo Township Home R. Pooler College Township Carl A. Eden Linn Township Earl McBurney Monroe Township Marvin McCullough Clinton Township Earl Welsh Marion

Merchants Bank Ranks 284th Nationwide

Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids is ranked 284th in size among U S commercial banks by the American Banker. The 1960 year end deposits totaled 101,929,244, up from 94,513,124 in 1959 when the bank was 290th.

New York Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids U. S American Banker Cedar Rapids Bank

Cashing E bonds versus H bonds advantages explained

Sam Shulsky explains that E bonds accrue value and pay no current income, while H bonds pay semiannual interest. If current income is needed, choose Hs. if building for the future, stay in Es. Cashing E bonds for Hs triggers tax on growth unless converting directly defers tax until Hs are cashed in.

Man Granted Time To Enter Plea In DWI Case

Dale S. Clark, 48, of 1507 Cave NW, was given until Thursday to plead to a second offense drunken driving charge after a Monday arraignment before Judge Charles Penningroth. He was charged Saturday and fined $100 in municipal court for failure to keep his car under control after a three car crash Friday at First Avenue and Twenty fifth Street E. Records show a prior drunk driving conviction on December 4, 1951.

Dale S. Clark Cave Charles Penningroth Clark First Avenue Twenty-fifth Street

Lost items found via Gazette want ads

A short notice notes that missing belongings are recovered through Gazette classified advertisements. It describes how readers can place or review lost and found notices in the paper, guiding locating owners or items. The item types and dates are not specified in the fragment.

Gazette

Man seeks $151,469 in auto death suit

Louis H. Butenhoff, administrator for the late June E. Butenhoff, filed a suit for $151,469.48 after a fatal Aug 3 crash on Highway 150, about 214 miles north of Hiawatha. Defendants named are David J. Benner, Roy McDowell, and Buresh Rental Service, Inc. The petition alleges that the accident caused the death.

Louis H. Butenhoff June E. Butenhoff Hiawatha David J. Benner Roy McDowell Buresh Rental Service, Inc

Moquin Given 60 Day Suspended Sentence

Wayne F Moquin 30 of 1261 Third Ave SE pled guilty before Judge Floyd Philbrick to indecent exposure. The judge suspended the 60 day jail term conditioned on Moquin receiving psychiatric care and reporting monthly to the county attorney for one year.

Wayne F. Moquin Third Ave Floyd Philbrick Philbrick Moquin

Forger Sentenced to Seven Years in Pen

Willie J. Lambert was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty before Judge Charles Penningroth to uttering a forged instrument. He wrote a $20 check on an Algona bank to the Killian Co. on Jan. 20 and had prior federal and state convictions for writing false checks in 1960.

Willie J. Lambert State Penitentiary Charles Penningroth Lambert Algona Killian Co Dakota City

Barnes couple given plea deadline in forged instruments case

William J. Barnes 52 and Ruth J. Barnes 31, formerly of Cedar Rapids, returned from Phoenix to face arraignment on Monday and were granted until Thursday to plead to the charge of uttering forged instruments.

William J. Barnes Ruth J. Barnes Cedar Rapids Phoenix Ariz

Vandalism at Robins quarry scale house reported

B L Anderson Inc reported to the sheriff's office on Monday that vandals shot out the windows and yard light at the scale house of their Robins quarry.

B. L. Anderson Inc Sheriff's Office Robins

Will Admits Ella Burling as Executor of Poe Estate

Will of Admitted Anne King Poe dated January 20 names Ella Poe Burling of Washington DC and Merchant's National Bank as executors. Heirs listed include Mrs Burling Anne Johnson Poe another daughter and Anna Schulista.

Anne King Poe Ella Poe Burling Washington, D.C Merchant's National Bank Mrs. Burling Anne Johnson Poe Anna Schulista

Rites Thursday for Florence Dripps 54

Florence Dripps 54 lifelong Urbana resident died Monday born April 27 1906 married Willis Dripps November 4 1930. Survived by two sons Edward Walker and Gerald at home four daughters Don Koopman Lincoln Neb Carol Coggan Geraldine at home two brothers Joe Sand Vin ton Howard Sand Urbana two sisters Marie Sand and Mrs Allen Campagnia Cedar Rapids five grandchildren. Services Thursday 10 at St Marys church Spencer's Grove. Rosary at home Tuesday and Wednesday 8 p.m. Murdoch Walker in charge.

Urbana Florence Dripps Willis Dripps Edward Walker Gerald Don Koopman Newhall Joseph Reeves Lincoln Neb Carol Coggan Geraldine Joe Sand Vinton Howard Sand Marie

Rock Island Train Cut Okayed With Reluctance

Iowa Commerce Commission in a 2-1 decision allowed Rock Island to discontinue two reinstated Des Moines to Davenport passenger trains Nos. 1 and 6 effective February 5. Chairman Martin and Commissioner Thompson criticized the 21 August discontinuation, while Commissioner Hughes dissented. The railroad had reported a $21,000 loss since October 17 while running the trains.

Des Moines Iowa Commerce Commission Rock Island Railroad Davenport Bernard J. Martin Ray H. Thompson Rock Island Harold E. Hughes Commission The

Killian’s Announces Three Appointments

The Killian Co. named three new buyers effective February 1. Deane K. Smith becomes buyer of lingerie and intimate apparel, replacing Sadie Vlach who retires after 46 years. Bette Henning gains duties as buyer of china, glassware and silverware, succeeding Jessie Cox who retires after 37 years. Reed L. Cooper remains buyer of nations and stationery, while Frances Bey continues to head cosmetics and candy buying.

Killian Co Deane K. Smith

Four Navy Recruits Sent to San Diego Training Center

Four enlistees destined for the San Diego naval training center are John R. McDaniel of 522 Seventeenth Street Northeast Wayne S. Kuehl age 17 of 1716 Twenty sixth Street Northwest Larry N. Zieser age 18 of Walker and Roger J. Kuhn age 18 of Walker. Zieser joined as a high school recruit Kuhn as an electronics recruit.

Navy San Diego Naval Training Center John R. McDaniel Seventeenth St Wayne S. Kuehl Larry N. Zieser Roger J. Kuhn Walker Zieser Kuhn

International Company Seeks Cedar Rapids Representation

An international firm with 200 offices offers an associate program requiring an established local partner. They cover most costs except office space, staff, and phone, backed by national advertising and ongoing training. Local visits, monthly guidance, and growth through repeat business are emphasized, with a request for a full business detail submission.

R G Krauthoefer Named VP Expansion at Manpower Inc

R G Krauthoefer appointed vice president for expansion at Manpower Incorporated based in Milwaukee Wisconsin He will oversee growth initiatives across regional offices and report to the president of the staffing firm.

R. G. Krauthoefer Expansion Manpower, Inc N. Plenkinton Avenue Milwaukee 3 Wisconsin

Marion Council Rejects Rezoning Request in Evening Meeting

The Marion city council denied Virgil Woodford and Tom F. Kelly’s request to reclassify three West Ninth avenue lots from R-3 to R-4. A complaint over an 8 by 10 foot shack on property shared with Richard Hogan prompted health-safety concerns. The body also heard readings on highway access rules, vetoed a snow removal parking ordinance, approved street signs, and authorized several construction and equipment payments along with staff appointments. Marquee items include bids for a city maintainer and plumbing/executive updates, plus a Sorosis club meeting notice.

Marion Virgil Woodford Tom F. Kelly Ninth Avenue L. C. Coon Seventh Ave Richard Hogan George H. Brewer John G. Vernon Thirty-fifth Street Brewer

Community notes and meetings in Marion area reports

Exchange student Christina Menegazzo from Concepcion San Juan Argentina will speak. Mrs Walter Schlotterback returned from visit with her son in law and daughter the Wardens. A daughter Valerie Ann was born to the Wardens Jan 20. Danny Clough shows improvement at Mercy hospital. Marion Kiwanis to dine Thursday at Suburban restaurant. Frank Ruhl of Merchants National Cedar Rapids to speak Estates and Trusts. American Legion Veterans club to host dinner and dance Friday. Nice selection valentines at Sorg Pharmacy. Patmos Commandery No 27 KT will meet Thursday in Masonic temple. Irvin A Castle underwent surgery Tuesday at St Luke's.

Walter Schlotterback Harvey Wardenburg Williamsburg Valerie Ann Marion Kiwanis Club Frank Ruhl Trust Department Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids Sorg Patmos Commandery No K.T Masonic Temple

Christian knitting class to meet Thursday

The church knitting group will not meet tonight Tuesday and will instead gather Thursday for their session. Members are advised to note the revised schedule and plan accordingly.

Christian Church

Burglars Steal Safe From Oil Firm Office

Detectives investigated a Monday night burglary at Daman Oil Co. 101 Fave NW. A restroom window allowed entry and the safe containing about 120 dollars in cash and papers was rolled through a rear garage to a car. The safe was found Tuesday morning in the Chain Lakes area near Palo. some coins remained but papers were burned. A January 20 break in at Schillig's Pharmacy was also linked to the Chain Lakes area.

Daman Oil Co Fave Chain Lakes Palo John Kuba Schillig’s Center Point Rd

Savings, Lean Assn. Re elects Officers

Officers and directors of the Bohemian Savings and Lean Assn. were re elected at its recent annual meeting. They are Fred H. Kubicek president John V. Rompotl vice president ce Zvacek treasurer John Yosatka secretary Charles Smrcek assistant secretary Kubicek Rudolph Langer and John Vosatka directors.

Bohemian Savings and Lean Assn Fred H. Kubicek John V. Rompotl Ce Zvacek John Yosatka Charles Smrcek Kubicek Rudolph Langer John Vosatka

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