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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1969
Page
13
Financial news from The Cedar Espids Gazette notes hog prices showing little change in early July 1969 while livestock markets gather regional activity. Estimated bids and regional trading patterns hint at steady demand despite seasonal shifts.
Monday trading saw butchers steady with some decline in hogs and cattle. Chicago markets reported mixed moves in hogs and declines in slaughter steers and heifers, while Des Moines noted moderate demand with some 25 cent drops in hogs and steady to higher auction prices for cattle.
Cramped OCR note shows Cedar Rapids hog market prices paid Monday, with figures and bids, but details are unclear due to damaged text. The snippet references cattle and hogs trading and price levels on a Monday market report.
CANBERRA Australia UPI reports Prime Minister John Gorton warned that Australia might reduce its 25 000 man force in South Vietnam if the United States begins a lasting troop withdrawal The prime minister said a partial withdrawal would be safer for Australians currently serving than a total evacuation and could endanger remaining troops
Chicago market notes show corn futures up over three cents with buying tied to weather. Wheat gains near two to three cents, soybeans rise about 14 cents led by July contracts. Chicago produce prices mixed with butter and potatoes reported.
Walter Adolf Grohl, linked to the Bauhaus movement, dies in Boston. Gropius later served at Harvard. The Bauhaus influenced streamlined furniture, architecture, and 20th century art across Europe and America, shaping design.
Robert L. Santee 18 of 15 Eleventh Street NE received three 10 day sentences to run consecutively in Eins i County jail for resisting an officer reckless driving and related charges after his car struck poles on Fifth Avenue SE He faced intoxication and license charges with the latter dismissed after showing a valid license Judge John B Reilly referred him to the Citizens Committee of Alcoholism following the intoxication count He fled on foot after removing license plates and was reportedly captured following the early Sunday arrest near the 1200 block of Fifth Avenue SE.
A four story south side Chicago apartment blaze killed seven people including six children. A fireman and two others were injured. Witnesses said motorists diverted from the Dan Ryan Expressway to aid evacuees. Victims identified as Warren family members and Donald Barber. Emma Warren, 73, was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, while Prince Albert Warren Sr. and a firefighter sustained injuries.
New York AP report notes a Greenwich Village church gave the National Black Economic Development Conference 15000 on Sunday for reparations to past injustices to Negroes. Janes Jurman of the conference watched as Althea Alexander of Los Angeles, a steering committee member, received the check from Charles Serrigo, an elder at Washington Square United Methodist church. Forman said the donation marks the first predominantly white religious group to support the organization which seeks 500 million from churches and synagogues.
Washington reports Nixon scrapped a preflight dinner with the Apollo 11 astronauts to limit germ exposure after Dr Charles Berry urged isolation before the July 26 Cape Kennedy liftoff. He will still greet the crew on splashdown around July 24 in the Pacific. Ronald Ziegler said NASA assured no danger in the reunion. In Iowa City, a breakin at Interstate 80 DX station is under investigation with a rear door forced open and small change stolen from a vending machine.
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