08 Jul 1959
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1959
Page
1
Chicago market report shows hogs 8,500 head with 25 to 50 cent declines, prices mostly 14.50 to 16.25 for No 1-3 and 190 to 230 pounds. Cattle and calves offered with steady to lower trends. primes and loads listed, spring lambs 23.00 to 25.00, yearlings around 19.50.
Fragmented OCR shows numeric lines and weights with price hints and contact digits. Readable items include weights near 960 pounds and 980 pounds, with scattered prices such as 11 000 and 13 60, suggesting livestock weighing and sale figures. Entities: Waterloo Hog stock, weights, prices, phone-like numbers.
Cedar Rapids hog market held steady with plant delivered quotes for good No 2 butchers and sows. Higher yielding No 1 hogs quoted 50 cents over. No 3 overfats 50 cents below. Also notes on corn and beans prices and delivery details.
Stocks closed higher on a thinly traded session led by a late surge in buying. Major averages showed gains with active interest helping the Dow and other indices to finish up, while volume hovered around the day’s modest levels amid a mixed to positive market backdrop.
Brooks hosts a nightly segment on Channel 9 at 10 20 describing current sports news and highlights from major leagues and events. He analyzes key matchups and player performances while previewing upcoming games and results.
Chicago grain prices fell late Wednesday as profit taking hit July wheat and other futures. Wheat dropped 4 or 14 cents, corn 14 to 14 cents, soybeans 1 to 15 percent, with oats and rye modestly mixed.
Chicago cash provisions note grain pricing with No 1 red and yellow wheat quotations, soybeans and barley prices, and various grade indicators. The report lists bid values and samples for multiple wheat grades and related commodities in a concise market snapshot.
UPI reports Des Moines receipts about 55 000 for Wednesday versus 44 000 a week prior and 53 000 year ago with Monday totals around 62 000. Many sections steady with some weak to 25 lower and a few strong to 25 higher. hogs by weight 180 to 650 pounds quoted 8.00 to 15.10 while sows range 8.00 to 12.75. Omaha cattle receipts 16 000 with calves and steers weak to firm and prices noted at Good to choice levels around 26.50 to 28.95 for select steer lots.
The report details mixed conditions in Chicago produce markets with large freight weights and varied demand. Notes cite shipments of daisies and loaves, signals on red and white commodities, and price signals affecting bakers and California goods.
Wholesale prices for bulk rags and textiles listed with varied condition notes and demand indicators. Mixed color offerings priced at 43 ab0 to 50 with extras 30 to 50. butter prices and related items shown alongside general commodity checks and score notations.
Two Colorado teenagers runaway from home were apprehended Monday night by Town Marshal Vern Lyons in Strawberry Point. Lyons stopped them while hitchhiking, notified their parents, and learned they had been missing since Friday. Youths, without money, are held awaiting word from parents.
Eight feature jalopy races will be held at the Louisa county fairground in Columbus Junction. Time trials start at 7 p.m. Thursday night.
The Iowa Commerce Commission authorized railroads to raise freight rates and service charges by 2 to 5 percent on many shipments, with limited exceptions for brick, tile, coal, and gypsum. The move aims to boost Iowa railroad revenues by about 540 thousand dollars annually, reflecting shifts from rail to truck transport since 1954.
Local briefs note golf pro Gene Chapman and Lions Club speaker George Hixonbaugh will address Thursday noon gatherings at the Roosevelt hotel. Separate items report office openings, small thefts in Marion, and a radio theft near Collins Radio Co plant.
A representative will hold a room sale in 321 at the Cedar Rapids post office building from 9 30 to 3 30 Thursday seeking antique dishes. Empire 3 1530 advertised.
Vice president Nixon plans to extend his Russia tour from July 23 for about two weeks to include nine cities rarely opened to foreigners. He is willing to stay longer than one week if Kremlin authorities permit additional sightseeing beyond usual tourist attractions.
Navy recruiters announced the enlistment of four men who were sent to the San Diego training center. The enlistees are Kalvin K. Korfe, 18, of 505 Valley Viewer SE. Brian D. Christianson, 925 Sixteenth Ave SW. Keith Emmert, 18, Anamosa. and Harry L. Odeen, 17, Marion.
Ex-convict George E. Cole, 32, once ran a service station while on the FBI ten most wanted list, agreed to return to California to face prosecution for the 1956 killing of a San Francisco police sergeant. His accomplice and common-law wife Yvonne Conley, 45, waived extradition and is charged as an accessory.
Des Moines officials seek national aid as polio cases rise to 67 with 37 unvaccinated. Dr. Speers notes 80 percent vaccine effectiveness and explains 27 000 shots given since June 1. Public Health Service experts and Red Cross nurses assist the drive.
Two Vinton area youths were fined 100 dollars each on assault and battery charges after a street fight Saturday night. Gale Barkdoll and Bob Campbell appeared in justice court Tuesday. Philip McKellep, 17, of Perham was injured, reporting he was forced to stop his car, then attacked.
Dr. H. Garland Hershey of Iowa City was re-elected chairman of the Iowa Natural Resources Council at a reorganization meeting held Monday. Obhie McMurry, the council director, announced the result as L. Guy Young of Bedford attended his first meeting, succeeding H. L. McKinley of St. Ansgar.
A jumble of ads and notices lists jewelers delivering free service, drive-in hours, home help offers, repairs, painting, cement work, and lawn care. Public notices include employment wants and requests for help, with contact EM numbers and addresses scattered throughout.
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