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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1958
Page
3
Chicago reports Saturday receipts of 100 cattle 100 hogs no sheep. Butcher hogs steady to 25 cents higher with heavyweights up to 25 cents. Cattle receipts 500 calves 100 with holdovers keeping a weak tone and limited sales. Sheep receipts 500 spring lambs steady to 50 cents lower with top prices around 25 dollars.
UPI reports Thursday receipts about 31 500 with week ago 56 000 and year ago 28 000. Butcher cut ranges show prices for various live weights from 160 to 400 pounds with figures for both instance and prior period.
The New York stock market posted modest gains despite late profit taking. Volume was about 3.1 million shares with leading stocks rising fractions to around one point while losses ran in a similar range.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were 25 to 50 cents higher for good No. 2 butchers and sows. Plant delivered prices apply with adjustments up to 50c for high yield hogs and down to 50c for lower grades. Sioux City stocker and feeder activity noted with limited slaughter classes and no test prices.
Omaha cattle receipts 1 000 with calves 25. slaughter steer and heifer prices not tested due to dealer scarcity. Utility and commercial cows quotable around 16.50 to 18.50.
London AP reports an undeclared Cyprus truce shaping up as Greek Premier Karamanlis and Turkish Premier Menderes intervene to end over three years of civil strife. Athens and Ankara fear renewed terror ism could endanger Middle East stability and NATO prospects in Lebanon and Jordan.
If your profession depends on your presence and you suddenly become totally disabled for a month or more, your fixed costs such as salaries and rent continue. Business Expense Reimbursement Insurance covers these expenses and premiums are deductible.
A massive 2000 acre woodland fire on the east slope of the Cascade mountains was brought under control Thursday night. Fire crews battled the flames across rugged terrain, preventing further spread and securing containment despite difficult conditions.
Chicago price report notes brisk demand after Greece allegedly bought 28 000 tons of U S corn. Grain futures show mixed moves with corn up sharply while wheat oats rye soybeans show declines and proceeds from other grains expected. Cash market lists No 1 yellow corn at 1 38 2 per bushel and various yellow grain lots with meat and meal prices.
Chicago buyers monitor UPI market notes with live poultry totals, USDA price changes, and case counts. The report lists product breakdowns such as white large 35 and mixed large extras 344cc, plus regional price ranges for California and Idaho and Texas.
USDA notes butter steady with 224000 receipts and prices unchanged. Eggs also near steady with 14600 receipts and extras 48-50 lbs at 37-38 cents and standards large 34-35 cents. checks 31 cents.
Mrs Don Adams 77 mother of Don J Adams co publisher of the Sigbee Review died here Thursday. Services Saturday 2 p m at the Methodist church with burial in Pleasant Grove cemetery. Body at Reynolds funeral home. She was born in Bloomfield and spent her married life in Sigourney. Survivors include two sons Richard and Don J both of Sigourney and a sister Byrle Horn of Ottumwa.
Two buildings weakened by last Friday’s flash flood collapsed Thursday in Atchison Kansas. City officials razed a third building. No injuries occurred. Both structures were vacant when they fell into the street. Four inspectors had just exited one building minutes earlier. The three story building housed a tire store a dress shop and offices. The two story building housed a women’s clothing store.
ISTANBUL AP Turks show little alarm as the Soviet Union starts border maneuvers. Government officials say conditions are normal while papers debate potential pressures. Foreign Minister Zorlu says Turkey remains alert but views activities as Russia's concern.
AP reports from Astara near the Iranian border that Soviet army and air force maneuvers lit the night with heavy rocket and gunfire. A newsman notes since Thursday Russian forces moved near the border, with many planes taking part and ongoing artillery and tank operations keeping residents awake.
First Lt. Mike Ellis and eight other American soldiers were captured June 7 after a helicopter forced landing in East Germany. Ellis writes his wife that they are treated okay and receiving Red Cross packages. The army plans to fly Mrs. Ellis to Germany when her husband is released.
Mary Lou Brahem, 16, of New Hampton died from injuries after a car skidded on a wet street and struck a culvert Thursday night. Driver Kathleen Caulfield, 16, was hospitalized in fair condition.
IOWA CITY The Save the Mehaffey Bridge committee will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at the North Liberty school. Boat club representatives are invited as they discuss a proposal to raise the Coralville reservoir level, which the committee opposes because it would cover the bridge.
Kenneth Ruad secretary treasurer of Link-Bell Speed er Corporation was elected president of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the National Association of Accountants. John Whalen Arthur Mallon named vice presidents Leonard Schoon secretary Walter Barnum treasurer. Directors include John Hagan Leonard Chadima Dean Floyd Carol Voelkers Roy Mathews Keith Listerbarger Jim Finerty Ed James and Herbings.
A House Armed Services subcommittee will open closed hearings Monday into the Raglaine Worsted settlement for late performance on an army cloth contract in Manchester New Hampshire. The investigation touches on Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams but he is not subpoenaed. The White House says Adams limited his actions to routine references on the case. Rep. Harris notes potential political influence in the matter.
A Sixth Fleet spokesman said an American carrier based plane was hit by small arms fire over the Beirut area Thursday night. The plane was not badly damaged and remains able to fly. The exact firing location could not be determined.
In Armagh three gunmen were arrested in a confessional box at St Patrick’s cathedral after a search of the cathedral vault uncovered a hideout with bunks clothing fuse wire and other gear. A suitcase bomb had been found outside an Armagh police station. The area marks a raid linked to the Irish Republican Army campaign.
FALL RIVER Mass UPI reports two sailors from the U S S Grand Canyon were in a car that struck 30 feet of iron rail and plunged into a pond early Friday. Cary D Stommel 20 Des Moines Iowa drowned Dale G Mull 20 Palmyra PA was rescued and hospitalized.
The light plane missing since last Friday on a Milwaukee to Des Moines flight went under water in the Mississippi near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Divers target a 40 to 50 foot gravel pit after witnesses saw bubbles oil on surface and a possible blast. Aboard were Mr and Mrs Lester Weber and Mr and Mrs Richard Weber of San Francisco.
City briefs report Mrs Ella Kriz of 1602 Washington Ave SE convalescing at Mercy Hospital with visitors allowed. Sandra Kay Boat daughter of Mrs Dorothy Boat 1218 Mast SW hospitalized at Mercy for observation and treatment with visitors permitted. Also notes a fire sale of books next to Farm Market Norman Waffle ad Chesterfield Supper Club at 1905 Ellis Blvd NW open Fri and Sat under new management.
Seventeen hundred American marines landed on a Beirut area beach without firing a shot. Lebanese spectators along the highway numbered about four thousand as vendors, including watermelon sellers, eyed the leathernecks while they set up machine gun emplacements under hot sun. Sgt James Hensley and Sgt John French commented on the busy beach and crowd reaction.
Jennie Fields gave birth to a girl in the front seat of her car in a Paterson intersection. Police halted traffic for over 30 minutes and assisted at the birth before mother and infant were taken to Paterson General Hospital, both reported doing fine.
Mrs. John Sharda is hospitalized in Cedar Rapids with a fractured hip after a fall at her Belle Plaine home. Special to The Gazette reports her condition as of the latest update.
Richmond AP report patrolman N D Morrison twice reported to work on Thursday night before being sent home to swap a black shoe for a brown one. The incident highlights uniform compliance issues faced by officers in the city.
Readable content references Pearl Street starch, paper bags and corn oil in a degraded list. No clear event, date, or sources to establish a完整 news item.
Albert K. Ab Dean 66 of 1250 Eighth St Marion died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. He worked in maintenance at Allis Chalmers before retiring. Surviving wife Lavina Driscoll two sons Bazel Del and Donald L D Dean two daughters Rachel Rubek and DeVee Warner a sister Dorcas Dean. Rosary to meet Sunday 8 p.m. at Murdoch chapel with services 9 a.m. Monday at St Josephs church burial Mt Calvary.
Wayne I. Eckhart 46 of Marion died after a head on collision near Minneapolis Minnesota. He was born in Marion son of the late R B Eckhart and survived by his wife and daughter Caryl Ann Eckhart of Minneapolis and a sister Mrs R T Clark Services were held at St Peters Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
Members of the Marion Rural 4 H club plan a Saturday meeting at 11 oclock led by Ethel and Anita Pearson. A fire sale offers children's and adults books at 1257 7th Ave Nor man Waffle Adv Mrs Willis Steele 1080 Fifth St patient at St Luke s hospital. Summer clearance at Irwin s Clothing Adv New York guest Mable Kesting of Syracuse N Y staying with A E Milner home.
Four fighter planes were sent to Innsbruck after Austria protested U S transports violating neutrality by flying over the region on a Middle East corridor. About 20 observers accompanied the fighters. one plane is a British Vampire and three are Russian. A U S spokesman in Washington promised future avoidance of Austrian airspace.
Iowa Justice Luke E. Linnan, appointed July 7 to fill the late W. A. Smith’s seat, may not be sworn in until September 1. Governor Loveless chose the 63 year old Algona attorney, a Democrat, and an exchange with Chief Justice Theodore Garfield suggests Linnan could join the court just two months before his term ends. The court plans a short session later this month before August vacation.
William Knuth a World War I veteran and retired carpenter dies at Elkader He was born December 8 1893 and lived in the area Survivors include brother Art Farmersburg and three sisters Mrs Jake Stein Elkader Alma Nieland Guttenberg and ve Kirseht Port Byron Services set for Saturday at 2 p m at the St Olaf chapel with military rites at the graveside Body to be taken from Witt funeral home in Elkader to the St Olaf chapel at 11 a m Saturday
Dayton Ohio AP report says Ada Hayward 58 died after a suburban Kettering man Robert 53 shot her in the breezeway thinking she was a prowler. He woke to a noise, retrieved a .32 revolver, and after turning on lights realized the figure was his wife.
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