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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1958
Page
4
Chicago markets report hog receipts around 7 000 with prices mostly 23.00 to 23.25 for 220 260 lb pigs and cattle receipts about 10 000 with slaughter steers mainly 25 27 lower on heavy weights. Des Moines figures show butchers and sows fluctuating with typical mid range quotes across weight classes.
Waterloo buyers steady prices with a 25 to 50 cents higher trend for hogs. Measured ranges show 160 to 400 pounds with prices from about 18.75 to 21.75 per hundredweight, noting variance by weight category and sow listings.
Omaha cattle receipts reach 12 000 with calves 50. Slaughter steers steady to 25 cents lower with some 50 cent declines. Choice 1 steers priced around 27.00 per hundredweight. good and choice 1600-1298 lbs quoted near 34.00.
Sioux City market reports 6500 cattle including slaughter steers and heifers with bulk early sales steady to down. Bulk choice steers bring about 25.50 per hundredweight as buyers and sellers adjust to demand in a USDA listing.
Tuesday quotations for plant delivered hogs show No 2 good cuts steady, with prime and high yield sows up to 50 cents over and No 3 under by as much as 50 cents. Weights range 150 to 200 pounds for prime and other grades, while egg market notes small gains and checks at 20 to 26 cents for various sizes.
The stock market edged lower on profit taking late Tuesday after a five day rise. Volume was about 3.5 million shares, up from 3.44 million Monday, with leading issues slipping from fractions to roughly one point.
Twenty Negro children seeking admission to white elementary schools in Charlottesville boycotted achievement tests on the second day of the protest. The tests were a prerequisite for admission and prompted the ongoing boycott.
In the Arabian Sea the 4350 ton Panamanian freighter Allegra sank after distress signals. The British liner Carthage picked up 23 of 24 crew members with one missing seaman feared lost.
Two men were hurt in falls in Cedar Rapids Monday afternoon. Richard Noone, 21, of Anamosa tumbled 20 feet from a light pole at 3917 First Ave SE and suffered a head injury. Wallace Purrington, 34, of Route 3, suffered a concussion when he fell from a porch roof at 3000 Sixth St SW. Both were taken to St Luke's hospital for treatment.
Wayne Smith aged 33 was arrested early Tuesday on an assault and battery charge. Police say he entered his separated wife’s home at 1719 Fourth Ave SE and beat her. She was treated at St Luke's hospital for a broken nose and multiple lacerations.
Genevieve Jacoby, 45, of 212 Twelfth st SE, was arrested Monday afternoon on a larceny charge. The Eagles store manager at 1400 Mt. Vernon rd SE said she left with $10.95 worth of unpaid meat and groceries.
The Walker band gives its last park concert this Wednesday evening. An ice cream social will follow in the park, sponsored by the Band Boosters.
Chicago markets show wheat down 1.14 to 1.64, corn weaker 2.5 to 3.5, oats and rye mixed to unchanged. Soybeans rise 2.14 to 2.58 percent, with mixed cash quotes for various grain grades and byproduct prices including soybean oil and meal.
UPI reports Chicago market activity with live poultry at 106000 lbs and 952000 lbs processed. Prices show mixed ranges for Swiss and local cheeses while large white and mixed poultry lots move at 37 cents to 36 1/4 cents per pound. Arrivals total 811 on track 326 with shipments at 357 and market demand described as moderate to steady for California, Texas, and North Shore produce.
USDA reports butter prices steady with receipts 941,000 while eggs remain steady to firm with receipts 21,300. Mixed colors extras weigh 48-50 pounds at 382-40tse, standards large 33¾-35 cents, checks 29-30 cents.
Des Moines bureau Edward Boyle Clear Lake attorney will serve as temporary chairman and keynote speaker at the 1958 Republican state judicial convention. The event will nominate GOP candidates for the Iowa supreme court for the November election with registration starting Thursday and the convention opening at Veterans Memorial auditorium at 8 30 a m Friday.
Iowa Highway Commission votes to transfer 409 440 dollars from an emergency fund for flood area road aid. Audubon County cites 80 000 dollars needed to match federal funds for bridge work on farm to market roads. Other counties share 818 880 dollars in flood aid. civilian defense adds 262 992 for temporary bridges.
A 16 year old girl was injured Monday afternoon when two bicycles collided in front of 1311 B avenue NW. Judy Kadlee of 343 Twenty-first street NW suffered a concussion and was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment. the other rider was Judy Lakman, 12, of 351 Twenty-first street.
The notice promotes round the clock music on KCRG Radio with a catchy slogan inviting listeners to tune in anytime for continuous programming. It highlights the station as a source of nonstop musical entertainment.
In Beirut a U S marine was killed before dawn after failing to answer a sentry's challenge near the airport. He died of a stomach wound after being hit during three challenges while returning from a mission. The incident marked the second American fatality in Lebanon that week.
Washington AP reports a clear upturn in the economy for the second quarter of the year. Economic indicators prepared by the President's advisers show expenditures for goods and services reversing a nine month decline and rising by 2.2 billion dollars from Q1 1958. Gross national product rose to 428 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate from 425.8 billion in Q1. The trend had fallen since Q3 1957 when GNP peaked at 445 billion.
Two Yugoslav reserve soldiers fled to Austria to seek asylum, after deserting while fearing they would be sent as volunteers to the Middle East. They were reportedly on an eight week refresher course and told Austrian border guards and interrogators that Tito had discussed sending volunteers during Nasser’s visit earlier this month.
Police have posted an around the clock guard outside the hotel suite of Abdul Majid Abbas the U N delegate of the overthrown government of Iraq who said his life was threatened by an Iraqi army officer in this country Police are investigating the threat reported by telephone on Monday
New York. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announces a broadened program beyond polio to include arthritis research and birth defect work. Basil O Connor says focus will start with arthritis, birth defects of the central nervous system, and paralysis survivors, backed by the March of Dimes. The arthritis group had opposed a merger, and the plan follows a failed union attempt.
In Seoul the U S army reports a Korean thief was shot and killed Tuesday by a guard. Sgt Hager B Blevins of Circleville Ohio on special guard duty fired when the suspects fled with water pumps, killing one man and letting another escape. The 7th division engineer company and Korean police investigate with no charges yet filed.
United Auto Workers in eight John Deere plants voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike. The contract covers 13,100 workers and expires July 31 after talks that began June 10. Deere operates plants in Des Moines Abque Ottumwa Waterloo East Moline and other locations.
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company reports NYSE listing approved and stock trading expected to start around Aug 1. For the 12 months ending June 30 operating revenues reached 36.59 million, up from 34.19 million. net income was 4.23 million or 2.11 per share versus 4.11 million or 1.98 per share. Taxes amounted to 7.24 million, up from 6.82 million.
Vice Adm. Charles R. Brown, then commanding the U S 6th Fleet in Middle East waters, was chosen as the new commander in chief of allied forces southern Europe. He will assume duties in January and succeeds Adm. Robert P. Briscoe who is retiring.
Martha Herring, 84, a former Belle Plaine resident, died at her son's home in Dubuque on Monday. Services are set for Thursday at 10 a.m. at Egelhof Funeral Home with burial at 2 p.m. at Oakhill Cemetery in Belle Plaine. Survived by four sons Ernest, Glen, Everett, and Donald. She was a member of the Pythian Sisters and a 50 year member of the Rebekah lodge. Born in Koszta, Iowa, on September 1.
Special to The Gazette. Iowa City driver John Peterson 18 of Cedar Rapids was fined $30 for failure to have his car under control after a fatal crash June 30. Marion Rich 18 of Cedar Rapids was killed when Petersons car struck a fence, hit an embankment and overturned on the Macbride park road 242 miles west of Solon.
Iowa shows a buoyant economy with 393 incorporations filed by June, 25 more than last year. Non profits lead with 262 filings, out-of-state firms total 121, while 77 dissolutions occur. Secretary Melvin Synhorst credits civic groups and the Iowa Development Commission for a strong six months and notes pending laws to improve the business climate.
A USDA Marketing Service note explains ice cream, ice milk, and sherbet by butterfat content. It also shares a spicy applesauce ice cream recipe using vanilla ice cream, applesauce, and spices, yielding about 10 to 12 servings and 3 cups of apples.
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company posts six month sales of 269,506,611 in 1958 with earnings of 8,611,204 or 1.02 per share on 8,216,013 shares outstanding. Second quarter sales reached 150 million with earnings after dividend requirements of 6,198,297. Farm equipment demand leads growth. backlog drops about 10 percent to end of June at 1,203 million exclusive of tractor division orders.
Sen. Thomas E. Martin argues that American agriculture must access foreign markets to absorb surplus production. He urges Senate to extend the reciprocal trade program as essential to expanding trade channels for farm products. The Senate began voting on amendments to the extension bill.
President Eisenhower sent a formal greeting to Poland on Liberation Day. He addressed President Alexander Zawadzki and conveyed the United States’ best wishes to the Polish people on the official holiday.
Mrs. William W. Lary of 286 Sixth Ave Marion died Monday after a two week illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born Irene A Lewis October 25 1897 in Johnson County she married February 2 1921 in Iowa City and moved to Marion in 1935 from Sioux City. Survived by husband two sons a daughter mother a sister and a brother, services Wednesday at 4 pm at Murdoch chapel Marion burial Cedar Memorial Park. Memorials may go to Marion Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. W. C. Young was installed as president of the American Legion Auxiliary on Monday evening at the Legion hall. Officiating were Mrs. H. P. Price as installing officer and Mrs. Earl Helbig as installing sergeant at arms. Other officers installed included Mrs. Robert Mann as first vice president and Mrs. Ed McNulty as second vice president. Recording secretary Mrs. John M. Howe Jr, corresponding secretary Mrs. Calvin Moore, treasurer Mrs. Henry Robbins, sergeant at arms Mrs. Quentin Gilds, chaplain Elizabeth Hart, historian Mrs. John A. Clay, and retiring president Mrs. Raymond Lake with Esther Kassler and Mrs. Earl Helbig on the executive board.
The Iowa High Way Commission reported contracts totaling $78.457 million for the year ending June 30, 1958, a new high. Rus sell Lundy was elected chairman and Robert Brice vice chairman at the reorganizational meeting, succeeding Chris Larsen and Cecil Malone. The report notes 1,245 contracts surpassed the prior annual peak by about eight million dollars, with up to 26 percent for interstate construction. At present only the Sioux City Missouri River bridge interchange area is open to the public among interstate sections.
Reports from Amman describe armed British paratroops patrolling the city for the first time since their arrival. Explosions Sunday night and Monday morning, including a pencil bomb blamed on Syrian terrorists, raised regional tension. King Hussein signed a decree increasing the death penalty for conspirators or attempts to overthrow the government, up from 15 years.
Tokyo police and customs officers raided the Ueno PX in downtown Tokyo and seized six truckloads of American luxury goods including TVs refrigerators washing machines golf clubs cameras watches and 150 cases of U S canned goods worth about 30000 total. The goods, brought into Japan illicitly by service members or theft, will be auctioned at the customs warehouse.
Vienna radio listeners were shocked when a talking voice urged leaving the city as an atom bomb would be dropped the next day. Police traced the prank to an amateur radio operator whose transmitter could not be located. Radio Vienna switchboards were jammed with anxious calls.
The theft of 12 fur coats valued at 321 dollars was reported to police Tuesday by Newman's officials. The coats were delivered to the 5th floor on June 30 and were supposed to move to the 2nd floor, but a store search failed to locate them.
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