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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1977
Page
28
The market showed widespread weakness with the Dow Jones and other major indices sliding as investors weighed warrants and percent changes. Traders watched NYSE listings including Norton and other blue chips as prices fluctuated with last prices and volumes.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous brands and vendors with scattered numbers. The entries include Pfizer PepsiCo Quaker Sears Texaco Xerox US Steel and many others, interspersed with symbols and partial figures, suggesting a compiled catalog or price list rather than a coherent article.
New York The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 2.46 to 904.09 by midafternoon after a brief rally, as volume ran light. NYSE listables traded 12.90 million shares with losers edging gainers, Dow Chemical down 14 to 34 7/8, and the composite index ease to 52.84 while AMEX fell 0.22 to 112.09.
Iowa reports show mixed meat values with pork loins and ribs steady to up, beet prices steady with some declines, and soybean prices down on old crop while new crop gains. Cedar Rapids market data list corn and soybean quotations by crop, with oats included.
Hog prices fell 50 cents in Cedar Rapids with 200 to 230 pound butchers at 41.00 to 42.00 dollars. Sows steady at 36.50 to 37.00, with declines for heavier weights and ranges for packers. Regional quotes from Omaha and Sioux City show softer tones across hogs, cattle, and calves with varied weight brackets and strong packer ranges.
Livestock demand slow with butchers 25 to 50 lower and sows down to 50. weight ranges 200 to 550 pounds show varying declines. Egg prices mixed with irregular demand and higher farm stock prices. regional reports include Des Moines markets and Joliet cattle and hog listings with Friday estimates.
Father dies Ames 82 Earl J Stout. he is father of Donald J Stout. Lost Siberian Husky near 17th St SE. Breakin at Christine E. Bausch residence $129 value. Stolen stereo equipment camera at 1214 Sixth Ave SE valued $520. Taken 300 bushel gravity box and running gear from Cedar Rapids Ford Tractor Co. Adv items list. Honored John M Shaver named to dean’s list at University of Missouri with 4.0. Campers weekend at Jolly Roger Coralville Lake. Parachute Team first jump course starts June 6. Vandalism damages gardens Beverly city Edgewood Rd SW. Garage Sale 1080 30th St Dr SE 9 4.
Old crop soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade tumbled under heavy selling pressure with the July contract hitting the 30 cent limit. Soybean meal fell $8 a ton and oil slipped 55 points. Oats, wheat and corn also declined as soybeans led a broad retreat with July soybeans at 9.44 and corn at 2.488.
The Post Service raised salaries for top officials without a press release, angering postmasters who fear publicizing pay will lead to resentment in towns. Frank Miklozek, executive director of the National Assn of Postmasters, calls the policy designed to push out many postmasters as part of a broader campaign.
Four men were arrested for stealing 324 bags of imported coffee beans from a Secaucus New Jersey pier. The value rose from 45000 to about 113000 as prices climbed to 350 per bag, according to UPI reports. They were arraigned in Brooklyn federal court and bail set at 5000.
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