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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1956
Page
5
Chicago reports USDA estimates of salable cattle hogs and sheep receipts for Tuesday. Hogs mostly 25 to 50 cents lower with sow weakness. cattle receipts 25 000 with steers and heifers down modestly while stockers and feeders stay firm. lambs show steady to higher values with spring lambs listed at 26 to 29 dollars per hundredweight.
Des Moines market receipts estimate Monday at 50 000 down from last week 58 000 and year ago 44 000 with Saturday actual 31 000. Prices steady to 40 cents lower with butchers 160 180 lbs 14 16 0 16 15 180 200 lbs 16 17 15 200 220 lbs 16 16 15 220 240 lbs 15 16 75 16 75 240 270 lbs 15 25 16 25 270 300 lbs 15 16 25 16 25. Sows 270 300 lbs 15 25 15 75 300 330 lbs 15 00 15 50 330 360 lbs 14 75 15 25 360 400 lbs 14 25 14 85.
Omaha stockyards reports US Department of Agriculture cattle prices. Receipts total 18 500 cattle and 500 calves with feeders and stockers mixed. heifers steady, cows strong, steers mostly steady to 25 cents lower on lighter weights. Top quotes include choice fed steers 19.00 to 20.75, 451 pound weights at 31.00, and good to low choice steer ranges 17.00 to 18.75. Canner and cutter cows 9.25 to 10.75, stocker and feeder cattle 16.50 to 19.00, yearling feeder heifers 18.25.
Prices on Cedar Rapids hog market steady to 40 cents lower with meat hogs priced 10 to 40 cents above quotes and over fat hogs 10 to 40 cents below. Detailed bid ranges for different weights, plus a sheep and lamb section with varied prices for spring lambs, yearlings, ewes, and cull sheep. Also includes egg and wool prices and field grasses market notes.
The New York stock market opened mixed with prices generally higher but overall slow trading. Several industrial and utility shares showed small gains while many securities drifted lower. volume reached about 1.5 million shares by 1:30 p.m. Eastern.
Premier U Nu of Burma is expected to announce his resignation on Tuesday in Rangoon. He will name Ba Swe, defense minister and AFPFL vice president, as successor and says he quits to reorganize the AFPFL and pursue full-time party work.
City council received a single bid of 6151 dollars from B A Jensen masonry contractor for a 20 by 20 foot concession building at Ellis Park. The proposal includes restrooms an office for field director and umpires concession space storage and umpires lockers with estimated cost around 4000 dollars.
Chicago brokers and commission houses boosted soybeans on Monday as edible oil and soy meal traded higher. Wheat rose 3 to 3 and a half percent, corn gained about 1 to 2 percent, and soybeans advanced to around 634. Lard stayed flat to down, with July futures near 11.62. Cash wheat and corn offered mixed quotes, with several grain grades listed and soybean meal at about 59 per ton.
Sioux City market report shows receipts of 9,000 cattle and 400 calves. Fed steers under 1,150 pounds steady, heavier weights steady to weak. High choice steers on today’s edition trade around 21.50, bulk choice 19.50 to 21.00, good cattle 20.50, 18.00 to 19.50 for other lots. Wetters (incomplete).
Market summary shows receipts and steady to mixed pricing for produce goods in Chicago. Butter eggs and cheese hold steady with various grade prices. poultry and live poultry show slight softness. carlot track sales indicate firm red varieties and higher white varieties with several regional price points cited.
USDA Butter prices steady with receipts at 1 205 000. Creamery butter mainly 59 to 60 cents for 93 score AA, 58 to 59 cents for other scores. Eggs unsettled with various grade prices ranging from 33 to 50 cents per dozen depending on size and quality.
Des Moines Gov. Hoegh announced Iowa’s traffic fatalities fell to 51 in May from 56 a year earlier, the second straight monthly decline. He noted the statewide slow-down and live campaign continues through Labor Day amid a national rise.
Special to The Gazette reports a burglar attempted entry to the Iowa Supply Company building via a roof skylight in Iowa City. Although entry was not gained, the intruder caused damage by dropping sash weights that struck and broke a basement sewer pipe, flooding the area where books are stored.
John Daly presents the daily news roundup at 6 15 p m on Channel 9 delivering local and national updates with a concise evening briefing.
Zemo a doctor's formula relieves itching of surface skin rashes eczema prickly heat athlete s foot quickly. It stops scratching and aids faster healing and clearing. Extra Strength Zemo recommended for stubborn cases.
Cedar Rapids readers see a string of short items: A G Ilen returns home after surgery at 11922 First avenue NE. Trowel Chapter 49 RA M to hold final spring meeting with sports program at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Tom Barta named president of Iowa State College concert band, a junior. Carol Ann Hensley undergoes surgery at Mercy hospital. Cedar Rapids NAACP to meet at Community House Thursday 7 30 p m. Canopus Club luncheon program by Cedar Rapids Toastmasters at Montrose hotel. correction noting Everette Bruce Kelsey listed as Roosevelt school graduate. various ads and services including furniture prices. Orley McCune fined $50 for reckless driving. Legion Lanes open tonight. Order of Ahepa Cedar Rapids chapter 194 to meet Tuesday 8 15 p m at church hall for 1956 57 officer election. Turner's mortuary vigil for Steve Hamos. Kiwanis luncheon speaker Dr Frederick T Bent on Middle East Dilemmas. vote reminder and note about Richard Naz ette in county attorney’s office. Commencement attendance by Mr and Mrs Leon LaDage and children from Rock Island at St Patrick’s High School where Kathleen Sullivan graduates. LaDage a former Cedar Rapids resident.
The Supreme Court by a 5 to 4 vote upheld the firing of Doris Walker, a clerk-typist at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, deeming California local contract law sufficient to decide the case and not a substantial federal question. Justice Douglas dissented, saying the ruling sanctions violation of free speech.
New York AP Hattie Freeman Dodson secretary to Rep Powell was sentenced to seven months in prison and fined nine thousand dollars for income tax evasion The judge rejected claims a prosecution witness said she kicked back salary to Powell Dodson was found guilty by a jury and granted bail pending appeal
B D Page and 21 industrial arts club members returned from a weeklong camping and educational trip in Minnesota and Wisconsin. They toured Crosby iron mines, the Walker Art Center, a Duluth air base, and civilian airports.
Harry S Truman visits the room where Wolfgang Mozart was born in Salzburg Austria He plays the famed instrument with a smile noting the instrument requires playing as written He hits several sour notes but grins at the experience and remarks on performance constraints.
The couple is reportedly awaiting an heir or heiress with January as a potential birth window. Kelly criticized rival reporters for fabricating an exclusive, accusing others of chasing a sensational scoop rather than respecting privacy.
An amended request to relocate Monahan Mortuary at 1844 First Avenue SE seeks a zoning change from B-4 to B-1. Frank J. Monahan and William J. Stewart lead the proposal with Alma Steggall named as the present property owner. Signatures in support and opposition were filed, and the matter was referred to the City Plan Commission for study.
John B. Kelly, father of Princess Grace of Monaco, dismissed reports of Grace and Prince Rainier expecting a child. He expressed anger and said he knows nothing about any pregnancy.
Sharon Kay Karteus 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs William Karteus farmers four miles northeast of Coggon died Sunday night in University hospitals Iowa City after several weeks illness She was a seventh grade student in Coggan school Survived by her parents and a brother Services set for Wednesday at 2 pm in Peace Lutheran church Ryan Burial in Oakland cemetery Manchester
The Cedar Rapids Community Chest will send three delegates to Dayton Ohio for the United Community Funds and Councils of America campaign leaders conference. Cliff Jordan chairs the Public Welfare bureau at the Chamber of Commerce Roy Swanson serves as executive secretary of the Community Chest and Charmayne Wilke is assistant secretary. They depart Wednesday with the conference concluding Friday.
Two French divisions moved through the Kabylie range as Operation Hope enters its closing phase in Algeria's 18 month rebellion. Since Thursday's start the French report about 500 rebels killed and 260 captured with French losses not disclosed.
CHANNEL 9 presents the 6 PM rundown with local and regional headlines spanning city council actions weather alerts traffic changes and notable community events. The program highlights everyday civic updates and timely notices affecting residents.
Two naval reserve training center station keepers in Cedar Rapids were reassigned. Chief Radioman John W. Kriewitz goes to the destroyer escort Alvin C. Cockrell in San Diego. Chief Hospitalman Herbert L. Holmes moves to radar picket destroyer Eugene A. Greene in Norfolk. An air force recruit John J R Hartson, 17, was sent to Parks AFB California for basic training. Coast Guard officer candidate class size rises from 75 to 140 with eligibility for married men. Applications to Second Coast Guard District in St Louis Missouri.
Postmaster E R Petro announced a westbound courtesy mail box will be installed near the Cedar Rapids post office on Second Avenue SE within a day or two. The curb box will be two thirds back from First Street toward the bridge and will be used experimentally to help westbound motorists avoid detouring to First Street boxes.
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