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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
18
Chicago hogs closed 25 to 50 cents lower after trading mostly weaker. Sows held steady to 25 cents lower. cattle and calves prices barely tested with limited sale volumes. Iowa and Des Moines reports show mixed shifts with hogs and sheep unevenly priced and tight supplies.
Iowa Supreme Court sustains Des Moines annexation of Joam field township area. Court notes city provided fire protection and could offer police. nine residents objected. Decision affirms city’s ability to extend services and governance to the area.
Archyads track 4 shipments amid a volatile New York market. Prices show limited demand and uneven buying as traders assess supply and demand signals.
Cedar Stupids market reports Friday price declines across hogs with meat type butchery costs rising 12 to 50 cents per hundredweight and overall drop of 10 to 60 cents under the deliverer.
Export talks with Poland sparked a wheat tally as trade receded from the best. Old-style wheat closed 4 1/4 to 4 1/4 higher, July 82.05. New-style wheat steady to 2 02 up. Corn 2% higher, July 3 2 4 higher. soybeans up modestly. Chicago price activity reflected limited corn and hedging near term.
The Lint county chapter of the American Red Cross announced a water safety aide program at the Ellis pool the week of June 17. Eligible applicants are boys and girls ages 14 to 17 with a Red Cross swimmer certificate and a junior or senior lifesaving certificate. Aides will assist swimming instructors during the June 24 to August 3 session. registration is at the Red Cross office 27 Granby building, phone ER b 2678.
Senator Jick Miller urged Gov. Loveless to add reapportionment to any special session agenda. Miller, in Des Moines for the Iowa Bar Association convention, pressed for apportionment while Loveless favored advancing capital improvement bills. The note referenced Hawkeye Boys State and the current reapportionment plan.
Abraham Pilicer, president of the American Yeast Company in Cedar Rapitz, was elected a fellow of the Iowa Academy of Science for work in bacteriology and cattle feed supplements. The academy, organized in 1880s, has over 1,300 members. Mrs. Victor Meier fractured her right ankle after a cow kicked her on her farm six miles northeast of Manchester.
Fragmented OCR text shows city board actions on property setbacks and public hearings, with references to ordinance requirements, driveways, and a proposed fuel storage project. It also mentions corporate articles amended for an entity identified as Native and cites a meeting with directors and voting rules.
Fire caused interior damage to the Norman Swearingen residence at 655 Nineteenth Street on Friday after a neighbor reported smoke from the eaves at 7:10 am. Swearingen was at work. his wife and children were away. Clothing in a closet burned. no damage estimate yet.
George Vicko, 31, of 410 Seventh Avenue SE, drew a 254 day jail term and a 0 day suspension of his driver’s license after pleading guilty to reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Judge Donald Barnes imposed the penalties after police said he struck a car on Classy and ME and fled, later apprehended when his car got stuck in mud.
About 350 expected at the eighth annual Iowa convention of the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic. Attendees travel from Ladies of the G.A.R. Daughters of Union Veterans Sons of Union Veterans and War Mothers groups. Four orders hold anniversary sessions with a memorial service set for Sunday morning.
The Cas Thal Clyby case reports Carl Henderson suffered multiple cracked tibias this week when the tractor he was driving overturned.
Fragmentary OCR reads unrelated names and phrases about cars and tanks, with unclear context and minimal readable facts. The legible items include scattered proper nouns and potential institutional terms, but no coherent event or person actions emerge.
The undersigned executor for Katherine Bar's estate in Des Moines County Iowa is appointed. Creditors must present timely claims for payment. those with claims should file at the office of the Clerk in Des Moines County Iowa.
Fragmented notice lists multiple dance events with venues such as Prairiemoon Ballroom Charlie's Tavern and Hay B Hot. It mentions June dates, private party options, music acts like Kenny Hoper and Western Playboys, plus various local service ads for plumbing painting and lawn care. The readable items reference social dances and civic listings without a single cohesive narrative.
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