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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1956
Page
8
Unofficial Monday livestock receipts Chicago 21 000 cattle hogs 11 000 sheep 2 000. Butcher hogs ended 25 to 75 cents lower for the week amid higher receipts and weaker wholesale pork cut prices. Des Moines and other markets report mixed gains with top hogs around 17.50 and cattle and sheep varying by grade.
Prices in Cedar Rapids show hogs steady to 30 cents higher with meat types 10 to 40 cents above quotas and fat hogs 10 to 40 cents below. Published prices cover hogs at the Cedar Rapids plant along with egg, wool, grain market figures and field seed values for Red Top, Sweet Clover, Alfalfa and Red Clover.
GRAND MOUND Iowa UP Larry Dickerson 13 son of Virgil Dickerson Davenport drowned Friday in the Wapsipinicon river south of Grand Mound Clinton county Albert Stewart DeWitt said he saw Larry riding a log in the river when he let loose near shore and disappeared The Dickerson boy had been living with a family at Long Grove Deputies and a skin diver dragged the river for the body.
Reese Latchaw was named business manager for Coe College by the board of trustees on Friday. A 1947 Coe graduate and former bursar, he succeeds Harold Neece who left for Hamline University. Latchaw, a 1948 hire, served in the army from 1942 to 1946 and later chaired church and civic groups while expanding his credentials in college administration.
Two Eastern Iowa youths joined the Army after recruiter visits in Cedar Rapids. Robert B. Van Eer, 18, of Center Junction, enlisted for regular Army and was sent to Camp Chaffee Arkansas for basic training. Jerry E. Overly, 19, of 3710 Richmond Road NE, enlisted in the six year Reserve with two years active duty and was sent to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for basic training.
Marion residents attend University of Iowa commencement in Iowa City as John Vernon earns a law degree. Nearby events include convention plans in Chicago for Milwaukee Women’s Club attendees and a grand dinner at Galliven residence. Additional items note visits, a California trip, arrivals and illnesses, property purchases, a Camp Fire gathering, and local classified notes.
In Gonzales Texas on a Friday the heat reached 102 degrees melting downtown asphalt. A truck loaded with chicken feed became stuck and had to unload to be freed.
A belated police report notes a fourth panty theft on Thursday night. Pat Byse and Barbara Corkery of 422 Seventh Avenue SW reported 20 panties and four slips stolen from a backyard clothesline valued at 28 dollars. Earlier on Friday three southeast side clotheslines yielded 25 dollars of womens underwear.
The notice lists multiple churches in Marion with pastors and weekly schedules. Mar ion Churches include Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, Prairie Chapel, Seventh Day Church of God, detailing service times, Sunday schools, youth activities, and special events such as a June 17 dedication and Vacation Bible School. Names include Rev Charles Moore Rev T J McElliott Rev William H Blessington Rev Roy P Fields Rev J P Knepper Rev James P Gable Rev Jean P Hayter Rev E L Brandt Rev Har ry D Green and Dr Millard G Roberts plus Parsons College speakers.
Jacob F. Younghvorst, 40, of Moline, in fair condition at a Muscatine hospital after a boat he rode went over a spillway on the Mississippi at the Muscatine dam. Three others escaped serious injury: Wayne Knox, 30, and Earl Loupa, 27, both of Rock Island, and Robert Peterson, 38, of Tucson, Ariz., visiting in Rock Island.
Waterloo report states Jean Marie Steinbronn 22 of Waverly died in a hospital after injuries from a fall from a horse on a gravel road near her parents farm home. She suffered a skull fracture and concussion last Tuesday, authorities reported.
DES MOINES AP Louis Wolverton aged 32 of Des Moines has been named air enforcement officer of the Iowa Aeronautics Commission at a salary of 4500 dollars annually. The post had been vacant for several years.
DES MOINES AP Miles L. Connor Lansing Democrat and state senate nominee filed expense accounts with the secretary of state showing a spending of $242 and no contributions received.
Lee County Sheriff Harold Delahoyde arrested John W. Moore, 31, an Iowa prison escapee, near Wayland, Missouri. Moore had slugged an elderly woman with a bottle during the escape from Fort Madison, tied a victim with fishing line, and fled in a stolen panel truck before being tracked to Kahoka. He faced forgery charges and awaits prison guards' arrival.
The IBPOEW lodge state oratorical contest will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Bethel AME church in Cedar Rapids with five lodge representatives from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Fort Dodge Sioux City and Des Moines. The winner advances to an eight state contest June 24 in Sioux City with a $1000 scholarship and a paid trip to Los Angeles for the national contest on August 27 where top prize is 250. Cedar Rapids entrant Carl Caulder a Wilcon high school sophomore and son of Rev S J Caulder 115 Highth Havenue SW is among the competitors.
Mt. Vernon crowd salutes Cornell college President Russell D. Cole and wife after their four and a half month world tour covering 21 countries and 40 cities. Dr Cole urged education over evangelism as a path to Christianity and praised Christian education in Asia. Mrs Cole expressed thanks as alumni day and commencement events began.
The Federal Power Commission orders a hearing reconvening June 26 in Iowa on Northern Natural Gas Company of Omaha proposed expansion costing 32 009 600 with part of the project in Iowa. Virgil M. Hancher will deliver the Michigan State University commencement address in East Lansing as over 2 000 degrees are conferred. A long strike of 75 Ready Mix concrete truck drivers against five Quad City firms enters its fourth week today.
A strong earthquake struck central Chile on Saturday, the second tremor recorded in the area within 24 hours, according to reports from Santiago. The quake prompted brief relief concerns and prompted officials to monitor aftershocks.
A fast moving Shrine Horse show opened at Hawkeye Downs with five Iowa blue ribbon winners. Cedar Rapids owned Charlena led three gaited English pleasure, with Dusty Rhodes in open fine harness and Beau Royal among top five gaited mares. others include The Vixen, Gifted Lady, and open roadster winners. The event features a expanded ring, a new judges stand, and a Sunday finale with stake classes and a Horserama pageant.
Open Roadster shown by Scotty Prim and Dale Beals topped the event with a premier prize. Other high placing entries include Burn Bantam Chimes and Elmwood's Prince Charming with owners Reedanne Glenn and R W McCullough respectively, while Marian Harvester and Pinto Rankin finished among top three with listed exhibitors.
Democratic leaders from 13 Midwest states convened in Des Moines to discuss a farm plank for the national convention. Emissaries for Adlai Stevenson Kefauver and Harriman gauged sentiment amid talks on presidential possibilities. State chairmen from Iowa Illinois Indiana Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota and Wisconsin attended with Oklahoma's Senator Kerr due to speak.
George Backer of New York City, a Harriman campaign manager, arrived with three staffers in Des Moines Friday. He said Harriman has campaigned actively but cannot enter primaries while his program is pending before New York’s Republican legislature. Also attending were Ray Baxter, Stevenson manager from Burlington, Iowa, and Cecil Malone, Kefauver manager from Atlantic, Iowa.
Nicholas Meppelink of Pella, 75, died when the car he rode in lost control on Iowa 92 about 15 miles east of Oskaloosa and struck the North Shank river bridge. The vehicle tore up about 40 feet of railing. Albert Van Duren of Oskaloosa was hospitalized with undetermined injuries.
John H Patton of Los Angeles died after his wife driven car collided with a truck near the junction of U S 63 and Iowa 88 about eleven miles northeast of here. Patton died at Mercy hospital later. His wife was not seriously hurt and 21 year old Thomas Benson of Elgin Iowa escaped injury.
Television schedule fragment lists Chicago and local Cedar Rapids stations with program titles such as Lawrence Welk Jackie Gleason Ozark Jubilee and High Patrol. Includes times 6:15 6:30 9:00 9:30 10:10 and 11:05 with various movies dramas and news segments across multiple outlets.
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