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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
8
Chicago reports show heat wave reducing livestock demand with hogs steady to 25 cents lower from last week. USDA notes varied hog and cattle prices across weight ranges and regions including Des Moines and Des Moines receipts with top hogs around $21 and late week prices near $20.25.
Waterloo market notes show butcher price tiers from 160 pounds to 550 pounds with bids and top values. Prices range from about 13.90 to 19.75 per hundredweight, listing multiple weight slots and sows across numerous bands.
Prices at Cedar Rapids hog market hold steady to a quarter higher on Saturday with meat type butchers priced 10 to 50 cents per hundredweight over and over fats 10 to 50 cents under delivered. Listings show varied butcher and packer prices by weight, ranging from 180 to over 550 pounds, alongside cattle, calf, sheep, and poultry market figures, plus grain and feed values.
Cairo Egypt two Britons were sentenced to prison for spying during the Suez crisis while two others were acquitted. James Zarb received ten years hard labor and Jannes Swinburn five years. John Stanley Charles Pittuck and a Yugoslav defendant were acquitted. Nine Egyptians were sentenced from three years to life, and all arrests followed last summer’s crisis.
The United States plans to begin sending modern F-100 jet interceptors to Osan Air Base in South Korea on Monday to counter North Korean air power. The move follows U N Command claims it will disregard the armistice ban on new weapons and will provide new arms and equipment to South Korean forces.
Me family reunion hosted by Dr and Mrs Norman W Stookey at 957 Twelfth Street drew relatives from California Illinois and Texas. Marion PTA and local officials met with G R Doc Speers to discuss safety while other items note travels returns and hospital visits across Marion Iowa and nearby cities.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Employment Security Commission upheld a denial of unemployment compensation for Harold C. McDowell of Cedar Rapids after he left his job Sept 11 when arrested and sentenced to 60 days in jail. The commission ruled absence for jail time was not good cause and that his own act initiated the job separation.
Religious notices list service times for Marion churches including Baptist Catholic Christian Free Methodist Methodist Presbyterian Lutheran and other denominations. Entries name pastors and typical worship and Sunday school times along with occasional midweek prayers and special services.
Officers broke up a drag race three miles south of Muscatine after farmers complained. Three drivers were charged with reckless driving and wanton disregard for public safety and life. The youths were released. Robert C. Wilson 18 Ronald G. Miller 18 and Gerald D. White 19 were to appear before Justice L. A. Crull.
Police, aided by an Aurora UL mechanic and Illinois state police, halted a car en route to Denver after detection that safety nuts on a wheel had not been replaced. Driver Lorraine Thoman, 33, said she was unaware of the danger and planned to finish the trip after repair.
Vice President Nixon told Plymouth Mass that the United States must judge deals with Communist nations by deeds not words. Speaking at the Mayflower II celebration he urged peaceful change, stating the cold war was not our creation and must not last longer than security requires. He warned against substituting hope for action while embracing open discussion to shape a policy promoting world peace and national security.
The State Department accused the Soviet government of reversing Khrushchev's pledge to relax travel restrictions. A June 15 note to the U S Embassy in Moscow did not mention the May U S offer for mutual relaxation nor respond to American complaints about Soviet travel interference with U S diplomats in Russia. The department labeled the move a rejection of long standing mutual relaxation proposals. Khrushchev had promised a reciprocal abolition of travel limits on television prior to the note.
The Linn County Association for Retarded Children has not approved joining the United Fund campaign. President Dwight M Walker emphasized that no statement has been made about participation. The association has asked to meet the United Fund executive committee to discuss merits.
Red Foley presents favorite country style music on HOZARK JUBILEE at 8 00 PM Saturday on Channel 9.
A 1959 era panoramic on the St Lawrence Seaway halfway completion, detailing a 15,000 worker international effort to carve 208 million cubic yards of dirt, seven large locks, new canal systems, and a 2,342 mile route from the Atlantic to Duluth. It notes economic boom for Chicago, massena, and Great Lakes ports, plus sociological shifts as Europe and the Orient dock at inland ports.
A compact schedule listing programs across KCRG TV 9, WMT TV 2, KWWL TV 7, and WHERF TV 4. Highlights include Gale Storm, Lawrence Welk, Gunsmoke, Billy Graham, Mystery Theater, SRO Playhouse, Brandon era films, Wresting, Captain Grief, Wyatt Earp, and news hours with occasional movie features and sports wrap.
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