Hogs Gain on Receipts, Market Mixed Across Midwest
Estimated Thursday receipts from AP USDA show 7,500 hogs 3,000 cattle and 1,000 sheep. In Chicago hogs rose 25c to $1 gains amid uneven demand though earlier day losses were reported. Cattle and calves in Chicago active with prices up to 50c, top steers reaching 27.25 and high weight loads near 27.25. Kansas City cattle mixed with steers $24.00 to $24.75, heifers $22.30 to $23.00. Omaha cattle steady with fed steers at 21.50 to 24.50 and prime at 25.25.
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Chicago
Pei
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
INS
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Waterloo
Hoss
Hicker
Amn
Dow-Jones
Aled
Ekheed Re Stews Inc
Kesan” & R
McKesson & R
Martin G L
Natl Biscuit
Boeing Airp
Wat Gresum
Borden Co
Central
Boresper
Nor Pac
Briggs
Sinclair Oil
Socony Vac . Cible. Steel
Souu Bac Co
Wiles Oor Sou Railway
Cousins Air
Sperry Corp
Cedar Rapids
Eastman Eae
Studebaker
Swift & Co
Restone
Fruehaut
Timken
Fox Pilm
Ood
Unio Caride
Uni
Uni Air Lines
Uni Corp
Glidden
Sapam
Goebel
Gandrien
Bubler
Coring
Sioux City Livestock Cattle Receipts Steady Gains
Sioux City cattle receipts reach 4,600 head with calves at 200. Steers and yearlings rise up to 25 cents, with heifers steady. Beef prices show choice to prime cattle trading near $20.00 to $21.00.
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Sioux Cry
Sioux City
Market slips as profit taking dims gains in a mixed day
New York stocks eased slightly after profit taking while buyers remained active on many issues. Volume neared two million as DOW and broad listings fluctuated with a faction of shares showing strength amid the mixed session. Hog prices in Waterloo rose with varied cattle and sheep quotes across Cedar Rapids and Midwest markets.
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New York
INS
Hog Receipts In Des Moines Show Varied Prices
Des Moines reports Wednesday receipts near 35 000, up from last week, with Tuesday actuals at 42 000. Market for hogs remains active as butcher prices rise about 25 cents, sows up to 50 cents higher, top at 24.00. Trade details include barrows and gilts by weight, with price ranges for 160 to 550 pound classes and several midweight categories showing higher bids.
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Des Moines
INS
Chicago Produce Prices Mixed as Receipts Rise
In Chicago, receipts reach 1,948,504 pounds with varied butter scores and prices. Cheese and poultry show steady movement with small changes noted in buyers’ demand and category pricing. California onions and potatoes mirror a slow, dull market, while New York shipments report steadier butter and egg prices with modest shifts in egg size brackets.
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Chicago
California
Old-Fashioned Method Still Nabs Speeders
Cedar Rapids police use radar but catch speeders with old methods. Fred Woolrich of 2721 Lindale Ave NE watched patrol in a 25 mph zone on Williams Boulevard SW. Officer Clint Farrington reported Woolrich slowed then accelerated to 37 mph, was stopped, and issued a ticket.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Woolrich
Lindale Avenue
Clint Farrington
Woolrich
Williams Boulevard
Woorich
Farrington
Oelwein Bonds Sold for New High School
Halsey Stewart of Chicago bought $524000 in bonds from the Oelwein school board. The issue carries 2.2 percent interest and came from eleven bidding firms. Funds will finance a new high school with bids for the building to be let in the fall.
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Oelwein — Halsey Stewart ‘Company of
Chicago
Oelwein School Board
Grain and Soybean Quotations Vary in Chicago Trade
CHICAGO AP grain and soy quotations show small price shifts with July soybeans occasionally spiking. Wheat closes up 1% to 1.5%, corn moves mixed, oats down, rye up, soybeans lower to higher, lard higher, and cash wheat and corn prices listed with varying Nos. for futures and cash.
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Chicago
Small Producers Boost Pig Crop in Iowa and Illinois
Iowa State College economist Francis A. Kutish reports smaller hog producers drove a large share of the recent rise in farrowings on Iowa and northern Illinois farms. The study from a Chicago Union Stock Yards program uses on farm interviews since 1953, with nearly 600 interviews quarterly. Larger operators shifted farrowings earlier, while small oper ators increased 88 percent in spring 1954 and are expected to boost late year market hog runs, possibly causing a temporary price dip in late September or October.
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Ames
Iowa
Illinois
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College
Kutish
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Eisenhower warns against extreme Red trade ban
President Eisenhower told the National Editorial Association that banning all trade with the Communists, cutting foreign aid, or abandoning Southeast Asia would ruin the United States. He argued such extremes could let Japan fall to the Reds and turn the Pacific into a Communist lake, while stressing the need to keep Japan economically viable to stay in the Free World.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
Ja‘oan
Pacific
National Editorial Association
Iron Curtain
Sen. McCarthy
Japan
U. S
America
Moscow
Red China
Ja ‘Pan
Ten year old hit by car at intersection
Jerry Schneekloth aged ten of 1364 Twenty-first Avenue Southwest was severely bruised when struck by a car at First Avenue and Second Street East Tuesday afternoon. Police said he darted into the street as the light turned amber and was hit by Melvin Louk of 1509 J Street Southwest, who stated he had stopped for a car making a left turn and proceeded through the intersection.
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Jerry Schneekloth
Twenty-first Avenue
First Avenue
Second Street
Melvin Louk
J Street
Louk
Sigourney births and local notices across Iowa briefed
Mr and Mrs Vail R Cordell welcomed a son Friday at Sigourney hospital. Mr and Mrs Melvin Hollingsworth welcomed a daughter Friday. Mr and Mrs John Klett welcomed a daughter Thursday at Sigourney hospital. A Democratic county convention is set for July 2 at 10 am in the Opera House Sigourney. Jack Elgin North English high school coach broke his leg last week while working on a house. William Gerts ill at home in Atalissa. Clermont reports 50 local children registered for Red Cross swimming lessons at Upper Iowa University pool Fayette. Will Brownell 52 of Oakdale Calif killed in a June 15 car-truck crash. Summer concert series begin Wednesday in North English. Will Duff 84 surgical patient at a LaCrosse Wis hospital. Dr Helmut Hans Haeussler Luther College history instructor appointed history instructor at Whit 2apers College Springfield. Betty Noel of North English broke right ankle Friday. Mary Brineks patient at New Hampton hospital. Mt Vernon city council passes new comprehensive ordinance prohibiting certain conduct.
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Vail R. Cordell
Sigourney Hospital
Melvin Hollingsworth
John Klett
Opera House
Jack Elgin
Atalissa
William Gerts
Clermont
Tifty Clermont
Red Cross
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Maynard
Will Brownell
Oakdale
Calif
Ossian
Will Duff
LaCrosse
Wis
Decorah
Helmut Hans Haeussler
Luther College
Wit- 2Apers College
Springfield
Betty Noel
Mary Brineks
Hampton Hospital
MT. Vernon
Marion society notes and upcoming visits and events
Mrs Edwin R Carlson hosted a breakfast with Mrs Lagerquist as hostess. Mrs LaBarge named yard manager at Hartley Anderson Lumber. The Dandareaus of Center Line Mich to spend two weeks with the McBrides in Marion. SUI summer school enrollment by Marion teachers. Cedar Rapids couple Page buy North Eighth Street lot from Mrs Sweet. American Legion auxiliary past presidents plan a wiener roast at Mrs Clay's home. Richard Neff visiting Marion relatives. Jimmie Taylor to Wood River. Elmer and Barbara Johnson guests of Bowdish. Jimmie Harrison aged 8 underwent appendectomy. Mrs Cleveland visited son Grover in Jackson Miss. Barbara and Billy Swinney visiting relatives in Richland. Job ads and hospital notices. Various visits and travels noted as well as local softball results and visitors from Los Angeles, Troy Mills, and others.
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Edwin R. Carlson
Tenth Street
E. A.lagerquist
Frank LaBarger
Anderson Lumber Company
Hartley
Marion
John C. Smith
David Hindman
Frank Tilp
Dwight Boling
Leo Voss
American Legion Auxiliary
John A. Clay
Cedar Rapids
Ulcer patients respond to cabbage concentrate treatment
Stanford University physician Dr. Garnett Cheney reports 100 ulcer patients treated with a cabbage juice concentrate showed pain relief within five days and average healing in 13.4 days, matching results from 100 cases using raw juice. Patients tolerated three tablespoons of concentrate daily while eating cooked foods.
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Stanford University
Calif
Garnett Cheney
San Francisco
Stanford School of Medicine
Cheney
Marion Rural School Setup Strikes Snag
The Marion rural independent school board objects to a June 30 election date for a new district board, arguing it is too late under Iowa law. The merger involves Marion rural, Alburnett and Central City districts. a June 30 director election may be invalid, delaying consolidation until summer 1955. The issue follows a prior Central City suit on merger proceedings and delays in scheduling the election.
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Marion
Walter A. Shupp
Marion Rural Independent School Board
Marion Board
Shupp
Richard Crane
Iowa
Independent
Alburnett
Central City
Central City School Board
Central City Board
Leonard Goldstein
Bob
Leonard
United Artists
Leonard i
White Feather
Twentieth
Edward G. Robinson
Peter Graves
Peter
van Heflin
Veteran air pilot turns farmer in Van Wert Ohio
R L Bird Baker, veteran pilot with Capital Airlines, retires from flying to run his 100 acre farm in Van Wert. He logged 20 400 hours and flew numerous milestone trips including Cleveland to Washington in 1929. Baker prefers farming and has no plans to return to aviation. He notes his daughters learned to fly with his encouragement.
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van Wert
Ohio
R. L
Baker
Jon
Capital’ S Airlines
Cleveland
Washington
Gillette Receives 4 H Club Plaque in Iowa
Senator Gillette of Iowa has been named Friend of Iowa 4 H Clubs. The plaque was presented Tuesday by Kenneth Krause Patty West Gary Hullinger and Shirley Steinford at a national gathering of outstanding 4 H members with George Boehnke from Iowa State College present.
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Washington
Senator Gillette
D-Ia
Iowa
John Caniels Dies Former Cedar Rapids Resident
John M. Caniels 79, carpenter and former Cedar Rapids resident, died Wednesday at University hospitals in Iowa City. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Urbana Christian church with Rev. Hugh Orchard presiding. Burial in Urbana Cemetery. Survived by wife, daughter Hazel Stark of Zumbro Falls MN, two sons E. D. of North Hollywood and Richard of Cedar Rapids, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Friends may call Fry-Holland funeral home in Vinton.
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Urbana
John M. Caniels
Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Urbana Christian Church
Hugh Orchard
Fry- Holland
Vinton
Daniels
Hazel Stark
Zumbro Falls
Minn
E. D
North Hollywood
Richard
Twenty-seventh Street
Married Interns Fourth at Rhode Island Hospital
Providence Rhode Island April report notes Dr Harold A Wilk 28 and his wife Dr Roselise Wilkinson 26 interning together at Rhode Island Hospital. They are the first husband and wife interns in the hospital's 86 year history.
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Providence, R
Harold A. Wilk
Roselise Wilkinson
Rhode Island Hospital
Nine Eastern Iowans enlist for Navy duty
enlistment of nine Eastern Iowa men reported by Cedar Rapids recruiting office. All have been sent to Great Lakes naval training station for recruit training. Names include Robert J. Neenan 18, Charles D. Tichy 17, Robert A. Simon 18, Robert A. Simoens 17, Gene A. Geiger 17, Michael J. Kepros 17, William L. Hanna 17, Harry Lee Hazewinkel 19, Gene A. Darrow 18.
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Iowa
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Training Station
Robert J. Neenan
Twenty-sixth Street
Charles D. Tichy
Ely Avenue
Robert A. Simon
Eleventh Street
Robert A. Simoens
Eighteenth Avenue
Gene A. Geiger
Dewey Avenue
Michael J. Kepros
Marion
William L. Hanna
Harry Lee Hazewinkel
Gene A. Darrow
Wyoming
Dr. James E. Reeder Appointed to State Health Board
DES MOINES AP Gov Beardsley announced the appointment of Dr James E Reeder of Sioux City to the State Board of Health to fill the vacancy left by the death of Dr Prince E Sawyer of Sioux City. Reeder will serve until next January. Board members are paid for days worked and expenses.
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Des Moines
James E. Reeder
Sioux City
State Board of Health
Beardsley
Reeder
Prince E. Sawyer
Eleanor Parker to star in The Reign of Cleopatra film
Hollywood gossip notes Eleanor Parker named to headline The Reign of Cleopatra, the Cleopatra epic set for next year with script by Karl Tunberg. Diane Foster, a young Canadian actress, will play a feminine lead in Gabriel Horn for Hecht-Lancaster. Other items cover Don Red Barry’s Jesse Cames Wife, Lita Baron, Roz Russell, and upcoming projects and appearances.
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Cleopatra
Eleanor Parker
MGM
Eleanor
Queen of the Nile
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Egypt
Robert Taylor
Karl Tunberg
Hollywood
Diane Foster
Hudson’s Bay Company
London
Gabriel Horn
Don “Red” Barry
Mississippi
Jesse Cames
Lita Baron
Lupe Velez
United Artists
Don
Red
Peggy Castle
Jack Buetel
Seaweed extract halts bleeding in five seconds
A USC professor told biologists at a meeting in Atlantic City that alginic acid derived from ordinary seaweed can stop bleeding in five seconds. The claim highlights a potential rapid hemostatic method using a natural substance.
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Atlantic City
N. J
University of Southern California
Tight Controls Announcement May Boil Over
Washington reports Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson imposes tight controls on price supported crops sparking a partisan clash in Congress. Officials say 35 million acres must shift from price supports, hurting farmers especially in wheat belt regions and cotton areas. compliance with allotments is required or producers lose eligibility for supports.
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Washington
INS
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Congress
Harold Cooley
N. C
House
Milton R. Young
N. D
Senate Agriculture Committee
D. Morse
Great Plains
South
ENIAC Gets Memory Upgrade For 100 10-Digit Entries
The army's first all electronic computer at Aberdeen Proving Ground now stores 100 ten digit numbers, quintuple the old capacity. The memory uses 4,400 magnets whose polarity records problems solved and remains when power is off, enabling the ENIAC to recall last results without external notes.
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Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Army
Ballistic Research Laboratories
America
ENIAC
Parolee Seeks Return to Ohio Prison After Burglary
Arpad Beres, 31, previously imprisoned for armed robbery, was paroled before Christmas and later burglarized a scrapyard. He told police he wanted to return to prison for security. The Common Pleas judge dismissed burglary charges, accepted a guilty plea to unlawful entry, and referred him to probation and a psychiatric clinic.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio State Prison
Arpad Beres
Beres
Common Pleas
James C. Connell
Iowa City Man Given Suspended Larceny Sentence
Carey R. Bolton, 33, of Iowa City received a five year suspended sentence for larceny in district court. Judge Harold D. Evans placed Bolton on parole to Sheriff Albert Murphy for one year on good behavior and a ban on intoxicating beverages after a May 31 camera theft at Alva Cathout's apartment.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Carey R. Bolton
Harold D. Evans
Bolton
Albert J. Murphy
Alva Cathout
Horses for China in Red China comeback noted
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports Peiping broadcasts saying Communist cooperatives in seven provinces will aid peasants with more than 130000 draft animals this year. The report highlights a revival of horse use in agricultural work under new policy.
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China
Tokyo
Peiping
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