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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1967

Page

3

Financial and Market News Stocks Widen Loss

The article notes stock losses widening in late trading on Monday with Xerox down 7, Polaroid 6, IBM 3, and several others like Raytheon American Can and Pfizer off around 2 points. Gulf & Western led volume declines while New York Central MGM rose about 2 and New York Air Brake gained over 1. Prices fluctuated across the American Stock Exchange.

New York Gardner Ackley William McChesney Martin Federal Reserve Board Xerox Polaroid IBM Raytheon American Can Control Data Pfizer Gulf & Western A. M. Industries Pan American World Airways May Department Stores Sperry Rand New York Central Mgm Big Three Motors American Motors American Stock Exchange

Stock Quotes and Market Tables From New York Exchange

New York Stock Exchange prices and figures for Abbott Labs and many others appear in a dense market list. The notation shows high, low, last prices and changes for a wide range of companies while grain futures and livestock quotes accompany the financial page.

Fragmented financial terms touching dividends and corporate notices

The text appears as garbled OCR of a 1967 financial document describing dividend distributions, ex dividend dates, stock distributions, and footnotes for annual payments. It lists footnote codes and terms such as ex dividend, ex rights, warrants, and bankruptcy or reorganizations affecting distributions.

S. A Wersenss Wankruptcy

Hog market mixed as cattle receipts rise

Chicago reports Tuesday butcher hogs 50 to 75 cents higher while steers stay steady to firm. Des Moines notes trade slow to fairly active with butchers and sows up 25. Estimated Tuesday receipts around 55 thousand. week-ago 49 thousand. year-ago 71 thousand. Price ranges given for various hog weights and sow categories by U.S. markets.

Chicago Des Moines UPI U.S

Livestock Market Report Chicago Prices

Chicago live cattle hog and sheep prices show activity with hogs at 3,500 head and gains of 50 to 75 cents for butchers. Candle weights list 200-230 lb at 23.50 to 24.00, sow values vary by weight. Cattle totals 1,800 with steady to strong steer values, high choices at 26.00 to 26.50 for 1,150-1,350 lb, and heifers 24.75 to 25.50. Lambs 90-105 lb fetch 26.00 to 26.50.

Sioux City UPI Omaha Livestock Omaha Cedar Rapids Chicago USDA

Poverty Gardens Still Unplanted in Wichita

Jack Sheets conceived a community garden at the West Community Action Center in April to aid the poor by growing vegetables. He provided half an acre, purchased fertilizer, and lined up participating families, but no one showed up. Notices say some changed minds and others found the site too far to walk. The half acre lies overgrown with weeds and a wrecked car remains abandoned there. Sheets still has the fertilizer.

Wichita Jack Sheets West Community Action Center Sheets

Man Completes 10 Month Solo Voyage From Singapore

Birkenhead England Malcolm Reid returns home after a 10 month solo voyage aboard the 25 foot sloop from Singapore via the Cape of Good Hope.

Birkenhead England Malcolm Reid Singapore Cape of Good Hope

Wheat Decline Dampens Grain Prices In Chicago Trade

Chicago AP reports wheat fell 1 to 2 percent on Tuesday, dragging corn oats rye and soybeans mixed. Trading was mostly local with little outside interest as soybean values ranged from unchanged to higher.

Chicago

Chicago cash grain market notes and prices

AP report from Chicago markets shows corn at No 2 yellow and No 2 heavy white values, soybeans at No 1 yellow around 2.89 per bushel, and soybean oil near 9.66. The brief lists grain and oil prices as traded in Chicago cash markets.

Chicago

Wholesale produce prices steady for Chicago market

United States department report shows wholesale buying prices unchanged with roasters at 27 to 29 cents. Grade A whites 75 percent or better at 24, mixed 24, mediums 19, senders 23. Potatoes arrivals 80, total U.S. shipments 408, market dull with slow demand. California round reds 3.50 to 3.76, Arizona round reds 3.65, supplies insufficient to quote.

Chicago USDA U.S California Reds Arizona

New York Produce Market Briefs on Eggs and Butter

Eggs remain ample with slow demand as USDA notes prices for standards and fancy sizes. Whites show varied quotes from 23 1/2 to 27 cents, with different grades and sizes listed. Butter offerings are adequate to ample with light demand and stable prices across the market.

New York USDA

IE expands Grid Teletype for 345kV Minneapolis St Louis line

President Duane Arnold of Iowa Electric Light and Power Co announced expansion of the Iowa Grid teletype dispatch system. The network now includes Union Electric St Louis Northern States Power Co Minneapolis and MAPP coordinating office, linking several Iowa utilities as the Minneapolis St Louis 345000 volt line begins testing and is expected to operate soon. The upgrade aims to boost reliability and handle large industrial loads.

Duane Arnold Iowa Electric Light and Power Co Iowa Iowa Power Pool Iowa Pool Iowa Electric Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electrics Co Iowa Southern Utilities Co Iowa Power and Light Co Iowa Public Service Co Corn Belt Power Cooperative Minneapolis St. Louis Union Electric Northern States Power Co MAPP Mid-Continent Area Power Planners Arnold Minneapolis-St. Louis

Weyerhaeuser Employees Honored for Service Awards

Eleven members of the shipping container division at Weyerhaeuser received 15, 20, and 30 year service awards during a banquet at the Roosevelt hotel. R H McNaghten presented honors to Ethel Huey Alva Ross Robert Shull Neil Black Stanley Lawrence Charles Wenger Dora Midcalf Helen Whitcomb Lorraine Sheeley Henrietta Baer Weldon Cargin and others eligible for awards but not present.

Weyerhaeuser Co Roosevelt Hotel R. H. McNaghten Weyerhaeuser Cedar Rapids Ethel Huey Alva Ross Robert Shull Neil Black Stanley Lawrence Charles Wenger Dora Midcalf Helen Whitcomb Lorraine Sheeley Henrietta Baer Weldon Cargin Billie Lint Willis Johnson Ernest Warner Keith Cargin

90 Years in Pen Began for Lawrence in Iowa Slaying

Richard P. Lawrence, convicted June 13 of second degree murder for the Dec 20 slaying of Clark Kaiser, was sent Tuesday to Fort Madison State Penitentiary to begin a 90 year term. Judge William R. Eads denied a bond reduction and ordered transport to the penitentiary.

Richard P. Lawrence Clark Kaiser Fort Madison William R. Eads Lawrence Robert Nelson Robert Fassler Iowa Supreme Court

Tama Farmer Dies When Tractor Rolls

Conrad M. Kaisand, 65, a Tama area farmer, died from head injuries after his tractor rolled down a hillside on his west Tama farm. Found by his brother and a neighbor, the death occurred about 3 p.m. Monday. He is survived by his wife Ruth, two daughters, two sons, four sisters, four brothers, and ten grandchildren. The body lies at Mason funeral home in Tama.

Tama Conrad M. Kaisand Laird Larry Sieck C. W. Maplethorpe Toledo Kaisand Ruth Dean Cruikshank Donald Zigler Rathdrum Idaho Dennis Cedar Falls Duane Massachusetts Walter Pace Albion Paul Workman Altoona Christine Kaisland Lena Wieslander Des Moines John Floyd Grinnell Harry Marshalltown Mason Funeral Home

Trial Opens in U S Court on Benton Fatality

A federal court in Cedar Rapids opened Tuesday morning for companion suits stemming from a Benton county accident on August 1, 1965. Plaintiff Charles W. Owens seeks 167000 for injuries while administrator Anna E. Owens seeks 55000 for the deceased daughter. Co defendants include Century 21 Shows and driver Kenneth W. O Guin. Jury panel includes Ruth Burgy Vincent Driscoll Mrs Carl Greaser Joseph Cathey Karen Trachta and others.

Century 21 Tampa Fla Ceidar Rapids Benton County Charles W. Owens Hannibal Anna E. Owens Patricia Owens Kenneth W. O’guin Owens Ruth ‘Burgy South Amana Vincent E. Driscoll Williamsburg Carl Greaser Vinton Joseph A. ‘Cathey Monticello Karen A. Trachta Franklin J. Vane John S. Barlow Hazel Wilson

Cedar Rapids residents named in notice

Ruth Ann Wesbrook Ellen E Duncan Roy E Nordstrom and Darlene Corporon all of Cedar Rapids are listed as parties in the document.

Ruth Ann Wesbrook Ellen E. Duncan Roy E. Nordstrom Darlene Corporon Cedar Rapids

Waldo Berger Elected Trustee of Carthage College

Waldo Berger of 1407 Sixth Avenue SE has been elected a trustee for Carthage College in Kenosha Wisconsin. A 1947 graduate, Berger is president of Berger Construction Co and serves on the Cedar Rapids board of education. His father, the late John Berger, was a longtime college trustee. Carthage College is affiliated with the Lutheran Church of America.

Waldo Berger Sixth Avenue SE Carthage College Kenosha Wis Berger Berger Construction Co Cedar Rapids

Iowa House Hears Court Change Bill

Des Moines Iowa lawmakers give a brief hearing on a bill to abolish justice of the peace courts and other lower courts and replace them with district court commissioners. The measure was sent to the appropriations committee, a common tactic late in the session to stall or kill it.

Des Moines UPI Justice of the Peace Courts Iowa House Appropriations Committee

Budding Musicians Seek Used Instruments

Local note invites readers to sell their used musical instruments as want ads. Organizers encourage participation to help aspiring musicians acquire gear and support the community’s arts interests.

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