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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
22
Butcher weights under 240 pounds show weakness while other offerings sell steadier in moderately active trade. Slaughter steer supply moves at strong prices amid mixed market tone.
Community updates list new office openings at 1860 1st Ave NE and listings for medical and business services. Includes notices of estate administrations, zoning hearings, and sewer project assessments with dates in 1942 to 1962 and bid figures for local infrastructure.
UPI reports stocks extended their rally into a second session on Friday with a late uptick recovering earlier losses. Volume was about five million as market activity showed strength in late trading amid a mid-session dip. Waterlogged hog prices and cattle quotes across Sioux City and Omaha reflect varied livestock market movement.
Wheat closed 36 lower to 14 higher, corn 1 lower to 1 higher, oats 4 to 4 lower, rye 4 lower to 14 higher, soybeans down slightly. The note mentions bids and liquidity amid a period of uncertain grain pricing.
Ambiguous fragmentary text describes an indictment related to a sister and a boss with scattered references to public safety and other names. The readable portions do not form a clear, coherent event or factual outcome.
The Cedar Rapids City Clerk announces storm drainage intersection improvements on B Avenue and 6th Street Northeast with bids opening at City Hall. Linn County issues zoning and assessment notices, public hearings, and related legal actions affecting Cedar Rapids properties and road plans.
Twenty two Model A Fords arrived in San Francisco after a ten day journey from New York. Twenty five cars started the trip. three are unaccounted for. The 1928 to 1931 models are owned by members of the Model A Ford Club of America whose convention begins Friday and runs through Sunday.
Cedar Rapids hog prices fell 25 cents Friday with 200 to 240 lb butchers at 16.75 to 17.65 and a few at 17.75. The bulk of lig and s were 17.25 to 17.65 based on grade and delivery at the plant. Packing s at 0 lbs down ranged 14.50 to 15.35, with weight-based reductions for heavier hogs up to 400 and beyond.
A public hearing is set for July 10 1962 in City Hall on a special permit for Harold and Mable to extract sand and gravel from Cedar River NE area. The notice cites rising costs and economic concerns influencing the council decision. The document, dated June 1982, appears in the Cedar Rapids papers with want ads running 24 hours a day.
Penick and Ford’s lists corn derivative prices F.O.B. factory Cedar Rapids. Rates shown include corn syrup tank cars at 0.25 to 0.37 per unit, pearl starch and powdered starch in standard moisture bags, thin balling starch, grits in paper bags at 5.70, and crytia corn oil in tank cars at 12.75.
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