Cedar Rapids hog market prices ease on Saturday
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were steady to 25c lower. Friday’s bids for bulk country and plant delivered butchers 200 to 230 Ibs ranged 19.00 to 19.50, with packers and sows weighed 300 Ibs down at 16.75 to 17.00, and weight-based deductions apply up to 650 Ibs. Monday USDA estimates show 9,000 cattle, 6,000 hogs, 300 sheep receivals with detailed price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across weight classes.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Cirmeedtat Co
Iowa Livestock Auctions Report Feb. 29 from Three Markets
Federal State Market News Service summarizes cattle hog and feeder trades in Iowa auctions on February 29. Cattle demand shows southern slaughter cows weaker while western gains. feeder steers and heifers higher. Calves and pair stock mixed. slaughter cows vary by class. Hog feeder pigs test trade with limited volume. prices listed for various weights.
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Federal State Market News Service
Iowa
God Choice
U.S
Midwest meat trade slips with varied beef and pork prices
USDA wholesale report from Des Moines shows beef slow with steers and heifers steady while cow price not established. Steer beef 600-800 Ibs at 42.25 to 42.50, 800-900 Ibs at 42.00. heifer 500-600 Ibs at 42.25. Pork prices ease 8-14 Ibs at 45.50 to 45.75, 14-17 Ibs steady at 44.25 to 44.50, picnics 4-6 Ibs 27.00, skinned hams 14-16 Ibs 39.50, bellies 8-10 Ibs 29.00.
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DES Moines
USDA
Midwest
Lawa
Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Des Moines School
Three Molotov cocktails were tossed through a Wallace Elementary School window in Des Moines early Saturday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before major damage, with only a room affected. Police assist in the investigation.
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Des Moines
UPS
Wallace
PTA Life Membership Award Shines at Marion Founder’s Day Banquet
Mrs. Ronald Wood, immediate past president of the Marion PTA Council, received a PTA life membership at the annual founder's day banquet attended by 56. Supt. Richard M. Sorensen presented the award. Mrs. H. L. Taylor spoke.
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Marion Pta Council
PTA
Wood
Richard M. Sorensen
Marion Independent
H. L. Taylor
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
IOOF
Scout Packs Award Winners Across Local Schools
Cub Scouts Pack 98 awards presented at First Presbyterian Church to Bill Berger and many others. Pack 26 awards handed out at Van Buren School to Jeff Mineck and peers. Pack 36 awards at St Patrick's School list includes Doug Carano and numerous names. Pack 2 awards at Hayes School recognizing Curt Duf field and others. Tense drama Two Weeks in Another Town CH 9 SAT NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE at 9:30 in COLOR Kirk Douglas stars.
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Randy Knox
Jeff Ampey
Mark Scott
Sllvester Ballew
Marvin Bryant
Matthew Jensen
John Perez
Jerry Clark
Richard Yeoman
Dean Schloss
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Jeff Mineck
Danny Straw
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Jimmy Jacobsen
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Lyndon Smith
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Robert Bowser
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Danny Nosbish
Chris Monahan
Tim Zipper
Jeff Kreamer
Kevin Hauser
Dennis Kucera
George Holmes
Scott Swore
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David Garman
Nelson Nelson
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Rome
Spock Moves to Dismiss Indictment Over Draft Law
Dr Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author, seeks dismissal of a federal indictment by challenging the constitutionality of U S draft laws. He pleads not guilty to conspiring to counsel youths to evade the draft and argues the Universal Military Training and Service Act violates multiple constitutional provisions. He cites rights of conscience religion speech press and petition.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
U.S
Spock
Marion Fire Chief Warns on Illegal Incinerators and Grass Fires
Marion residents face court summons for burning trash in illegal incinerators or on windy days as grass fires sweep the area. Firefighters extinguished a grass fire Friday at 1790 Third Avenue started from a trash burner with no damage reported.
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Marion
James Reynolds
Dennis Colvin
Third Avenue
Deputy Mayor Fletcher Warns Heads on Birthday Song
Washington deputy mayor Thomas Fletcher, aged 44, warned department heads he would fire the first to sing Happy Birthday. The song was sung to him anyway by Mayor Walter Washington, and Fletcher took no action.
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Washington (Ap
Thomas Fletcher
Walter Washington
Fletcher
Television Listings for Cedar Rapids and Waterloo Markets
Local listings show KCRG TV Cedar Rapids channel 9 WMT TV channel 7 KWWL TV Cedar Rapids channel 3 KTVO Ottumwa channel 8 with 8 9 schedule. Programs include Hollywood Palace Petticoat Junction Report to Iowa News Weather Sports News and late movie selections Anatomy of a Murder Running Man.
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Kcrg-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Wmt-Tv
Kwwl-Tv
Waterloo
KTVO
Ottumwa
Iowa
Sicilian quake survivors march on Rome demand relief funds
About a thousand Sicilian earthquake survivors converge in a piazza before the Italian parliament demanding more relief. They clash with police while pressing for changes to the government proposal as Rome weighs appropriations of 475.2 million dollars versus the 1.12 billion sought by the planning committee.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Newark appoints first Black precinct commander in riot era
Captain Edward D. Williams, 47, takes control of Newark Fourth precinct becoming the city’s first Black precinct commander. He previously led the police community relations unit after being named the first Black police captain last August.
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Newark
Edward D. Williams
Williams
Forty-one British Guardsmen vanish from barracks
Forty-one 17 year old soldiers training to join the queen's guards brigades disappeared from their barracks early Saturday. Military police and others searched the country for the missing youths, believed to have walked out to protest harsh discipline after a room inspection.
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London
British Guards
Queen’s Crack
Minneapolis Firm Secures Coliseum Window Contract
DeVAC Inc of Minneapolis won the bid to supply and install 156 aluminum windows for Memorial Coliseum city hall portion. The $17 465 bid was 235 under the Cedar Rapids firm D C Taylor Co. The Veterans Memorial Commission opened bids and referred them to coliseum manager and city official. The project replaces 41 year old wood frames. The commission also approved a $733 purchase of stage drapes for the coliseum armory.
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Minneapolis
Memorial Coliseum
D. C. Taylor Co
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Commission
Coliseum
Charles Decker
Ed Winter
Memorial Commission
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