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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1956
Page
8
Unofficial Monday receipts show cattle 22 600, hogs 13 000, sheep 3 000 in Chicago. Butcher hogs gain 25 to 50 cents for the week. sows steady to 25 higher. Top hogs at 13 dollars. cattle receipts up 16 percent versus last week and 26 percent year over year. steers and heifers weak to 1 lower, cows and bulls up while heifers weaken, top cattle price 25 dollars.
Cattle and hog receipts near 190 to 200 with nominal steadiness. Hogs reported bulk bids around 11 to 12 dollars, sows 9.50 to 11.50, pigs 3 to 8 dollars. Cattle ranged with steers 20 to 24.50, cows 10.50 to 12.50, calves up to 27, yearlings 15 to 24.50, feeders and stockers around 10 to 21.75. Sheep quoted steady with lambs 20.50 to 21.25, yearlings 10 to 17.50, ewes 5 to 8.50.
Des Moines figures show Saturday receipts about 50 000 with Friday actuals at 80 000 and yearly 39 000. Butchers and sows display uneven demand while price ranges hold across weight classes from 160 180 Ibs at 8 75 to 360 400 Ibs at 9 75 10 15 with sow brackets 270 300 Ibs at 10 50 10 85 through 360 400 Ibs at 9 75 10 15.
Waterloo market figures list butchers prices for 160-170 lb to 290-300 lb cattle and sows from 270-400 lb. Prices range from $8.75 to $11.75 per hundredweight for cattle and $9.75 to $10.50 for sows, with several mid-range brackets shown.
Cedar Rapids hog market quotes held steady on Saturday with meat hogs priced 10 to 40 cents above the base quotations and over fat hogs 10 to 40 cents below. The Cedar Rapids plant paid varied prices across weights for good butchers and packers, with calf prices, sheep, and egg rates listed, including corn at 1.19 per bushel and soybeans at 2.39 per bushel.
DES MOINES Iowa motorists failure to yield the right of way was the leading cause of accidents last year the Iowa Safety Department said. In 1954 many accidents stemmed from improper start from parking position and that cause dropped to third in 1955. Following too closely ranked second in 1955.
Des Moines business and civic leaders totaling twenty, led by Governor Leo A. Hoegh, will fly to Denver on March 11 for a two day tour of facilities at the United States Air Force Academy. Lt. Col. Merlyn McLaughlin arranged the trip from Fort Des Moines. The party departs by air force plane and returns March 12.
Services for Merle Shaw fifty five? wait 35 year old woman who died from burns in her home February 24 were held in Antioch California. She was born in Ryan Iowa and survived by husband two daughters her parents Carl Emerson and wife Dorrance Emerson of Alburnett and sister Dorothy Ellsworth of Central City. Burial was in Antioch cemetery at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Joseph Nevaille a 33 year old former Des Moines man now living in Cedar Rapids was arrested Friday on 25 traffic counts. He faced 19 violations in Des Moines and six unpaid Cedar Rapids parking tickets. He paid $18 in Cedar Rapids fines and posted a $140 appearance bond for Des Moines counts.
Ames AP Iowa State College is planning a 400000 addition to its Memorial Union. The project includes space for a campus bookstore and an extension of South Ballroom. The Union operates on its own resources with no state funds involved.
District Judge Glenn Kelly ruled Friday that Alice Medium of Davenport unlawfully restrained her daughter Claudia Swain from seeing her husband Bobbie Swain. Claudia, 16, and Bobbie, 21, had married a week earlier at Rock Island after a patrol halting the couple near Mt. Pleasant led to Swain being jailed for a day.
Mrs Earl Bell 73 of Toledo died Friday after a lingering illness at University hospitals in Iowa City. A Tama county native, she was active in Rebekah circles, serving as past grand matriarch and grand scribe of the Grand Ladies Encampment of Iowa and held the decoration of chivalry. She was secretary of Toledo First Methodist church official board. Surviving: husband, a son Byron Bell of Cedar Rapids, and two sisters. Services Monday at 2 p.m. in First Methodist church. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Des Moines AP temporary suspension of former Iowa legislator Elmer Pieper 69 of Waukon for one year. Pieper served six Iowa House terms ending 1951. Three judges found he as estate ref eree improperly withheld funds but no criminal intent. He has paid all funds and will be reinstated after the year.
A dense scan of local station lineups lists KCRG TV Cedar Rapids WMT TV Rock Island KWWL TV Waterloo WHBF TV Rock Island WOII Ames WOC TV Davenport WKBT LaCrosse WHO TV Des Moines and others with prime time slots from 6:15 to 11:30 pm. Programs include Ozark Jubilee Beat the Clock The Honeymooners Gunsmoke The George Gobel Show Perry Como Jimmy Durante The Saint and various news weather and sports segments.
The state counsel withdrew the disbarment request and sought a suspension. All three judges concurred in the order, indicating a resolution that falls short of disbarment and imposes a suspension instead.
AMES AP A faculty committee studies a proposal to employ a psychiatrist at the college. Dr. J G Grant of the college hospital says a psychiatrist could help students facing pressures of modern living and prevent many from going from bad to worse.
Marilyn Shonka a 20 year old Drake University sophomore from Pocahontas was named Miss Drake of 1956. She placed as a runner up in the Miss Iowa of 1955 pageant at Clear Lake last summer.
Charles G. Schroeder, a University of Iowa sophomore from Montpelier, was given a courtesy ticket by the Iowa City police after stopping his car at an intersection to help a woman push a baby carriage across the street. Schroeder was advised of the citation, and said he thought he was being arrested when he received the ticket.
Singer Joni James, known for Your Cheatin Heart, appears as a special guest for an upcoming performance. The event highlights the star’s return to the stage and promises a memorable night for fans.
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