Stocks Rise Again In Bright Market Across Sectors
New York stock market recovered from early doubt on unemployment and climbed Friday. Dow Jones average gained 7.4 points to 769.35 as bank rate cuts and a strong dollar provided support. Sony led NYSE activity with block trades while the American Stock Exchange index rose to 77.87.
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American Stock Exchange
Wescates Ptroleum
Amex
Cedar Rapids hog market trims prices amid mixed livestock quotes
Cedar Rapids hog market fell a quarter cent as Thursday prices for the bulk of country and plant delivered butchers, weighing 200 to 230 pounds, ranged from 38.25 to 38.75 dollars. Packing sows around 300 pounds traded 34.50 to 35.00 dollars with weight-based reductions for heavier cattle and varying discounts across weight grades. Grain bids and futures mixed across Des Moines and Chicago markets, with reports of largely unchanged or slightly lower prices for commodities and cattle.
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Des Moines
UPI
ISPIRG Challenges HEW Record Security
ISPIRG and other public interest groups accuse the U S Health Education and Welfare department of lax safeguards for student record privacy. They filed comments on HEW proposed amendments, urging stronger security measures and civil penalties for violations, with an emphasis on individual rights.
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U.S Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Bob Rhuddy
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Grains Take Sharp Fall in Friday Trading
In Chicago the grain futures market reversed gains with a broad selloff led by profit-taking. Soybeans slipped 12 cents, wheat 7 to 11 cents, corn 24 to 31 cents, and oats 4 to 34 cents, closing lower across the board as March contracts traded down from the session highs.
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Des Moines Pork Market Reports Mixed Prices and Slower Demand
UPI dispatch from Des Moines notes slower butchers demand with mixed prices for sow and hog weights. Estimates show Friday receipts at 55,000, up from week ago and year ago, with frozen pork bellies and Lamy Brothers listed in the market report.
Close Prey and Feeder Cattle Quotes From Lamson
Friday's quotations from Lamson include near term outlooks on feeder cattle and close prey markets. The notes reference ALAS 2.10 and model numbers 6620 9 O00 80, signaling pricing or feedlot considerations.
Webster City Live Stock Market Report Fragment
Partial market summary from Webster City with cattle and hogs pricing. Cows 15.00 to 18.50, some at 17.00, down to 20.00 23.00 or higher. Hogs bulk mixed 29.00 to 39.25, lighter weights 30.00 to 31.00. Estimated totals show about 280 cattle and 900 hogs under consideration.
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Bias Against Indians Seen in Council Bluffs
Grinnell College sociologist Jay Schulman cites bias among Council Bluffs residents that he says would taint fair hearings for Wounded Knee trials opening March 24 in federal court. He surveyed 400 prospective jurors in four western Iowa counties, finding no consistent bias toward American Indians, though 61 percent viewed AIM members or sympathizers as trouble makers.
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Ingo! Defense Committee
Road Fatalities Hit Low Point In February
DES MOINES AP February was the safest month in Iowa since records began says the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Twenty five people were killed on Iowa streets and highways last month versus 46 last February. Public Safety Commissioner Charles Larson credited enforcement of the 55 mile per hour speed limit and crackdown on drinking drivers with the drop. He urged continued voluntary compliance by motorists to reduce deaths further.
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Iowa
Iowa Depertment of Public Safety
Public Safety
Charles Larson
Patent granted for the first telephone to Bell in 1877
On this date in 1877 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the first telephone marking a landmark in communications history. The grant established Bell as the inventor of a device that would transform global contact, industry, and daily life.
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Central City Man Held after Hotel Disturbance
Charles D. Ronnenbarg, 32, Central City, was arrested at the Magnus Hotel on resisting an officer and intoxication charges after a hotel disturbance. He refused to identify himself, claimed guest status, and resisted officers at the hotel, station, and county jail, with a $280 bond on each count.
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Magnus
Second Avenue SE
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Young Woman Hospitalized After City Crash
Tonya Lynn Valley, 18, of 4101 Socteenth avenues, was in good condition Friday at St. Luke's hospital with head and hip injuries from a Thursday collision at Sixteenth avenue and Wiley boulevard Southwest. Her car and a pickup driven by Roger John Hanken, 39, collided as she attempted a left turn. Hanken’s truck on Sixteenth. Valley was charged with failure to yield the right of way at stop intersections.
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Signs of Spring Outing at Indian Creek Nature Center
Indian Creek Nature Center invites the public to a Signs of Spring outing on Sunday at 2 load pm. A staff naturalist will point out early spring birds and possibly young great horned owls and fox squirrel litters. The event at the center headquarters at Otis and Bertram roads in Cedar Rapids charges 80 cents for non members. members enter free.
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Turner man fined for drunk driving with suspended jail term
Bryce Fisher of Turner Avenue SE appeared in magistrate court where his deferred sentence was revoked. He received a $500 fine plus costs and a five day suspended jail sentence for a drunk driving charge, with arrest dated May 18.
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Turner Alley
Solon Kindergarten Pre-registration Date Announced
Solon Community schools set pre-registration for kindergarten on March 17 at a.m. at the Lakeview building office. Vision and hearing checks will occur the same day by the county school system. Parents must bring the child’s birth certificate and ensure the child is five years old before Sept 16, 1978 to be eligible. Parents in the school district should call 644.2400 for materials and registration details.
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Grassley to Hold Listening Session in Independence
Third District congressman Charles E Grassley will hold another listening session at the Hotel Pinloon in Independence Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. Grassley said the meeting helps people with general agency problems or to relay information to Congress.
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Des Moines Governor to Attend San Francisco Meeting
DES MOINES AP reports Governor Robert Ray will join the executive committee of the Council of State Governments in San Francisco. The governor, serving as vice president of the committee, led a commercial flight Friday afternoon and is scheduled to return to Iowa Sunday morning.
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Cedar Rapids News Briefs Reporting Break-ins and Local Ads
Cedar Rapids brief items note a machine valued at 150 dollars and 35 dollars in cash stolen in a break-in at Ed's Sint Clair Service Station on Sixth Street SW. Another break-in at 3627 Bever Avenue SE yielded two billfolds with 101 dollars. Officials at Pierce School report a tape recorder, two speakers, a turntable, and a cassette player missing with no value listed. Moose members host a barbecue and sale ads at Ragis High School Gym, while evy's lounge lists acts and ticket info for upcoming shows.
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Senate Confirms Dunlop for Labor
Senate approves John Dunlop to head the Labor Department succeeding Peter Brennan. Dunlop, 61, Harvard economist on leave to head the Cost of Living Council, long-time faculty member, and former negotiator and arbitrator. He is expected to push a stronger role for labor in shaping national economic policy. Brennan resumes leadership of the New York construction trades council.
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5 Year Old Boy Honored for Fire Heroism
Danny Elliott, aged five, received a heroism award after rescuing his eight month old brother from a house fire caused by a propane heater. He had earlier overcome heart surgery hours after birth. The Toledo Lucas County Safety Council gave nine other heroism awards and noted Danny as the youngest recipient.
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Gluba bill aims to restore Iowa train service
Des Moines AP report Senior William Gluba introduces a bill in the state senate to require the Department of Transportation to fund Amtrak passenger routes. It would restore service from Davenport to Council Bluffs along the Rock Island line and revive the Dubuque to Council Bluffs route, restoring two statewide lines.
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