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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1960
Page
1
Chicago AP report notes hogs fell up to 73 cents amid a fairly active trade. Slaughter steers held steady. calves none. Prices shown include ranges for hogs 200 to 310 pounds and sow figures, with cattle and sheep activity described as limited or steady per the USDA livestock weekly.
Wall Street posted a late rally as investors pushed stocks higher despite a soft showing from industrials. Market activity tracked by volume near 2.8 million shares in Des Moines reports and price levels for various cattle, grains, and industrials showed mixed moves with notable gains in some transport and chemical issues.
CHICAGO AP reports wheat and soybean demand Friday included shortcover and likely reestablishment of long positions after Thursday's decline. Wheat rose 1 14 to 24 lower, corn unchanged to 4 lower, oats unchanged to 1 higher, rye 1/2 to 1 higher, soybeans 1 4 to 7% higher.
AP dispatch from New York notes demand remains heavy with steady prices and strong ticket sales. Market details are obscured by OCR errors but indicate continued brisk activity, with figures referencing extras and standard sizes and a recent price level near prior readings.
The Senate defeated a broad civil rights amendment 58 to 38 as Southerners urged a measured rights bill. Iowa Senators Hickenlooper and Martin opposed the amendment to empower the attorney general to sue for school desegregation, a move seen as key to broader enforcement. Community notices include siren tests in Cedar Rapids Marion and local ads, with March event details and ads for Gibson's Locker and other services.
Market report shows prices for butcher hogs 210-220 lb range at 15.60 to 16.10 dollars per hundredweight based on trim and conditions. Packers 330 lb and down quoted at 14.60 to 19.14 with discounts for heavier weights. veal calves and cattle prices noted amid market pause and miscellaneous grain and poultry figures.
A Friday car truck crash near Grinnell injures four and kills 61 year old William Buchmeser of Kelloge Route 2. The driver died at the scene. Injured were his 20 year old wife and 14 year old daughter Leana and center Juanita Hoen. Truck driver PredE Kubol of Mendota suffered shock.
Herbert H. Owen, 57, of North Liberty, was held in Tow City on a drunk driving charge after being arrested Thursday.
Manila police officials cancel Saturday graduation after a rookie shot a fellow trainee. Mayor Lacson orders 100 extra hours of firearms training to protect the public from untrained officers.
Sam Shulsky advises investors not to sell holdings despite volatility. He endorses Minnesota Mining, Colpate, and Dixon Chemical as growth or quality bets with a cautious $2,500 addition. He suggests oil stock or an aircraft, but stresses patience after a single large entry.
Five Linn county high schools will show a new film strip from the American Cancer Society titled To Smoke or Not to Smoke. B Philip Bowen chair of Linn County Cancer Society says the strip is in the mail to Alburnett Center Point Lisbon Prairie and Linn-Mar high schools. The society also notes growing demand for Time and 2 Women about Pap tests and early detection.
AP reports Jersey City school board received two hundred dollars in the mail from an unknown donor with a single word note Restitution. No further details accompany the gift or its purpose.
The U S Army in Europe restricted Soviet military travel linked to the Western liaison mission in East Germany. General Eddleman ordered limits around Frankfurt with only direct route exemptions to Heidelberg and Herleshausen, in retaliation over new East German passes issued January 30.
CAMDENTON MO AP A Dallas Symphony Orchestra group en route home from Cedar Rapids played a square dance set at Texang Texana s nightspot Foster s Nighthawk Rodeo room despite five inches of fresh snow that halted two of the three buses. They found shelter at motels and kept the music going with Bassist Roman Andrushko Pianist Thelma Watkins and violinist Robert Slaughter among the performers.
A jumble of lost and found notices and personal ads from sAZETTE including lost purse with items and $19 reward, lost army discharge papers, keys, and various ads for vacancies, optical repairs, and room offers. Multiple names and locations appear as partial fragments. The text is garbled OCR with scattered rewards and items.
Fire officials report CLR suffered its largest loss in eight years with 3430.8, but no deaths occurred. The Mouse restaurant blaze drove a $260,855 total, while 1959 figures show 811 alarms and a total department expenditure of $601,231.43 with salaries at $547,445.84. The 23 page annual report covers 1958 activity including 5,808 regular inspections, 2,492 fire code corrective notices, and 2,249 home inspections.
The What Cheer fire department has bought a new siren to mount atop city hall. It will be louder than the current siren on the telephone company building and will be activated when the telephone system conversion to dial later this year is completed.
A fragmented page lists venues and services including Prairie Moon Hall, Tony's Steak House, and Old Hickory Inn with dining, takeout, and entertainment notes. It references various ads for home services, plumbing, water well drilling, paving, piano tuning, appliance sales, moving, and cleaning, plus bands, dances, and a boat dance event.
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