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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1973
Page
16
Heavy selling in the last hour dragged most grain futures down with soybeans leading losses. Old crop soybeans fell limit and March options collapsed. wheat also hit limit down while corn and oats fell modestly amid a broad market decline in Chicago and New York trading.
Clarence and Lowden Education Associations sponsor two special open house sessions Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 in the host school gym to tour facilities and meet 13 candidates for the new school board as five board members and a treasurer are to be elected Monday March 19.
A chaotic jumble of brief local notices lists court appearances for Ralph Atartin and Jerry Thomas on various charges, a car contest planned for Mawatha Tuesday night at the Longbranch, and police activity around Is being held In atl 1:30 p.m. at the Longbranch. Other items include a drunken driving arrest for Cleo C. Dehart and a notice about upcoming sales, events, and community notices from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
Police rounded up eight Cedar Mapies men after a 2:41 a.m. street disturbance in the 1500 block of Eleventh Avenue SW. Charged with disturbing the peace are Decker Monroe Rowan Jungleh am Sterlin McLaud A Dusterhoff Mersh Fuller and others. All but Rowan posted bonds. Rowan posted 30 dollars.
Northwestern Bell crews worked to restore a four pair cable cut Monday morning on Twenty eighth street and Mt Vernon road SE. The break at about 9:30 disrupted telephone service to about 130 customers as work crews aimed to complete repairs by Monday afternoon.
Prices paid Saturday for country and plant delivered butchers weighing 700 to taths varied by grade and condition from 2.75 to 29.25 per hundredweight. Packers are discounted by weight. details include 300 lbs down at 31.00 to 54.50 for sows, and reductions per 10 or 5 hundredweight for heavier weights, with other notes on steer, lamb, and hog prices in the accompanying market report.
London based IATA announced a 2 to 18 percent fare increase by several airlines to offset currency devaluations since the US dollar drop. The measure, agreed at a two week conference, aims to stabilize revenues across Americas Europe Africa the Middle East Asia and the Pacific though some routes especially transatlantic remain under review.
About 20 youths were arrested in Cedar Rapids over the weekend on a range of charges from curfew violations to larceny and illegal weapons. Ages 11 to 17, mostly boys, were referred to the juvenile probation office and released to parents after brief detentions.
MorAmerica Financial Corporation offers registered ten year subordinated debentures due November 30 1982 at 7 percent with semiannual interest payments. The Morris Plan Securities Company promotes a separate six percent five year investment certificate on $1 000 multiples with semiannual or monthly payouts and prospects issued to Iowa residents. This notice urges readers to request the prospectus and annual report while noting no offer or solicitation to buy.
A garbled list of monetary figures appears with inconsistent punctuation. It mentions returns ranging from zero to four hundred thousand across multiple unnamed entries, making precise interpretation impossible. The text lacks clear context, dates, or entities.
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