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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1973
Page
18
In Chicago trading heavy liquidation hit commodity futures with soybeans down several cents and May contracts quoted lower. Wheat fell about five cents a bushel, corn down about 14 cents, oats around four cents, while early gains faded under profit taking. Cash grain and market notes are referenced but unreadable.
Cedar Rao hog market prices on Monday show decline with 200 to 230 lb butchers at 35.73 to 36.25. sows 300 lb down. weights over 250 lb priced lower with reductions for extra weight. Market commentary notes mixed stock market response and regional price shifts across multiple weight grades and packing categories.
Master photographer Edward Steichen, who helped elevate photography to art, died Sunday at his home in West Redding two days before his ninety fourth birthday. He led a spectrum of work from advertising to portraiture for Vogue and Vanity Fair, capturing figures from Shaw and Rodin to migrant workers and children.
A fragmented city briefs page mentions a medical patient at St. Luke's Hospital with visitors allowed, a Tulip Festival Bus Tour from Blay to Michigan and Vesta, a travel and transport ad for Simmons Mattresses at Kenwood House, a Cedar Rapids public library talk by Tom Carey, and reports of a missing carburetor valued at 110 dollars from Deep Rock service station.
A Iowa Senate bill would require parents to pay all or part of the cost of keeping children in Eldora and Mitchellville state training schools, up to 11 000 dollars a year, with judges determining parental ability to pay. Critics call it impractical, fearing two classes of inmates and urging responsible parental involvement.
A federal official proposed lowering highway speed limits to 50 mph to save gasoline in case of a summer shortage. Darrell M. Trent, acting director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, warned localized shortages could follow low inventories and urged states to prepare. He noted cars waste fuel at high speeds and reducing speeds by 20 mph could conserve 15 to 20 percent per vehicle.
Schnee, 32, of Taft hotel, was arrested early Sunday on two counts of assault and battery. He posted bond on each count and was released. The report notes amid deportation battles that Bufalino, tied to Cosa Nostra, surrendered to immigration authorities seeking removal to Sicily where his father was born.
Americans when abroad are subject solely to the laws of the country they are visiting, and the authority of American consular officers in helping those arrested is therefore limited. While U.S. officials do all they can to protect the rights of an American citizen, they can only secure fair treatment equal to that of nationals.
An unidentified young man was arrested Sunday after running nude along the min taxiway at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. He tapped his arms and tried a fly as he moved across the area attracting attention from staff and officers.
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