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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1973
Page
5
New York AP reports Wall Street priced lower after President Nixon failed to satisfy inflation fears. The Dow Jones industrials fell 8.13 points to 951.01 on Friday amid profit-taking and a delayed market rally.
Saturday Cedar Rapids hog prices held steady with Friday bulk delivered butchers 200 to 230 pounds at 34.50 to 35.00 dollars, sows 300 pounds down 30.50 to 31.00, and heavier butchers discounted per 10 pounds. Cattle prices show varied ranges for choice, prime, and standard grades, with overfat and utility adjustments noted. Iowa Des Moines market reports fair demand with 200-500 pound ranges quoted and daily estimates.
USDA market summary from Des Moines shows beef trading slow with steady steer and heifer prices early and gains of 1.00 to 2.50 on later sales. Pork cuts rise, loins, picnics, and skinned hams up to 8.00 higher versus Wednesday with specific weight lots listed.
Packing plant delivery reports No 2 butchers at 200 to 230 pounds priced 34.00 to 34.50 and No 2 sows around 300 pounds priced 30.00 to 30.50 reflecting steady market conditions for the period.
The Postville market Friday quoted prime steers 45.50 to 46.50, choice steers 45.50 to 46.50, good steers 43.00, standard steers 40.00 to 42.00, choice heifers 44.00 to 45.00, good feeders 39.00, utility cows 28.50 to 33.00, commercial and commercial cows 25.50 to 32.00, bulls 36.50 to 44.00.
Webster City IA AP Central Iowa Stockyards reports Friday cattle not enough to establish a trend with prices 8.00 to 8.50 higher than Wednesday. Butchers 37.00 to 38.50 top, lows up 3.09, hogs 1,500 head erratic and 2.50 to 4.00 higher, 39.00 to 40.00 for 3200-230 lb, sows 2.50 to 3.00 higher, 30.00 to 34.00 for 325-650 lb. Cattle and calves 900 head not enough for price test.
UPI wholesale prices for Chicago dairy and eggs show butter steady to delivery, 62 and 61a for different scores. Egg values unsettled with cents per dozen for jumbo 52, extra large 48-49, large 46-48, mediums 44-46, standards 40. Retail carton prices for Grade A: extra large 49-52, large 48-50, mediums 45-47.
USDA wholesale egg offerings list set to ample demand fair. Large eggs quoted at 47 pounds minimum, four at fancy, four pounds average. Fancy small eggs around 46 pounds average 32 to 45. The note reflects current market movements and price ranges in New York.
Chicago cash grain quotes list No. 7 soft red wheat at 2.3244n and No. 2 hard red corn, No. 2 yellow oats, No. 1 yellow soybeans at 5.68n, with extra heavy white oats noted. The report reflects varied readings across soft red wheat, hard red corn, yellow oats, and yellow soybeans.
Hogs 2,000 yard with butchers 3.50 to 4.00 higher and sows steady to 50 cents higher. yearlings 190 to 240 pounds butchers 39.50 to 40. US 1-3 400-600 pounds sows 0.00 to 50.50. Cattle 200.
The Muscatine high bridge over the Mississippi will be torn down by dynamite blasts Wednesday. Built in 1891 for 149000, the old span costs 193000 to dismantle, officials said, as a new Mississippi crossing opened about a year ago.
Cedar Rapids police investigate a rape of a 15 year old girl attacked in Linwood Cemetery Friday afternoon. She was walking home from school about 3 30 p m when a man about 19, six feet tall with wavy red hair and medium build knocked her down and assaulted her before she was treated and released from a Cedar Rapids hospital.
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed in the Sinai desert off Sharm el Sheikh aboard an Israeli navy ship. About 110 musicians dressed in tuxedos played for soldiers, construction workers, and desert tribesmen, with Deputy Premier Yigal Allan among the audience.
About 25 officers from Iowa and Minnesota raided a location near New Albin calling it a beer and pot festival. Roughly 100 people may have attended with 40 fleeing into the woods. A sizable quantity of marijuana was seized. Most attendees were believed to be minors, though some on a list were over 18. Officers from Allamakee County Waukon New Albin and Minnesota participated.
Five people were treated and released from St. Luke's hospital after traffic crashes in Cedar Rapids Friday and Saturday. Susan Mott, 20, of 4251 Avenue NE, was hurt when her car struck a parked pickup on Old Marion Road NE. A passenger, Janet Miller, also injured. No charges filed. Douglas Van Hoeck of Hiawatha and Gary Bell of Hiawatha collided at Center Point and Blairs Ferry NE. Van Hoeck charged with disobeying a traffic signal. a passenger Rick Munson injured. Sara Finn of Marion sustained minor injuries in a two car crash at First Ave West and Fifteenth Street. Richard Wahner of Waterloo charged with disobeying a traffic signal.
Earl E. Bakken, president of Medtronic, disputes a Ralph Nader group claim that pacemakers may fail and that 900+ patients are at risk. He notes that the cited three percent covers a single cell in devices with four or five cells and does not imply device failure. The Nader group urged a recall of up to 30,000 units. FDA said it will investigate.
Iowa Attorney General's office says procedures used by the state vehicle dispatcher in buying 200 highway patrol cars were legal. The contract went to a Marshalltown firm though not the lowest bid, after factors such as resale price, reliability, and service were considered.
Readers are invited to use want ads for fast, satisfying results with a simple call to action. The notice highlights ease of use and a contact number for inquiries.
Dr Peter Isacson resigns from the Johnson county board of health effective immediately. Johnson County Supervisor Chairman Robert Burns cites no reason and notes prior clash over a joint county university health service. The joint meeting also included reinstating an $8,000 cut to Visiting Nurses Assn funds.
City council and Neighborhood Development Program planners met to review dilapidated houses and abandoned junk cars in Oak Hill Jackson. They will compile a problem-site list, with health and building departments inspecting before court action and a public hearing prior to council and court rulings.
A four year old Solon boy, Larry W Bennett, remained in critical condition at University Hospitals with head and internal injuries after being struck by a car Friday afternoon on highway 1 about a mile north of Solon. The car was driven by Rex Conn, 72, of Cedar Rapids. No charges were filed. The incident occurred at about 3 05 p.m.
In Toronto 1961 Floyd Patterson stopped Tom McNeely in the fourth round to retain the world heavyweight title. The brief mention notes a Morris Plan instant interest passbook savings offer from the same year and pitches an account with a $5 starter, ending with a boxing flourish.
Gail E Moyle 21 of Cedar Rapids is jailed in Marion on drag racing intoxication obscenity resisting arrest driving without headlights and two counts of assault and battery. Thomas Moyle 31 was charged with drag racing and interfering with officers in the same incident. He was released on a summons to appear in court.
Two Christian Government Movement representatives Robert J. Eells and Philip Beard lecture tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Reformed Presbyterian Church on The Biblical Basis for Christian Political Action. The free public seminar features lecture and discussion as part of a Midwest tour begun in 1969 to urge Christian involvement in U S political life.
A compiled church directory lists opening times for Marion area congregations. Entries include Bethel Baptist First Baptist Grace Baptist Squaw Creek Baptist Robins Fath Bible St Joseph's Catholic Christian Robins Church of the Brethren Ascension Lutheran Lutheran Church of the Resurrection St Pauls Lutheran First United Methodist Church Prairie Chapel United Methodist First Presbyterian Reform Presbyterian Church of God Seventh Day United Seventh Day Brethren with service times and Sunday school plans.
George Tresnak, 36, of 1803 C street SW, a laborer in Wilson and Co. beef kill, declares candidacy for Cedar Rapids mayor this fall. A union steward and COPE committee secretary, he is a Democratic committeeman for precinct 22, with a background in the Peace Corps West Africa and reporting work in several Iowa and Michigan cities.
Des Moines Iowa Supt of Public Instruction Rob ert Benton says each school district must decide on adding the April Ingenue issue to libraries. Sen Ray Taylor asks AG for guidance to ban the issue from schools under obscenity law. Benton says the state has no authority to compel libraries and suggests leaving such material out of schools.
Two incidents at Iowa City junior highs drew district attention on Friday. Southeast junior high suspended about 30 students after they gathered near the principal’s office and refused to leave an unauthorized area during noon hour open campus discussions. Central junior high saw around 55 students protest by skipping morning classes, citing an alleged incident involving a teacher and a student. Superintendent Merlin Ludwig scheduled meetings with students and parents to review both cases as negotiations continued.
Bruce P. Hazen 28 was sentenced to 75 years for second degree murder in the death of Janet Rabe 18 at a Sioux City photo studio and 30 years for the attempted stabbing of fellow employee Pamela Gutz. Judges ordered concurrent terms after guilty pleas. Rabe's body was found September 16 1972 at the studio.
In Fairfield two women were shot dead Friday night. Theresa Marie Skirvin, 39, and Alice Mae Zuehlke, 52, were found at Cecil Manley’s home. Police and the Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation investigated. Manley was held for questioning and slated for arraignment on two open murder charges.
John R Whaley a 29 year old resident of 1063 Fifth Avenue SE was jailed in Linn county on a 110 bond on an assault and battery charge. He was arrested Friday on a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Vince Hart for an assault on Carol Hawthorne on March 24.
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