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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1971
Page
17
New York and Chicago traders saw mixed moves with the Dow rising after several declines while corn prices fell on selling. In Chicago cash grain and livestock markets buyers and sellers traded, with cattle and hog futures showing varied results despite a broad market upturn.
Historical price notes show cattle and other commodities with mixed values. Bulk butcher weights 200 to 300 lbs priced around 16.25 to 16.50 per 100 lbs, pigs down from 14.50 to 15.00 for 300 lbs, and various weight-based discounts for packers and butchers. References to poultry, corn, and general produce appear with scattered price figures and notes on market conditions. The text includes stray lines about New York produce and the origin of the term Foggy Bottom.
Civil defense and the Linn County Firemen's Assn urge a nationwide siren test Wednesday at 11 am. The monthly test covers Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha with a one minute tone one minute silence and one minute of rising and falling wails. Schools are urged to participate to practice shelter drills for students and staff. Call 369-2671 for planning help.
Linn county board of supervisors denied a petition to rezone land west of Light House Trio on Mt. Vernon road east of Cedar Rapids for a service station. George Zeman Jr. sought commercial use. planning commission recommended denial citing residential zoning. Zeman spokesman argued against a residence on a four lane highway and noted four lane bridges on the road.
The Cedar Rapids city council will pass a resolution Wednesday to authorize a contract with Leo Peiffer Architects and Associates for remodeling the police station. Estimated at 70000 dollars the work covers office and general modernization on both floors with basement remodeling. A federal grant will cover 35000 dollars of the cost and the city will pay the remaining amount.
Iowa state representative accuses State Fire Marshal Wiltz Johnson of neglecting fire safety inspections for 303 Iowa schools since 1968. Johnson cites manpower shortages with eight inspectors handling 4 000 school buildings and 400 to 500 arson cases last year, while Lipsky demands action and oversight from new public safety commissioner Mike Selgers.
The Rock Island district corps of engineers announces maximum outflow from Coralville dam on the Iowa River will not exceed 4 000 cubic feet per second during May 1 to May 15. Downstream interests can rely on this limit unless emergency flood operations arise.
Lucky Stores says 1970 net earnings rose 17 percent to 22.5 million from 1969s 19.0 million while earnings per share reached 1.83. Sales totaled 1.483 billion, with 420 stores including 292 supermarkets and 40 planned openings in six states for 1971 along with about 38 million in capital expenditures.
A Durango child, Dean Waller, age 1, died in a Dubuque hospital after being run over by a tractor driven by his father. The incident occurred Sunday on a farm while the family returned from hunting mushrooms. Authorities said the boy jumped from the tractor during the outing.
A 1971 model car driven by Kenneth Surface of Earlville struck a pony on highway 30 five miles west of the 21 intersection at 10 p.m. Monday. The pony owned by Harlan Crews wandered onto the road from a Lawrence Koebke farm pasture. Patrol valued the pony at 335 and car damage at 4050. Surface was not insured. A wanted ad will find that unusual item.
The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors approved designating Siewer Springs road as a haul road with reimbursement by the highway commission after hauling ends. Jerome Kroshis was appointed to the Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp board. Rationa lrilling Gisian named military township justice of the peace. May 22 at 1 30 p.m. set for a public auction of used reg equipment and misc items.
Skid Row derives its name from Skid Road in Seattle where loggers slid greased timber. The term reflects historical lumber industry routes and the rough urban districts that formed around them.
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