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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1968

Page

16

Market News: Stocks Trim Losses Amid Tax Plan Hopes

New York trading saw losses shrink late in the session as tax increase prospects via the Ways and Means Committee improved. Commercial Credit led activity, with nine of 15 NYSE leaders advancing while several blue chips declined. Des Moines U SDA notes show cattle prices mixed with steady demand and varying weights.

New York House Ways and Means Committee American Telephone New York Stock Exchange Gulf & Western

Dubuque Legislator Ray Miller Stricken By Heart Attack

Rep. Raymond Miller 48 of Center Township was in serious condition at a Dubuque hospital after a heart attack on his farm Saturday. Miller, elected May 1967 to fill the late Arnold Utzig’s seat, suffered the attack while erecting a fence on his farm.

Hog Prices Fall Across Weight Classes in Chicago Estimates

AP dispatch from Chicago cites USDA Tuesday estimated receipts of 1000 cattle 4000 hogs and 200 sheep with butcher hog prices down 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight mainly on hogs over 230 pounds. Slaughter steer heifer and lamb prices held steady.

Chicago USDA

Chicago live pig and cattle prices at wholesale market

At Chicago wholesale market the hog complex includes 6 500 head with bids for 190-230 lb hogs at 19.75 to 21.25 per cwt, various weights cited, sows 15.50 to 17.00, and multiples for 320-400 lb hogs. Cattle volume 9 000 with prime steers 1250-1350 lb at 29.75-30.25, other weight ranges 28.75-29.75 and 26.75-28.75, slaughter heifers 26.75-27.50, and mixed good and choice prices 25.75-26.75. Sheep volume 400 with lambs 28.00-29.50 and shorn lambs 27.00-27.50, ewes 4.00-7.00.

Chicago USDA

Omaha Livestock Prices Downstate Market Notes

UPI reports at Omaha cattle market 10 000 head steady to higher on steers with Friday's rally. Slaughter cows 25 lower to 25 higher, heifers 25 tier 9 000, feeders 1 000, calves 50. High choice and prime steers 1 004 1 150 pounds around 26.00 26.75. Heifers 1 050 pounds 26.75 with prime 26.50. Cows 17.25 18.50, canner 16.00 17.50, some 17.75 18.00.

Omaha OMAMA UPI

Cedar Rapids hog market prices fall on Monday report

C R Markets shows hog prices 25 cents lower in Cedar Rapids with Saturday delivered weights 200 to 230 pounds at 18.75 to 19.10 dollars. Packing sows under 300 pounds run 16.75 to 17.00, with reductions for heavier weights as specified. Grain and poultry figures follow with soybeans at 2.60 and corn at 1.09, while lamb prices range from 18 to 28 dollars for various weights.

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West Branch Couple Files for Bankruptcy in Iowa District

Teddy and Elizabeth Olson of rural West Branch filed a bankruptcy petition in Cedar Rapids federal court listing $6,148 in debts and $2,147 in assets with $1,788 exempt. The husband works as a janitor. A TV listing notes McHale's Navy tangle with a German U Boat on KCRG Channel 9 Monday at 6 00 PM.

Cedar Rapids Teddy Elizabeth Olson Rural West Branch McHale's Navy KCRG Channel 9

Commodities Fall on Board of Trade in Liquidation Session

Chicago grain prices eased as all commodities declined amid speculative selling in moderate activity. Wheat soybeans and corn led losses while oat and rye futures also fell. a separate Dysart crash left a Cedar Rapids boy in critical condition with head injuries after a two car collision near highways 21 and 8.

Chicago Board of Trade Dysart Cedar Rapids St. Francis Hospital Waterloo Brad Yazariam Norris Yazariam Old Marion Road Mata Luze Highway Patrol Luze Yazariam Marlys St. Francis Suze Scholtz Hospital Selma Miller Scholtz

Sioux City Livestock Market Report Highlights Steady to Higher

UPI reports Sioux City livestock totals with 7,500 cattle and 250 calves. Slaughter steers and heifers range steady to 25 cents higher with choice 1,000 to 1,280 pound steers at 26.00 to 27.00 and some loads 27.75 to 28.00. Slaughter heifers 850 to 1,075 pounds at 25.00 to 26.00 with choice and prime 26.25 to ?

Sioux City Livestock Sioux City UPI

Chicago Produce Prices and Market Summary

In Chicago and New York, wholesale prices for live poultry and eggs remain steady or show minor shifts. Roasters and White Rock fryers move within narrow ranges, butter holds steady, potatoes show varied arrivals with russets at steady to slightly weaker markets, and carlot sales list specific regional prices. New York offerings are ample with slow to fair demand and stable butter and creamery quotes across grades.

Chicago USDA U.S Idaho Minnesota-North Dakota Red River Valley Florida Texas California New York Melgiem

Walter Kidde Acquires American Desk Manufac turing Co

Walter Kidde & Company announces completion of the $6 million cash acquisition of American Desk Manufacturing Co and affiliates. American Desk, based in Temple Texas, makes classroom and library furniture seating stadium equipment and language lab devices. Kidde, based in Belleville New Jersey, operates 80 plants in 22 states and six foreign countries.

American Desk Manufacturing Co Walter Kidde & Company, Inc American Desk Temple Texas Kidde Belleville N.J Lefebvre Corp Cedar Rapids

Ball Warns North Vietnam Underestimates U.S. Resolve

U N Ambassador-designate George Ball says North Vietnam misreads U S determination as new attacks in South Vietnam threaten peace talks. An unnamed admin source calls the assaults discouraging ahead of direct Paris talks. Ball warns military action won t improve Hanoi s bargaining position and cites a 1954 Dien Bien Phu pattern. Ball notes record infiltration last month.

Washington U.N George Ball North Vietnam U. S South Vietnam Paris Ball iMarch Johnson Ho Chi Minh Dien Bien Phu

Police Use Tear Gas on Paris Left Bank Students

Police fired tear gas grenades as clashes with hostile students spread on the Left Bank over university rules and alleged police brutality. A student was wounded by a gas blast. paving stones and other injuries were reported amid university disciplinary actions for last week’s agitation.

Paris Nanterre University Sorbonne University of Paris

Czechoslovakia Talks With Soviet Leaders Hint at Strains

In Moscow the Soviet leadership pressed Czechoslovak visitors over loosening internal controls and seeking more independence from Moscow. A Saturday communique spoke of exchanges of opinions and possible Western economic ties. Dubcek led the delegation in meetings with Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny before departure.

Moscow Czechoslovakia Communist Party Alexander Dubcek Leonid Brezhnev Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Podgorny

Cashing Stolen Money Orders Scare Hits Washington

U S Attorney says blanks from civil disorder could total 5 to 10 million dollars and urges written records and full identification for cashing commercial money orders after last month’s looting and fires in Washington and other cities.

Washington U.S David Bress

Turn for Worse Taken by Gov. Lurleen Wallace

Governor Lurleen Wallace's condition worsened on Sunday night prompting her husband George Wallace to cancel Monday activities. The report notes her third cancer operation in two years and a hospitalization that stretched from February 22 to April 13.

Gov Lurleen Wallace Montgomery Ala UPI Lurleen B. Wallace George

AMC Directors Postpone Dividend for 11th Quarter

American Motors directors voted to skip the quarterly dividend for the 11th straight quarter and reported a loss of nearly 3.5 million for the quarter ended March 31. The firm showed a six month net profit after taxes of 1,133,775 or six cents a share on sales of 452,412,080, versus a 30,059,753 loss or 1.58 per share in the prior year first six months.

Detroit American Motors AMC Roy Chapin

Spaniards Cross Gibraltar Border to Work

Spaniards employed in Gibraltar crossed the border to work after Spain closed the border to most others. Spanish policemen were more visible at La Linea crossing as Madrid cited humanitarian grounds and Gibraltar citizens as allowed. The dispute centers on sovereignty, with 1713 Utrecht ceded status and UN involvement.

Gibraltar Spain Britain Fortress Rock la Linea del la Concepcion United Nations U.N. General Assembly

New Jersey Court Slashes Death Sentences in 1965 Bus Garage Killing

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that appeals courts may reduce a death sentence to life imprisonment in first degree murder cases. It set aside death penalties for Horace Laws and John Washington, both New York residents, who killed a bus driver during an April 1965 armed robbery at the Oradell bus garage.

Trenton N.J State Supreme Court New Jersey High Court Horace Laws John Washington New York Public Service Oradell

Hunter’s shot disrupts rail traffic in Groebming Austria

A hunter aimed at a deer in Groebming causing a railway disruption of over two hours when the bullet struck a railroad overhead powerline. The deer escaped unharmed as trains ground to a halt.

Groebming Austria

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