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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1957

Page

16

Hogs lower in Chicago market amid mixed cash receipts

Chicago hog prices eased 25 to 35 cents with receipts around 10,000 head as a complex market showed slow demand. Cattle and sheep values also moved. cattle receipts topped 24,000 while prices for fed steers and heifers varied by weight and grade across regional listings. US market reports cited AP and UP wire items with mixed activity in New York stocks and commodity futures.

Chicago New York Associated Press Arsett Oe Sabe Wits Bien Livestock Sulla Vaelera Taieaoe Conners and Cuthhers Ghaica Atock Erevious Boert Vie¢ Oy Francia J. duPoot Cou Natehel Bank Mander TVG Nickel Fhany Corsta To & Tiedhem Eauris Ghalm Bennecott CG Milay Alco Products Kreigo Lockhee Armco Grin Arkets Ariolie Malta Cedar Rapids Balawin Lina Baile & Ate Au Bendix Welt Steel Sotarala Hai Horden Co Rat Discus Nore Warner A Haley Boel Wheat Brian Mie King Path Steel Ole Ower May Frutchers Okerm Buserog Tsane J.C Ghea& Ohio Phils Chicago Cas Provisions API Guyitun Cilles Berg Aleares Tockwell Grode Lie Kene Co Grote Gructhie Gncony Mob Ramee Siendy Treere & Co Fe Gennes Airite Inree Dow Chem da” Pont Cottera Ail Feu Nestor Eht Bainet ATOR Tate Market Zusinin Hoek An Y Gland Idny nLurdey Oggetr Get Dextran Reno Pireshane Fsao Chin Ag Tex Minem Californie Puasely Aay Edlum Adhum Welch Tns Chalte Prima Spring Jemby Gen Malors IUSUA Ihe Alendy Dave Waale- Phalte Ans Goodrich Goodyear Tire Grace Wat Lambs Graham Paige Nee Orr Warner Tbs Graylound Houd Hershey Wilson Co Ribbat Woolwar Fiatdails Intend Buel Zone Harv Amelman Amtuwest Autom Dumont, Lab Berlum Steel Enser Cessna Air

Keokuk Youth Fined For Climbing Tower

Keokuk youth J Handyside, 14, paid 28 dollars after climbing a 140 foot water tower Sunday. Police coaxed him down without incident and a court fine followed.

Keokuk Myton J. Handyside Deliverea Chicaee Cartota Handyside Alfalfa Alfalfe Central

Schweighofer Tops Third Annual Iowa Sports Car Rally

Horst Schweighofer of Cedar Rapids won the third annual Iowa region rally of the Sports Car Club of America near Ottumwa, driving a Porsche. Twenty nine entrants visited historic sites across Keosauqua and Bentonsport with the shortest drive and best questionnaire score. Winners included George Erbeck, Bill Cass, Ken Lundgren, Don Hunt, and Owen Hoadsley in various makes. touring class winners and Pat Heil as ladies award recipient. Proceeds from the next Hawkeye Downs rally will benefit muscular dystrophy.

Iowa Sports Car Club of America Ottumwa Horst Schweighofer Cedar Rapids Keosauqua Bentonsport George Erbeck Porsche Bill Cass MGR Ken Lundgren Moline Don Hunt Jaguar Owen Hoadsley Dale Heil Atkins Wally Miller Iowas City Studebaker Iven Cash Iowa City Ken Wall Borgward Jake Foster Morris Pat ‘Heil Sports Car Club Hawkeye Downs

Ten Detectives Eligible for Appointment in Cedar Rapids

Ten policemen were certified by Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission for detective bureau work. The list, ordered by commissioners Barney McPartland Harold A. Weaite and Charles D. Mullinex, names Richard H. Staves Charles J. Jelinek Robert J. Burke John R. Huston Thomas C. McPerimatt Gareth H litt Ivan Dale Arnett Robert T. Fox Robert J. Driscoll and Vernon A. Akers. Most are listed as eligible for veteran's preference in appointment.

Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission Lst Barney McPartland Harold A. Weaite Charles D. Mullinex Richard H. Staves Chrles J. Jelinek Robert J. Burke John R. Huston Thomas C. McPerimatt Gareth H.litt Ivan Dale Arnett Robert T. Fox Robert J. Driscoll Vernon A. Akers Burke Lsted Maanel

Accident Victim Frank W Johnson Returns Home

Frank W Johnson, a retired Milwaukee railroad conductor, was treated for a right arm fracture and severe bruises after being struck Friday at 10 PM by James McGovern of Cedar Rapids. Johnson was walking on Seventh avenue near Eleventh street when McGovern failed to yield to a pedestrian. He has been discharged from Cedar Rapids hospital. Mrs. Lee Voorhies and family visited Minneapolis over the weekend with relatives including Mrs. John A Beeson Jr and her children.

Frank W. Johnson Thirteenth Street Cedar Rapids Johnson Milwaukee Railroad James McGovern Seventh Avenue Eleventh Street McGovern Lee Voorhies Minneapolis R. D. Conley John A.beeson Philip Mary Jeanne Voorholes Richard Martin Martin Marion St Maries Ida Idaho

Safe Stolen From W Liberty Store

Burglars stole the safe from Garland's Super Value in West Liberty on Sunday night, loaded it onto a truck, forced it open, and dumped it in a countryside ditch about three miles northeast. The safe held Saturday receipts. owner Garland Haselhahn declined to say amounts. Entrance came via a basement window. Evidence includes papers near the safe and cart tracks to the truck.

Gazette West Liberty Stock Mart

Death demanded for eight in spy case in Egypt

The Egyptian prosecutor sought the death penalty for two Britons and six Egyptians accused of spying for Britain before Egypt’s invasion. Maximum prison terms were asked for 12 others on trial, with four of the 20 defendants tried in absentia.

Cairo

Bus Strikes Auto From Rear Four Die in Ohio Crash

Four members of a Pennsylvania family died when a Greyhound bus rear ended a station wagon on the Ohio Turnpike. The wagon burst into flames with the occupants identified as Murray Lockyard 45 Blairsville Pa Mary Jane 42 and their children James 14 Elizabeth 12. The bus driver Edward Dukesky 30 Pittsburgh Pa was jailed on second degree manslaughter charges. A few passengers survived without hospital treatment.

Youngstown Pennsylvania Greyhound Highway Patrol Murray Lockyard Blairsville Mary Jane James Elizabeth Edward Dukesky Pittsburgh Cleveland

Four Injured In Decorah Area Two-Car Crash

Four persons were injured in a two car head-on collision four and a half miles east of Decorah near the Old Stage. Among the injured were Arthur Gaffney of Decorah and his companion Jerry Young of Decorah. Carl Steffenson of Marion suffered a skull fracture and was taken to a Rochester hospital. Elaine Harkness and Roger Erickson, both of Decorah, sustained injuries and were treated locally.

Georgia Filmer Fisher Valdosta William E. Fisher Sharon Entclal The Gazette Decorah Decoral Corneluis Riséal Fot Alburnett Carl Steffenson Marion Gene Gaffney Pella Arthur Gaffney Hore Korea Rochester, Minn Jerry Young Art Young Decorah Hospital Roger Erickson Spring Grove Minn Elaine Harkness Erickson

Foes of the Trips Get No Sympathy From Dr Snyder

President Eisenhower spends time away from Washington in early 1956 as Dr. Howard Snyder rejects critics urging closer work. Gettysburg homemakers visit the White House and note rooms such as the Gold Room do not exist. Budget debates put Percival Brundage under fire as Eisenhower jokes about his continued role.

Dr. Snyder Merritton Smith Gettysburg White House Eisenhower Washington Howard Snyder Snyder

Sioux City Key Club Law Is Ruled Invalid

Sioux City Iowa AP A municipal judge ruled invalid an ordinance limiting closing hours for private clubs. The decision said no local law regulates private clubs and cited a Triangle club case where a bartender faced charges for serving after 1 am. Several related cases were pending as a new state law aimed at regulating private club liquor hours took effect.

Sioux City George M. Paradise Iowa Joseph G. Albert Triangle Club

U S protests Soviet travel curbs on embassy staff

The United States protested to the Soviet Union over travel restrictions on American embassy personnel in Russia. A note to the Soviet foreign ministry in Moscow condemned these limits, which target areas opened to foreigners in 1959.

Washington INS U.S Soviet Union Russia Moscow Gard

Marengo Sailors Injured In Amana Highway Crash

Two 18 year old sailors from the Great Lakes training station on leave were injured in a Sunday 2 a.m. auto accident on highway 148 near Amana. Richard Ogden and Dell Bear were treated at Memorial hospital for cuts and bruises and released that night. Authorities say the driver may have dozed at the wheel.

Brecal Marengo Great Lakes Amana Memorial Hospital Richard Ogden Dell Bear

Jachelor Farmer Near Morley Found Dead in Des Moines Article

Des Moines news reports the death of a bachelor farmer near Morley by hanging. The coroner learned the man had been despondent over ill health. Services are planned at the EUA church in Morley with body at Campbell funeral home in Olin.

Des Moines Elye Anamogsa Thomas A Hugnes U.S North Morley Howard Campbell Glin Jones Hughes Les Lester EUA Campbell Funeral Home Olin Irs

Mother of Rep Gross Dies in Belle Plaine

Mrs. Gross mother of Representative Gross of Waterloo died Sunday at age 46 in Belle Plaine. She had lived with daughter Marie Rule for three years, funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Presbyterian church in Melham. Her husband, Anderson M. Grose, farmed in Union County. the couple had six children.

Gross Waterloo Ins Pteadsyi Belle Plaine Tee PrUdei H-Ja.j Marie Rule Presbyterian Church Maleam

Landweber Wins Four Year College Scholarship

Peter A. Landweber, son of Dr and Mrs Louis Landweber, receives a Town Illinois Gas and Electric Company four year college scholarship. Two other Iowans also win. Winners were chosen from about contestants by educators from area colleges. Scholarships provide up to 2000 dollars yearly at any accredited U.S. college or university. Each private college or university admitted will receive a direct grant equal to tuition with 500 to 400 per year minimum and maximum.

Peter Landweber Iowa City Peter A. Landweber Louis Landweber Town-Illinois Gas and Electrc Company United States Orl

Central Commercial Teachers elects James W Hunt president

James W Hunt of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Central Commercial Teachers Association at its fiftieth convention in Cedar Rapids. Directors and instructors from private business schools across the Midwest attended. Other officers include Miss Margaret Willey Waterloo vice president Stuart Sears Waterloo secretary Everett Lutenberg Dubuque treasurer and Bruce Gates Waterloo member of the executive board.

James W. Hunt Cedar Rapids Central Commercial Teachers Association Scheols Margaret Willey Waterloo Stuart Sears Everett Lutenberg J. Dubuque Bruce Gates Watering

Nuclear Tests In Nevada Aim To Cut Fallout

The U S Atomic Energy Commission plans underground and balloon detonations in Nevada this year to reduce radioactive fallout. About 20 explosions are expected in the longest series yet, with tests starting Thursday and running into September.

Washington INS U.S Nevada Atomic Energy Commission

Patrolman Kansky to Resume Job to Retire

Patrolman Walter Kansky, a lieutenant colonel in the army, returns to Cedar Rapids police to retire on half pay. He cites medical reasons and will have a police pension based on the five years ending Dec 1 1940. Kansky joined the department in April 1934 and served during wartime leave.

Kansky Walter Kansky Cedar Rapids Police Ihhief Dickey Stanley Davis The Police Department

City Briefs: Planned Parenthood and Local Clubs Meet

Planned Parenthood clinic to gather at St. Luke's Hospital Tuesday at 7 30 pm. Border Vets Auxiliary hosts potluck and meeting at Memorial Coliseum Wednesday 6 30 pm. Pythian Sisters Winter Temple meet Thursday 8 pm Knights of Pythias hall with initiation. A N Palmer chapter to elect officers Thursday 6 36 pm at Roosevelt hotel. Conserv Officer Clair Rausch to speak at Conepus luncheon Tuesday noon Monico se hotel topic New Fishing Waters Available in Iowa.

Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood Clinic St. Luke’s Hospital United Mexican Border Veterans and Auxiliary of Patrol 33 Memorial Coliseurm Pythian Sisters Winter Temple Knights of Pythias Hall A. N. Palmer Chapsey National Secretaries Association Roosevelt Hotel Conopus Clair Rausch Cedar Rapids Conopus Club Monicose Iowa

Benson denies exit from cabinet amid reports

Washington Agriculture Secretary Benson said there is no basis for reports he will leave the cabinet. He stated he has never worried about stepping down and remains focused on his current role.

Benson Washington Agriculture Tenwe

Nixon Jets Honor Jamestown Settlers in Virginia Celebration

Vice-president Nixon led Virginia's 350th anniversary events near the landing site of the 105 original settlers. replicas of the Susan Constant Godspeed and Discovery anchored offshore as three F 100 jets re created the ships voyage from London in about eight hours. The flight delivered copies of London's newspapers Jamestown Charter and royal seals while Mayflower II passed overhead in salute to Plymouth's voyage.

Jamestown Nixon Virginia America Great Britain Russia James River Godspeed London Whitelg Plymouth Mass

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