This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1969
Page
18
Hogs advance 50 cents to 75 cents while grain shows irregular activity and moderate trade. Stocks turn upward with the Dow Jones index rising about 1 point to 341.5. industrials gain, rails flat, utilities higher. Alamera Oil leads the American Exchange, up 14 percent to 374.
Be io 3640 Sas0 aris ary a anid erie.
The report combines grain and livestock data with prices and quotes. It notes cattle and calves activity in Omaha and Des Moines markets, with varying steers, heifers, and cow prices, alongside grain and produce price movements in Chicago and New York.
Prices shifted higher on Tuesday with feeder cattle and slaughter steers up about 10 to 50 cents as buyers moved to stronger demand. Slaughter heifers followed suit with similar gains, reflecting a robust market for live cattle.
Iowa City report says Jin Ledman, 33, wearing leg irons and handcuffs, escaped from a security guard at University hospital and was captured on the roof three hours later. Chief Patrick McCarney notes this is the eighth such escape this year involving inmates from Anamosa reformatory and Fort Madison prison.
Des Moines Iowa the house appropriations committee again rejected a long range building program for the state board of regents. The scaled down plan proposed a 93.2 million outlay with 20 million federal funds versus the larger 174 million plan. The vote was 10 to yes or no with 5 not voting. 22 votes needed to advance the bill. Sixteen members were absent.
Tipton Police from Milwaukee and Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, travel to Grinnell to question two men held in Poweshiek and Cedar counties on larceny and narcotics charges. Charles McCarthy, 25, and Freddie Donaldson, 19, face burglary related counts with $1,060 bonds. Authorities found heroin, a loaded handgun, burglary tools, and safe dial in Donaldson’s car. Investigators link the pair to a Menomonee Falls safe theft carrying about $21,600. Donaldson admits $19,000 hidden in Milwaukee. both deny Menominee Falls robbery ties? state lab tests pending.
Two Cedar Rapids Nash Finch Co. staff named winners of company Top Ten awards announced by President D Hays in Minneapolis. Lloyd Sailer, distribution center and Iowa warehouse manager, and Jim Roger Lemke, inventory management assistant treasurer, will receive all-expense paid trips for themselves and wives.
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co reelected top officers at Tuesday Cedar Rapids meeting and named four new assistant vice presidents in underwriting payroll and related fields. New officers are John L. Peterson Donald Ronsdorf Allan Thompson and Eugene C. Pugh. Directors also reelected Ray Mills William Crawford and Howard Hall to the board.
Orville Caruthers Jr., 42, of 2148 Larey Kive NE, named to assist county attorney and conservation board duties. William Actes Pachus also assigns Phillip D. Klinger as legal counsel. With Caruthers on May 15, nine assistants will work full time in the office. salary listed at 2500.
A land value dispute between Dr. J. W. Pirie and Cedar Rapids Community School District was settled out of court for 25704.42. A prior sheriff's condemnation jury had awarded Pirie 26700.30 for the land. The per acre price under the settlement is 2725. An elementary school will be built on the site.
Residents near Blairs Perry road NE urged to attend a Linn County Public Health meeting at the IBEW hall on Blairs Ferry Road NE Monday at 7 20 p m. The department pushes annexation to city sewer lines and notes tanks draining into a storm sewer and a ditch.
Bjornsen Investment Corp of Gedar Rapids received a permit to build a 240 by 80 foot warehouse at 50 Second Street SE on the former Reel Island railroad site. Valuation is $150,000. Construction awaits sewer relocation to avoid the 82 year old sanitary sewer beneath the property.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.