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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1969
Page
4
Financial and market notes show Cedar Rapids hog market prices on Saturday as a key indicator. Local traders watched price movements closely amid mixed demand and supply signals.
In New Orleans an Indiana mother en route to see her son, Larry Joe Purkey, a convicted killer on death row, after a decadeslong separation. The report blends personal reunion with market notices and livestock prices, reflecting a chaotic OCR fragment from the era.
Federal State Market News Service outlines two low auctions dated May 15 with cattle hogs and feeder calves at Story City. Feeder steers show gains while heifers and calves largely hold. stock cows with calves at 201 per pair. A separate personal note discusses an adoption mystery and a missing mother.
Continental Air Lines and Western Air Lines will install Collins Radio avionics on Boeing 747 superjets including 618M-2B transceivers SIRV-2B receivers 60F-3 DMEs 21A-3 transponders 5124 marker beacon receivers MW-1D monitors 618T-2 heel receivers AT-107 couplers 331A HSIs and 346N1B PA amps Continental also adds DJ-209 ADF and Western equips AL-11 radio altimeters Western orders three 747s for service. Continental has four on order.
Congressmen doubt Nixon seven cent first class mail rate will pass with Senate and House leaders warning postal reform must come first. McGee says seven cent stamps unlikely. DulskI rates policy priorities mixed as pressure for reform grows.
Fire early Saturday destroyed Bob's Dugout lounge housed in the former HerB's Boone Inn on Marion boulevard. Cause undetermined, loss not yet assessed. Police checked building before 4 am. unidentified caller reported the blaze at 4:93 am. flames nearly destroyed interior before firefighters arrived. Operator Robert Sion said he left around 3 to 3:30 am and found all in order.
A historical snippet lists numerous churches and pastors with service times and Sunday schools. Includes First Baptist, Grace Baptist, St. Joseph's Catholic, Christian Reformed, Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventist, and others with sermon titles and worship hours for the day.
Seattle UPI reports Dr. Thomas Kilgore pastor of Second Baptist Church Los Angeles rises to head the American Baptist Convention marking a historic milestone as the denomination celebrates its 12 year history.
Edward P. Clement of Cedar Rapids Council 162 United Commercial Travelers received a plaque for 60 years of club activity. Presentation made by Hunter Baylor Lloyd Mack and Herb Henry on behalf of the ACT. Clement has long participated in the organization’s activities.
Three brothers aged 14 16 and 15 from Rockford Illinois were picked up near Tama on Highway 20 after their motor vehicle crew left Illinois plates attached to a car. Sheriff Quigley explained the incident involved a plan to fly to St Louis for a graduate business program. The youths were separated from their mother who could not retrieve them. The case touched on juvenile probation and a broader church study initiative and reunion plans.
Des Moines dispatch notes a May date correction from UPI regarding a Senate action on motorcycle rider rules. The item clarifies a prior report and specifies that a rule change is under consideration by lawmakers.
Defense Secretary Laird told Chicago reporters that funding for the Safeguard anti ballistic missile system is necessary for future security. He said the mission to protect the nation requires asking for the money to do the job and that even if Vietnam ends, a drastically reduced defense budget is not anticipated under current conditions.
Peru seized a U S fishing boat for the third time this year and released the vessel after captain Nick Tiutanic paid 500 for registry 4500 for license and 10000 in other fines 19 year old Darrel Olsen of Seattle faced charges for attempting to buy beer as a minor during the incident off the coast near Corientes Argentina.
Six teenagers escaped serious injury when their car struck a bridge abutment at the Sugar Bottom beach entrance at 11 53 p m Friday. Pam Robinette was treated and released at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Read details on involved Marion residents and missing driver in Johnson County report.
General Teleenena company seeks graduates or experienced accountants for a growing accounting department. Salary and benefits, advancement opportunities. send resume to the personnel caparimen at General the Rhone Company. An EEO employer.
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