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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1962
Page
18
Chicago bids for hogs rose briefly Friday but closed mostly 25 to 35 cents lower on a 5 000 head offering. Cattle and sheep markets were too light to establish a trend as stocks remained limited across major markets in Des Moines Waterloo Sioux City and Omaha reports.
Chicago AP reports May wheat fell on liquidation as delivery commitments near Monday. Corn rose slightly while rye increased, soybeans steady to lower. Cash markets see no sales for wheat corn or soybeans.
A Future Teachers club at Marion High opens a full week of events starting Monday with a banquet at the Amanas, honoring teachers who assisted during the year. Thespian initiation, science class trip to Collins Radio, and Quill staff banquet follow. yearbook presentation and sophomore party close the week.
Community members including Debbie McKibben Simon and Sally Price will present two piano selections. Oliver Tilton was hospitalized at St Luke's after an illness. Miss Frank Perkins returns from Dubuque to 660 Ninth Avenue and local waitresses and carhops at East End A and W are noted.
ISU students in Iowa City accuse a beauty shop of refusing to give a Negro student a hair appointment. The mayor will discuss with law enforcement, while a protest is planned in front of the shop with about a dozen participants.
Rep Ely forecasts a light turnout in the Democratic primary with about 4200 votes versus 16000 for Republicans. He notes October fall election turnout will swing results as Democrats typically show up and Linn County contests stay neck and neck with Republicans.
Local items report burglaries and political races in Linn County Iowa. Primary races draw Republican turnout. Democratic hopes hinge on state races. Community notices include YMCA schedule and a beauty shop discrimination case involving Cedar Rapids residents. International news mentions Adenauer and West German defense talks.
New York APJ report quotes Labor Secretary Goldberg urging businessmen not to overreact to government statements. He spoke at the Brand Names Foundation dinner, criticizing what he called unfounded chatter about administration attitudes toward business and the economy. He warned trade journals to avoid assuming anti business bias in official statements.
Junior and petite ladies sizes promoted with a Friday nine PM close. An update notes Mrs. E T Hiams recovery after surgery at St Luke's Hospital, with a free jewelry promotion at Time Shop. Recital by Mrs Edwin Carlssens features pupils including Brenda Linstrom and Randy Balderston at the Lutheran Church.
A garbled OCR lists various commodity items and bags prices including corn starch, paper bags, powdered starch, moisture levels, and bags of sugar. Mentions Peru cat 47 and Bestrin White with unclear context. Contains several misread terms and nonstandard phrases.
AP reports comedian Danny Kaye rushed to hospital with signs of pneumonia after chest X rays showed spots in his lungs. By Friday he was said to have virus pneumonia and to be in good condition.
Orientation meetings are set for three United Gond groups, with Neighbors Fund campaign workers to attend. The schedule lists Monday at 4 p.m. at the UGN office for the Business B team chairperson and related organizers.
Rep. Tom Riley argues for a proposed amendment to establish a nonpartisan judiciary in Iowa. He tells Linn-Mar High School seniors the plan, backed by majorities in 1959 and 1961 legislatures, protects personal liberties and removes party influence from judge elections.
Washington officials report Lockheed Missile and Space Co to build the first nuclear rocket flight test version. Space agency and public employes division chairmen announce the selection amid industry expectations.
A reader questions holding 400 AT&T shares while mutual fund salesmen tout funds. Analysts discuss tax consequences and a switch to preferred funds to fund college within three years. Other briefs cover a Maine Lodge meeting, a purse theft, a death in Florida, Storytime for children, and local military and student milestones.
F W Raftis Jr 26 of 1513 Fourteenth Ave SE Friday pled guilty to false uttering of a check. Judge Charles Penningroth set May 25 for sentencing. He allegedly passed a bogus $30 check at Sun Mart on Oct 11. George Gray pled innocent to uttering forged instrument tied to a $14 check at Munger Paint Co on March 12. Suits filed Wes Prenosil vs Sharwood Meadows Inc for $3,100 damages. Carpenter Johnson Co Inc vs Sramek’s Bakery Inc for $1,563.33.
A Linn district court jury awarded Edythe Hill of Dysart $12 689.23 for injuries from a traffic accident caused by Delmar Schnipkoweit of Mechanicsville. Hill had sought $48,000 for head neck and back injuries after a rear end collision at First Avenue and Nineteenth Street SE on January 19, 1961.
Washington Mathews 38 pleaded guilty to break ing and entering and received a ten year sentence in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison by Judge B J Maxwell. He was arrested May 1 inside Builders Material Co inc 60 Third Street SE and admitted three other breakins. Police said he got about 15 and a portable radio at Tesdell Supply Co 622 Third Street SE. Nothing reported missing in the other breakins.
Civil judgments list amounts $933.05 on a promissory note between Florence M and Anton White versus Clarence E and Ideile Dris coll. Also John Wilson of Wilson's Sporting Goods sues Ce dar Valley Plastics for $240.75 on an account.
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