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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1957
Page
3
Chicago reports mixed price moves as Monday trading shows hogs steady to firm with some gains up to 25 cents. Cattle receipts total 19 000 with steers and heifers mostly higher, prime and high quality lots reaching up to 27.00. Sheep prices slide slightly though lambs show demand with Shorn lambs at 22.75 and spring lambs around 24.00.
Receipts Monday estimate 55 000 week ago 58 500 year ago 50 000 actuals Saturday 32 000 fairly active prices steady to 15 cents higher than Saturday top 18 50 barrows and gilts U S No 1-3 160-180 lbs 14 90 17 25 180-200 lbs 16 90 18 25 200-220 lbs 17 00 18 50 220-240 lbs 17 25 18 35 240-270 lbs 16 65 17 25 70-300 lbs 16 05 17 25 300-330 lbs 15 75 16 75 330-360 lbs 15 40 16 50 sows 270-300 lbs 16 00 16 90 300-330 lbs 15 75 16 65 330-360 lbs 15 40 16 40 260-400 lbs 14 85 15 90 400-450 lbs 14 35 15 40 450-550 lbs 13 15 14 85
Sioux City cattle receipts show steady to higher prices as slaughter steers and heifers gain 25 to 50 cents. Cows remain steady with last week's advances, bulls steady. High choice fed steers reach 23.25 to 23.50 with primes up to 24.00. good and standard ranges 17.50 to 21.50. high choice heifers reach 23.00 to 23.25 with some consignments at 23.25 and up.
Market notes list various egg grades and prices such as 21c for EGGB B and 18c for C and lc, plus dirties and checks at 1bc and peewees at 12c. Also mentions field grass delivered and assorted produce including Red Tops and Clover with prices around 7.00 to 33.00 and references to vendors like Central senna and Cuevas.
In Oran Algeria French Army Fireman M Sanchez on a weekend break performed two rescues. He saved a French soldier caught in an offshore undertow and later rescued a man and his two daughters who swam too far from shore.
The Rev. R. C. Pfaltzgraf, longtime pastor of Sharon Center E U B church, moved to Waterloo to assume a new pastorate. The new pastor for Sharon Center, the Rev. H. H. Marty of Clinton, will arrive Wednesday.
The market opened with an advance but most gains were pared late in the session. The market closed irregularly higher as key stocks moved only fractions to a point. Volume was about 2,300,000.
USDA figures from Omaha report cattle receipts near 15 000 head with feeders and stockers making up 10 to 15 percent. High choice to prime fed steers steady to firm with prices around 24.50 to 29.78 per hundredweight, while cows and bulls show mixed strength and weaker canner stock.
Cherry Burrell Corporation reports net sales of 16 096 459 for the first six months of the current fiscal year up from 15 858 736 a year earlier. Net earnings total 447 420 or 79 cents per share versus 452 357 or 79 cents. President John G. Cherry cites industrial sales growth new products and contract manufacturing as drivers despite material shortages and strikes. The backlog and earnings ratio suggest 1957 earnings will compare favorably with 1956.
Chicago reports wheat, corn, and oats rising for most trading Monday due to unfavorable grain belt weather. Old style wheat up percent, May near 2.18 to 2.19, new style wheat firm, May and July futures show gains with other grains shifting.
Chicago price list shows No 1 yellow wheat at 1.35 and 2 1.35 42, No 3 at 1.33, sample yellow 1.29 1.32, oats No 1 heavy at 77 4c, No 1 white 72 4c, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.29, soybean oil 11 percent, meal 45.00 45.50, barley 1.30 1.40, feed 0.92 1.16.
Chicago produce markets show steady poultry at 54 000 lbs with light hens and caponettes under 44 lbs and prices for several processed meats. Butter tops hold around 89 and egg prices are unsettled with 27 300 cases reported, while potato and tomato offers appear mixed and prices for onions and apples rise modestly.
New York dairy market shows butter prices holding steady with receipts totaling 773,000 over two days. Creamery products mostly remain in the 60s to mid 60s range for 93 score AA, 92 score A and 90 score B. Eggs unsettled with 29,100 receipts in two days and varying shell sizes and price checks across 23 to 31 cents.
Iowa 1957 graduates in engineering and business report strong job prospects with average starting pay: $473 monthly for ISC engineering graduates and $375 monthly for U of Iowa commerce graduates. Some grads receive expense paid trips and multiple offers as firms recruit. ISC and SUI deans discuss pay levels and future hiring trends.
A report notes trouble for Indian agent Jeffords on BROKEN ARROW. The alert cites an attack on Fort Grant to occur at 8:00 PM Tuesday on Channel 9.
Dr. James W. Culbertson cites Circulation on gangrene treatment showing walking, not bed rest, can heal many cases. Dr. William T. Foley reports 21 of 22 cases improved when patients rose from bed and moved, with tobacco cessation as a key preventive measure.
Over the Back Fence by Naomi Doebel suggests using abundance of extra fine strawberries shipped to Cedar Rapids. The piece gives a fritter recipe with steps for batter preparation frying at 365 F and finishing with confectioners sugar or whipped cream.
State of Iowa Linn County notice states that an executor has been appointed and qualified for the estate of a deceased resident. All persons indebted to the estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned and claimants must present their claims with proper documents to the clerk of Linn County Iowa.
The Rev Roy P Fields of Marion Christian Church spoke at the Marion high school gymnasium urging graduates to live creatively as children of God. The program included organ prelude by Marian Hulin, choir performances, and a choral benediction. Additional items note travel updates, dinners, a fatal crash near Willow River, and community notices.
Karen Knapp to be installed as worthy advisor of Marion Rainbow Girls this Saturday at 7 p m in the Masonic temple. Bethine Culbert will install, with Judy Sutera as marshal and Pat Mentzer as chaplain plus a roster of officers and pages listed. Also noted are local social news items and help-wanted classifieds and a church meeting schedule.
Gov Loveless said Brice of Waterloo and Malone of Atlantic will accept interim Iowa Highway Commission appointments. Their names were submitted to the senate amid prior rejections by the House, with term to begin July 1 as Graham and Loomis depart. George Bryant named to Aeronautics Commission to fill Coffie's six year term.
George Davies a 38 year old convicted sex offender confessed to the slaying of Brenda Jane Doucette 9 in Bristol Connecticut police said Davies picked her up on her way to school with the intent of sexual assault He said he killed her when she began to scream Davies had aMorals offense record and prior molestation convictions dating to 1952 and 1954 parole details
Ottumwa publisher John Huston, 76, was reported in fair condition at St. Joseph's hospital after a heart attack Friday night. He has led the Courier for 29 years and long served with the Lee Group newspapers. Huston previously presided over the Iowa Press Association in 1936 and received its Editor-Publisher award.
Thompson convalescing at St Luke's hospital after serious illness. no visitors allowed. Community notices list meetings at St Luke's and Canopus club luncheon at Sheraton-Montrose, funeral and club events, lost ads, and upcoming school activities in Cedar Rapids area.
Cedar Rapids announces diploma presentations for graduates Doris Kinsey Jennie Johnson and Janice Woods from Stephens College Columbia Mo Elaine Heitz Elaine Mraz and Bernice Stark from Clarke College Dubuque and William Cormack from Cranea School Bloomfield Hills Mich in the upcoming ceremony.
Cedar Rapids Rotarians heard John H. Moninger of the American Meat Institute credit Iowa farmers with advancing lean meat hogs and boosting meat consumption. He cited leaner hog strains, the Iowa Spring Barrow show, and state production figures as key factors behind a rising per capita meat intake in the United States.
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling against Memphis State College for its five year timetable for integration. The order preserves a 2-1 circuit court decision that the plan is too slow to meet the mandate of all deliberate speed. Five Black students sued after being denied admission.
Will Stewart 76 lifelong Linn County resident died Saturday at Linn Grove. He was an elder at Linn Grove Presbyterian Church for years. Surviving Edith Goudy four daughters Elmer Vick Cedar Rapids Donald Jensen Marion and two daughters in New Windsor Ill a brother Harry Stewart Lisbon. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. Linn Grove Presbyterian Church. Friends may call at the ae funeral home in Springville.
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