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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1967
Page
17
New York trading saw a heavy downslide with the market dropping from the opening bell and remaining weak through afternoon hours. Trading volume reached about 85 million shares, while several miners and industrials retreated amid profit taking despite some fractional gains by a few names.
Official estimated livestock receipts for Tuesday list 1 800 cattle 5 000 hogs and 200 sheep. Butcher hogs sold 25 to 50 cents lower Monday with slaughter steers steady to 25 lower and sheep steady. Illinois Chicago Livestock market reports hogs cattle calves slaughter figures with price ranges for various weight classes and grades.
Moderately active demand fair. butchers seek lighter cattle. Grain values show No 2 corn at 1.27, oats at .74, No 7 soybeans at 2.70. Sheep lambs priced 24 to 28, wool prices 34c and 24c. Poultry prices: heavy hens 7c, Leghorns and hybrids 5c, old cocks 1c. Delivered prices noted.
Ozark Air Lines applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to serve Washington DC and New York City. The route would run from Sioux Falls via Sioux City Waterloo and Peoria to Dulles and LaGuardia using DC-9 jets if approved, benefiting about 78 000 travelers yearly across several cities.
Market report notes Chicago grain prices down with rye and soybeans moving mixed and several cash grain quotes. Sioux City cattle sales show limited early activity with price ranges for slaughter steers and heifers, while U.S. farm products quote butter eggs potatoes and related items with modest changes and steady to weaker tones.
Seven candidates were named for the Linn County supervisor post including Ken Perry, Eugene Kane, Charlac equy peeure, un Vaneeeee, Werner, and county auditor. Other applicants listed include George Michel, Tom Neenan, Verne O Phelps, John Pazour, Keith Kennedy, Clarence Tudeen, and Glenn Heady. Two sought the job in writing, three were contacted by the MEW YORK AP.
Sheriff Walter Grant halted 75 year old Owen Long in the 3100 block of Mt Vernon road SE after he ran a red light. Long admitted he has never held a driver’s license, a claim not supported by state records. Long was charged with operating without a license and running a red light.
Miehle Goss Dexer Inc reports record second quarter sales of 39.262 million for the period ending April 29 up 55.9 percent from a year ago with net income of 2.55 million or 89 cents per share. First half sales reach 72.388 million with earnings after tax of 4.73 million or 1.66 per share. Shares outstanding total 2,848,222. Stock traded on NYSE between 25.25 and 36.50, last at 33.50 with a 2.7 percent yield.
Jackie Meyers, 16, of 1043 Thirty-second Street NE, faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license after a one car crash on county road 22 north of Marion Saturday afternoon. Vehicle owner Kevin Conley, 2890 Fifteenth, Marion, was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive. Miss Meyers suffered bruises. Pamela Moody, 17, Marion, was hospitalized with back injuries.
Edwin Silver of Cedar Rapids had a reckless driving charge dismissed by the Linn County attorney after a settlement with accuser Robert H. Scott of Central City. The charge, filed Nov. 3, claimed Silver drove in a manner endangering life and property. Scott agreed to the settlement.
Joseph S. Dewees, 18, of 600 Twenty seventh street NE, pleaded guilty to drunk driving. Judge Warren J. Rees fined him 300 dollars plus costs after his arrest May 13 at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street SE.
Police questioned August M Hochenberger 43 of 1013 Avenue NW after a Sunday morning fire at the home of his estranged wife Dorothy. Firemen answered a 12:51 a.m. alarm at 613 Third Avenue SW. clothing burned on bed and living room floor. TV tube smashed by a cup. damage to the house of Matt Bickford 422 First Street SW described as minor. Hochenberger arrested at 1:30 a.m. at St Luke's hospital on a Linn County hospitalization sanity warrant. Sanity hearing set for Saturday. officers unable to locate him. He was given a 1/2 day continuance Monday to consult medical authorities.
Belle Plaine resident Lindley A. Jones 22 entered an innocent plea before Judge Warren J. Rees on a larceny charge. A cab driver reported $245 missing from a desk in his home during the weekend of May 12 to 15. Clarence R. Sawyer testified that cash was taken from a locked desk drawer at 2307 Twenty-seventh Street SW, and a pneumatic impact wrench was involved.
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