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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1964
Page
3
USDA estimates Wednesday receipts show 10 000 cattle 7 000 hogs and 500 sheep in Chicago. Hog market ranges 1 5 16.00 to 16.50 per hundred weight with varied weights, while cattle reach 21.00 to 26.50 for different grades and weights. Sheep divert to 19.00 to 21.25 for slaughter lambs and related categories.
In Des Moines underscored demand for hogs with Monday steadiness and weaker cuts by 15 cents. Tuesday receipts projected at 75,000, week-ago 70,000. U.S. weights cited with ranges for 200 to 550 pounds and sow classifications. Omaha cattle receipts 10,500 with early sales lifting steers and heifers up to 25 cents, most choice steers 23.00 to 24.00, prime may top 24.00, and select heifers around 23.65.
UPI reports cattle receipts at 6 000 with 800 calves in Sioux City. Steers show steady to strong demand while heifers move fully steady. Choice steers bring 22 75 to 24 00 with some loads at 24 25 to 24 50. Most choice heifers 21 75 to 22 50 with a few prime 22 75.
Cedar Rapids hog prices held steady Tuesday with Monday bids for bulk 200 to 230 lb butchers at 14.40 to 14.65 dollars per cwt. Packing sows ranged 13.00 to 13.50, with weight-based reductions listed for price groups. Egg and wool quotes appear alongside livestock figures in the period report.
Barry Goldwater thanked reporters at a Phoenix party for campaign aides and press coverage. He called the coverage eminently fair and said he respects many reporters who opposed him, adding he valued their company whether he wins or loses.
Emperor Haile Selassie dedicated Ethiopia’s first national TV station at a Monday night ceremony in Addis Ababa. A budget shortfall threatens Limn-Mar plans and an alternative scheme eliminates the kitchen cafe tier area in the basement of the proposed high school addition.
Marion city council overruled objections to the 1964 paving program and levied assessments on Fourteenth street and First avenue. Two residents, James M. McQuown and George K. Bateman, spoke against the project with Bateman challenging the job type. The council asked City Manager Crivaro and Engineer Mills to review Bateman’s objections for the next meeting. Crivaro also advised amending the dog control ordinance to require rabies vaccination for licenses and a vet certificate for spayed females. The council accepted the report and proclaimed Nov 9–15 as youth appreciation week, with Marion youths set to occupy city offices on Nov 10.
Detroit bishop calls full day strike unjust and harmful to city and papers. Gov. Romney names officials to mediate as Local 13 and Local 10 press unions protest terms of new contracts amid disruption before elections.
Police investigate a weekend break in at A and H store 1394 Seventh avenue. Stolen items include radio and television sets and vacuum cleaners. total loss unknown. Entrance gained by prying a metal rear door. Inventory underway to determine loss.
AP reporting USDA live poultry prices hold firm to higher with roasters at 23 to 26 cents. Potato arrivals total 54 on track 190, U.S. shipments 300 with moderate supplies. Russets slow in demand while round reds show steady demand. Carrot sales noted. Idaho russets and Red River Valley round reds priced at 4.10 to 4.25 dollars per unit.
Senator Strom Thurmond said he has information that many more Americans were killed in the Bien Hoa air base attack than announced. South Carolina GOP chairman J. Drake Edens alleged losses are being hidden until after the election, while Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester called the Thurmond report absolutely untrue.
DETROIT AP Hope for a quick settlement of local level strikes was voiced by General Motors Corp. Monday. The giant firm announced all divisions were building autos for the first time since a United Auto Workers strike began Sept. 25. GM said that with 117 of its 130 plants having reached agreement on local issues with UAW, the firm was in a position to build 60 percent of its total passenger car capacity.
United Nations Secretary General U Thant announced the General Assembly will open December 1. The session was postponed from September 18 due to the Cairo conference of non aligned nations and the fall of the Khrushchev regime in Russia.
The New York Stock Exchange and most major securities commodities and mercantile markets in the United States were closed Tuesday on election day.
Sam Shulsky answers about keeping Comsat in a 20 year old's portfolio and confirms long time horizon matters. He notes margin loan rates today run 5 to 6 percent with monthly interest deductions and explains employee stock purchase plans do not increase outstanding shares or working capital.
Washington AP reports the Republican National Committee says it knew nothing of a campaign to write in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for president. King ally and civil rights leader denounces the effort as cruel and aimed at confusing Black voters and nullifying their votes.
Special to The Gazette Paul Horner a 46 year old Zwingle Iowa bus driver is hospitalized in Dubuque with multiple broken bones and lacerations after an empty school bus was struck at an intersection on highway 20 south of Epworth by a propane gas truck driven by 35 year old Harry Lown of North Liberty Horner is in fair condition and was charged with failure to stop at a stop sign
The program invites guests from diverse backgrounds to a new talk format. It debuts Monday November 9 at 10 15 p m on Channel 9 with a live studio audience and contemporary discussion.
An unidentified thief broke into Ted Hidinger’s garage at 1805 Blake Blvd SE and dismounted a transmission from a customized show car. Hidinger, who kept the car there since last winter, confronted the intruder and chased him as the thief fled through the doorway. The man knocked Hidinger to the ground but disappeared.
Midland Community High School presents its senior class play You Cant Take It With You this Friday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
In Linn County Iowa a hearing is set for November 12 1964 at 9:00 A.M. to prove and admit into probate the last will of Hazel F Phelps late of Cedar Rapids. Shuttleworth Ingersoll to represent.
Notice states the will of Robert Mathew Menary is presented for probate in the Linn County District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa with a hearing date in November 1964. Miles N. Adams is attorney of record.
A corporation named SELF DEFENSE, INC. is organized under Iowa law with a charter dated October 28 1964, perpetual existence and authority to issue 10 shares of 100 each. Registered office at 1501 First Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with Theodore A Cook as agent. Directors Edwin K McDowell and Gary Schires listed along with their Cedar Rapids addresses. Attorneys Chipokas Koehler Olinger Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Notice under Iowa law announces the agreement and articles of merger between Midwest Reinsurance Agency Inc and Midwest Reinsurance Management Inc. Midwest Reinsurance Agency, Inc. is the surviving corporation with Cedar Rapids as its base and a 500000 dollar capital. Directors include Joe Cross and others from Cedar Rapids.
The message highlights value in today’s classified pages. It signals readers to examine listings for solutions to purchasing needs across goods and services.
Sealed proposals for millwork for William Howard Taft and Warren G Harding Junior High School Buildings in Cedar Rapids Iowa must be received by November 10 1964 at 1am CST in the Board Room. Bids require a 5 percent bid bond and may be rejected at the district's discretion with Iowa preference for state produced goods and domestic labor.
Met ropolitan Supply Company an Iowa corporation with main office in Cedar Rapids has renewed for twenty years and adopted Amended and Substituted Renewal Articles. Capital stock is 300 000 dollars 100 000 preferred and 200 000 common with one vote per share. Directors listed and officers named. Dated October 15 1964 Cedar Rapids Iowa. B G Beems President D G Isett
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