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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1968

Page

24

Market Slump Deepens In Pre election Trading

New York stocks fell further as election caution and peace-talk uncertainties kept investors on the sidelines. Chrysler led decliners on heavy volume while United Fruit rose amid merger chatter with Textron unchanged after a merger report. several big names slipped or held steady as the market remained broadly weaker.

NEW York Chrysler Youngstown Sheet Sykes Corp United Fruit Textron Jim Walter U.S. Pipe U.S Pan American International Nuclear

Hogs Off 25 To 50 Cents In Chicago Market

Official USDA estimates show receipts of 1,000 cattle and 4,000 hogs with no broader projections. Butcher hogs sold 25 to 50 cents lower while slaughter steers held steady and sheep moved about unchanged.

Chicago USDA

Livestock Prices and Slaughter Totals in Chicago Market

Chicago market report lists hogs at 7 000 head with 25 to 50 cent declines for butchers and various weight ranges priced from 14 75 to 19 25 per cwt. Cattle and calves show 11 000 head, steers and heifers with mixed yields and grades, cows at 15 75 to 18 00, and sheep at 400 head with lambs 26 50 to 27 25 for 90 to 105 lb woolled slaughter lambs.

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Sioux City and Omaha Livestock Markets Brief

AP and UPI market notes report cattle and calf trading in Sioux City and Omaha. Steers and heifers show mixed steady to higher prices with ranges for weights from 525 to 1,250 pounds, including high grade and prime lots and numerous cow classifications within the reported brackets.

Cedar Rapids Hog Market Prices Fall on Monday

C R Markets reports a 25 percent drop in Cedar Rapids hog prices on Monday. Saturday figures show bulk country and plant delivered butchers 200 to 230 pounds bringing 17.50 to 17.75 dollars. Packing sows 300 pounds and under ranged from 16.25 to 16.50 with adjustments of 25 cents per 10 pounds for weights 230 to 500 plus 75 cents for heavier grades.

Des Moines UPI U.S Cedar Rapids

Negro Students Stage Sit-Ins at Chicago Schools

Negro students staged sit ins at Parker and Hyde Park high schools in Chicago amid election day polling place threats. Parker saw 8 arrests as 100 to 200 youths barricaded a lunch room. police used canine units. At Hyde Park about 100 students occupied a corridor led by a named student, planning to move to polling sites when polls opened.

Chicago UPI Parker High School South Side Hyde Park High School

Closing Prices in Corn Trimmed by Profit-Taking

Chicago market notes show corn futures rising 3 cents but finishing with profit-taking trimming gains. Wheat and oats moved modestly higher, rye fell, and soybeans were mixed. Cash grain quotes list No 2 yellow corn at 1.3134 and No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.49.

Chicago Hicago Cash Grain

Chicago Produce Market Report Steady Prices Across Items

AP notes steady wholesale butter with mixed grades and high grade eggs showing firmness. Potatoes arrivals and shipments steady with light supplies and slow demand, Red River Valley round red carrots selling in Minnesota and North Dakota at 2.60 to 2.75 per unit.

Chicago U.S Minnesota-North Dakota Red River Valley

Wholesale egg and butter market report with varied demand

In New York the USDA notes ample wholesale egg offerings with irregular demand for large and medium sizes and uneven distribution on smalls. Prices vary by exchange and volume sales. Whites show Fancy large 39 to 40 cents, fancy medium 35 to 36, fancy small 26 to 27. Butter offerings are adequate with spotty demand.

NEW York USDA

Want Ads Help You Buy Sell or Trade

Call 369 1234 to place or respond to want ads for buying selling or trading items. Available for all readers seeking quick local transactions and neighborhood bargains.

Economy on the Rise as Johnson Aides Claim Progress

The UPI report quotes Arthur Okun saying the economy has turned a corner toward price stability and improved balance. George Christian denies timing the release for the election and declines comment on Nixon travel for peace talks.

San Antonio UPI Johnson Texas White House Arthur Okun Council of Economic Advisers Okun George Christian Christian Richard Nixon Paris Saigon Vietnam

AEC Offers Bargain Californium For Sale At $450 Billion A Pound

The Atomic Energy Commission announces limited sale of californium-252 at 450 billion dollars per pound. Seaborg says the rare material has potential uses from cancer treatment to gold prospecting and neutron analysis, with tiny current supplies sufficing for research. The first external shipment goes to MD Anderson Hospital in Houston.

Washington UPI Atomic Energy Commission AEC Glenn Seaborg Seaborg American Nuclear Society New York Savannah River S.C

Credit Card Group Offers Hotline for Lost Cards

New York businessmen formed a registry named Hotline to combat theft. Members pay $5 annually to enroll and list their cards. If a card is lost or stolen they dial 212 HOT LINE or 468-5463 for computerized alerts to involved companies.

New York Hotline Hot Line

Disney designed room helps blind kids feel famous characters

In a special room at the Jules Stein Eye Institute on the UCLA campus, Walt Disney designed walls with mosaic figures of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto and the Disney gang. Blind and near blind children under 10 can feel the characters to "see" them.

Los Angeles UPI Jules Stein

City briefs note workshop cancelation and telethon

A church music workshop at St Pauls United Methodist was canceled due to insufficient reservations. The Humphrey-Muskie telethon airs tonight 7:30 to 9:30 on KCRG TV Channel 9 with free questions via Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie. Political ads promote candidates and events including bake sales, smorgasbord dinners, and church fundraisers.

St. Paul’s United! ‘Methodist Church River Valley American’ Guild of Organists Humphrey - Muskie Kcrg-Tv Citizens For Humphrey-Muskie Bob Carson Political Adv Humphrey - Muskie Telethone

Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Announces New Generating Plant

Charles H. Whitmore, president, said the company will add a 138000 kilowatt gas turbine installation at a yet to be determined site with an estimated cost of 12500000. The project aims to boost peaking capacity and summer load relief as Unit 1 of the Quad Cities nuclear station faces possible delays.

Iowa-Illnois Gas and Electric Co Charles H. Whitmore Whitmore Quad Cities Cordova Iowa-Illinois’ Riverside Mississippi River Davenport

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