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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1956
Page
7
Chicago reports Monday hogs at $16, up $1.15 from last Tuesday with 25 head around 220 pounds. Butcher hogs sell steady to 15 cents higher amid 13,000 head receipts and strong Eastern order demand. Cattle receipts total 16,000 with varied gains and prime steers up to $31.00, vealers and heifers firm to higher, and lambs showing some softness but mostly steady with prime ranges around $21.00.
Correction lists Grace Episcopal church Women’s Auxiliary meeting for Thursday November 8 at 7 30 PM. Earlier note said 8 PM and location was the VFW post home.
Des Moines cattle market shows trading fairly active with prices steady to 25 cents higher than Saturday mid-session.calves and hogs receipts around 42,000 Saturday, 90,000 Monday est., week ago 92,000, year ago 115,000.U.S. No. 1-3 barrows and gilts ranges listed from 11.25 to 14.85 for various weight classes, with sow prices from 11.80 to 14.50.
Cattle receipts reach 19 000 with 2 500 calves at Omaha. Fed steer and heifer sales slow with steady bids overall. Cows and bulls steady, stockers and feeders about 30 35 percent of receipts, with prices listed for various grades and classes including saturated bid ranges and several loads of choice cattle.
Receipts total 12 500 with calves 3 200 as Sioux City livestock market reports mixed early sales. One load mostly prime steers brings 28.00 with choice steers 22 00 to 24 25 and scattered sales of choice heifers from 20 50 to 23 00, market not fully established for other lots.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market held steady with meat type butchers priced 10 to 40 cents a hundredweight over, and over fats 10 to 40 under delivered prices. Cattle and calf markets show varied ranges for prime to utility stock, with quotes for steers, heifers, cows, and calves. Buckingham–Donald J Bedard, 15, of Eagle Center, suffered arm lacerations after his sleeve tangled in a tractor pulley. he is hospitalized in Waterloo.
Local groups announce Tuesday meetings. Trowel Chapter No 49 R A M and the Junior Chamber of Commerce prepare for 7 30 p m sessions at the Masonic temple and Chamber of Commerce building. Kiwanis and other groups plan programs in Roosevelt hotel and at Sheraton Montrose.
In New York the stock market extended gains late Monday as key stocks surged. Overall gains reached around three points with volume estimated near 2.6 million shares.
Markets nationwide will be closed on Election Day. The notice notes planned suspensions across financial land and commodity exchanges with figures showing declines for several stocks and industries.
Reports of a cease-fire at Port Said halted a grain price rally Monday. Wheat fell, corn and oats mixed, rye and soybeans moved modestly, with December wheat around 2.34 and soybeans near 2.46. Cash provisions listed for No 1 yellow wheat and other grains.
Chicago market reports show heavy hens at 14 to 20 cents, white rocks at 18 to 19 cents, capons 20 to 29 cents, and assorted weights with various price ranges. Butter and eggs list firm prices with graded scores, and potatoes arrivals and US shipments indicate moderate supply and demand with russet prices around 3.85 to 4.25. New York USDA reports butter at steady levels by grade, eggs mostly steady with mixed color prices, and receipts around 35,500.
The court voted 6 to 3 to reconsider last June’s decision granting military courts jurisdiction over about 270,000 civilians abroad and 20,000 civilian employees. The case tests the constitutionality of the Uniform Code of Military Justice provision. Also, the court dismissed a nudism challenge, refused Robeson passport relief, and ruled frozen fruits and vegetables remain agricultural, permitting ICC-unlicensed trucking.
Cedar Falls boy Jeffrey Folsom, two, grandson of Mr and Mrs Larry Hatch of Lisbon, was critically injured Sunday after falling roughly 25 feet from a second story window at the First Methodist church during morning services. Doctors reported a skull fracture among his injuries.
Special to The Gazette. Tama man Frank Rihas 32 confessed to setting six or eight outhouses afire in Tama County over recent weeks. He also admitted break in at Quaker Oats plant Armour’s and Western Buyer’s buying Stations in Tama and breaking into a Milwaukee railroad bank car. He was arrested near the bank cars Sunday night and is held in county jail awaiting a railroad detective.
Des Moines AP Secretary of State Melvin D. Synhorst reports 5276 Iowa servicemen applied for absentee ballots for Tuesday's general election. This compares with 7978 in the 1952 election year and 726 in 1954. An assistant secretary of defense letter cites 28 percent fewer eligible voters in the armed forces now than in 1952.
London reports accuse Syrian army units of damaging an oil pipeline that halted Iraqi oil to the Mediterranean. Britain demands Syria hold responsible and urges allied action with Egypt to repair the breach. Cairo radio cites destruction of American owned oil facilities including Bahrain Petroleum Company. Suez closure worsens tanker shortages for Europe.
The certified mail service begun June 6 1955 was called a great success by postal officials. Postmaster General Arthur E Summerfield said usage runs about 20 million pieces per year. It reduces reg istered mail load and costs less, intended for nonvalue items like receipts notices and legal papers. Basic charge is 15 cents, total with postage 18 cents. Return receipt adds seven cents, and a full receipt with address and delivery date costs 31 cents plus postage.
Hundreds of West Berlin students surged through police lines to the Russian War Memorial, shouting Down with the Russian murder ers and Freedom for Hungary after laying wreaths at British and French buildings. Border guards protecting East and West Berlin were doubled.
In Manhattan a somber funeral march drew about 10 000 Hungarian Americans in black to the Park Avenue headquarters of the Russian U N delegation. They cried butchers for Budapest murderers and Russians go home as they protested the revolt.
Rep. Henry O. Talle of Decorah leads the U S delegation to the Interparliamentary Union meeting in Bangkok November 12 to 23. The trip includes stops in Manila Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo Midway Island and Honolulu returning home by air.
Thousands of Rome students marched to the U S embassy and then the Soviet embassy waving flags and posters. They shouted for U S intervention in Hungary calling the Russians pigs and death to the Russians.
A coroner's jury ruled Naomi Davitt 67 director of teacher training at Boone Junior College died in an accidental car collision. She was struck on US 30 about three miles east of Boone by Mrs. Lyle Reynoldson who said she did not see Davitt until she was right on top of her. Reynoldsson swerved to miss the pedestrian.
Thorvald Thomsen of Tipton was injured when his pickup overturned three miles west of West Branch about 6:50 am Monday. He sustained cuts and bruises and was listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital around noon.
Elmer G Betzer 63 of 1205 Eighth Street Marion sanitary engineer at Marion disposal plant died Monday at 2 50 a m in a Cedar Rapids hospital after several months illness Born July 2 1893 in Fairview Jones county he moved to Marion as a child He married Josephine Garrison Feb 12 1920 in Marion employed by the city 23 years Surviving wife a brother Harold Betzer Cedar Rapids and three sisters Ruth Vale Gary Indiana Florence Lange Marion Thelma Nielson Marion Services Wednesday at 2 p m in Murdoch chapel Rev Charles Moore burial Oak Shade cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Free coffee and cake Friday November 9 Sunbeam Frypan demonstration all day Light Co Adv
Mr and Mrs Earl H Block of Alburnett road announce their son has left for Fort Bragg North Carolina to join airborne troops. Marion visitors include Mr and Mrs George Henry of Burlington staying with their niece Mrs Cleo Zachmeyer. Weekend guests at A A Kroening home were Mr and Mrs Arthur Flesch of Lancaster Wisconsin. Mr E L McGuire and Harold Mullabey returned from a motor trip through the South. F T Fox lodge No 319 B of R T meets Wednesday at 7 p m in Memorial hall. C C P club meets Tuesday at 7 p m with Mrs Hugh Gordon. meeting starts earlier this week.
In Warsaw unrest accompanies Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski’s first sermon in three years after release from prison. He urged heroic work over heroic death as Gomulka urged calm to avoid a Hungary like crisis. Rumors persist of Russian troop movements near Poland’s eastern border.
Cedar Rapids officials consider a proposed metal plaque for Greene square memorializing donors Nicholas B. Brown George Greene Addison Daniels Julius E. Sanford and Hosea W. Gray. The marker would note the 1843 dedication of the square as a public park and cite survey 1841 incorporation 1849 and city charter 1856.
A Hungary based station Radio Csokonyai faded after airing a clear English reading of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The domestic broadcast, recorded by Radio Free Europe, included the famous lines and then went silent with no further reception.
Western Nebraska crews clear roads after a blizzard that left many communities isolated. At least three highways were one way. Two deaths reported, an eight year old near Merriam died while lost and a Hemingford rancher died of exposure.
Public service notice promotes a 36 page illustrated book detailing causes, effects, and neglect dangers of arthritis and rheumatism. It claims a drugless treatment proven in thousands of cases and offers the copy free with no obligation. Send requests to Duty-Pvt. Fred The Ball Clinic Dept. 1402 Ex Block.
On the eve of the election President Eisenhower concentrates on international matters. He sends messages urging Soviet withdrawal from Hungary and support for ending the Russian occupation. He visits Secretary Dulles at Walter Reed and pledges to continue the fight for a stable dollar amid inflation worries from a Greenwich pensioner.
Cedar Rapids recruitment station announced a new Navy recruiter Gunner's Mate 1c Albert D Clark native to Cedar Rapids arrives from duty aboard the Kiowa. He replaces Torpedoman 1c Lewis G Holm transferred to Spencer. Linn county draft board sends nine men to Des Moines for physicals. Enlistments add LeRoy E Carver and Daniel F Pace as seaman recruits. Navy mobile dental unit arrives in Cedar Rapids to serve active duty Navy and Marine personnel.
Senate Republican Leader Knowland urged U.S. to push for Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations for its Hungary actions. He said if other steps fail the Free World should back a volunteer group to aid Hungary.
An eight year old boy, Arthur Cambridge of 191 Nineteenth Avenue SW, suffered a puncture wound to his right leg when he heated a .22 cartridge until it exploded. He was treated at Mercy hospital after police said he placed the cartridge on paper and ignited it.
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