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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1957
Page
8
Chicago and Des Moines cattle and hog figures show small net shifts across markets. Barrows and gilts mostly steady to down. wholesale pork prices gain modestly. top No 1 195 215 lb hogs reach 17.50 in spots. cattle and sheep varied with high prime steers and lambs priced up to 23.50 and 16.65 respectively.
In Waterloo buyers saw hogs priced higher with top ai figures around 6.25 per pound. Sows and heavier hogs ranged from 270 to 550 pounds with prices noted from 13.50 to 15.00 per hundredweight.
C. R. Markets reports Cedar Rapids hog market held steady on Saturday with plant delivered quotes for good No 2 butchers and sows. Meaty No 1 high yielding hogs priced up to 50c over. No 3 overfeats as much as 50c below these quotations.
A Dyersville feed salesman from Manchester survived after being trapped in a car that left the road and rested against a fence 14 miles northeast of Manchester. Deputy Sheriff Mike Barr coordinated an ambulance from Dyersville. the man was taken to his home in good condition.
Secretary of State Dulles will appoint a science adviser to coordinate U S super weapons progress with foreign policy. The move follows renewed urgency after Soviet launches and claims, with Killian to discuss the program on his return from Duck Island.
A federal budget official told a House subcommittee that the United States will have spent about 6.529 billion dollars on missile procurement in the four years ending next June 30. The figure excludes funds for research and development.
A 134th reunion of the four coordinate bodies of Iowa Consistory was held in the Scottish Rite temple in Cedar Rapids Teaning Wednesday and Thursday. Sixty three candidates from 18 Eastern Iowa towns completed the Scottish Rite degrees. Officers of the class are William J. Probert Cedar Rapids president Joseph C Spence Charles City vice president Edward F Bock Cedar Rapids secretary Donald H Iles Cedar Falls orator and Harold M Nimmick Dubuque historian.
Anthony J. Cascio of Rockford Illinois was sentenced to ten years in the Anamosa reformatory by District Judge B J Maxwell after pleading guilty to breaking into two Stanwood businesses last June and stealing about 110 dollars. W J Sayles of Mechanicsville also pled guilty to a drunken driving charge and was fined 30 dollars, arrested November 4 by Highway Patrolman Lyle Dickinson.
Cedar Rapids residents attend church events and visits to plants and radio stations. Mrs Harold L Barber and Mrs Guy Johnson lead the Artion fe artion group with members on the tour and guests including Tommy Johnson. Miss Lydia Christensen honored at a coffee and the Laura Bailey study group picnic. Howard Glass injured at a service station and treated in Iowa City. Funeral attended for Mrs Albert Rinehart in North Liberty. Herbert Stowell dies in Greenfield. Birthday party for Patrick Mahale at Jack and Jill preschool. Guests from Texas stay with the Danford family. Marion visitors with Mrs Charlotte Benedict. Blue Bird group plans candy sale. Mrs O W Lundquist hosts visitors. Mrs Frank Gillian improving at Cedar Rapids home. Convalescence for Mrs R C Wilson after surgery. Apartment for rent listed. Century Cab ad.
The listing outlines multiple congregations with service times and leaders. Marion churches include Baptist with Rev. Charles Moore, St. Joseph’s Catholic with Rev. T J McElliott and Rev. William H Blessington, Christian, Free Methodist led by Rev. Charles O Monroe, Methodist under Rev. Ralph E Baker, Presbyterian led by Rev. Jean P Hayter, St Paul’s Lutheran with Rev. E L Brandt, Prairie Chapel led by Rev. Morris Frevert, Seventh Day Church of God Friday prayer, United Seventh Day Brethren led by W Allen Bond with Bible study Saturday.
New York RP NBC directors picketed the network nationwide over a contract clash with cameramen and technicians. About 100 protesters gathered including at the RCA Building amid claims NBC violated direct communication terms. NBC says the issue is a jurisdictional dispute and talks continue.
Winterset attorney Shirley A. Webster was chosen as University of Iowa Dad of 1957 by Omicron Delta Kappa. Nominated by daughter Jane, he will be featured during halftime of the Iowa Minnesota game and attend Dad's Day weekend with his family.
Des Moines reports October in Iowa was colder than normal with wet conditions delaying harvests. Temperatures averaged 5 to 6 degrees below normal in central and southwest Iowa, with some areas as much as 20 degrees below normal on October 25. Precipitation exceeded normal in western and southern Iowa, while north central and northeast regions were drier. Corn and soybeans made normal progress early in October, but late cold wet weather slowed harvest operations.
Television listings list channel numbers and programs for multiple markets. Programs include Perry Como Lawrence Welk Gale Storm Dick and Duchess Have Gun Tombstone Territory Jane Wyman and Iowa Football with late news weather and sports segments.
Lester Tickle, 38, of Detroit, petitioned probate court for permission to change his name to Watkins claiming the joke in his current name causes people to tickle him. He asked for the change Friday, stating the motive in court filings.
The Iowa Tax Commission ordered a 10 percent rise in real estate valuations in Sigourney Keota What Cheer and Hedrick Keokuk County. The hikes apply to all property classes and follow prior protests that trimmed earlier tentative increases.
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