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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1971

Page

22

Blue Chips Edge Higher as Markets Pause Amid Uncertainty

New York stocks moved higher in slow trading with the Dow up 4.89 to 815.42 as investors await Treasury Secretary Connally’s remarks. Chesapeake and Ohio fell sharply after delaying its dividend due to the coal strike, while several NYSE and AMEX issues showed mixed moves including TWA warrants and Presley Development.

NEW York New York Stock Exchange Nixon Treasury Connally

Cedar Rapids Hog Prices Ease in Tues Market

Cedar Rapids markets reported a 25 cent drop in prices on Tuesday. Monday deliveries for country and plant hogs weighing 200 to 230 pounds brought 19.25 to 19.50 dollars, with packers offering declines for heavier weights per weight class. Packing sows under 300 pounds ranged 17.00 to 17.25 dollars, while additional weight brackets saw proportional reductions.

Dividend footnotes describe payment types and terms

Unofficial sales figures and dividend rates follow definitions in the table. Footnotes cover extras, stock dividends, liquidations, ex rights and ex dividends, warrants, and special cases like bankruptcy or foreign issues subject to tax.

Chicago Produce Prices and Shipments Update

UPI reports Chicago market activity for potatoes butter and eggs. Total potato shipments reached 143 with 41 arrivals and 80 track, Russets firm while round reds remained steady. Butter prices delivered to Chicago steady with mixed loaf scores. Eggs delivery prices held. Grade A retailers show mixed carton prices across sizes.

Chicago UPI Idaho Minnesota- North Dakota Red River Valley

Egg market steady with adequate supplies in New York

AP reports USDA wholesale egg offerings are generally adequate with solid demand on Tuesday. Standards quoted for large to medium eggs at 35 12 to 37 2, fancy smalls at 24 to 24 2 per dozen, putter offerings fully adequate and demand regular. prices unchanged.

New York USDA

Soybeans Rise Amid Record Export Clearance

Chicago reports soybeans up sharply after a record export clearance for a week. Soybeans closed higher for November at 34 and 34 2, while wheat, corn, and oats fell on the day with December contracts showing declines.

Chicago

Grain prices in Chicago cash market report

Chicago cash grain quotations list wheat No 2 hard red at 1 70 per bushel soybeans No 1 yellow 2 914 and corn No 2 yellow 1 05 with oats No 2 extra heavy white 77 and soybean oil 12 25 per hundredweight and date not provided.

Chicago

Cattle Trade Steady to Uneven as Packers Hold Prices

Des Moines reports show moderately active trade with good demand. Butchers unevenly steady with some 25 cent declines. sows mostly steady with occasional 25 cent drops. Daily totals and live weights listed with price ranges for U S grade cattle across weight classes.

Omaha Livestock Market Report From Omaha

UPI notes hogs 8 500 head mostly steady with some instances weak to 25 lower. Prices for 190 to 230 pounds 20.00 to 20.50, 230 to 250 pounds 19.50 to 20.00, 250 to 270 pounds 18.50 to 19.50, 270 to 305 pounds 17.50 to 18.50. Sows 15.75 to 17.00 for 300 to 600 pounds. Cattle—steers and heifers steady, cows weak to 25 lower. High choice to prime 1100 to 1325 lb steers 34.00 to 34.50, choice 975 to 1250 lb 32.75 to 34.00, good to low choice 29.50 to 32.75. High choice to prime 925 to 1050 lb heifers 33.50 to 34.00, choice 825 to 1050 lb 32.00 to 33.50, good to low choice 26.50 to 32.25. Canner and cutter cows 19.00 to 21.00, two loads choice 713 lb feeder steers 38.25, load choice 620 lb heifers 35.50.

Omaha UPI

Dressed meats at Des Moines market report steady to firm

AP notes steer beef steady to 50 higher with limited heifer data and pork cut grades active. Listings show choice steer 500-700 lb at 53.00-53.50 and 700-800 lb at 52.50-53.00, pork 14 lb and under 43.50-44.25, 14-17 lb 40.00, picnics 8 lb and up 27.50, skinned hams 45.00, seedless bellies 14-16 lb 24.00.

Des Moines

Waterloo Live Stock Prices Report

Butchers and sows held steady as market quotes show butchers at 19.00 and sows at 17.00. Packing plant deliveries ranged from 18.75 to 19.25 for butchers and 16.75 to 17.25 for sows.

Waterloo

Postville Beef Market Tuesday Prices Listed

Postville market quoted beef prices for prim steers at 34.00, choices 32.00, steers 29.00 to 31.00, standard horners 28.00 to 29.50, heifers 32.33.50, good heifer 28.50 to 30.00, cows 18.00 to 21.00, cutter cows 17.00 to 20.00, bulls 26.00 to 29.00.

Postville

Hogs and cattle results from Sioux City livestock market

Hog prices softened with butchers down about twenty-five cents. U S 1 3 cattle 190 to 280 pounds averaged 19 75 to 20 00, larger sows steady. Slaughter steers and heifers active with select lots at 32 50 to 33 50 for steady to higher quality, prime 34 00, mixed grades 31 50 to 32 75. heifers 850 to 1050 pounds 32 00 to 33 00, prime 33 50, mixed 30 75 to 32 00.

Sioux AA Sioux City U.S

Benton Receives Pay Rise in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs School Supt. Robert Benton, named next summer as state superintendent of public instruction, saw his salary raised from 26 700 to 27 900 with expenses increasing from 100 to 140 monthly. His future state superintendent pay will be 26 000.

Benton Council Bluffs Robert Benton Public Instruction

Freak Mishap Hunter Suffers 10 Bullet Holes

Waterloo man Leo Macal 32 was hit by ten .22 caliber bullets when his automatic rifle fired during a squirrel hunt seven miles northeast of Decorah. The weapon trapped in trees while he stepped in a buck hole, causing the accidental discharge. He remained in good condition Monday with bullets lodged near his elbow.

Waterloo Leo Macal Maca Melvin Decorah

Rockwell Reports 6 Percent Rise in Net Earnings

North American Rockwell Corp reports fiscal 1971 net earnings after tax of 68.6 million dollars, up from 64.7 million in 1970, with 2.57 dollars per common share. Fourth quarter earnings reach 18.4 million or 69 cents per share as sales fall to 544.3 million. Backlog stands at 2.51 billion with aerospace and defense programs impacting results. Board declares quarterly dividends on common and preferred shares.

North American Rockwell Corp Willard F. Rockwell, Jr el Segundo Calif

Paint regulations to curb lead poisoning in children

Washington proposes a 1 percent lead limit for interior and child accessible exterior paints on federal funded homes. FDA had earlier urged warning labels on paints over 25 percent lead. About 400000 children are believed exposed to lead poisoning risk, potentially causing mental retardation or death.

Washington Elliot Richardson Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Food and Drug Administration

Death of Soviet Spy Rudolf Abel reported in Moscow

Informants confirm Rudolf Abel, the top Soviet agent in the United States from 1948 to 1957, died at 68 after six months of lung cancer. Abel lived in Brooklyn as a photographer and artist before his 1957 arrest and 1962 U S prisoner exchange for Francis Gary Powers.

Moscow Rudolf Abel U.S Abel Francis Gary Powers Canada Brooklyn Reino Hayhanen KGB Pravda

Senate Votes Aid to Dec 1 For Foreign Aid Programs

The Senate approved without dissent a resolution renewing until December 1 the spending authority of the foreign aid program. The measure, sent to the House for a likely holiday recess, would allow near 2.7 billion dollars per year in aid spending for the rest of the month and cover other still unfunded programs including the Office of Economic Opportunity the District of Columbia and parts of the defense department.

Washington Senate House Office of Economic Opportunity District of Columbia Defense Department

Handicapped Groups Demand Iowa Civil Rights Amendment

In Des Moines 22 Iowa handicap groups urged Gov. Ray to amend the 1965 civil rights law to include disabled persons. They cite housing and job discrimination against the deaf and other disabilities, with examples from Des Moines and praise for the governor's handicapped committee.

Des Moines API Iowa Robert Ray Bill Kautzky The Iowa Assn. For the Deaf Helen Quigley Ray

Propane-Air Gas Plant Opens in East Moline

The $800000 propane air gas plant near East Moline was dedicated Tuesday with R M Hetherington of Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co leading officials including Robert M Watts and F Joseph Ryan. He said the plant aims to ensure adequate gas supply for residential commercial and industrial needs during severe winter demands in the Quad Cities Cedar Rapids Iowa City Ottumwa areas and beyond.

East Moline Rock Island County R. M. Hetherington Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co Robert M. Watts Rock Island County Board of Supervisors F. Joseph Ryan Hetherington Iowa- Illinois Cedar Rapids Iowa City Ottumwa Quad Cities Riverside Bettendorf

Remodeling planned for May's Drug on Center Point road

May's Drug at 4116 Center Point road NE will finish remodeling by November 19. District manager Lanny Potthoff says work includes a new storage area interior painting new fixtures shelving and floor and ceiling tile. Kinderknecht Construction Co. of Cedar Rapids was the contractor.

Center Point Road NE Lanny Potthoff May Kinderknecht Construction Co Cedar Rapids

Ames Student Gregory Morris Found Dead in Dorm Room

Ames police say the death of Gregory M. Morris 21 of Des Moines was a clear case of death by own action. His body was found hanging in his Iowa State University dorm by fellow students who broke into the locked room after hearing an alarm clock. Morris appeared to have been dead for some time.

Ames Gregory M. Morris Des Moines Iowa State University Morris

Driver Charged In Seven Deaths

James Anderson, 30, the driver of a car that fatally struck seven pedestrians in Youngstown, Ohio, was charged with drunk driving and seven counts of first degree homicide with a vehicle. He also faces charges of driving without a license and attempting to escape from a hospital room.

Youngstown, Ohio UPI James Anderson

Frozen Pork Bellies Quotation From Lawson Bros

Tuesday's market quotation from Lawson Bros shows high and low prices for frozen pork bellies. Trading figures include sales around 31.87 to 32.05 per unit with a 439 unit balance.

Lamson Bros

U.S. Troop Levels in Vietnam Reach Six-Year Low

In Saigon UPI reports U S troops in Vietnam dropped to 188 300 the lowest since December 1965. The command also disclosed 11 small units totaling 420 men were broken up with many to return home ahead of Nixon's December 1 deadline to reach 184 000 troops. Maximum strength hit 543 400 in April 1969.

Saigon Nixon Vietnam U.S

Ozark Air Lines Posts Large Earnings Gain for Quarter and Nine Months

Ozark Air Lines reports substantial increases in earnings for the quarter and nine months ended Sept 30. Net income rose to 1 782 683 dollars for the quarter and 3 333 525 dollars for the nine months, with revenues at 21.2 million and 60.9 million respectively. Tax savings from operating losses boosted results, yielding 864 701 dollars in the quarter and 1 765 162 dollars for the nine months, with per share income 30 cents and 55 cents respectively.

Ozark Air Lines

Amchitka Blast Sparks Alaska Dispute Over Harm

AEC Chairman James Schlesinger testified that four seals 15 sea otters and 15 birds died after Amchitka Island underground test. Alaska Fish and Game Commissioner Wallace Noerenberg disputed, estimating 300 to 800 otters may have died, with only 13 carcasses found. Further checks planned.

Washington Atomic Energy Commission Alaska Fish and Game AEC James Schlesinger Congressional Amchitka Island Bering Sea Wallace Noerenberg Alaska Fish and

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