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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1968
Page
25
Wall Street closed modestly higher as gains outweighed losses on the NYSE with about 150 issues up. Bond markets stayed quiet while a few gold miners moved on monetary jitters and Teledyne jumped on a 2 for 1 split news.
USDA estimates Tuesday receipts in Chicago show 1,500 cattle and 4,500 hogs with no sheep estimate. Hog prices were steady to 50 cents higher from Monday while slaughter steers rose 25 cents and sheep held firm.
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Chicago market summary shows hogs 5,500 head with mixed gains up to 50. butchers at 19.25-20.00 for 200-220 lb, various weights down to 17.50-18.25 for heavier sows. Cattle with 9,000 head. slaughter steers rising to 25. high grade and prime ranges noted, heifers 27.50-28.25, cows 14.50-16.00, bulls 21.50-23.50. Wool sheep 300 with lambs 26.50-27.25 and ewes 5.00-7.00.
Chicago AP reports Monday close with wheat up 4 to 2 cents per bushel and rye rising %, while corn and oats showed mixed to small changes and soybeans steady to 2 cents higher as traders watched markets.
The notice lists Chicago market quotes with No 2 yellow corn at 1.39, No 2 soft red at 1.31, No 2 yellow corn at 1.13¼, No. 2 oats at 7. No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.54, and soybean oil at 8.13.
Carl Edward Grindstaff, 28, of Burlington, slipped from a University of Iowa Hospitals ward during mid morning. He was serving a 10 year term for breaking and entering and left on foot in prison blue. Officials believe he aimed to return to Burlington and described him as 140 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.
Des Moines reports moderately active trade and good demand as butchers edge down up to 25 cents while sows hold. Estimated receipts Monday reach 100000 with prior week 92000 and year ago 86000. price ranges cover U S 1 2 200 220 lb butchers to 18 50 and 3 4s 240 270 lb hogs to 17 50.
Cattle 14,000 and calves 6,200 traded in Sioux City with slaughter steers and heifers mostly 25 cents higher and some 50 cents up. Slaughter cows in demand. beef heifers 26.00 to 27.00 per hundredweight and lighter grades around 27.00. Lossers and buyers across the market noted activity for 1,100 to 1,250 pound steers and 850 to 1,050 pound heifers.
UPI reports cattle and feeder prices at Omaha sales with high good to prime steers and heifers up about 25. Prices span 1 100 to 1 232 pounds for steers 26.40 to 28.65 per hundredweight and heifers around 27.25 to 27.40 for 1 050 to 1 050 pounds. Canner cows bring 14.00 to 16.00.
Cub Scouts Pack 8 honored eight members Dave Hiller Jon Swails Robert Latta Barry Miller Jim Moss Bruce Bushman Brian Fuller and Kevin Day at Kenwood Park Presbyterian church on November 21 A second batch from Pack 28 included John Martin Scott Martin Reed Schulke Davis Welch Carl Swenson Bob Hime Jim Ludwith and Tim Stamp at St Mark's church receiving awards.
AP reporting USDA market snapshot shows wholesale prices mostly unchanged across commodities. Poultry including roasters and turkeys listed with varied ranges, butter and eggs steady with specific grade prices, and potatoes with moderate arrivals and slightly weaker market.
AP report from New York notes wholesale offerings for large and medium whites adequate with fair demand Monday. Standards 41-43. fancy large 46-47, fancy medium 42-43. browns light. Butter offerings adequate with fair demand. bulk carton prices: Creamery 93 score AA 684-682 cents, 92 score A 6734-68.
Hog prices Monday steady with Saturday deliveries showing 17.50 to 18.00 for 200 to 230 lb butchers. Sows 15.75 to 16.00 for 300 lb and lighter. Weight-based deductions apply above 230 lb to 500 lb plus categories. Lambs and poultry priced, corn soybeans oats and eggs listed with delivered prices.
Fisher Governor Co of Marshalltown announces ongoing merger discussions with TRW Inc, a major electronics and aerospace group formerly Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge. Fisher Governor, with 70 million in projected sales, and TRW, about 1 billion, see preliminary talks. Shares react strongly with Fisher Governor up to 59.50 from 46 while TRW rises to around 48.
The Supreme Court rejected without comment a bid to abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities, letting stand a lower court ruling that the 1945 charter and methods of the committee are constitutional. The case arose from three Chicagoans challenging the committee and its hearings.
London. Chancellor Roy Jenkins defended a new austerity program amid uproar in the house of commons. He argued Britain must hold the pound at $2.40 and warned France planned to devalue the franc, while praising President de Gaulle for not devaluing.
A predawn fire in a 22 story Salem home killed Robert Rae and his wife Ann along with three of their five children Roberta 15 James 12 and Evelyn 4 The grandmother Rita Rae and two younger children survived Theresa 16 and Carolyn 8 leaped from a second floor window to escape The bodies of the dead children were found in a top floor bedroom Police said the survivors were hospitalized.
Sgt. Herbert Huston a Vietnam veteran who lost his right leg to a mortar round in August 1965 will return to Vietnam for a second tour with the Golden Knights paratroop team. After 129 jumps with an artificial limb he earned airborne status and 300 jumps total, now services as an operations non commissioned officer for the Knights.
Egypt shut five universities and technical schools to curb subversion amid student protests tied to Mansoura clashes that left four dead and many injured. Police in Jerusalem detained 30 Arabs after a market bombing that killed 12 and wounded 50. The Cairo regime announced school orientation programs and extended exam time to ease tensions while Anwar El Sadat urged students to end demonstrations to keep national unity. Foreign Minister Riad criticized U.S. jets sales to Israel and a possible Arab summit push followed Jarring’s stalled peace mission.
Prague reports government restricts travel abroad and cancels permanent exit visas to stem brain drain. Citizens may not seek employment or take personal effects indicating long term emigration without state permission, with prior protests noted.
In Froissy, Beauxvais, a blaze in a home for about 40 children trapped 16 on the second floor. Fourteen handicapped children died, two escaped in serious condition, as firefighters and neighbors battled the flames before evacuation to hospitals and new housing plans.
Senate minority leader Everett Dirksen after leaving St Barnabas Medical Center said a Republican administration should face no trouble working with a Democratic congress. He spoke in a jovial mood about ongoing talks with Johnson and Nixon staffs and listed expected Senate business such as the multilateral nuclear treaty and budget approval. He noted no action typically occurs before Inauguration Day January 20.
Roy M. Cohn, lawyer and Fifth Avenue Coach director, pleads innocent to a 10 count federal indictment charging mail and wire fraud and filing false SEC reports. He was released on his own recognizance by Judge Dudley Bonsal in New York district court.
South Korean troops pursuit of a 60 man North Korean commando team left 12 guerrillas unaccounted for after four were killed. Two more were killed over the weekend, bringing the toll to 46 enemy dead and two captured. The guerillas landed on the coast earlier this month and are accused of killing a farm family near Yongwol, 100 miles southeast of Seoul, as civilian deaths in the area rose to thirteen.
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