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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1963
Page
1
Market notes show hog futures rising 25 to 50 cents amid steady weekly receipts. Prices for cash hogs ranged near 200 to 240 pounds with weaker demand at times and buyers awaiting clearer signals from meat trade data.
Untidy OCR summary shows Waterloo hog prices for sows and boars with 23 cents and 12 30 per hundredweight. Chicago provisions and New York wholesale prices appear, mentioning yellow corn soybeans butter and cream cheese with scattered figures and grade descriptors.
Cedar Rapids figures show Saturday demand easing with 200 to 250 pound hogs selling mostly between 13.75 and 14.00 per hundredweight and a few at 14.10. Sows around 13, plant delivery based on grade and condition. Butchers face extra charges for overweight loads while packers apply weight-based deductions.
Winnipeg reports say Canadian officials investigated glass fragments found in wheat shipments to the Soviet Union. Wheat board chief Frank Hamilton attributes the contamination to packaging by dock workers on strike. Soviet officials deny the claim while negotiators in Washington face stalled talks on a $26 million wheat sale to Russia.
Notice of appointment of administrator and executors for the estate of Albis Swerkal, late of Linn County Iowa. All interested parties are directed to file claims and proceed with the administration under Linn County District Court. The undersigned clerks and heirs named Krey and Maley present at the court.
In Cedar Rapids area notices mix Marseille governance with De Gaulle opposition. City actions include appointing administratrix with will, sewer project plans, and budget details while public notices reference assessments, hearings, and contracts. Municipal figures array between Paris and Iowa contexts amid administrative agenda.
Thanksgiving day dinner guests at Winifred Connell 370 Twelfth Street included Mr and Mrs Ray Connell Mr and Mrs Howard Strain and daughter Bethel Becky Arnold of Manchester and Floyd Slauson Myrol Peterson and Grace Treager of Marion Sue Mr and Mrs Wilbur C Miller purchased the building site at 226 Twenty sixth Street McGowan's Country Club auditions sale handled by Thomas E McGowan real estate firm
Local church schedules list sermons, communion, and youth programs from Marion area congregations including Bethel Baptist Grace Baptist and Lutheran churches. Notable names include Rev Paul H Streetstron Rev Edward J Oneal Rev William H Blessington Rev Herbert G Koh and Rev William E Biederman among others with times from 8:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. and notes on church schools and youth groups. Also mentions Thanksgiving visits and local want ad ordering details.
Mrs Lyndon Johnson seeks FCC approval to transfer controlling stock in LBJ Co the owner of RTRC Austin AM FM and TV to A W Mourland and J W Bullion of Johnson City Texas The First Lady would relinquish board chair role and have no voice in management while trustees hold her stock for the president's two daughters The action reflects steps toward a trust arrangement but officials cautioned details remain unresolved.
Cuban composer-pianist Ernesto Lecuona, age eight, died of a heart attack Friday night in the Canary Islands after arriving to help with a relief effort. Noted works include Malaguena and Siboney. After Castro's rise to power, Lecuona went into exile.
Mr and Mrs Waller Kaph remained hospitalized Saturday with injuries from a Wednesday one car accident on Highway 149 north of Homestead. Mrs Kaph, 44, had a brain concussion multiple broken bones neck injuries and head injury. Mr Kaph suffered head and neck injuries after their car hit frost on a bridge and rolled down a 35 foot embankment.
Des Moines UPI report: Senator Hickenlooper cited Oppenheimer’s past security concerns in declining to attend the Enrico Fermi award ceremonies. He questioned whether Oppenheimer’s achievements place him among top atomic energy contributors and said he cannot attend in good conscience.
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