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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1954
Page
8
Unofficial Monday estimates show hog receipts 13 000, cattle 23 000, sheep 2 000 in Chicago. Hogs fell this week with barrows and gilts down 50 cents and sows 25 to 50 under, pushing prices to the lowest since January 1958.
Salable receipts for hogs cattle and sheep steady with top hogs at 18.75, bulk around 17.30 to 18.75, cattle greens steady with steers up to 25.00 and cows down to 7.00, calves 14 to 23, feeder and stocker classes 15 to 23, sheep lambs 20.25 to 21.00 and yearlings 12 to 18, ewes 4 to 5.50.
Receipts Saturday at Des Moines show 37 000, week 41 500, year 24 000, actual Friday 48 000. Demand strong to packers, slow to shipper, with top prices for barrows and gilts. Slaughter weights from 180 to 550 pounds quoted at various per hundredweight rates, reflecting steady to 25 cent gains across categories.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market rose by a quarter with detailed current values for Good butchers and Good packers across weight ranges. The cattle market shows prime and choice steers and heifers with price ranges, plus calf, sheep, poultry, and grain figures across multiple commodities and weights.
In Amman, a mob stormed the U S Information Service library after a five and a half hour clash with police. At least three people were killed and forty injured as demonstrators burned books during the riot sparked by opposition parties withdrawing from Jordan elections.
In Corpus Christi Texas Patrolman H J Ebert Jr drank coffee when David Ballard rushed in claiming a muffled blast. Detectives and patrols were sent but Ballard, a night watchman, found the source: he had bought new batteries for his hearing aid and forgot to adjust the volume. A door slam had sounded to him like a safe cracker's blast.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa State Commerce Commission postpones its December 1 hearing in Anamosa on the Morley railway plan to discontinue custodian service. No new date has been set for the hearing yet.
Chicago AP reports G L Weissenburger of Keokuk Iowa says Eisenhower era spending cuts save Iowa about 86 per person and total roughly 229 million dollars for 1955 in line with national tax and debt trends. He is director of the National Association of Manufacturers and president of Keokuk Electro Metals Company.
Iowa Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst sent a 26 foot 11 inch stalk to Columbus to respond to Ohio Secretary of State Ted Brown's 13 foot tall challenge. The contest will be decided at the Iowa Ohio football game amid skepticism about such heights.
Indianapolis AP report notes Rep. Brownson says his remark about waiters not resembling cabinet members was not intended as an insult. He explains the Eisenhower cabinet attends events in street clothes while waiters wear formal dress, and urges humor over class consciousness.
Ottumwa Transit Lines drivers canceled a threatened strike after a day of talks. AFL union and management, urged by Mayor Stoltz and City Manager Price, agreed to resume negotiations for 30 days under Federal Conciliator Mike Sherman.
Des Moines trip for the Hoglunds and relatives to witness the wedding of Wayne Berger and Phyllis Steppahn. Mrs Cora Rix of Van Nuys accompanies them and will return home.
Janet Gordon a student at Iowa State Teachers College spends the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Gordon. The Gordon family attended the Iowa State College homecoming in Ames today.
McGregor residents Mrs. Mabel Ellenbolt and Mr. and Mrs. George Kleinow spend the weekend with Mrs. Ellenbolt’s son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. H D Danford.
Seaman Apprentice Forrest Eugene Brown completed a 14 day boot leave with the Forrest Browns before reporting back to the Great Lakes naval training station. Social notices report hospitality for various servicemen's kin and local residents visiting family, with engagements including dinners, visits, and farewells as relatives and friends gather in Marion Ottumwa Savanna and Rock Island areas.
Mrs James C Paul traveled to Chicago on Friday to spend a week with Mr and Mrs J K Blakeslee.
M. G. Linkletter, Miss Jeanne Emmons and Mrs. Gladys Torrence attended the Iowa assessors meeting in Des Moines this week. In Missouri Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blin and their son Michael are visiting relatives in Bethany and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blin are guests at Cainsville.
The Rev. Charles Moore leads morning worship at 10 45 with Bible school at 9 45. A dedication service for children follows. Youth fellowship and gospel service combine at 7 30. Youth order Wednesday at 6 15. Senior choir at 7 and young peoples recreation at 7 15. Prayer service and business meeting at 8 p.m.
John O Connor of Lone Tree, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s First district, says he accepted two tickets to the Iowa Purdue homecoming game on November 6 from the University of Iowa. He praises the university’s courtesy while noting rival candidates refused the offer.
Six Johnson county landowners receive awards for property taken for the Coralville dam and reservoir. Awards include Henry M. Kessler 38 acres 11500 George and Milton Hieber 240 acres 54000 Charles A. Doskocil 118 acres 15450 William C. Detert 89 acres 8950 Arthur Hieber 11 acres timberland 550 Bow man heirs 8 acres timberland quarry 275 Appeals must be started within 10 days after clerk notification of the awards.
Doris Woessner of Sterling Illinois was named Iowa State College 1954 homecoming queen. She was introduced at a pep rally Friday night. Her attendants are Sally Bartels of Dubuque and Mary Jean Lockard of Milwaukee. Woessner and Lockard are sophomores and Bartels a junior. They will participate in weekend activities including the Colorado at Iowa State football game today. The queen was chosen in a campus election.
Clinton reports the City Bridge Commission sold 96000 dollars in revenue bonds to E Ray Allen Company of Chicago to cover part of the Lyons and Fulton bridge over the Mississippi river. The toll bridge will be operated indefinitely while a new Mississippi river bridge is built.
Adlai Stevenson questioned the propriety of Defense Secretary Wilson joining Republican campaign efforts. He accused the administration of mixing politics with defense policy, criticizing Wilson for speaking to industrialists at fundraising events. Stevenson warned that the White House risks eroding tradition of keeping defense out of politics.
Clifford Lee of Albia and Des Moines filed a $10,000 damages suit against Monroe County Sheriff Ray Coolley alleging a home entry without a search warrant on October 7 in Albia. Lee claims humiliation and mental anguish for himself and his wife who work in Des Moines and stay in Albia on weekends.
The National Association of Manufacturers reports Iowa’s yearly income per person at 1518 dollars, below the national average of 1709. Across eight Midwestern states including Iowa, per-person income has risen about 23 percent since 1939, compared with a 21 percent national rise.
Josephine W. McClung appointed administratrix with will annexed of William Verne McClung estate in Linn County Iowa on October 7 1954. Creditors asked to demand payment and file authenticated claims with Linn County District Court. attorneys Simmons Perrine Albright Ellwood and Neff represent.
Notice reports the unanimous adoption of an amendment changing the corporate name from Tubbs Transports Inc to Tubbs Oil Co Inc. The president and secretary are authorized to file with Iowa officials and publish as required. The amendment was filed with the Iowa Secretary of State and a certificate issued in Oct 1954. Attorneys Franken Keyes and Crawford, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, handle the filing.
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Clyde Spry forecast about a three percent drop in dairy cows and milk production due to the brucellosis control program. The March 1, 1954 report notes a 442 million pound monthly output, with government indemnities reviving support and many farmers unready for grade A brucellosis safeguards by January 1955. The brucellosis program aims to have herds brucellosis free for grade A milk sales.
The Saturday forecast for South Carolina calls for fair and cool conditions with less wind as Hurricane Hazel moves inland. Forecasters expect mild temperatures and dry conditions across most of the state.
Six high school sophomores returning from a homecoming game were killed when a passenger train struck their car at a crossing near St. Cloud Minnesota. The victims included Sharon Roder Shirley Hinkenmeyer Janice Johnson Nancy Minars William Ehli and Larry Stoltman. Two others were hospitalized. The driver was Janice Johnson.
President Virgil M. Hancher announced four University of Iowa faculty appointments in Iowa City. Marshall Harris heads the land tenure unit in the U S Department of Agriculture was named research professor in the College of Law. John C O By rne became associate professor in the Law College. Janet Burnham was named associate professor in the College of Dentistry and Dr Elizabeth Page joined the Student Health Service as a physician.
Radio and TV guide style listing showing programs across KCRG WMT KWWL WHO WHBF WOI WOC and others. Includes post game shows Jackie Gleason Burns and Alien, sports, movies, news and weather slots with times and channel numbers.
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