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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1971
Page
17
Chicago market notes show wheat futures up about 2 cents as heavy selling drags nearby contracts. Soybeans fall about 3 cents while corn climbs slightly. cattle and livestock prices mixed with hogs steady and calves around 18 to 20 dollars.
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Numerous items include Kivenis-Club meeting at Montrose hotel Thursday at 6 p.m. and a Roosevelt hotel talk by Gazette sports editor Gus Schrader at 7 30 p.m. Also reported are a burglary loss of 361 75 in coins at 1834 Wilson Ave SW and a channel 2 program at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The Iowa State Liquor stores will close Tuesday for primaries, with usual hours Wednesday. Veterans of World War I plan a Wednesday meeting at Veterans Memorial building with a 6 p.m. potluck. Miscellaneous ads note window repairs, a general membership meeting at Nine's with Tom Riley slides, and a political ad urging Ellison for Finance. Other notices include a PEO dinner, senior men chamber program, and the annual Lebanese Dinner at St. George Orthodox Church. Also mentioned are university commissions for three military students, a Henry Hoover Library program at Peoples Bank East, and a campaign banner for a City Finance Commissioner candidate.
Linn District Judge Ansel Chapman orders the Edward F. Jacobsmeyer arson case referred to the January grand jury. The 21 year old Marion resident is accused of setting a fire at the Highway Equipment Co. building on Cool BD avenue NW. The move follows a defense motion alleging the indictment lacked a required summary of grand jury testimony by Gladys Rhoda.
Osco Drug posts price lists for 100 commonly prescribed drugs in all its pharmacies. Osco president Richard I. G. Cline says the move increases price transparency and invites customers to check prices in person or by phone. The program, first tested in Chicago, aims to let customers compare costs in advance.
A satellite designed to study the upper atmosphere over the earths poles was launched successfully from Vandenberg Air Base. The mission marks a milestone in polar research and signals progress in ongoing atmospheric science efforts.
Linn District Judge Harold Vietor imposed a five day sentence in an appeal of a speeding case involving Gregg Anthony Klees. The judge noted a policy allowing higher fines and possible jail terms when facts warrant, saying municipal court judgments need not bind district court. Klees pled guilty in municipal court for speeding 60 mph in a 25 zone on Sixteenth Avenue SW June 16. he will appeal and post bond.
The Linn county courthouse closes next Monday for a holiday so people seeking marriage licenses for Monday marriages must apply by Tuesday. The clerk notes the three day waiting period required between application and issuance.
Leroy Stewart, 38, of Cedar Rapids, was arraigned in Benton county court and given until Oct. 28 to plead to a manslaughter charge from a Sept. 10 crash north of Vinton that killed two people. He is held on a $3,000 bond after previous charges of reckless driving and running a stop sign.
Storm Lake police seek help from the Iowa BCI as homicide detectives probe the weekend death of 18 year old Jeanine Marie Christensen found nude on her third floor apartment. She was strangled and raped after leaving the Con-E Corner drive in Saturday night. Christensen, of a farm near Alta, was engaged to be married to Michael Dean Peitsoer, a 1971 Alta High School graduate.
The first of 47 grounded C-5 cargo planes returned to flight as 16 more are expected back after inspections. The Altus Oklahoma event in September prompted the grounding due to an engine mount flaw. Aircraft with low hours and test units will resume service soon.
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