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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1973

Page

22

Stocks Push Higher on Optimistic Economic Signals

Stocks rose in moderate trading as the Dow gained 3 01 to 990.07 and advances outpaced declines. Morgan Guaranty Trust cut its prime lending rate to 9 percent amid an upbeat trade surplus forecast, while the NYSE and Amex saw mixed gains in leaders like Continental Oil ITT British Petroleum and Champion Homes.

New York New York Stock Exchange Morgan Guaranty Trust of U. S Continental Oil ITT British Petroleum Western Union Gillette Co Amex Champion Homes Texas International

Town Interest Sales and Dividend Notation Summary

A dense listing of terms and footnotes defining dividend types and stock actions. It explains annual and semi annual rates, ex dividend and ex rights statuses, various distributions, and special cases including warrants and reorganizations under bankruptcy. Specific abbreviations indicate paid, accrued, or omitted actions and next day delivery in related securities.

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Cedar Rapids Hog and Sheep Market Prices Report

Price report from Cedar Rapids shows Monday hog prices $1.50 lower with Saturday deliveries for 200 to 230 pounds at $41.50 to $42.00. Packing sows 300 pounds and down ranged $37.75 to $38.50, with reductions for heavier hogs. Packers and weight grades also note reductions above 300 pounds. Sheep prime lambs quoted 29.00. Poultry weekly prices include heavy foghorn and light hens, old cocks. Grain prices listed for yellow corn $2.00 and soybeans $4.80 per bushel, oats $1.00.

Poultry Keota

New York Produce Market Report Shows Mixed Demand

Wholesale offerings remain adequate to ample with slow tecr Monday trading. Butter prices steady at creamery 99 score AA 12 to 124 cents and 92 score A 72 cents. Fancy medium and small sizes quoted around 55 to 47 cents for milk fat notes.

New York USDA

Chicago Produce Prices Reported by UPI Chain

Prices paid delivery to retailers or cartons delivered vary by size with large at 68 cents, large at 1.43 dollars, and mediums noted in the May Chicago market report. The details reflect UPI pricing data for wholesale produce in the Chicago area.

Chicago UPI

Classified Ad Seeks Low-Cost Livestock Buyers

Local newspaper offers a low-cost classifieds option targeting livestock buyers. Advertisers can place brief notices to reach cattle, hog, and sheep buyers in the agricultural community. Results-focused format aims to connect sellers with interested bidders efficiently.

Limit Losses Hit Grains

Chicago AP reports broad limit declines in major grain futures Monday. Wheat opened and closed limit down, with over 10 million bushels seeking buyers. December wheat at 4.25 1/2, soybeans 5.35, corn 2.54 1/2, oats 1.16 4.

Chicago

Chicago cash grain prices briefing

Wheat quotes list No 2 hard red at 4 or No 2 yellow at 2.33 per bushel. No 2 extra heavy grain at 1.28 and soybeans No 2 yellow at 5.30. The report provides early week price indications from AP with mixed grades and miscellaneous milling values.

Cattle Prices Mixed as Steers Hold Steady at Joliet Market

Cattle totals reach 4,700 with steers steady and heifers down up to 50 cents. High choice and prime steers quoted 59.00 to 42.00, choice 40.50 to 43.00, and good to choice 40.50 to 42.00. Canner and cutter cows fall about 1.50, No. 1-2 cows 41.50 to 42.28, others 39.00 to 41.00. Tuesday receipts around 400 cattle reported.

Tuesdev

Livestock market report from Webster City auctions

Central town sale reports 500 cattle including steers and heifers selling 25 to lower with top steer prices around 41.00 and heifers about 38.25. Cows range 27.00 to 34.00, butchers 40.25 to 41.00, sows weaker, bulk 46.75 to 1706. Boars and heavyweights noted. Tuesday forecasts show 300 cattle and 1 hogs expected.

Webster City Central Town

Omaha Livestock Market Report Errors and Mixed Figures

Market notes show cattle and calves receipts around 9,500 with steer bids weaker by 5 to 30 cents and cows down as much as 30 cents. Prices listed include 42.50 on certain cattle, with 39.50 to 41.50 for 1,150 to 1,200 pound grades, and feeder steers in the fleshy range.

Omaha Perraas Aa Sery

Sioux City Livestock Report Headsline

Sioux City livestock market summary AP dispatch reports activity in Sioux City with prices, volumes, and notable shifts across cattle and hogs as buyers and sellers respond to demand.

Sioux City Livestock Sioux City

Postville Livestock Market Price Report

Market notes from Postville indicate auction prices for beef cattle. Prime and prime grade ore quoted at 40.00 to 41.00 per hundredweight with various cattle types including cows bulls and dairy specials described in terse terms.

Postville

Hog Prices Slip as Demand Holds in Des Moines Market

UPI reports slow trade in the Iowa Southern Minnesota hog market with total demand steady. Butchers 1.25 to 1.50 lower and sows 0.75 to 1.00 lower. price ranges listed across weight classes from 200 to 550 pounds. Monday estimate 80,000, Friday 45,000, week 75,000, year ago 197,000.

Des Moines UPI Interior Lowa Minnesota U.S

Pricing Shifts at Waterloo Packing Plant

Butchers fell by 1.25 and sows by 1.25 in Waterloo packing plant deliv ery. No. 2 butcher pigs weighing 200 to 230 pounds ranged from 40.25 to 40.75 dollars, while No. 2 sows at 300 pounds fetched 36.75 to 37.25 dollars.

Waterloo

Wilson's 1973 Earnings Rebound Driven by Lamb and Poultry

Wilson & Co. reports improved third quarter and first nine months 1973 results despite an 11 percent drop in cattle marketed and 13 percent drop in hogs marketed. Three month sales reach 547 million with 7.3 million net income 9 1 cents per share after tax benefit. Roy V. Edwards notes still substandard profit margin while lamb and poultry boost results. Wilson under LTV Industries continues to forecast 14.3 million annual earnings amid government uncertainty.

Wilson & Co Wilson Roy V. Edwards Edwards LTV Wilson Industries

New Furnace May Replace Landfill In Sewage Plant

A preliminary report to city council outlines a high temperature furnace from Union Carbide to burn refuse buried at the landfill along with dried sewage sludge. The system could reclaim molten metal and glass, generate electricity, and produce low emission gas, with extra construction costs to study.

Howard R. Green Engineering Co Union Carbide Cedar River

Bus collision kills 22 and injures 41 in Turkey

In a highway crash between Istanbul and Ankara near Bolu, twenty two people died and forty one were injured when two passenger buses collided.

Turkey Istanbul Ankara Bolu

City Briefs Highlight Local Thefts And Community Notices

Police report two cash theft incidents totaling 129 dollars at Has son Equipment Co and Best Rental. Local business ads promote services from chiropractors hairdressers and crafts shops. Obituary correction notes Leonard V Koch Jr. omission. A masculinity speech seminar is announced for teachers at Kennedy High School.

Leonard V. Koch, Jr Sunday Gazette Leonard Koch Cedar Rapids N. Gray Funeral Home San Francisco Tom Mikelson Unitarian Church Iowa City Kennedy High School

Eight Nabbed On Drug Counts In Iowa City

Eight people were arrested in Iowa City between 5 50 and 10 a m Monday as part of a four month investigation using undercover agents. The arrests named Christiansen Stockstell Todd Green Johnson Hopson Tomkins Edwards Lower and others for delivery possession and conspiracy related to controlled substances. Police said coordinated actions with Des Moines authorities and further arrests may follow in the coming days.

Iowa City Iowa City Safety Department Thomas Christensen Timothy L. Stockstell Warren Todd Diane Green William P. Johnson Richard Hopson Robin L. Tomkins- Edwards Susan K. Lower

Twelve Nabbed In D.M. Raid

DES MOINES AP Twelve Des Moines area residents were arrested overnight in a broad drug crackdown by the Iowa Division of Narcotics and Drug Enforcement. George Mayer said agents with local officers conducted the raids and called the operation the most far reaching in the division's 22 year history.

Des Moines Iowa

Judge Seeks Three Judge Panel For Movie Petition

Cedar Rapids federal judge Edward McManus asks the Eighth Circuit to convene a three judge panel to hear a suit by N D D Inc operators of the Marion Opera House seeking to bar the county attorney and William Eads from stopping the showing of Deep Throat and two other allegedly obscene films. The operators contend Iowa’s temporary injunction statute is unconstitutional as applied to motion pictures.

Cedar Rapids Edward McManus Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Marion N.D.D., Inc McManus William Eads Iowa

Classified Ad: Too many bikes and not enough riders

An itemized sale notice invites buyers to purchase extra bicycles via a local classified ad. Contact Dia at 398 8254 for details and listings.

Dia

Steinbeck Seeks Cedar Rapids Safety Post Focuses On Civic Values

James Steinbeck running for safety commissioner urges informed council work and public outreach. Speaking at the Jim Wells residence he cites education and research as tools to handle Cedar Rapids growth and issues like housing zoning drainage and pollution. He emphasizes acting as a liaison between residents and city government.

James Steinbeck Jim Wells Twentieth Street Steinbeck Cedar Rapids

Oberthien Urges Raise for All City Workers

Safety Commissioner John Oberthien told an Optimist group that all city employees deserve a substantial salary increase. He supports higher police pay but notes the council must operate within a 30 mill limit and cannot promise final figures, as only the full council can decide.

John Oberthien Oberthien

Drop in Index of U S Business Indicators

The Commerce Department reports a 0.4 percent September drop in the Index of U S Business Indicators, the second decline in three years. The one month dip is not seen as significant, though multi month decreases signal a possible slowdown in business activity.

U.S Washington Commerce Department

U S Accuses Communists of War Crimes in 2006 Report

Twenty years earlier the United States charged Chinese and North Korean forces with barbaric war crimes including mass murder and emasculation. The claim cited at least 6,113 American victims and 23,702 others as targets of violence.

U.S

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