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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1975
Page
4
New York AP reports a sluggish market as stocks drift lower on Friday. The Dow Jones average closed down 2.38 points at 835.97, showing little reaction to news of the abortive assassination attempt on President Ford.
The Cedar Rapids hog market Saturday held steady as Friday prices ranged for country and plant delivered butchers at 210 to 240 pounds. Packings sows around 300 pounds trended lower, with various off figures by weight. Other livestock quotes and market summaries from Des Moines, Chicago, and Omaha circulated, noting steadier or mixed shipments and commodity prices including corn soybeans oats and butter.
Iowa and southern Minnesota packing plants report estimated receipts with hogs at various weights and shifts in prices. Butchers opened steady to 25 lower then steadied as demand remained generally good for hogs, sows, and country points. Beef prices show a slow beat with higher choice steer beef and pork trade moderating with mixed regional quotes across weight classes.
Richard Postel, 20, of Winthrop, suffered leg nose and tooth injuries when his motorcycle struck a city maintenance truck driven by Lewis Phillips, 58, in Winthrop Friday night. Postel was admitted to Independence hospital.
Elkader Ray Larson a 38 year old farmer was killed in a traffic accident Friday evening three miles west of Elkader on the Great River Road. He drove a car owned by neighbor Marvin Kuehl and struck a truck owned by Sawyer Tie Co Monona. The truck held Elkader brothers John and Jin Shaw. No one else was hurt. Larson death brings Clayton county traffic deaths to six this year. Funeral arrangements are pending at Witt funeral home in Elkader.
Evel Knievel announced on a TV special that he will attempt a 14-bus jump next month at Kings Island near Cincinnati, saying thirteen is unlucky and he is a professional life risker while recovering from prior injuries from a 13-bus jump in London.
A group of moderate and liberal Republican senators known as the Senate Wednesday Club met with President Ford at the White House to press for more input into the campaign and to keep Vice President Rockefeller on the ticket. They warned Ford risked a tilt toward smaller states and conservative viewpoints, noting 162 electors are pledged by their states. The senators indicated Ford pledged to consider their view in shaping the campaign and questioned campaign manager Callaway’s remarks about Rockefeller being a liability in conservative regions. The group sought broader appeal to independents and former Democrats to win in 1976.
A early Saturday brawl in Hefry's drive-in tavern rear 715 First Avenue SW left two men injured. Terry Wallace 20 suffered a broken jaw and Doug Moyle 26 a knife wound. About 50 people were present as officers arrived. $100 damage reported. bar closed. no charges filed.
A pedestrian, a motorcyclist, and a bicyclist were hospitalized after separate Cedar Rapids crashes Friday. Mary J. Hunemuller, 18, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries after being hit by a car driven by John L. Hue, 17. Keith Meyer, 22, was listed in fair condition with head injuries after his motorcycle struck a car driven by William F. Numemaker, 59. Stephanie Hanneman, 8, sustained a fractured leg when her bicycle collided with a car driven by David Vermedahl, 25, in front of 2500 Country Club Parkway SE. No charges filed.
In Lisbon area tensions rise as a 21 member Revolutionary Council shifts control to military moderates. Captain Vasco Lourenco warned of civil war risk while Goncalves exits the six hour meeting at Tancos army base. Navy backs Goncalves though most army and air force factions demand his ouster.
Mildred Harger 57 a Toddville resident for 27 years died Friday Born August 16 1918 in San Antonio Texas she married Joseph Harger in Des Moines May 8 1987 Surviving husband four daughters Carole Cox Cedar Rapids Don Mathes Gratiot Wis and others four sons David Richard Dor Arnold all in Iowa 21 grandchildren one great grandchild Services Sunday 2:30 PM Murdoch's Center Point Burial Dunkard Cemetery Calling hours after 6 PM Saturday Memorial fund established
An apparent mass execution by a right wing death squad and two leftist guerrilla attacks killed eight people. Five nude, bullet-punctured bodies were found near the River Plate. A workman died in a gunbattle during a guerrilla ambush on a police van. The army reported two soldiers killed in northern Tucuman. The toll since President Isabel Peron took office rose to 610, with 383 deaths this year.
Beverly Glaser of 206 Eighth Avenue Hiawatha reported $49 missing from her purse left on a workbench at Collins Radio Thursday A $80 calculator vanished from a desk at Collins Thursday The Friends of the Public Library seek 30 donated books for a used book sale at Memorial Coliseum September 25 26 27 All kinds hardback and paperback Any quantity bring to Main or Karl y Kenwood branch call 398 B123 Adv
Melvin Taleb, former US defense secretary, lands in Taipei from Hong Kong for a four day private business visit. The trip marks a notable diplomatic stop amid regional tensions and signals potential discussions with Taiwan officials.
FBI investigators weigh a reported Detroit restaurant meeting days before Jimmy Hoffa vanished. Fitzsimmons denies the meeting as sources cite potential ties to Mafia figures Raffaele Quasarane and Peter Vitale, while others say no confirmation exists.
Christopher Dameyer, 17, and Joseph Cole, 16, both of Manchester, were injured Friday in a crash one mile east of here involving Dameyer's car and a vehicle driven by James Nurre, 19, of Greeley. Dameyer suffered a broken arm and cuts, Cole a head bump, and Nurre was charged with driving to the left of center.
The FTC proposed labeling requiring protein supplement makers to state that most Americans do not need the product and that some infants could be harmed. The rule would reveal protein percentage and sources, and ban claims of anti aging weight loss athletic boost or vigor. Public comments due by November 7 with further notices to come.
Delilah Selbicky of 1042 Tenth Avenue SE found $100 missing from a purse left beside her pillow after sleeping Thursday night. The social security money, kept in the purse, was gone and the purse had shifted from the left to the right side of the pillow by Friday morning.
Cedar Rapids police helicopter pilot sighted smoke from city hall roof Friday night and alerted fire officials. Firemen arrived at the Coliseum on May’s Island around 9:31 p.m. to quell a small fire caused by an overloaded light fixture, reportedly sparked by dead bugs.
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