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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1972

Page

2

Market slips as rate rise dampens trading

New York AP reports stock market drifted for a fourth straight session with light volume. Analysts blame the higher prime rate to 5 percent at Mellon National and First National City, plus Middle East fighting and Southeast Asian communist gains for the retreat. Dow Jones avg closes down 1.21 to 961.24.

New York Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh First National City Bank Middle East Southeast Asia Wall Street

Cedar Rapids hog market prices slide and Iowa bids

Cedar Rapids hog market Saturday bids show 25 cent drop. Friday delivered weights 200 to 230 pounds ranged 28.50 to 29.00, with sows 25.50 to 25.75. Packers and heavier butchers priced variably by weight. Grain and poultry prices listed. Des Moines market shows trade active, demand uneven, butchers 25 to 50 cents lower and sows steady to 25 cents lower. Friday livestock figures include 50,000 estimate, with prior day and week comparisons.

Cedar Rapids Des Moines UPI Iowa Minnesota U.S

Butchers and sows hold steady with firm quotes

Butchers and sows were steady with country prices at 28.25 for butchers and 24.50 for sows. Packing plant delivery quotes ranged from 28.00 to 28.50 for butchers and from 24.25 to 24.75 for sows.

Chicago Cash Grain Prices From Yesterday’s Quotations

Chicago AP reports yesterday's grain quotes with No 2 soft red wheat at 1.84 and No 2 hard red at 1.84, No 2 yellow corn at 1.35, No 2 extra heavy white oats at 1.14, No 1 yellow soybeans at 3.48, and soybean oil at 10.29.

Chicago Lamson Brothers High Chicago (Ap

Marion YMCA fall schedule and weeknight activities

Registration for Marion YMCA ends next week as the fall schedule begins September 18. Daily non aquatic and gym sessions are listed for weekdays, with specific times for open gym, grade school and family spaces, and various youth and adult programs. The notice also lists church services and times for multiple local congregations and denominations across several addresses.

YMCA Marion

Fiery Auto Crash Claims Bellevue Man

BELLEVUE Lee Ales Jr. 51 of rural Bellevue died Saturday when he was thrown from a car that landed on him and burst into flames after leaving the highway on a curve. His wife Pauline was reported in fair condition at a local hospital. Officers learned he was pinned beneath the vehicle only after Mrs. Ales asked about her husband en route to the hospital.

Bellevue Lee Ales, Jr Pauline Ales

Plane lands on road near Sumner. pilot charged

Minneapolis pilot Robert Cody, 45, mistook a country road two miles south of Sumner for Davenport airport Friday night. He landed, nearly forced a vehicle off the road, and was charged with intoxication. Cody held for arraignment in a justice court Saturday.

Sumner Minneapolis Here Davenport Robert Cody Cody Justice of the Peace Court

Central Iowa Stockyards Prices Reported in Webster City

AP reports livestock quotations from Webster City Iowa with cattle demand weak and no prime cattle offered. Prices range around 29.50 for top cattle, hogs mixed with 38 to 40 dollars per hundredweight, sows steady near 35 to 38, weekly estimates project 50 cattle and 700 hogs for Friday.

Webster City Central Iowa

Midwest carrot power trade and meat market notes

Des Moines AP report covers Friday Midwest carrot market activity with no sales for town and river area. Beef and pork trades show steer and heifer prices near 50 higher, 500-700 lb heifers around 52.00, pork loins and hams steady to lower with 14-17 lb loins around 60.00 and 60.50, ham prices listed as 0.00 for 17-20 lb.

DES Moines USDA Midwest

Postville beef prices show wide ranges by grade

Friday market quotes in Postville list prime steers 35.00 to 36.00, choice steers 34.00 to 35.00, good steers 29.50 to 31.00, standard steers 28.00 to 32.50, choice heifers 32.50 to 33.50, good heifers 28.50 to 30.00, utility cows 23.00 to 27.00, canner and commercial cows 22.00 to 26.00, bulls 30.00 to 32.00.

Postville

New York Produce Quotations From Yesterday

AP USDA wholesale offerings in New York were fully adequate to ample on many lines with demand slow to fair. Butter offerings were barely adequate to adequate and demand was irregular with prices unchanged. Key quotes covered Fancy large Whites 36 1/2 to 40, Fancy medium 32 to 34 1/2, Fancy smalls 21 to 23.

New York USDA

Stolen Property Charge Filed Against Local Youth

Donald T. Carnicle, 19, of 226 Fourth Street NW, arrested Friday on a charge of receiving stolen property after allegedly selling a stolen bicycle. The buyer reported the bicycle as stolen when attempting to license it. Carnicle held in city jail on a $500 bond.

Donald T. Carnicle Fourth Street Carnicle

Officers Named By Iowa Daily Press Assn

Robert E. Evans publisher of the Clinton Herald became president of the Iowa Daily Press Assn replacing Robert Merryman of the Fort Dodge Messenger. A Richard Gross of Council Bluffs Nonpareil was elected executive vice president and William Fahy of Muscatine Journal was named second vice-president. Board members include Joseph Hladkey III Mitch Faulkner Gerald Moriarity Win Wat son Kenneth Greene for terms.

Joseph Hladkey III The Cedar Rapids Gazette Mitch Faulkner Oskaloosa Herald Gerald G. Moriarity Ottumwa Courier Win Watson Cedar Valley Times of Vinton Kenneth E. Greene Iowa City Press-Citizen IDPA

Ames Motorist Charged After C R Auto Mishap

Roger G. Lee of Ames was charged with failing to have his vehicle under control after a two car crash at the Sixth street and Seventy sixth avenue SW intersection. Werner of Tama stopped for a red signal and was struck. passenger Barbara Imhoff of Chicago was taken to Tama Clinics for injuries.

Roger G. Lee Ames Sixth Street Seventy-sixth Avenue Kathleen G. Werner Tama Werner Barbara Imhoff Chicago

Senst Appointed To Parks Post In Linn County

Randolph Senst a Minnesota technical college graduate will join Linn county conservation board as park officer in Pinicon Ridge on Sept 18. He currently works for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources at Whitewater State Park and previously for the U.S. Forest Service at Grand Marais. He replaces Lee Slaymaker who left for Kirkwood Community College and will reside at Pinicon Ridge with duties spanning Pinicon Ridge Jay G Sigmund memorial site Wakpida natural environment unit and public use areas.

Randolph Senst University of Minnesota Technical College Crookston Minn Linn County Conservation Board Pinicon Ridge Senst Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Whitewater State Park U.S. Forest Service Grand Marias Lee Slaymaker Kirkwood Community College Pinicon Ridge Park Jay G. Sigmund Memorial Site Wakpiada Natural Environment Unit

Linn G.O.P. Sets Cedar Rapids Voter Drive Role

Linn County Republicans join a nationwide voter registration effort. County Chairman Gerald Sullivan announced Friday that State Rep. Joan Lipsky will direct Cedar Rapids participation in the drive sponsored by the Committee to Re-elect the President.

Linn G.O.P Linn County Republicans Gerald Sullivan Joan Lipsky Cedar Rapids

City Briefs: Theft Reports and Local Notices

A string of small thefts and property losses spans multiple locations. Karen L. Clark reports $1450 stolen from her Ellis Boulevard NW home between Aug 1 and Friday. Ed's Super 100 notes $51 cash taken from its Center Point Road NE station between 11 am and 4 pm on Sept 1. A tent valued at $25 was taken from David Collins address on G Avenue NW Friday between 1 and 8 am. Wagamon Carburetor moved to 608 2nd Ave SE rear. A sound projector valued at $300 was stolen from Sta Power Distributors office Aug 30 or 31. Jerome's lists birthyear coin sets with most dates available. John Breck reports a tape player, tapes, and speakers valued at $150 stolen from his car at Hawkeye Downs between 8 and 10:30 pm. Stolen items valued at $44 from St. Pius church building between 5 pm Wednesday and 7:30 am Thursday. Linda L. Schwieger reports a $400 television stolen from her home between 10 pm Friday and 1 am Saturday. Cedar Rapids meter department notes the theft of four parking meters valued at $326.84 from the 600 block of Seventh Street SE between 6 pm Thursday and 7 am Friday. Mrs. Wallace Boyson’s father Darwin B. Cooper, 81, dies prompting services Monday at 1:30 pm in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church LaPorte City. Johanssen-Ros sow funeral home handling arrangements.

Cedar Rapids Seventh Street SE Wallace Boyson

Man Accused of Selling Narcotic Conspiracy Charged

Robert V. Drahovzal of 2673 Schaeffer drive SW was arrested at home Friday and charged with conspiracy to sell a controlled substance and sale of a substance believed to be heroin. He allegedly sold heroin to a metro narcotics agent in April and is held on $10,000 bond.

Robert V. Drahovzal Schaeffer Drive Drahovzal Metro

Cedar Falls Man Is Indicted on Embezzling Count

Charles W. Webb Jr an executive vice president at First Federal Savings and Loan Cedar Falls is indicted on eight counts including two charges of transporting stolen travelers checks to San Francisco and six counts of embezzling funds from the institution on dates from 1971 to 1972 totaling $34,000. Webb is described as a fugitive and has been away from work since August 4.

Cedar Falls First Federal Savings and Loan Assn Cedar Rapids Charles W. Webb U.S Evan Hultman The Webb Savings and Loan San Francisco

Trial Stated in U.S. Court on Induction Case

Stephen R. Cannon of Ft. Dodge pled innocent in Cedar Rapids federal court to failing to report for military induction. Indicted December 1970, arrested August 7 in Monterey, California, with trial set for October 30. Bond $2,000 with ten percent cash. release conditioned on returning to Fort Dodge and staying within the northern Iowa federal district.

Stephen R. Cannon Ft. Dodge Cedar Rapids Cannon Edward J. McManus FBI Monterey Calif Iowa California Fort Dodge

Boy Hurt in Bicycle Car Collision on Newspaper Route

Duane Swenka, 17, Hazleton, suffered head injuries and was in fairly good condition at Peoples Memorial hospital after a Friday bicycle accident on his newspaper route. He rode into the path of a car driven by Carmel Kureth of Minnesota. he struck the hood and his head went through the windshield. Investigators continue review of the incident.

Hazleton Duane Swenka Peoples Memorial Hospital Independence Minnesota Carmel Kureth

One Killed Four Hurt in Auto Crash Near DYSART

Stanley Summers 48 of Bettendorf died in a head-on two-vehicle crash seven miles south of Dysart on Highway 21. His wife Beatrice 43, also of Bettendorf, was injured and taken to a hospital along with other crash victims returning from Cedar Falls.

Dysart Stanley Summers Bettendorf Here Highway 21 Summers Beatrice Cedar Falls

Accident on highway 21 injures two families

A head on collision on a Tama Benton county line bridge injured Mrs Summers and David Fellows from Bettenford while Debra Hobbs eight months pregnant and Bradley Hobbs were hospitalized. The truck, owned by Ahren Construction Co., rolled and traffic was halted for nearly two hours as rescuers freed occupants. Investigators continued probe Saturday.

Summers Scholtz Hospital Waterloo David Fellows Bettendorf St. Francis Hospital Tama-Benton County Bradley Hobbs Debra Hobbs Marengo Ahren Construction Co Amana Hobbs

Luana Youth In Critical Condition After Rural Crash

Larry R. Dundee, 17, of Luana, was listed in critical condition at Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse after a river road crash near Clermont when his car slid broadside and rolled over. Two other Luana teens, Alice and Robert Capell, 17, were treated and released from Postville hospital. The accident was under investigation.

Clermont Larry R. Dundee Luana Lutheran Hospital LaCrosse Wis Dundee Alice Robert Capell Postville Hospital

Yet Company Are Fined in Federal Court

Dr. Orlie J. Mayfield of Charles City and Mayfield Laboratories were fined $30 and $1,000 respectively for shipping adulterated products. Hodges dismissed two counts. authorities say he repackaged an animal biotic from a manufacturer as Dr. Mayfield's Oxy-Tet without proper FDA relabeling.

Charles City Orlie J. Mayfield Mayfield Laboratories James Hodges Dr. Mayfield U.S. Attorney’s Office Mayfield Food and Drug Administration

Cedar Rapids Trucking Firm Fined For COD Remittance Violations

B and F Transfer of Cedar Rapids was fined 300 dollars by U S Magistrate James Hodges for three counts of failing to remit cash on delivery proceeds within ten days. Orville D Faulkner, president, appeared in court. Two similar counts were dismissed and five other charges involving unauthorized routings were dropped.

Cedar Rapids B and F Transfer U. S James Hodges Orville D. Faulkner Interstate Commerce Commission C.C.D

Central Y Offers Remaining Openings in Tiny Tot Swim Classes

Central branch YMCA officials announced several openings remain in Tiny Tot swimming programs starting next week. Five and ten week sessions available with twice weekly classes on Wednesdays and Fridays, plus limited spots on Mondays or Saturdays. Ages 6 to 36 months eligible. cost 10 dollars per ten lessons. registrations by phone at 366-6421.

Central Branch Ymca Central Branch Desk

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Towa Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood Ins. Fund Banks Collins Radio No Trade Consolidated’ Foods Gen United Group Guardsman Harnischfar Interstate Iowa Electric Iowa-Ii Gas C.R. Markets Waterloo Hogs Amson Ros Thrifty St. SW Mi Gabric Eaners ! Aund Irwin’s Clothing Adv Marion Churches Bethel Baptist 8Th Ave William C. Larson First Baptist 14Th Ave Lyle W. Lee Grace Baptist S. 15Th St Don R. Martin Robins Faith Baptist Main and Mentzersts Tom R. Hawkins Squaw Creek Wilkins School Kermit W. Jelmeland St. Joseph’s Catholic 5Th Ave Justin A. Kane Martin W. Pfath John Casey 14Th St Christian McGowan Blvd Peter M. Morgan Robins Church of the Brethren Elmer West Ascension Lutheran Grand Ave Denny J. Brake Lutheran Church of the Resurrection 18Th Ave Otto A. Zwanziger St. Paul’s Lutheran Missouri Synod John D. Huber, Jr First United Methodist Glen W. Lamb Marshall Monther Prairie Chapel United Methodist Clive Cook First Presbyterian 12Th St Rupert E. Lapthorn Durwood Busse Reformed Presbyterian S. 15Th Robert B. McCracken Church of God 9Th Ave W. J. Kuryluk United Seventh Day Brethren 2Nd Ave W. Allen Bond Webster City Livestock Postville Beef Iowa Daily Press Assn Parks Karen L. Clark Ellis Boulevard Center Point Road David Collins G Avenue NW Wagamon Sta Power Distributors Johnson Avenue Jerome’s. Adv John Breck Olin Hawkeye Downs St. Pius Church Fiftieth Street Council Avenue Linda L. Schwieger Seventh Avenue SE University of Northern Town C.O.D 1St St Sabine Services Cleaners
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