Hogs Steady to 25 Lower in Chicago Estimates
USDA official estimates show Wednesday receipts of 7,000 cattle and 4,000 hogs in Chicago. No sheep estimate provided.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1968
Page
13
USDA official estimates show Wednesday receipts of 7,000 cattle and 4,000 hogs in Chicago. No sheep estimate provided.
New York trading ends with Avon Products active while the Dow dips about four points. Major issues show losses in steel, autos, and rail stocks, with airlines and building materials gaining. Midwest cattle and hog prices edge lower as USDA quotes reflect steady to lower wholesale figures. Des Moines and Chicago markets report similar shifts with volume leaders highlighted.
Article fragment notes Lamson Bros quotations on frozen fork bellies and dressed meats. No clear event dates or entities beyond Lamson Bros. content.
Detroit AP reports Henry Ford Jr chairman of Ford Motor Co declined a U S delegate position to the General Assembly of the United Nations. The spokesman said the offer, likely from President Johnson, could not be confirmed.
Cattle trade steady to higher with feeders up as supplies tighten. Slaughter cows 17.00-19.00, feeders 24.35-27.50 for various weights, Holsteins 22.30-24.80. Hogs trade moderate with 40-70 lb feeders common. Sheep and lambs show limited data with light demand and few bids. Federal-State Market News Service notes three Iowa auctions on Sept. 6.
C R Markets reports Cedar Rapids hog prices steady to 25c lower on Tuesday with bulk butcher weights 200-230 lbs at 19.25 to 19.75 while packers see heavier weights discounted. cattle prices show mixed levels from prime to standard with declines for overfat and heavy cattle. poultry and grain quotes also listed with delivered prices.
On the Chicago Board of Trade soybeans rose slightly while wheat led declines. Other grain futures fell with corn and rye down and oats mixed. Cash quotes itemize No. 2 yellow corn around 1.082 to 1.202 and soybeans No. 1 yellow near 2.69.
UPI reports Omaha livestock prices with calves 300 pounds steady, steers 1000 to 1300 pounds steady to weak, heifers steady to 25 lower, cows weak to lower. Prices show high choice to prime 1300 pound steers around 28.35 to 28.00, and various grades for 900 to 1100 pounds near 26.75 to 27.00 for heifers, with utilities and commercial cows at 17.50 to 18.50 and canners 16.00 to 17.50.
AP report from Chicago notes live poultry roasters 2412 2672 with white rock fryers at 20 2242. Butter wholesale prices steady with AA 664 and 92 A 6644. Eggs firm with Chicago deliveries unchanged for Grade A whites 51 and other grades. Potatoes arrivals 39 track 84 and 190 total U.S. shipments. Washington Norgolds 4.00. Minn. round reds and Wisconsin reds unquoted.
Wholesale onions light on large sizes and adequate on others. Demand steady. Spot quotes: Standards 42s 4a, Whites Fancy large 53 72 54 42, Fancy medium 44 45, Fancy smalls 29 30. Butter offerings adequate. Demand fair. Prices unchanged.
In Atlanta on Tuesday Rev. Ralph Abernathy joined striking garbage workers in a sit down to block a city truck. He said demonstrations would be intensified and may involve students. 67 were arrested as the eight day strike continued under emergency pickup and extended police shifts.
Collins Radio Co. declares a regular 20 cent dividend per share payable Oct. 14 to stockholders of record Sept. 30. Annual meeting set for Nov. 19 in Cedar Rapids with directors nominated for re election. Earnings for the year ended Aug. 2 reached a record $13 million or $4.44 per share on 2,933,089 average shares. Sales rose to a record $447 million.
Community notices list election of officers at First Presbyterian on Friday at 8 p.m. and a noon Optimists gathering with David Stanley. Various ads announce services from Koudsi's salon to Cafe Shiloh and Stan dard Blueprint Co meeting. A spate of requests and classifieds include coins, furrier, beautician, and lost tires at International Harvester.
Former New York City Water Commissioner James Marcus was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for bribery conspiracy. He pled guilty and cooperated, facing additional state charges with up to seven years possible. Marcus received part of a $40,000 fee tied to an $840,000 reservoir cleaning contract.
CHICAGO AP The National Safety Council reports 29 950 U S traffic deaths January through July 1968 up five percent from 1967 due to higher traffic volume offset by a lower fatality rate per 100 million miles Houston had the lowest rate at 2 6 with Chicago Los Angeles and Philadelphia at 3 3 each The piece notes the ad style closer to a want ad tone.
DETROIT AP S Pontiac division opened a week of 1969 introductions by unveiling a restyled line aimed at reaching a million sales, a milestone only Chevy has achieved. GM said Pontiacs 1968 line totaled 911000, and 1969 models go on sale Sept 26 featuring the Grand Prix with a driver centered instrument group and a laminated radio antenna in the windshield.
In Syracuse on Monday night and into Tuesday morning small groups of Negro youths threw rocks and debris at cars for over seven hours causing injuries and looting. Two teens were arrested and police used tear gas the previous day. Several streets were sealed off as patrols moved between gatherings.
Totie Fields hosts a color episode of The Joey Bishop Show at 10 30 PM Tuesday on Channel 9 with Joey Bishop and guests.
By virtue of General Execution No. 72898 from Linn County Iowa District Court a levy is made on Lot 20 Ken Acres Seventh Addition Cedar Rapids to satisfy a judgment in favor of Phylliss Hasley against Ahmed Moody Kalell for 722.45 plus 5 percent interest and 36.60 costs. The property will be sold at public auction for cash on September 24 1968 at 9 A.M. in front of the Cedar Rapids Court House. Deputy Ted Ruffin Attorney Ted Ruffin. Publication dates August 28 1963 and September 17 1968.
Notice of incorporation for The L. S. W. Corporation under Iowa code. Perpetual existence began August 6, 1968. Authorized 100 shares at $100 par. Registered office 522 Higley Building Cedar Rapids Iowa. Directors include O W Lawrence E J Wasta Donald Schulte R Gregory Schulte. President E J Wasta. Attorney O W Lawrence. Cedar Rapids Iowa. August 23 1968.
A sheriff's sale notice from Dubuque asks that Lot 162 Cedar Hills Unit One Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa be sold to satisfy a judgment in favor of Farley State Bank against George W Scherrer. The sale follows a December 1967 court ruling with a total including costs and interest. Proceedings occur under Linn County Iowa Sheriff Lt David R Webster and attorney Max H Jenk with dates in September 1968.
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