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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1977
Page
11
Afternoon dealer data shows varied percentage figures across multiple equities and commodities. Notable entries include AMBAC and Exxon with around 27 to 40 percent figures, and AmAir and Avnet near mid-teens to low twenties. The sheet lists many tickers, prices, and volume-like numbers in dense column format.
A dense OCR style list shows numerous brand names and coded prices or percentages. The passage reads like a catalog of items such as Marato, Morriot, McDaid, Norton, NCR Nabisco, OhioEd, and Motrola with various numeric values and percentages interspersed, resembling a market or trade ledger.
A dense OCR of a financial bulletin lists many company names with fractional prices and percentage figures across rows. The text includes PepsiCo, Procter Gamble, Texaco, Xerox, Zenith, and others, interspersed with varied percentage values and odd symbols.
NEW YORK AP The stock market eased further in slow trading on Tuesday as the Dow Jones average fell 2.34 to 852.04. Over the last three sessions the Dow shed 22.01 points while losers led gainers 5 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume at mid afternoon was 9.90 million shares.
House and Senate negotiators approved a 458.25 billion federal budget for the next fiscal year with no increase in social security payroll taxes. The package, mirroring a House version, allows for a possible 1978 payroll tax rise to strengthen Social Security. The plan projects a 61.25 billion deficit, nine billion more than the current year.
Cedar Rapids markets show a steady hog market with butcher prices 39.50 to 40.00 for 200 to 230 lb stock and various discounts for heavier weights. Sheep steady with lambs 50 to 52 dollars and wool lambs 47 to 49. Grain prices in Chicago rise for soybeans while corn declines. Cedar Rapids processors posted new crop corn at 1.61 and old crop at 1.63 with soybeans around 4.73 to 5.03 for new and 4.68 to 4.78 for old. Sioux City livestock totals show 5 000 dogs sold and cattle 3,700 with steers around 39.50 to 40.25 and heifers 37.25 to 38.25.
Livestock update shows slow to moderate trade with steady to firm hog prices across weight classes. Egg prices mostly unchanged with light to adequate offerings. Carcass beef and pork markets mix with lower pork loins and stable to firm hogs. Futures trading noted by Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
USDA bulk selling prices in Chicago on Tuesday show butter prices unchanged at 100.71 for 93 and 92 scores delivered. Egg prices to delivery unchanged. Retail carton prices quoted for Grade A extra large 63 to 66, large 61 to 63, mediums 49 to 51.
Governor Ray met with State Comptroller Marvin Selden in Detroit to talk over Selden's visits to Leisure Spa, a Polk County court had ruled a house of prostitution. The session lasted about thirty minutes and aimed to address the affair without public judgment.
Environmental Action charged Duane Arnold nuclear center among 379 plants violating water pollution laws. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co denied the allegation and said standards are strictly enforced at the Palo facility. The company spokesman stressed compliance with state and federal energy standards.
Graduate Patricia Potthoff earns an MS in textile science from the University of Maryland and works as a textile specialist for B F Goodrich in Akron. Local business ads promote salons and shops while civic notices report a candidate speech, school closures, and various thefts, events, and community services in Cedar Rapids.
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