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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1968
Page
8
New York stocks rose modestly on Friday with the Dow edging up and the AP average showing a small gain amid profit taking and pre weekend activity. Trade volume was lighter than Thursday as markets held steady ahead of weekend.
Friday quotations from Lamson Bros show open high low close and sales for frozen pork bellies with February and March figures. Consistent bids and volumes accompany each contract month including May and July with small sale counts. Sioux City livestock report notes cattle market unavailable for pricing.
C R Markets reports Cedar Rapids hog market steady on Saturday. Friday prices for country and plant delivered butchers weighing 200 to 230 lbs ranged from 19.25 to 19.75 dollars. Packing sows 300 lbs and down sold from 17.75 to 18.00 dollars with butchers 25 cents lower per hundredweight.
Ed Matson of Matson Inc Cedar Rapids elected first vice president at the Iowa Motor Truck Assn annual convention in Des Moines. Ed Buelel of B Line Transfer Carroll named president. Lynn Easter of Ace Lines Des Moines named second vice president. Ed Ellsworth of Eagle Grove re-elected chairman as about 700 attend two day convention ending with a banquet.
In Titusville and Orlando on Friday night, racial clashes broke out at prep football games leaving four policemen and 16 spectators injured. Police said more than 100 people fought at Titusville Seminole game after a Confederate song sparked violence. arrests numbered over a dozen. In Orlando Bee Tangerine Bowl, fighting followed Edgewater’s 38-18 win. six hurt including a knife wound.
Allen Platner of route 3 northeast of Marion used a home extinguisher to put out a basement furnace fire. Firemen say the blaze was caused by excess fuel leakage and remained confined to the furnace area. Platner did not need hospitalization.
Marion council members and City Manager Peter Crivaro met with developer Ed Broderick and attorney Clinton Moyer to discuss rezoning land along Blairs Ferry road from industrial to commercial. The prior proposal was rejected on Sept 3. The matter may return at the Oct 7 meeting.
Detectives say the Armstrongs parking ramp office was entered between 6 30 p m Friday and 6 45 a m Saturday. About 103 83 in checks bills and change plus a stapler were stolen. Lot attendant Robert Nixon said he locked the office at 6 30 p m Friday and the entry point and method remain unknown.
Grace Baptist church plans a Western roundup day on Sunday at 440 South Fifteenth Street. Rev Don R Martin says attendees may wear western attire with best dressed prizes for boy girl mother and father. A horse and buggy will replace the church bus for Sunday school pickup and a pony ride rewards visitors with most guests. The day includes a sermon and musical program, starts at 9 45 and ends with a 6 30 worship service and a Bever park picnic. Visitors welcome.
A compilation of local church schedules in Marion lists worship times for numerous denominations and congregations. Entries include First United Methodist, Grace Baptist, St. Josephs Catholic, Lutheran and Presbyterian bodies, along with descriptions of sermons and Sunday school times.
The airline says a court-appointed master ruled TWA entitled to 137 million in damages from Hughes Tool Co in a default judgment tied to an antitrust suit. The award requires U S district court confirmation and stems from 1963 when Hughes resisted witness and record orders. The master was Herbert Brownell Jr. top aide to Eisenhower.
A 2000 strong U S marine task force swept the DMZ in Vietnam to destroy hidden war supplies and new speed trails aiding North Vietnamese movement. Heavy fighting near the Cambodian border left 173 enemy killed as Marines reported 74 NVA killed in five days with two dead and 10 wounded.
City notice calls for sealed bids for construction of a sanitary sewer in Cedar Rapids Iowa with work along railroad rights of way. Bids open in City Hall Council Chambers October 1 and must include a city warrant payment within 30 days after acceptance. Preference given to Iowa grown products. surety bond required. bid withdrawal not allowed after award. published September 20 and 21.
An Iowa City family of six escaped injury when their light plane crashed at Arapahoe County Airport near Denver Colorado. The landing gear collapsed during touchdown and the craft was severely damaged.
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