Financial and Market News Shares Edge to Loss
Stocks fell on a busy trading day as declines outran advances with 103 issues down and mutual funds trimming positions before quarter end. Glamour shares softened led by Control Data and Polaroid while Natomas dropped 5 percent amid mixed sector movement and high volume on the American exchanges.
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New York
IBM
Polaroid
Xerox
Natomas
American Stock Exchange
Amex
Cedar Rapids Hog Market Steady Prices and Grading Adjustments
Cedar Rapids hog market posted steady prices on Wednesday with Tuesday’s bulk country and plant delivered butchers 200 to 230 pounds at 25.50 to 25.85 dollars. Sows 300 pounds and lighter ranged 23.50 to 23.75 dollars, with weight-based reductions for heavier hogs and varying price drops by weight grades for packers and butchers across different weight ranges.
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Cedar Rapids
Pope Paul VI appeals for peace at Rabat summit
Vatican City AP reports Pope Paul VI has sent a peace appeal to the Islamic summit conference in Rabat addressing the Holy Land conflict and urging leaders to support a ceasefire and peaceful resolution.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Holy Land
Rabat
Wheat and Corn Stage Advances in Chicago Market
Wheat futures rose more than one cent and corn nearly one cent as government plans to retire acreage next year influenced trading. December wheat up 1 1/2 cents to 1 3/5, December corn about 1 cent higher to 1.16, oats mixed, rye gains modest, soybeans little changed.
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Chicago
Grain and commodity prices from Chicago markets
Market listings show corn and oats prices with yellow and white varieties alongside bean oil at 9.95. Prices noted include No 1 yellow 1.33, No 2 soft 1.30, No 2 yellow 1.0, No 2 extra heavy white 6194, and flour-related figures.
Livestock Auction Report Highlights Mixed Steer and Heifer Prices
Auction market notes a Friday sale with 6,500 calves and lots consigned including slaughter steers and heifers. Prices span high prime steers around 1,125 to 1,250 pounds with bids near 50 for top lots, mixed good to high choice and prime at 28.10 to 28.50 for certain weights, and canner to cutter cattle from 18.00 to 21.50.
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Atle
Cattle Market Report Shows Steady to Higher Hog Prices
Des Moines reports fair trade and good demand with butchers steady to 25 cents higher. Lows up to 50 higher. receipts estimated at 80,000 for Wednesday, 80,000 this week, 76,000 last year, and 90,000 on Tuesday. U.S. 1 200-230 lb hogs 25.50-26.50. 230-240 lb 25.50-26.25. 240-270 lb 24.75-25.75. Sows 270-330 lb 23.25-24.25. 330-400 lb 22.75-23.75. 400-450 lb pieco 450-550 lb 21.25-
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Des Moines
UPI
U.S
Stone Carvings Show Astronomers Meeting
In Copan on the Yucatan peninsula sixteen Mayan astronomers gathered for the world’s first conference in 503 A D as recorded in stone carvings on an altar. Mayan savants linked astronomy to religion and agriculture and are said to have known more about the stars than contemporaries in Europe.
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Mexico City
UPI
Copan
Yucatan Peninsula
Hog Prices Up 25 Cents on Broad Market Movement
Chicago AP reports butcher hogs advanced 25 cents on Wednesday while slaughter steers weakened up to 50 cents and sheep held steady as market estimates for Thursday were noted.
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Chicago
Chicago livestock prices compiled by AP and USDA
Chicago reports show hog numbers near 3000 with butchers up 25 cents. Hog weights 205-230 and 200-250 pounds traded around 27.25 to 27.75 and 26.75 to 27.25 respectively. sows 24.25 to 25.00 for 300-350 pounds and 22.00 to 23.00 for 500-600 pounds. Cattle receipts about 7000 with varied cattle classifications and price ranges across steers, heifers, cows, and bulls. Spring slaughter lambs seen steady with 100 pound lambs at 29.00 and 80-100 pound lambs at 25.00 to 27.00.
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Chicago
USDA
Pama
Calves Battle Ber Win Bastebe in Sioux City Meet
Calves face Ber Win Bastebe in a Sioux City livestock event with uncertain results. Teams and housing unclear due to fragmented OCR text. no dates or scores readable. Local observers note intense early action and expected outputs for cattle judging.
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Sioux City
eh dee MOVIES film notes on meat trade market
The fragment references beef steady prices and pork, with prices around 44.00 for skinned hams and quotes on meat trade dynamics. It appears to be a brief market note from an era newspaper, mentioning Iowa and agency names in a garbled OCR render.
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USDA
Chicago Produce Prices Steady in Early AP Report
AP dispatch notes wholesale potato prices and grading scores with steady to firm tendencies. Mentions AA 93, A 72, GGS 90 with remaining grades steady, color shares 48 percent whites, 41 percent mediums, 445 checks a POTATOES: shipments 142, rivals 41, track 113, supplies moderating. Minnesota North Dakota round red Indiana round white.
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Chicago
Ncinahe
Minnesota-North Dakota
Indiana
New York Produce Offerings Reported by USDA
Wholesale e99 offerings ample on large, light on medium, and centered v mediums. Standards 442-47. Whites: Fancy large one fancy medium 42 2-43 2, fancy smalls 29-30. Butter offerings light to adequate. Demand fair. Creamery, 93 score AA 734 cents, 92 score A 73.
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NEW York Produce New York
USDA
Creamery
First Manmade Satellite Sputnik I Launched Oct 4 1957
Sputnik I, the first manmade satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, marking a historic milestone in space exploration and Cold War science.
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Soviet Union
Enchant everyone with fairytale trees pattern sale
Crystal drop crystal trim and bells on instant 19 inch tree and 22 inch Elegant tree of brocade with lights. Pattern 641 includes pattern pieces and graph. Fifty cents per pattern plus 15 cents for first class mailing and special handling. Send orders to Laura Wheeler Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept Box 161 Old Chelsea Station New York NY 10011. Print pattern number name address and zip.
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Laura Wheeler
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
Old
Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Linn County Draft Sends 31 to Army and Marines
The Linn County selective service board completed a major draft, with 28 men inducted into the Army and 3 into the Marine Corps. Inductees include Thomas E. Klein John L. Rozinek and Terry A. Slickty for the Marines and numerous Army draftees such as James O. Barne Jr. Robert W. Beggs Everett E. Boots Dale Buelow James Carrithers Ronald Churchill and others. Army E-5 Steve Roskop earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam and is on 30-day leave en route to Fort Polk. Spec. 4-c Robert Morley has been discharged after three years of service including a year in Vietnam.
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Linn County Selective Service Board
Army
Marine Corps
Marines
Thomas E. Klein
Eastern Boulevard
John L. Rozinek
Ely
Terry A. Slickty
Sixth Street
James 0. Barne, Jr
Twelfth Street
Marion
Robert W. Beggs
Indiandale Road
Everett E. Boots
Grinnell
Dale Buelow
Eleventh Street
James M. Carrithers
Nineteenth Street
Ronald M. Churchill
Valley View Drive
E. Davidson
Hillview Drive
Donald J. Dippel, Jr
Fifth Avenue
William R. Hodgson
Soutter Avenue
Larry G. Horak
A Avenue
Richard H. Huston
Tenth Street
David K. Jelinek
James W. Koenig
Central City
Michael J. Koury, Jr
Bever Avenue
Jimmy W. Lannom
Bowling Street
Charles F. LeGrand
Larry D. Lerch
Fourth Avenue
Michael P. Maaske
Mt. Vernon
John R. Meader
Alburnett
Louis J. Picek
Fairfax
Clayton L. Putnam
Twentyninth Street
Terry R. Schneekloth
Des Moines
Robert M. Severson
Ames
Ronald A. Sigmunds
O Avenue
Anthony J. Silkebakken
Terrace Hill Drive
Hal L. Smith
Country Club Parkway
James L.stickney
Steve Roskop
Frank J. Roskop
E Avenue NW
Vietnam
Ft. Polk
Robert Morley
Gilbert Morley
Sixteenth Street
Water Purity Helps Build Space Age Electronics
In Minneapolis at the Honeywell Solid State Electronics Center de ionization makes water extremely pure for manufacturing microelectronic devices. The process yields water with salt particle content under four parts per billion, used not for drinking but electronics production for space applications.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Honeywell Solid State Electronics Center
Record Number Cross Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco data show 31,251,968 motor vehicle crossings of the Golden Gate Bridge in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, a 3.17 percent rise. A single day record was 104,096 vehicles on Sunday August 2, surpassing the prior high by 1,349 set July 19, 1968.
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San Francisco
UPI
Golden Gate Bridge
Marin County
Dale Luehring
Luehring
Spaniard Cabeza de Vaca First European in New Mexico
The first European to set foot in New Mexico was Spaniard Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Shipwrecked on the Gulf of Mexico in 1528, he traveled on foot for eight years through the American southwest.
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Santa Fe, N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Gulf of Mexico
American Southwest
Hotel Fire Damages ClaRIDGE S Hotel Sends 300 Guests Fleeing
London AP reports a hotel blaze at Claridge's damaged two floors on Tuesday night forcing about 300 guests to flee downstairs. Many of the evacuees were Americans.
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London
Claridge’s
Haynsworth nomination faces civil rights debate in Senate
Washington UPI reports Rep. William Ryan testifies that elevating Judge Clement Haynsworth would be turning the clock back on civil rights as the Senate Judiciary Committee questions Haynsworth over a Brunswick case and stock purchases. Senator Robert Griffin hedges on his position amid expectations of approval.
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Ryan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Haynsworth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Robert Griffin
Rmich
G.O.P
Brunswick Corp
Circuit Court
Brunswick
Winter
Woodrow Wilson Jones
South Carolina
McCall
Greenville
S. C
Brunswick Stock
Donaldson Co. Posts Record Sales and Earnings in 1969
Minneapolis Donaldson Co Inc reports the ninth straight year of rising sales reaching 35.99 million, up 21 percent from 1968. Net earnings after taxes rose 34 percent to 2.87 million, with earnings per share at 1.56 after a 50 percent stock split. Final quarter sales hit 9.45 million and profits 810 thousand, the best three months in 54 years. The company makes heavy duty engine air cleaners filters mufflers seals and valves in seven U.S. plants including Oelwein and operates five overseas plants.
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Minneapolis
Donaldson Co., Inc
Frank Donaldson
Donaldson
U.S
Oelwein
Misses dress pattern 4628 by Anne Adams
Printed pattern 4628 offers Misses sizes 8 through 18 with a size 12 bust of 34 inches. Includes fabric yardage for a 54 inch dress and a scarf, plus mailing options and a Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept address for purchase.
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JoneLau
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Armour
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Armstek
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Kresge
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Avco Cpe
Avnet Inc
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ignaiCo
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Exaco
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Sitron
UAL Inc
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Niroya
U Steel
Univo Pd
Upjohn
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WarLam
Vaeipw
WinnDix
Xerox Cp
Zale Corp Peinus
Deca
C.R. Markets
Omaha Livestock
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Ota Nso x
Iowa
Hogs
Lamson Brothers Wheat Open High
Rene Aes
Chicago Livestock
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James Eastland
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Harrison Winter
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