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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1964
Page
2
Estimated receipts for Monday include 12 000 cattle 8 000 hogs and 1 000 sheep. Slaughter steers were steady to 25 cents higher for the week with other cattle unchanged. Spring lambs were 50 cents lower while hogs and sows posted varied bid ranges across U S markets.
UPI reports demand fair with steady receipts at Des Moines. Estimates show 30 000, prior weeks 35 000 and 41 000, with Friday at 50 000. Price ranges listed for US and U S 1 2 3 butchers and 1 3 sows across weight brackets.
Cedar Rapids hog prices held steady Saturday with bulk 200 to 230 lb butchers at 15.75 to 16.00 and 300 lb packers at 14.25 to 14.75. Sows under 300 lb bid 14.25 to 14.75. Grain prices list No 2 corn at 1.13 old and 1.11 new, soybeans 2.54, oats for milling quality only. Poultry and eggs priced with Leghorn sales and egg quotients noted.
Ed Wynn hosts a Saturday night program titled HOLLY WOOD PALACE at 8:30 PM CDT on KCRG TV 9. The program showcases comedy and variety with the renowned impresario leading the show from a television studio.
The speaker argues that mobile marine units must remain afloat in the Mediterranean, South Pacific and Caribbean, with the private electronics sector providing the prime mobility device of the future. He notes nearly 1,200 electronics land electrical engineers registered.
Sharon Eby eighteen treated for a hand injury at St Luke's hospital after a collision between a car driven by James Stratton eighteen of route three Marion and a car carrying Eby at Fifteenth street and the Milwaukee tracks. Stratton uninjured. Damages estimated at two hundred dollars. No charges filed.
Fog and light drizzle cooled the 88 000 acre Santa Barbara brush fire to allow 2 000 firefighters to close in on a 20 mile front. The blaze 50 percent contained with 78 homes destroyed and one firefighter killed. Federal aid plans and disaster loans announced as Santa Ana winds died.
A seven year old Marion boy Daniel Young of 850 Thirty first street ran into a car near Fourteenth street and Elev enth avenue. He was hospitalized with a head bump and listed in good condition at Mercy hospital Saturday morning. The car was driven by Delores Ann Kray of 1873 Third avenue. No charges were filed. Daniel attends St. Josephs school near the scene. Also noted is a local notice about Fred Wills purchasing a site at 2880 Twenty fourth avenue from Thomas E. McGowan real estate firm.
The Sharon Evangelical United Brethren church will dedicate a new parsonage at 809 Eighteenth Avenue SW during Sunday’s 10 a.m. service. Rev. L. E. Deaber of Cedar Falls will be guest speaker. Parishioners donated part of the $35,000 project. Pastor A. T. Washington leads the church. Open house plans will follow.
An elderly Iowa City woman, Charlotte Hinman, died after a one car crash four miles east of Iowa City on highway 6. She died at 7 15 a m in an Iowa City hospital. Survivors include a son Captain Jack Hinman III of New York City a daughter Mrs Robert Dykstra of Iowa City nine grandchildren and her mother Mrs T Q Loveland of Muscatine. Services will be held Monday at 10 a m in Beckman funeral home.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a three month extension for the 6,160 man peacekeeping force in Cyprus to run until December 26. Secretary General U Thant warned of potential funding shortfalls and urged new contributions of about 7.05 million dollars. U.S. Ambassador Charles Yost pledged up to 2.3 million dollars, Britain 1 million, and Malaysia 2 500.
Barry Goldwater argues the federal budget should balance without tying it to a specific time frame. He says policy must be steady and dependable with spending and tax rates aligned to achieve balance during favorable conditions, and he would start automatic tax cuts at the earliest possible date once deficits in good times are eliminated.
Television listing notes KCRG TV9 schedules Cold Hands Warm Heart and Outer Limits at 6:30 PM CDT Saturday night.
Senate Leader Dirksen and House Leader Halleck challenge President Johnson over delegating authority to the supreme allied commander in Europe regarding use of tactical nuclear weapons. They cite Time and U.S. News & World Report, while Johnson says decision rests with the President. Pentagon notes say the European commander may need to consult the President if possible, or act if communications are cut.
Conrad Bolt inghouse, a former school teacher, entered an innocent plea on a morals charge. His trial is scheduled for the October term of district court.
Vern Bennion age 55 district engineer for the U S geological survey died in an Iowa City hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was a former president of the Iowa chapter of the Civil Engineers and a member of the Academy of Science. Survivors include his wife a son Bruce four brothers and a sister. Services Tuesday at 2 p m in Beckman funeral home.
A whooping crane was sighted at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge near Jet Oklahoma. The Fish and Wildlife Service said the appearance indicates the southward migration this year is about 10 days earlier than usual.
Des Moines AP reports Richard Anderson of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Iowa Pest Control Assn. Other officers elected Friday include Jack Titmarsh Des Moines as vice president B Hobby Hobson Waterloo as secretary and Fritz Berger Ottumwa as treasurer.
A fragment notes trouble involving pirates on and under the high seas during Sea Hunt with Mike Nelson, airing Saturday night on KCRG TV 9.
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