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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1957
Page
4
USDA reports Tuesday salable livestock receipts at 6000 cattle 7500 hogs 1000 sheep. Hogs up to 25 cents higher Monday with limited light and heavy weights. Cattle receipts 25000 calves, steers and heifers unevenly steady to 75 cents lower. sheep receipts 1500 with spring lambs 20 to 22.50. Chicago grain quotations follow.
Des Moines notes show Monday wholesale hog receipts near 75 000 with price gains across categories. Barrows and gilts in multiple weight ranges traded US No 1 3 mostly between 15 50 and 18 15 per cwt while sows and heavier carcasses posted higher bids and steady demand in a moderately active market. Top reported at 18 15.
Cattle receipts 23 500 calves 1 400 steers and heifers under pressure supply mostly first hand sales steady to 25 cents lower cows bulls dealers steady stocker and feeder classes about half receipts demand centers on yearling stock steers with prices mostly steady few sales high or choice fed steers 23.00 to 24.50 good to low choice 20.00 to 22.50 good and choice heifers 19.00 to 23.25 utilities and commercials 13.00 to 15.00 canners and cutters 11.50 to 12.75 good and choice yearling stock steers 21.00 to 25.00 yearling feeder heifers up to 20.25
Sioux City livestock report shows receipts of 16 500 cattle with active trading on slaughter steers and heifers. Cows slow to fully steady, stock steers and feeders slow with bulk unsold. best loads around 1270 to 1302 pounds at 25 50 to 25 75. Early sales feature choice steers at 23.00 to 24.00, heifers 21.50 to 23.00, with good and low choice 18.50 to 21.25.
Prices for good No. 2 butchers and sows rose 25 cents on Monday in Cedar Rapids. Meaty No. 1 high yielding hogs may fetch up to 50 cents above the quoted levels. No. 3 overfet can drop as much as 50 cents below the quotations and wool prices show declines.
Rising Fawn Georgia artist Fannie Mennen christened her home Plum Nelly blending Southern drawl and backwoods terms. She described plum as out of Tennessee and nelly as out of Georgia in a playful regional nickname.
Stocks fell slightly in quiet New York trading as leaders posted small losses. A few pivotal issues rose up to a point while volume ran around 1.5 million shares.
On the University of Iowa campus the Asian flu is spreading with 40 new cases reported Monday and Sunday. Dr. Chester I. Miller, head of student health, said a total of 450 students have been treated for flu. He noted a prior decline on Saturday but warned the trend appears to be reversing.
A three car collision on highway 3 ten miles east of Oelwein left four people injured. Earl and Mrs. Alton of Oelwein Peter Patterson 83 of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Theodore Miller 68 of Independence were treated at Mercy Hospital in good condition. Theodore Miller 72 was turning left when his car was hit by William Miller 17 Evansdale whose car was struck by Otto Skubinna 53 of Oelwein. Patterson was a passenger in the Miller vehicle. Authorities charged Theodore Miller with failure to yield the right of way.
Chicago boards fall as favorable weather and crop reports push corn and soy futures to new seasonal lows. New wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans show sizable declines with mixed cash provisions noted in Chicago.
The report lists live poultry price ranges for broilers and fryers, dairy and eggs prices, and potato and produce shipments. It notes market conditions as steady to firm with moderate demand and supplies, covering Idaho Oregon russets, Washington russets, and Wisconsin red potatoes, plus New York receipts and creamery and eggs price bands.
A 13 year old Cedar Rapids student was turned over to juvenile authorities after taking a car onto Ellis Park Golf Course on Monday. Police say he caused 500 to 1000 dollars in damage to the eighth green by spinning its turf and burning through it.
Edith Martha Miller 78 wife of Frank L. Miller of Marion died in University Hospitals Iowa City after a lengthy illness. Born Feb 10 1879 in Mediapolis she married in Cedar Rapids in 1899. Survived by husband a son Frank L. Miller Jr Cedar Rapids sister and brother. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Turner Chapel burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call.
FBI data show Iowa up in murder robbery burglary and larceny while aggravated assault and auto theft decline. Nationally urban crime rose 7.2 percent and rural 13.2 percent in the six months to mid 1957, with totals across several Iowa cities listed by offense.
In Damascus a handful of Syrian leaders face a perilous balance between war and peace. Lt. Col Abdul Hamid Serraj and Akram Hourani steer cautious moves toward a political truce under Moscow’s wary eye while wary opposition and rival communists are kept in check.
A Japan Airlines jet carrying 57 aboard crash landed in a rice field near Osaka after takeoff for Tokyo. Four engines, two on fire, left 15 injured including a Swiss couple and five Japanese, with seven taken to hospital.
Cedar Rapids police investigate a break in at Dale's Fruit Market on Center Point Road NE. A producer trucker found the south door open early Sunday and the prowler took $27 in change. Officers are unsure how entry was made. Shiprock in New Mexico has been scaled 23 times by climbers and rises 1640 feet.
An Arkansas judge in Paragould urged the South to choose between democracy and segregation, arguing majority rule must govern and urging legal action to change or nullify court desegregation rulings. He stressed disagreement is allowed but not breaking the law.
Homer F Richardson 83 a former Marion resident died Sunday. He was a Milwaukee railroad fireman and lived in Ottumwa and Marion. He served as Keokuk county recorder for one term and was Sigourney city clerk for 24 years retiring in 1952. Survivors include a daughter Maurine and a sister Gertie Hardesty. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday Reynolds chapel with burial at Pennington cemetery.
Two airmen including Iowa native Don ald Evans aged 23 died when a rented Piper Cub crashed in a field near Mulvane southeast of Wichita. Sgt. Harold E. Barnett, 37, of Independence Kan, was at the controls. Witness reports the craft dove from a low altitude before hitting the ground.
An old advertisement urges readers aged 50 to 80 to mail name address and age to Old American Insurance Company Kansas City for a $1,000 life policy. It promises no obligation and no follow up calls, with repayment through mail only.
Joyce Rice 16 of Greenfield won the senior division title at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. She previously claimed the Iowa state championship and will lead a 10 member Cedar Rapids area delegation to the national contest in St Paul in December. Other Cedar Rapids girls claimed first in Pee Wee Marcie Burkey novice and junior divisions and Bobbie Foulkes won juvenile. Donny Burkey topped the boys. Several Cedar Rapids entrants won medals and Cedar Rapids groups earned secondary honors in various divisions.
Iowa ruling says $10,000 from the Legislative Interim Committee fund to combat a Japanese beetle infestation in Lee County was legal as a contingency expense. Assistant Attorney General Oscar Strauss concluded the move fits emergency needs, following questions about fund usage.
BRYSON CITY North Carolina Mrs Candas Nations died Saturday at age 111. She lived all her life in Swain County and recalled Civil War events and playing with children of slaves.
Fragmented classified text lists cleaning, painting, and care jobs. Entries promise employment in exchange for phone numbers EM and mailing boxes, with references and care work for elderly, infants, and handi capped individuals.
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