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Newspaper
Daily Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1971
Page
2
USDA cattle show weaker slaughter prices with steers down 25 to 50 cents and heifers eased 25 to 50 cents while grain futures edge higher with soybeans up about five cents and corn modestly higher. Market notes include lean hogs and mixed beef yields across grades with no notable highs in sheep. Publication cites CHICAGO AP from dates in early July 2014.
Sheila Marie Vegter five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jay Vegter RR 3 Morrison Iowa died at 150 p m Tuesday at St Lukes Hospital Davenport Funeral services Friday at 2 p m at Ebenezer Reformed Church preceded by a 1 4 p m prayer service Rev Buis to officiate burial at Grove Hill Cemetery Sheila born May 18 1986 Clinton daughter of Jay Linda Gorzny Vegter two half sisters Theresa and Kimberley maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Eugene Morrison and paternal great grandmother Mrs Joseph Morrison and other relatives formerly employed as a dry cleaner
John W. Scott, 50, of Mitchell, South Dakota, died Tuesday June 15 at Methodist Hospital in Mitchell. Funeral services will be held Friday in Mitchell. Scott was a local businessman.
Burdette A Robertson of Morrison dies at 3 45 am Wednesday at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City after two years of ill health. Funeral service set for Saturday 1 30 pm at Reynolds Funeral Home with Rev Paul DeBeer. burial in Grove Hill Cemetery. Survived by brothers John Donald G Robertson and Roderik, sisters Jane and Lucy. WWII Air Corps veteran.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice S. Wagley will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Melvin Funeral Home with the Rev. David Fouts officiating. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rock Falls. Friends may call at the funeral home from seven until service time.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Wheelock Allen Funeral Home Rock Falls for Mrs Hattie H Scott. The Rev David Fouts and Major Hasney officiated with interment at IOOF Cemetery Rock Falls. Pallbearers included Earl Steel and George Wright with Mrs Wayne Larson at the organ and Mrs Daryl Knutsen singing In the Garden and Beyond the Sunset.
S F Bowman a Sterling Lodge Loyal Order of Moose member attended the Mooseheart House of God meeting on Saturday June 12 and received the Pilgrim Degree of Merit the highest rank. He has held multiple Moose memberships and roles including governor past governor club steward and retired from REA Express after 43 years. The 83rd International Convention saw 205 members receive the Pilgrim Degree with delegates from Canada Alaska the United States and Great Britain. The event opened at Mooseheart and runs to June 17 with further sessions in Detroit Michigan.
Tokyo subway system handles about 3.5 million riders each day, reflecting strong demand across urban routes. Officials note peak flows at morning and evening rush hours with trains operating near capacity to meet public transit needs.
Four suits filed in Whiteside County Circuit Clerk Velma Keiths office seek 20000 in personal injuries from an August 1 1970 auto collision in Sterling. John C Reilly sues Swarts leys Greenhouses and John B Henrichs for damages in a parked car incident. Print Graphics Inc sues Hans Schell and Tonia Delchev for unpaid printing work totaling 2944. Joyce E Jacobson sues Lola Geadelmann for 1940 in child support arrears with bond details.
SPRINGFIELD The American Flag will be flown 24 hours a day over the Illinois State Capitol by directive of Secretary of State John W. Lewis. The move, tied to Flag Day and a Governor Ogilvie proclamation naming Flag Week June 13-19, includes flood lamps lighting the dome at night and plans to light the east side and add peak flag displays.
Marriage licenses issued from the county clerk Tuesday list entries including Craig Alan Cooper of Dixon and Linda Beth Ratzlaff of Sterling, Harold Eugene Davis and Janice Katherine Prososki of Sterling, Dennis Alan Gipson of Rock Falls and Candy Day Aggen, Jose Olaldo and Kathleen Ann Haenni of Sterling, Michael Joe McCoy of Sterling and Marsha Ann Mortenson of Rock Falls, Ted Lloyd Hume of Rock Falls and Rebecca Sue Donnell of Sterling, Michael David Bennett of Fulton and Gaye Lynn Miller of Albany, Joseph Lenzo Velazquez of Lyndon and Teresa Jane Miller, Anthony Francis Magano of Rock Falls and Barbara J. Gallardo of Sterling.
Stock quotes from H W Beeler and C M Nysather of Loewi Inc and major NYSE listings show broad gains after early softness. The Dow Jones 30 industrials rose to 910.63, with IBM Polaroid Xerox Control Data and University Computing among notable movers as investors hunt bargains amid rate concerns. RSC Industries led activity after announcing its rights purchase related to a sewage disposal device.
Morrison Community Hospital District plans additions and alterations and will receive sealed proposals. Bidding documents available at Phillips and Associates in Canton and at Morrison Community Hospital. Final bids due July 27.
Airman Jo A. Warkins son of Bernard M. Warkins Breezy Acres RR 2 Rock Falls has completed technical training at Sheppard AFB Texas as a U S Force communications specialist. He will report to Randolph AFB Texas for duty. A 1970 Newman High School Sterling graduate. Gastoenteritis outbreak in South Africa kills 185 in five eastern towns in first 46 days of 1971. Medical authorities call it quite normal.
Live cattle prices from the Swift and Co Rochelle plant quoted at 10 a.m. today show butchers categories for 200 to 225 pound cattle ranging from 16.75 to 17.20 per hundredweight.
The market shows an uptrend for beef at Chicago stockyards with Atkinson Market noting gains of 50 to 75 cents. Typical lot sizes range from 200 to 500 pounds with prices varying by weight class from 18.00 to 20.10 per hundredweight. Lows follow a similar higher trend with 300 to 500 pound cattle trading around 14.75 to 16.25.
Chicago AP reports heavy buying of futures in wheat corn and soybeans as fears of short crops push prices higher by about 5 to 8 cents a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade. Session highs came early then were trimmed, with new seasonal highs for soybeans and soybean oil options and for new crop corn.
AP reports Chicago quotations for grain and oilseed futures. Wheat No 2 soft red and No 2 hard red trade around 1.65 and 1.62 per bushel respectively. Corn No 2 yellow at about 1.59, oats No 2 extra heavy white at 0.814, soybeans No 1 yellow near 3.214, and soybean oil around 12.64 per unit.
Prices paid delivered to Chicago hold steady with egg grades quoted as 1 high or better at 80 cents per dozen for whites at 29 to 31 cents, medium whites 22 to 23 cents, standards unquoted.
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