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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
2
Lone Tree plans daylight saving from Monday July 5 to Sunday September 5 after a downtown survey showed 80 percent support. Iowa City already switched. Lone Tree council denied DST last week by a 3 to 1 vote and mail service will stay on standard time.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Gordy of 414 East Sixth Street on Tuesday at Bellevue Hospital day. The report notes the birth occurred at Muscatine County hospital.
Traffic fatalities in May dropped for the fifth straight month from May 1953 levels, reflecting an ongoing nationwide decline in road deaths.
Mostly fair weather through Friday with a chance of thunder showers Friday afternoon or evening in Muscatine and vicinity. Warmer air moving in from the south is expected to lift temperatures tonight and Friday with a high near 90 to 94 and the overnight low around 68 to 72.
Fire crews responded to a car blaze at Third and Sycamore at 11 02 p m. A 1940 Oldsmobile owned by Gene Benninger of 306 Liberty Street was damaged. Several local residents were visiting relatives. two moved homes. a girl patient at Rock Island hospital was reported in good condition. A private soldier address update and a Los Angeles trip were noted along with a rural youth group meeting postponement. A hit and run report on West Ninth Street and Iowa Avenue was logged as well as late night street painting restrictions.
A Des Moines music teacher Henry Versteeg 61 died after his car struck a railroad overpass base near Des Moines. Kansas City woman Betty Ferguson 49 died when her car rolled down a bank and plunged into a ravine along Highway 71 near Braddyville Page County.
Parking details cite locations on Iowa avenue and Front street near Henderson Garage. Bellevue hospital admits include Mrs. Charles Parker and Mrs. Kenneth Waters. Dismissals list Mrs. Marie Lamb and Jack Pace. Muscatine County hospital admission includes Mrs. Jeanne Johnson and Mrs. Mary Stuart with multiple other local dismissals.
Albia farmer James Foster was elected President of the State Soil Conservation Committee for the coming year. He succeeds Kenneth M. Wagner of West Liberty and has served on the committee since 1949. Foster is a former Iowa House of Representatives member.
Washington Sen Sparkman accuses Republicans of branding Democrats traitors while Sen Ferguson retorts that Democrats are cry babies. Sparkman says bipartisan foreign policy does not exist as Republicans push anti Dem branding. Ferguson defends criticizing past Democratic mistakes and urges policy cooperation despite partisan disputes.
In Chicago trading, soybeans led gains as July soybeans rose sharply after deliveries of soybeans were lighter than expected. New Crop months climbed higher after July. Corn fell in the afternoon on news of the Agriculture Department offering off grade corn at market prices, while wheat opened firm but eased later.
Chicago reports steady butter with receipts of 1 307 544 and wholesale prices holding at 92 score AA 56.5 and 92 A 56.5. Eggs show slight weakness after steady top, with large supply at 32.5-33.5 for U S large and other grades around 28.5 to 27. Current receipts and dirties listed, USDA live poultry prices mostly steady with 560 coops. heavy hens 15.5-17.5, fryers 24-28, old roosters 14-15. caponettes 27-28.
USDA data show 133 arrivals on track 352 total U S shipments 741 supplies moderate demand slow market on whites dull to slightly weaker reds steady on best stock large stock dull to barely steady California long whites 4 30 to 4 45 round reds 4 30 to 4 35 and prices for medium stock listed as well.
Harold Carlson, 41, a North Dakota farmer, fatally injured his 5 month old son Stephen James Carlson by beating his head against a sidewalk in Anaconda Montana. Witnesses say Carlson grabbed the baby from his estranged wife, battered him, then drove away. The mother reported prior threats to kill the baby and himself.
The House backed a proposal to spend government funds on one-way tickets for any U S resident who wants to live in Russia. Re-entry to the United States would be barred under the plan.
Local markets note buyers will not pay for heavy breed hens over four pounds while light breed hens and Leghorns remain listed. Eggs bring 23 cents a dozen. Hog quotations reveal a new policy not to buy culls, boars, or hogs over 600 pounds, effective immediately.
Livestock market reports brisk demand with hogs higher. Butchers gain 25 to 50 cents while sows rise up to 25 cents. top hog price reaches 25.75. Cattle and sheep see mixed moves with steers up 25 to 50 cents and lambs steady to weak. receipts total extensive across hogs 6000, cattle 3500, calves 400, sheep 700.
Chicago July 1 cash wheat led at 1.9354 while corn values stood at 1.65% for No 1 yellow and No 2. Oats showed varying bids with No 1 heavy mixed at 80 and No 1 heavy white 79 to 78. Soybeans posted no price. Barley trade cited malting 1.10, with other barley bids around 90 to 1.05.
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