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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
12
Monday stock quotations show widespread activity across sectors with gains and losses for major names. Notable entries include United States Steel at 39.5, Du Pont 243, General Electric 1%, Ford Motors, IBM, and Boeing among others, reflecting shifts in energy, manufacturing, and consumer goods.
A Muscatine docket lists multiple cases including fines for speeding in a 43 zone, parking ticket penalties, intoxication charges, and bond forfeitures. defendants range from Richard L. Carter to Edward Doyle and Lewis O Haver, with addresses in Silvis Des Moines and West Sixth Street. Several child support hearings, motions, and divorce-related matters are noted, along with property damage and flood dispute rulings.
Columbus Junction residents hosted Sunday guests from Sigourney, Chicago, Keota, Burlington, and Hedrick. Harold Neff and Martin visited with Lyle Zear and family, while Kenneth Swanson and children called on L. M. Dempsey and family. Don Wailer and Mrs Smylie joined Mrs Summy and her children for visits, and Debby and Rodney plan a several day trip to Hedrick to see FP Hedges’s mother.
Weather outlook shows temperature range from mid 70s to mid 80s with cooler start then gradual warm up. Normal highs in northeast mid 70s, southwest mid 80s. normals lows from 30s north to mid 50s southwest. Rainfall expected 0.40 to 0.77 inches in showers late Wednesday and again Friday.
Chicago market notes show no wheat sales and no 2 gallos listings. Prices include No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.64 and No 2 yellow soybeans at 26.42 percent, with oats and samples listed in ranges.
Market summary shows steady to higher cattle and hog weights with gains in some categories. Slaughter and calf volumes are listed, with steers and heifers mostly steady and sheep offerings about steady, price ranges noted across several weight classes and grades.
Chicago pota toes arrivals 206 on track for Saturday and Sunday supplies moderate demand steady for long whites and steady for other types. California long whites and round reds priced per market reports with Alabama round reds at 2.90. Old supplies light with trading tentative to establish market, notes carrot sales.
Chicago hog prices rose on active demand with 6,500 head offered. The top reached $18,205 for mixed No 1 and 21 grades in the 180–220 lb range, while most weights moved with a 2-cent advance per hundredweight. Lambs and cattle showed varied gains and steady outfits amid limited supply, with prime cuts and loads reported across multiple weights.
Wheat and soy futures rose as traders covered shorts ahead of a potential government crop report. Wheat May added over two cents, other grains mixed with some gains and losses. Market chatter cited bullish and bearish interpretations of the coming data while demand revived later in the session.
Wholesale buying prices in Chicago show elevated levels with producers and buyers noting higher inner market rates. The report highlights rossters and specialized wet rock fryers as key items, with price signals around 251 dollars influencing distribution and supply decisions.
Ralph Srull transfers tract to Everett A and Beverly Ernss in section 28. FEW W Leroy and Karen L Lacy for G Hocking part of lot 1 in Jack 18 A Smalley’s addition to South Muscatine. Williams Family from California visits Oakville at Nelie Williams and Paul Sheridan homes this week. Mrs Richard Brown and Mark of Oskaloosa visit Howard Peterson home. Miss Bessie Whitaker returns home for summer after teaching at Kirksville Missouri Bible School.
Obituary notices list Klink a longtime R J Dick employee born 1891 in Muscatine married Lovells Toussaint in Wisconsin. Survived by widow, three children, a brother and six grandchildren with services at Balall J. Alinich funeral home and Greenwood cemetery. Also details Newell, Luckey, Isrikeer, Rees obituaries with funeral homes, churches, and burial sites in Dur ant, Columbus Junction, Durant, and Muscatine.
Columbus Journal reports teachers from Columbus join summer study at the State University of Iowa with attendees including Gale Eschanwy, Everett Mlebaugh, John Currie, John Boswell, Bill Austin, and Don Schinnell. Also announced is a city hake sale set for June 15 at Carey Insurance Office at 9:00 a.m. and obituaries for Jeanne Fengler Leavitt of Portland, a Muscatine native and 1987 Muscatine High School graduate, and F. B. Franzen, 86, long-time resident of Muscatine, with funeral plans and survivors listed.
Classified ad guide from Muscatine Journal outlines sections for notices personals sales and services. It lists categories such as financial political advertisements business services employment real estate vehicles and more with rates deadlines and instructions for placing ads. It notes charges based on word count and insertion frequency and advises checking ads after first insertion for corrections.
Quality plastering work advertised by G. E. Jerry Lanfier offering neat repairs. Contact 263-0209 for service.
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