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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1964
Page
10
Daily stock quotations provide a glimpse of the market mood on Monday June 22 1964. The page lists numerous company names and price fragments including Ford Motor Co Goodyear and Chrysler along with other industrials utilities and transports.
Judge Duane Goodken handles a list of speeding tickets and related costs from multiple defendants. Names include Dennis Michael Peters en, Clayton Broening, Jeffrey Stephen Page, Lucille A. Carver, Bill Hall ing, James A. Edwards, Kenneth Snavely, Thomas A. Horak, William George Smith, Dorsey Lane, Marvey Allbee Jr, Dan C. Kempf Jr, Joyce Otto, William Finley, Glen E. Enburg, Larry David Adams. Locations span Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, Downers Grove, and Liberty. Bonds range from 3 to 500 dollars. several cases pending hearings.
USDA officials estimate Tuesday receipts of 30 cattle, 6000 hogs, and 400 sheep in Chicago. Hog prices rise up to 80 cents per hundredweight with tops near 18 dollars, cattle slaughter steers gain 25 to 40, and lambs show mixed movement with spring slaughter bids around 23 dollars. Multiple consignments and various weights are listed for prime and good grades, with several buyers and markets noted.
New York trading shows solid gains for steel issues lifting the market in moderate turnover. Volume around 4.5 million shares, down slightly from Friday, as steel orders imply a late-summer uplift despite a seasonal lull. Omaha cattle and hogs mixed as livestock futures edge higher, with beef and lamb quotes noted.
Chicago cash grain prices show No 4 yellow corn 1 27 No 2 yellow corn 274i No 2 red wheat 145 nom May No 1 yellow soybeans 25145 nominals No 2 heavy oats 834 nominal No 1 extra heavy white oats 624 soybeans oil Sta nominal.
Cedar County 4-H enrollment totals show gains in baby beeves and junior cattle while market lambs and market Hitter pigs slipped. The report lists 166 members in various projects, including 130 baby beeves, 93 junior cattle feeders, 23 rabbits, 299 market pigs, and 273 pigs across purebred and related programs, reflecting wide participation across agriculture, home economics, and crafts.
In Muscatine County Iowa the estate of Samuel Alterrus is probated after a Will dated May 1964. Velma Alterruss named executrix with Frank Drake attorney. Creditors must file claims within six months of second publication. Dated June 1964.
Multiple probate notices in Muscatine County Iowa list wills admitted to probate, appointment of executors and executrices, and instructions to creditors and heirs. Dates show June 1964, with references to estate of Murry Figg and others, urging payment and filing of claims within six months.
Multiple deaths are reported including Mrs Sophia Schroeder Ward in Pine Bluff Arkansas and Laura Ruhberg in Durant Iowa. Howard Lay and Fred A Kinzle are noted with service details and survivors. The notices mention burial at Graceland Cemetery Memorial Park Davenport and Greenwood Cemetery Muscatine, with dates and family relations.
Demand for grain futures was absent today and prices of all contracts slid. Brokers said speculative selling followed rainfall reports in the Midwest, as corn and soybeans were liquidated or sold short. Receipts listed include wheat 20, corn 269, oats 3, barley 42, soybeans 32 cars.
Harry B. Christy of Columbus Junction was named President of the Louisa County Beef Producers Association at the annual beef tour and dine meeting. New directors named were Jajn Padgett Sells Allen Johnston Crawfordsville and Earnest Siegel Oakville. Retiring directors include William Newell Raymond Werner and David Wyss. Werner served as Master of Ceremonies. About 85 producers and reps from commission firms packing companies feed industry and banks attended the tour with 12 farm stops. 40 attended the dinner where Marvin Skadberg of Iowa State University spoke on cattle business troubles and remedies. Automobile dealers posted an average profit of 108 per new car sold in Q1 per NAAD.
Chicago market notes show fresh potato shipments arriving Friday Saturday and Sunday with varied demand. White potatoes hold steady. round reds sell briskly while carrot demand appears weak. California Tong and Arizona round figures cited, but overall quotes unavailable due to thin offers.
Charles Edward Lewis 54 of 1ast Linco Boulevard died at home. Born Muscatine June 4, 1909, he married Blanche Crawford July 24, 1990 in Iowa City. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at George M. Witlich Funeral Home. Burial at Klein Cemetery. Charles W Hermsey 8 rests after service at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Died June 16 at St Francis, Ran.
Tom Utter of Columbus Junction won first in the third carnel Southeast Iowa Junior Quality Lamb Show held at Smylie's Livestock Auction. Keith Brown of West Branch placed first in this event. The show aims to encourage FFA members to produce top quality early lambs for peak market timing. Exhibitors submitted a record summary sheet for their projects.
In Columbus Junction the individual carcass lamb show awarded Wayne French of Muscatine second place. The following ribbons went to Jimmy Hotchkis of Washington Robert Huber of Washington and Keith Brown of West Branch with eligibility open to any 4 H or FFA member who had entered a sheep project.
Ames Iowa Maynard Spear extension veterinarian at Iowa State University warns a validated brucellosis free swine herd program is essential to control brucellosis in livestock and humans. He notes that human cases mainly stem from infected swine and urges stricter testing and documentation for breeding stock amid industry concerns and potential strikes at packing houses.
Inaccurate OCR fragment details a local cash grain market with quoted percentages and prices. Missing clear entities or dates. readable terms show moisture discounts and pricing hints. No definitive names, locations, or firm values can be confirmed from the fragment.
Muscatine Journal offers classified sections with categories for help wanted real estate merchandise and more. It explains rates based on word count and time, deadlines for insertion, and instructions to report corrections after publication.
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