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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
4
New York stock quotations show varied figures for major companies including Am Can, Am T and T, Boeing, General Electric, and other listed firms. The digest is supplied by Davenport and Smith, with prices indicating activity for the day.
Hospital and court items list admitted patients Mrs Ada Rainey New Port Mrs Claude Stanley 101 W Mississippi Dr Mrs Ida Snider Rowle 3 Ronald Cackshoot 188 Magnolia Mrs Edwin Elliott 143 Sherman Michael Woodworth 718 Like Pack Blvds Mary Ann Blake 219 Demorest Mrs Harald Ris awold 1103 Mulberry Dismissed list includes Ella Kubeck Morrest Becke mann William Rick Gerald Reil ert Jr Edward Veller Mrs Robert Janes Mine Robert Bich er infant daughter 2400 Logan etc Marshall Webb transferred from Muscatine General to VA hospital Town City Born to former residents a daughter to Mr and Mrs Ralph L Hines Grundy Center May 3 Legal items include appliance suit Buyars Credit Corp vs Elva Burns judgment $1 replevin, Ram seyer vs Stubry judgment $10 775.88, Ram sevy vs Stuhr judgment $12a, dismissal of Norman E Bunn vs Hugh W Bennett divorce suit Betty Joann Smith vs Hobard Keith Smith etc Police Court notes intoxication John Shanon muffler noise John Griffith Stevens speeding Howard Otis Ziegenhorn. Chicago Potatoes and USDA grain market notes Chicago cash grain values.
New York stocks moved higher as steels led gains amid broad advances. Trading volume reached about 5 million, with several steel stocks pushing the market. U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel rose while other issues showed varied strength amid afternoon stress.
Chicago grain futures trade was slow with general weakness most of the day on the Board of Trade. Declines were small in most contracts but about a vent a bushel in spots as offerings increased. Wheat finished lower, soybeans nearly unchanged, corn and oats down, rye steady. May prices: wheat 2.02 4, soybeans 2.55, corn 1.25, oats 0.62, rye 1.28.
Chicago market report notes hogs steady to strong with rare 25 cent per hundredweight gains and mixed lots at 16.00 to 16.24. cattle sparse with few good steers at about 19.50. hog receipts around 5,100 Friday, with 5,000 hogs and 200 sheep reported. slaughter lambs steady with 23.00 to 25.00 for spring lambs. overall market activity described as mostly steady to higher in parts.
Rain is expected tonight across the central and northern Rockies the central and southern Plains and a belt from the central Mississippi Valley to the lower Great Lakes. Cooler in the upper Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley warmer in the northwest. Little change elsewhere.
Wilton American Legion Auxiliary honored five gold star mothers and one gold star sister at a Monday meeting. Olive Coss reported 12,399 hours of volunteer work at the Veterans Hospital. The unit discussed rug sales made by VW patients, district meeting at West Point on May 23, and nominated officers. Gifts, poetry, and a piano donation were noted, with a Youngest and Oldest mother recognized and Bingo to follow. Twenty-seven members attended.
Obituaries report funeral services for Isabel Pentzel 81 held at Gill Memorial Home Wilton with interment Oakdale Cemetery. Infant Rodansky of New Boston dies at birth with graveside rites at New Boston cemetery. mother Marion Frye. Malorie Teresa Bohnsack 87 of Walcott dies at St. Luke's Davenport after six months illness, survived by husband Harry P. Bohnsack. three sons. five daughters. two brothers. two sisters. numerous grandchildren.
Funeral services for Walte Burrows, 72, were held at 2 pm Wednesday at the George A Witlich funeral home with Rev. Stephen Root officiating. Interment followed at Zia cemetery in Cedar County. Burrows died May 4. Pallbearers included Scott Frys, Lawaiti Goodwin, Roger Goodwin, and Charles Burrows.
The Seat County Kennel Club annual dog show is set for Saturday at Blue Grass Community Hall, though earlier reports claimed Sunday. Also note the Tri-City Kennel Club hosts its annual show Sunday at the Rock Island Armory. The Pythian Sisters meet Monday May 11 at 8 p.m. with Mother’s Day observed. Hostesses named. Chicago Produce price notes appear in the ad.
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