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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1962
Page
6
Public notices list ad pricing with a 25 cent service charge for blind ads and a 25 cent credit charge unless principal is paid within 15 days. Card of Thanks notices set at 6 cents per word and a 25 cent service charge for skip day advertisements.
Hogs 4 500 mostly active. Barrows and gilts steady to weak. No 1-2 190 225 lb butchers 16 75 17.00. About 150 head at 17.00. 180 230 lb 16 25 16 75. 230 260 lb 15 75 16 25. No 2-3 260 300 lb 15 25 15 75. Cattle small receipts, few loads choice and prime steers held for Monday. Load 1050 lb steers good with small end 25.25. Sheep 200 not tested. few 100 lb wooled lambs 16.00. Wooled ewes 5.50, comparable shorn 5.00.
UPI reports Chicago grain quotes with Wheat, Corn, Oats and Rye for nearby and deferred months. Market moves show various up or off readings across My, Jul, Sep and Dec contracts, reflecting mixed demand and supply signals.
A federal court will set a date for U S Steel and two smaller firms to answer Sherman antitrust charges accusing price fixing and bid rigging dating to 1948. Indicted were U S Steel Midvale Heppenstall Co Erie Forge and executives plus a trade group Open Die Forging Institute. The case follows a January price rollback pressure from the Kennedy administration.
Parachuting club members in Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia begin training for paramedic drop missions to aid air crash victims and lost travelers in central Africa. Luke Lewkowski leads the program, aims to shorten rescue times with medical supplies and radio guidance, while awaiting official recognition and government support. Baseball Daddies New York Met outfielders Richie Ashburn, Frank Thomas and Gus Bell have a total of 19 children.
Antique show and sale at the National Guard Armory Mt. Pleasant Iowa sponsored by St Michael's Episcopal Guild runs April 27 28 and 29. Also listed are multiple weekly livestock and household goods sales at various Iowa locations with dates times and participating venues including Pleasant Plain Smylie's Market Columbus Junction Wayland Kalona Ollie and Wapello.
A dense OCR schedule list shows broadcasting blocks for WHBEY and KCRG stations across Friday Sunday and Monday. The entries include soap operas sports news and classic programs such as Rawhide Route 66 Father of Bride Twilight Zone and Gunsmoke with time slots and channel markers throughout the day. Specific shows listed include The Twilight Zone The Rifleman Lassie Perry Mason Gunsmoke The Tonight Show and Maverick among others.
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