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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1968
Page
6
Chicago uplifts grain trading with bids for September wheat around 123 and 142, December and March points around 128 to 136, corn holding near 105 to 111, oats around 58 to 63, and soybeans near 254 to 266 for August through September contracts, signaling cautious strength across multiple grains.
Chicago markets show hogs around 21.25 to 21.75 for 205 225 lb, cattle steady to weak late with primes 28.50 to 29.00 for heavy slaughter steers, and lambs steady with spring slaughter lambs at 26.00 to 27.00 for 90 110 lb, while other grades shift within broad ranges.
Don Johnson, Republican candidate for Iowa governor, says small towns need a face lifting and a shot in the arm to avoid ghost town status. He spoke at the Cedar County Fair and proposed a community improvement commission of voluntary businessmen to advise communities needing help.
Delegates at the 1968 GOP gathering in Miami Beach watch the Nixon campaign face eroding delegate strength on the second ballot while Rockefeller and Reagan push to lock up support. Behind the scenes, Hatfield Percy Lindsay emerge as potential running mates as Nixon plans arrival tonight and platform talks loom.
The platform rejects peace at any price and camouflaged surrender, pledging a positive program for self determination and long range peace. It promises a progressive de Americanization of the war and shows the party would foster South Vietnamese responsibility. It also calls for a community development bank, automatic Social Security boosts, draft reform, drug crackdowns, and controls on indiscriminate gun sales while preserving gun rights.
The U S Agriculture Department said it distributed more than 812 tons of free food to residents of Allamakee County in four days late last month. Food went to 90 families on public assistance and to 122 families not on welfare.
A Las Vegas man who sent goofy letters to Governor Paul Laxalt appeared at the governor’s hotel with a rifle and pistol wrapped in brown paper. Laxalt’s press secretary said the man was taken into custody. Police in Miami and Miami Beach had no information. The FBI declined to comment. The governor had been informed and hotel management warned the establishment of potential danger.
A series of auction notices list upcoming sales in Iowa. August 13 closing out sale at Washington County Fairgrounds starts 6:30 p.m. Robert Brophy. August 17 public sale of household goods Kalona at 303 Avenue starts 10 a.m. Daniel Miller Jr. August 27 real estate auction of 240 acres near Keota starts 2 p.m. Floyd Green Estate. Weekly livestock auctions run at Smylie's in Columbus Junction Wayland Monday noon Kalona and WaPello lines. Washington and Kalona area sales barns host hogs veal sheep cattle.
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