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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1962
Page
3
A reader asks how to handle alleged abuse by a daughter in law, urging action to protect a two year old. The page also includes Abby’s advice on anonymous letters and a critique of a cousin’s cooking, plus a local fair report and a farm tour with attendees and sponsors.
A family recipe card yields Hoosier Peanut Bars making 24 pieces. Ingredients include flour baking powder soda salt shortening sugars eggs vanilla and chocolate bits with peanuts baked in two 8 by 8 pans. The note also shares a molded jello salad with apricots pineapple and whipped cream frosting for dessert or dinner salad.
Riverside is filled with visits and family gatherings. Rev John McGee and Mrs Nita McGee visited the Carl Luckey home, en route to Washington. Descendants of Albert and Catharine Soukup hosted a basket dinner in Iowa City Park with attendees from multiple towns. Gary Wehmeyer earned grand champion honors for a cut out carcass following a third prize live barrow at the Louisa County Fair in Columbus Junction.
Big car races on Aug 17 19 23 26 and stock car events on Aug 17 25 plus jalopy and harness races. Thrill shows and a musical revue run Aug 19 to 24 while horse show runs Aug 19 to 26. New features include mammoth midway idea gardens and a play Iowa at work with a super food show offering samples and coupons.
All Iowa Fair officials meet at Hawkeye Downs to finalize Sunday's August 12 opening of the 27th exposition. Highlights include pastel painted cattle barns, dust-proofed streets, and a reconditioned half mile track for IMCA speed events. The Downs oval will host seven IMCA speed marks with potential new records. Opening night features the Thrillcade with daredevils and circus acts, followed by shows on Kids Day and Teen-Ager Day, and a Wednesday Thursday amphitheater headlined by Carmel Quinn and Peter Palmer. The first full-scale circus appears Friday and Saturday August 17-18. Livestock reports from Chicago list hogs, cattle, and sheep varied in price ranges across categories.
Fifty three Iowa swine herds were quarantined for hog cholera in July per the Iowa State Department of Agriculture. 7,312 pigs were in the newly quarantined groups with 143 permitted for shipment to slaughter. Investigations covered 34 herds totaling 4,369 swine, 3,850 unvaccinated. Vaccination timing and herd health were emphasized for control and eradication across numerous counties.
The Kennedy budget debate remains muted as Congress reads the Yale speech and shows little urgency to rewrite federal budgeting. Economists Burns Saulnier and Keyserling push divergent tax plans, with Saulnier urging deficit caution and Keyserling advocating a rapid tax cut and increased federal spending to lift the economy towards 600 billion dollars, despite a projected 6.5 to 7 billion dollar deficit.
Keyserling argues no need for more tax concessions beyond depreciation changes and the current bill in Congress. Burns criticizes high middle and upper income taxes and high corporate rates hindering investment in equipment. Saulnier links growth to investment, notes corporate profit squeezes reduce investment and calls for revising wage guidelines to allow profit catchup.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home for Mrs Adeline Blattner with Rev. Carlisle Smith officiating. Soloist Mrs Wanda Baumert. Pallbearers were Leslie Dunlap Robert Wiley William Putman Sr Fred Bourgeois Leslie Beenblossom and Roy Kephart. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. In New York the Associated Press reports Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics and Bob Pettit of the St Louis Hawks were cut from their teams during early high school years.
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