Reduced Yields Hit Washington County Crops Amid Drought
Rain fell in Washington County Thursday night providing limited relief to corn and soybean crops after a prolonged drought. Extension director Jim Frier notes potential 15 percent yield drops from prior estimates, with bigger losses in southern areas due to thin soils and heat stress during pollination. He warns of blight damage and suggests erosion control and blight-resistant varieties for next year, while some farmers harvest silage to salvage what remains.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Jim
Ter
Frier
4-H seeks expanded Iowa State Fair space
4-H needs more State Fair exhibit space as the program grows. Demonstrations, collection and construction displays from Washington County will be shown in the 4-H Exhibit and Educational Building on the grounds. Five demonstration rooms have been created. counties participants include Witthoft Greiner Ort Mayer Horn and others.
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Sally Smith
Iowa Industries
Washington County
Ted Witthoft
Washington
Cedar Chips Club
Doug Greiner
Wellman
Lime Creek
Kathy Greiner
Clifford Ort
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Beavers
Tom Mayer
Dutch Creek
Doug Schroeder
Limecreek
Kathy Horn
Iowa
Abbie Timmins
Shirley Times
Grandma
Carolyn Hammen
Iowa Maidens
Becky White
Sue Jones
Crooked Creek Cloverettes
Christine Statler
Bev Greiner
Iowa Weather Preview By United Press International
Generally fair through tonight and Saturday with cooler air in the extreme east. Overnight lows in the 50s and Saturday highs in the 70s. Sunday remains partly cloudy and cool with steady conditions across the state.
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United Press International
Iowa
Gun safety pupils invited to use range
All boys who attended the Gun-Hunter Safety classes are invited to the Izaak Walton League Clubhouse Sunday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock. Instructors will be present to help the boys in actual use of a rifle on the newly finished rifle range. Guns will be furnished. Ammunition is being supplied by the Marine Corps League and the Izaak Walton League. The boys are asked not to bring their own guns. Parents will be welcome to watch the boys.
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Izaak Walton League
Marine Corps League
Lightning blamed for three Washington fires
Three volunteer fire units fought blazes sparked by lightning late last night at three locations near Washington. The Day home on South Iowa Avenue, the Leo Marie farm home near highways 92 and 1, and the Harry Miller trailer on South Avenue B all reported damage, with the Marie kitchen and Day recreation room areas suffering the most. Fire crews limited spread despite outages and smoke, aided by a county rescue truck’s floodlights. the Days were away on vacation in Honolulu.
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Washington
Robert Day
Iowa Avenue
Leo Marie
Harry Miller
South Avenue B
Marie
Marie Farm
Robert
Honolulu
Hawaii
Mississippi Freedom Democrats warn of vote impact at Democratic convention
In Atlantic City Mississippi Freedom Democratic party leaders warn that seating the all white regular delegation would alienate thousands of Black voters. Aaron Henry says Negroes nationwide will boycott November polls if the regulars are seated. The group claims support from ten state conventions and accuses the regular delegation of illegal action and bad faith toward civil rights.
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Atlantic City
UPI
Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party
Aaron Henry
Freedom Party
White House
Henry
Clarksdale
Miss
Mississippi Naacp
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Washington, D.C
Rauh
California
Colorado
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Oregon
Washington
Wisconsin
Barry M. Goldwater
Kennedy
Johnson
Boardwalk City
Mississippi Freedom Party
NFO says livestock hold on road to success in Iowa
Leaders of the National Farmers Organization said the livestock holding action is on track toward success. President Oren Lee Staley reported smooth first full day with receipts down and hog prices rising, as four NFO checkpoints in each county fed reports from 23 states. Frozen pork futures climbed to the daily limit at Chicago, signaling market impact.
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Corning
Iowa
UPI
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Wisconsin
New York
Idaho
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Fed
Staley
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Bad Day in Iowa Kills 11 in Hwy Crashes Across State
A brutal Thursday on Iowa roads left 11 dead in multiple crashes. Among the victims were five Omaha residents in a north of Missouri Valley collision with a meat truck, three Des Moines area deaths including a priest and a widow, and a Monticello optometrist. A Melrose Park man and a Davenport crash victim also died, raising the year’s toll as authorities tracked patterns on U.S. 75 and surrounding routes.
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United Press International
Iowa
Missouri Valley
Omaha
Neb
U.S. 75
Fannie Young
Ada Fuller
Joe Stuart
Homer Drew
Janice Grayson
William Leroy Woods
Des Moines
Paul William Priest
Monticello
George Richter
Melrose Park
Ill
Fayette
Richter
Upper Iowa College
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Rock Island
Davenport
Congo Battle Deepens As U S C130 Airlifts Troops
A UPI report states a large American C130 evacuated Congolese troops to Bukavu where government forces encircle Communist led rebels. U.N. says three American officials are missing and feared captured amid fighting. frontline updates scarce due to poor communications.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Bukavu
ANC
Congolese National Army
United Nations
Kivu
Leopoldville
U.N
State Department
Washington
Lewis B. Macfarlane
Seattle
William A. Dodds
Donald B. Raddan
Alexandria
Raddan and Dobbs
Macfarlane
Rainfall report boosts crops after dry spell
Washington records an inch and a quarter of rain Thursday night after weeks with no moisture. The official weather observer notes last night's thundershowers brought lightning and will provide vital moisture for field crops.
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Washington
Probate of Fern M. Southwick Will and Executor Appointment
Notice of probate of Fern M. Southwick estate and the appointment of an executor. Public notice as posted in the local probate court records.
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Fern M. Southwick
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