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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1963
Page
4
UPI reports Chicago markets with hogs at 7 500 head, 25 to 50 cents lower, noting price ranges by weight and class. Cattle volume 6 000 with varied gains and prime loads, calves and sheep also listed with multiple weight bands and quality grades.
Civilian national guards, mostly young students with weapons and green armbands, conduct house to house searches in Baghdad. The city remains quiet aside from scattered gunfire as the new regime consolidates power after Kassem's overthrow and death.
Purebred swine producers may enter a pen of four pigs weighing 30 to 50 pounds in the 1963 spring test at the Iowa Swine Testing Station in Ames. Official testing runs from March 20 to March 30 as pigs reach an average of 60 pounds. Entry blanks and cost details are at the county extension office.
A dense list of farm and household auctions in Iowa with dates in February and sales near Ainsworth Riverside Pleasant Plain Kalona Keota Washington Wayland Morning Sun and Columbus Junction. Items includeClosing Out Sales and a Prairie Flower School House auction with start times from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. plus recurring livestock sales at Kalona and other markets.
Mrs Charles Harvey hosted American Home II Tuesday with assisted by Mrs Earl Simpson and Mrs Tom Davis. Officers for the coming year include leader Mrs RJ Dawson assistant Mrs LF Harding secretary treasurer Mrs T C Davis. Edna Witting presented a patriotic program on the history of the American flag. Twenty three members attended a 1300 stock luncheon at the Captain's Table with Miss Ethel Henderson and Mrs Hattie Carpenter as hostesses and Mrs Legory Loughlin of Glendale as a guest. Lincoln sketch by E E Ward and program on Women in Politics by W B Dupuis. Nomination slate announced by C Jacobs. birthday song for Mrs Briley.
A chartered helicopter viewed the shattered fuselage as authorities set a makeshift morgue at Frog City. Flight 705, a jet en route from Miami to Chicago with 35 passengers, disappeared after takeoff amid squalls. Rescue crews used swamp vehicles, then helicopters, to recover remains. Relatives awaited news in O Hear private room as officials confirmed no survivors.
Washington High School's Top 20 entertained Washington Y's Men and guests at a ladies night program in the YMCA Tuesday evening. Wives enjoyed the Valentine table decor, a meal, then dancing and bridge. The Top 20, directed by Vernon Feuerhelm, featured nostalgic popular music and encore performances.
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