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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1963
Page
10
Card of Thanks Mr and Mrs William Murphy express gratitude to friends and relatives for flowers cards calls and gifts received on their 66th wedding anniversary. The note mentions Hampshire boars for sale in late June to July and vaccination details including Bangs tested and Steve Wolfer contact 305113.
Chicago livestock markets show hogs steady with 6 000 head noted. Hogs at 190 230 lb range 15.00 16.00, mixed weights 14.00 15.50, 340 lb at 13. Cattle steady with 600 1200 lb steers 23.00 24.50. heifers 22.00 24.50. Sheep 300 not tested. Grain futures edge higher with corn and oats showing mixed gains and losses across contracts.
In Cape Canaveral a Minuteman missile was fired into space with official explanations fuzzy about whether it was Wing-1 or Wing-2. The test produced a clear success, covering about 3000 miles across the Atlantic. Authorities kept details vague while noting the launch built toward a future system of 900 such missiles on alert. An unrelated note mentions a pistol once owned by Aaron Burr displayed in Frankfurt Kentucky.
Closing out sales announced for February include 78 Cafe equipment south of ain Street Wayland at 1 p.m. owner Johenny Mast. February 26. Machinery and equipment sale February 28 one mile east and half a mile north of Wayland at 12 30 p.m. Calvin Eichelberger. Livestock auctions held weekly at Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa Fridays Hess County? Kalona. Wednesday at Smylie’s Livestock Market Columbus Junction. Tuesday at Wapello Livestock Auction High way 61 Wapello. Monday at Wayland starts 12 noon. Tuesday Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie.
A midsize winter storm dumped 14 inches of snow on New England and blasted temperatures downward across Texas to the Great Lakes. Winds up to 50 mph and lake-effect snows closed roads from Erie to Ontario, with Watertown NY reporting 135 inches total. Cities including Bangor Maine and Hartford Connecticut saw heavy totals while Nebraska and Pennsylvania towns faced bitter air and school disruptions. A Buffalo suburb sheltered stranded students. a bus driver and a teenage girl were hospitalized after a bus crash. Stratoscope I balloon launch in Palestine Texas was postponed for the 12th time due to gusty high-altitude winds.
Walter Hallstein president of the European Common Market will visit Washington around March 4 for talks with President Kennedy Secretary of State Rusk and special overseas envoy about the France veto of Britain. Hallstein aims to discuss hoof and mouth disease and market unity as the council settles five months of dispute and agrees to distribute 1.5 million dollars to FAO for disease control.
Four MIGs fired rockets at the Ala a shrimp boat from Fort Myers observed by US F8 jets from Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 513 based at Boca Chica. The engine failed and the vessel drifted for days. a destroyer escort Kretchmer rescued crew Paris Jackson and Benjamin Washington.
Fragmentary OCR shows sparse time slots and program names including Flintstones and Untouchables. Cues include weather notes, news, and feature segments. Visible items mention Harriett Phatharm Sonewight and Alcoa Premier with unclear times and uncertain lengths.
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