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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1968
Page
6
Livestock totals show hogs around 7,000 with prices mostly 50 to 75 lower for various weight ranges. Cattle totals reach 10,000 with slaughter steers unevenly steady to 50 lower and heifers steady. Sheep about 300 with lambs fully steady. Grain ranges list multiple futures, with mixed moves and closes near mixed highs and lows across wheat corn oats and soybeans.
Burlington Iowa police report 37 year old municipal court judge Arthur D Peterson fatally shot himself with a .44 Magnum pistol after reportedly brooding over abusive phone calls. Peterson's father found him in a bathroom crouched reaching for the gun. no evidence showed the calls were threatening per Des Moines County Attorney William Hildreth.
A consolidated journal listing reveals numerous sales across Kalona Wayland Riverside Washington Keota Wellman and other Iowa towns. Auctions include machinery public real estate household goods and estate sales with varied start times from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Dates span February 27 through March 8 with notes on postponements and multiple venues.
The notice asks for education and personal history along with address and telephone number for contact. It directs applicants to write to K. K., care of the Washington Evening Journal, requesting an interview and providing essential contact details for scheduling.
A smoke filled section of the Indiana Toll Road near mile 66 caused four crashes in two hours, killing five and injuring 44. Burning corn cobs created the smoke that spread across all four lanes and involved seven vehicles including two buses carrying Black Muslims to Chicago. The sequence left James Atkins dead and injured others. three Muslims were killed in a later crash.
Governor Hughes says a special session is unlikely though not completely ruled out as elections near. He will attend a White House briefing with other governors and asks for civil disobedience, law and order, foreign policy topics. He seeks Vietnam insight and farm issues beyond the questionnaire.
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