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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1963
Page
6
The Washington Livestock Market shows steady prices across cattle and hogs with choicest cattle around 19 to 28 dollars, cows and bulls varying by grade. Section notes consignments from local farms, a fat cattle market outlook, and a farm visit service offering livestock evaluations. Personal thanks express sympathy and appreciation for hospital stays, church support, and neighbor kindness.
Chicago livestock market reports show hogs steady to higher with Nos 1 2 190 230 lb at 15.00 to 15.25 and Nos 13 190 250 lb at 14.50 to 15.00. Cattle receipts reach 10 000 with slaughter steers near steady and heifers mostly steady. prime loads at 1250 1400 lb run 25.75 with high choice and prime 1150 1400 lb at 25.00 to 25.50. Sheep total 1 200 head up 50 to 75 as slaughter lambs fetch 20.25 for 90 lb and 20.00 for 105 lb. Other price ranges listed for various grades and weights. End of market notes credit Jack Scheeler Brighton John Riley and Ox Sales Co facility references.
Grain market data with mixed high low close figures for Wheat Corn and Rye appears. Ads list farm services insecticides breeding stock feed storage hog houses straw bales and limestone crushed rock with locations in Reeves Cliff West Chester and Crawfordsville and prices or percentages shown.
Handcraft and Garden group sessions met Tuesday with officers elected including Richard Ballard as president and Mrs Whisler as vice president. Programs covered Garnishes and new flowers and vegetables for 1963, plus a Washington Barns of World tribute and a joint Legion pot luck supper plan.
West Chester Mayor Arthur Peters announces a mass civil defense meeting in the school building on Thursday evening March 7 to organize a local program. A chairman will be named and a civil defense school of instruction arranged with Lloyd Kephart teaching starting Tuesday March 12 at 7 30 p.m. registrations are at the bank and grocery store.
A column lists multiple public and livestock auctions across eastern Iowa. The entries include dates from February to March, venues such as Ka toka Kalona Sigourney Columbus Junction and Wayland, and times mostly around 12 30 pm or 10 30 am. Executors Helen Shepherd and Harold Speidel are named for a farm sale.
New Orleans marked the end of a wild Mardi Gras with Ash Wednesday starting Lent. Hundreds of thousands danced and sang as Rex and his pageantry faded into the penitential season. Revellers faced headaches, stomachaches, backaches, and traffic accidents amid the city’s festive hangover.
Washington reports a 12 percent jump in food costs pushing the cost of living up 2 percent for January. The index climbs to 106 percent of the 1957 59 average, up 14 percent from a year earlier, driven by higher prices for fresh fruits vegetables and dairy products. Beef and pork fall modestly while chicken prices rise.
At a 17 nation disarmament conference Brazil calls for a test ban agreement based on inspections. Delegate Arinas de Mello Franco says a solution should come from bridging US and Russian demands. He avoids naming the five inspections as a proposed neutral compromise. The US seeks seven annual on site inspections while the USSR favors only three on their territory.
A dense scan of mid century area television listings shows guests, programs, and daily time blocks. Notable entries include promotions for Cape Kangaroo and Captain Kangaroo style fare, The Virginian and The Real McCoys, Love of Life and Millionaire, plus news and weather slots with Cronkite and late night features.
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