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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1962
Page
6
The signup period for spring planted crops under the 1962 feed grain and wheat stabilization programs runs February 5 through March 30. Washington County ASC chairman Howard Lins notes the window applies to 1962 crop acreages of corn grain sorghum spring wheat and spring barley.
UPI Chicago markets show live poultry ranges for White Rock fryers 19 1 2 to 23 with roasters up to 23 and ducklings at 27. Cheese prices mid 40s to low 50s, Swiss 51 52, butter steady around 59 60, eggs mostly steady with whites large extras at 33 and mediums 30.
The George Haberman family extends sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for cards food and kindness shown during the illness and death of their husband and dad.
A brutal cold wave grips Florida with arctic air dropping temperatures into the 20s near the Gulf Coast threatening citrus and truck garden crops. Meanwhile a shifting storm brings mixed snow and fog from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic with at least 12 deaths reported nationwide.
A sequence of farm and livestock sale notices span January events across Iowa towns including Riverside Junction Wellman Washington Columbus City Kalona Ollie and Wayland. Dates run January 5 through January 18 with multiple starts around 10:30 am to 12 noon headed by buyers such as Robert Crain Chris Hertig Ernest Jones Vernon Seberg Coleman Bragg and Loren McAllister.
The Organization of American States is expected to lift diplomatic and economic sanctions on the Dominican Republic at its Thursday meeting. The move follows the liberalization of the government after the May 30 assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo, with the United States and most Latin American governments likely to vote in favor. The sanctions committee has monitored the situation since the assassination, and a favorable recommendation would allow hemispheric governments to restore ties with the new Dominican government.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy announced he would ask Congress for new federal tools in the war on gamblers and racketeers including a measure to ban interstate shipments of all slot machines and pinball machines. The move comes as President Kennedy signals no new civil rights legislation this year despite pressure from Negro leaders.
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hogs move higher with butchers and sows up 15 to 25 cents from Tuesday. Estimated receipts today 65 000. Prices span 14.60 to 16.65 for various weight ranges and sows from 11.10 to 14.65.
Detailed midcentury area listings show NBC CBS and local programs across the evening. Highlights include Wagon Train Dick Van Dyke Checkmate News Weather Sports and Wrestling with multiple time blocks and regional station notes.
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