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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1964
Page
6
Classified ad rates and submission tips for timely publication. Include federal and state ad rates of five dollars and reference to H and R Block in a credit bureau office. Provides contact phone OL 3 2189 and monthly Saturday hours 9 to 5.
Markets in Chicago show hogs about 7,000 head with mostly higher bids and mixed weights. Cattle and calves total around 4,000 with slaughter steers and heifers trading up to 23.50 and 22.50 respectively. sheep entries about 600 with wooled slaughter lambs steady and prices near 20 dollars for top lots.
Our heartfelt thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for the kindness shown during illness and after death. They were greatly appreciated. The Marion Huston family. Thanks to those who visited sent cards and letters during Hazel Raymonds hospital stay.
State superintendent Paul F. Johnston urged a special legislative session to seize federal aid for constructing and operating vocational training schools in Iowa. He outlined a plan for 16 area education districts with vocational, technical, and junior college programs, warning delays could push establishment to 1966 or 1967.
Christmas gatherings fill homes with relatives visiting from Elgin Iowa, Moline and Grinnell. Guests include the Petersons and Twinams, with dinner guests from Rhea Maxwell and Shumaker families. Others share gifts and meals with local families in a season of extended family hospitality.
West Chester December 31. Sgt. and Mrs. Charles Dawson along with Mark and Danny of Fort Leonard Wood Missouri visited the A Votruba home. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Votruba and children Richard Tiffany and LeeAnn of Omaha. A Christmas Eve gathering featured Russell Hill of Washington and Judy Hendrick with Marion’s friend. Families shared a Christmas dinner and exchange with Margaret Vinton David Patty Donald and Beverly Hoffman Roger Barr Christy Raeann Teal and Ronnie Mattes all from Washington. Charles Votruba’s family also joined. Fred Bey Don Darbyshire and others from Washington attended. Lloyd Bauer family traveled to Missouri to spend Christmas with relatives.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover disclosed in a year end report that the Communist Party USA planned a youth movement to exploit a drift toward the left among youths. He noted FBI probes into the Kennedy assassination and Medgar Evers slaying, and highlighted Byron De La Beckwith's arrest on civil rights murder charges in Mississippi.
A dense directory page lists multiple attorneys including J. Kehoe Robert Day Morrison Lloyd James E. Lloyd John C. Owen Stewart and Shearer with offices on West Main Marion Ave and Washington St. Also shown are osteopath Dr P L Etter and optometrists John W Lemmon and Dr R Q Eastland with contact numbers and office locations in Logan.
The page shows scattered area television program listings with times and station cues. It references segments such as Twilight Zone features and a report to towns, alongside weather and highway patrol notes for the region. The OCR text is fragmented, listing several show titles and times in unclear order.
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