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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
2
Cathryne Caldwell recovers from a broken hip with a walker and several weeks until work. Washington society lists attendees at Edgar Payne’s funeral, travelers visiting California and Oregon, and local club meetings with dates and host families.
Community events and meetings listed include St Rita Circle gathering Saturday 8:39 to 11:30 p.m. in the Y facility with Linda Campbell speaking at a drama event. Other items include Farm Bureau Young Couples at 7 p.m. at the Farm Bureau building with Linda Campbell as speaker, Gardens meeting Monday at 2 p.m. led by Mrs Walter A Smith and Mrs Don Libe, Rainbow Girls opening at 7:30 p.m. with Ma meeting and prayer, Baptist Friendly Bible Class 6:30 p.m. potluck at church, and an Airplane bingo game with Mrs Don Vogel taking high score and Mrs Leo Fritz low. Serving committee listed as Mrs William Keifer, Mrs Al Chebuhar, and Mrs Lester Kern. Next meeting for Mrs Ted Johnson set for Feb 29.
The 4-H group met at the Fairgrounds Tuesday with Ira Wagner as president leading a business meeting. Demonstrations covered budgeting, ear marking swine, and cooking terms, among others, with talks by Barbara Beranek and others. A separate item notes Wolper Productions will make a Marilyn Monroe documentary film.
A family party at the Goff home celebrated Mrs. Bessie Wead's birthday with games and refreshments. Attendees included Earl Wead of Carmi and many local families. The article also notes Women’s Relief Corps and Snowball Social Club activities with meetings, programs, and planned events.
Nine members of Circle X met at the home of Mrs. George Person. Mrs. Keith Bridson led with a report from children answering Would you like to live next door to a colored person. In the business session they were urged to bring sewing supplies for Bidwell Riverside Home next month and to contact Mrs Edward Jarrard with questions. Mrs John Sproule led the lesson What Shall We Tell our Child about Race and read scriptures before closing with a prayer. co hostess Mrs James Harris.
Wellman Dr. and Mrs. E D Miller Mrs. Mabel Foster of Wellman and Mrs. Amy Hesselsch werdt of Kalona are in Des Moines today attending the inaugural ball.
New York reports from National Press Week showcase lightweight wools, chiffon, and silk crepe in spring lines. Designers emphasize pullover silhouettes, broader shoulder lines, boyish elements, and silk blouses with long sleeves. Notable names include Monte no & Pruzan, Larry Aldrich, Marie McCarthy, Donald Brooks, Townley.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tours the Berlin Wall side of Checkpoint Charlie with East German leader Walter Ulbricht, laughing and waving to onlookers while border guards and U.S. policemen monitor the scene. The visit lasts about five minutes as Khrushchev refrains from crossing the border, amid reports of his praise for peaceful coexistence and support from Polish leader Gomulka.
The National Farmers Organization launched an all-out holding action to keep corn and soybeans off the market. President Oren Lee Staley said members across the grainbelt would do everything possible to restrict grain sales as hog producer Rea described the move as a psychological timing decision.
Four men and women from Winterset died when a Rock Island Lines mail train struck a car skidding on packed snow near Booneville. Victims are Gaylon Ellis Goodknight 29 Anna Margaret Flesher 41 Alfred Seitz 68 and his wife Margaret Esther Seitz 59. The car was pushed down a 30 foot embankment after impact.
UPI reports the 1963 Iowa legislature saw the first liquor by the drink bill filed in the house by Rep Riley Dietz and a bipartisan group. The measure proposes strict enforcement, a high license program, and local option elections, with bond and permit requirements and a 10 percent across the bar sales tax if enacted. Names include Dietz and sponsors from Walcott Bryant Clinton North English Cedar Falls Emmetsburg Winterset Dubuque Des Moines.
A massive ice jam built up by tons of ice over Niagara Falls threatens lower Niagara River property as freezing weather damages Southern California crops. The ice bridge could replicate jams from 1903 1909 1938 and 1955 while Niagara production at the Ontario Hydro plant was halted for about eight hours but the Niagara project stayed on schedule. In California the fourth straight freezing day damages citrus tomatoes melons nursery stock and floral crops worth over 3 million. The cold snap is described as the worst in 14 years with subzero readings across the Midwest Dakotas Minnesota and Wisconsin while Maine and New England report continued ice and cold conditions.
Reports detail ongoing labor strife across major U S cities as printers, newspaper workers, and transport unions press for concessions. Talks collapsed amid union demands and employer opposition, with Philadelphia commuters rerouting and Shell refinery negotiations continuing in Roxana.
A church reading note invites members to access S. S. Lesson Commentaries now available at the same venue. The message emphasizes learning to remember days and redeem time for wisdom as part of spiritual growth.
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