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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1964
Page
6
Cattle run 2,000 head with calves 20, slaughter steers mostly steady and scarce heifers for market testing. High choice and prime 1014 lb steers at 23.50, 1200 lb primes at 22.65, 900-1250 lb at 22.00-22.85, good and choice 21.25-21.50, good 20.75-22.00. heifers 21.75-22.25 high end, 19.50-21.00 mostly. Sheep 1,300 head. wooled slaughter lambs steady to weak, good and choice 19.00-20.50.
We thank friends neighbors and relatives and the Ainsworth and Washington Fire Departments for their kindness and help at the time of our fire. Mrs Henry TeBockhorst and family.
Four Washington County 4-H club leaders were named to attend the 14th annual 4-H Leaders' Recognition Day at Iowa State University Ames on January 27. Named were Mrs John Walsh Riverside Mrs George Colthurst Ainsworth Marion Timmins West Chester and Ray Bonar Washington with Sally Smith accompanying. The event theme Science in Iowa 4-H is sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service and the Iowa Retail Federation which funds the evening banquet. The program aims to boost leaders science awareness and show how research from agronomy animal science child development and nutrition feeds into 4-H. James Hinton ISU president will speak and an Iowa Retail Federation representative will welcome attendees. Music by the ISU Men's Glee Club directed by Robert McCowen.
A sequence of sale notices from Wellman to Ollie and Kalona Iowa lists closing out gifts and jewelry farm sales cattle consignments household goods and antique estates and livestock auctions with specific start times and locations including Snavely Hardware Wellman Ollie Sales Barn Kalona Washington Crawfordsville Ainsworth West Chester and Wapello. Each entry notes start times from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and references sellers such as Earl Walker Maurice Altenhofen Ed Wehr and Martin Kron along with venues like Wapello Livestock Auction Ollie Livestock Exchange and Smylie's Livestock Market. Continuous weekly sales at Smylie's Columbus Junction Kalona Washington Ollie Wapello and other Iowa locales are also listed.
In Washington the Senate Finance Committee debated an $11.1 billion tax cut bill and Ribicoff proposed an $325 maximum credit for college costs. Administration allies warned the cost could jeopardize passage while some tax writers supported the idea. Committee actions included abolishing the 10 percent excise tax on theater tickets but rejecting a $1,100 dividend deduction cap and denying stock loss carryovers.
District Judge R G Yoder accepted a reduced second degree murder plea from Thomas Patrick Kiernan 23 of Booneville and laid similar findings for Richard Eugene Craig 25 of Des Moines in the slaying of Ralph Ogan Jr 34 on November 13. Both men were among a trio of ex convict accomplices and found as accessories before the fact not acting with deliberation or premeditation.
President Johnson received a $580 hi fi set in 1959 at the request of former Senate aide Robert Baker. Don Reynolds testified to the Senate Rules Committee that the insurance dealer provided the gift and Walter Jenkins confirmed the playback record was a present from Baker.
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