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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
14
Clayde and Minnie Knupp express heartfelt gratitude to all who helped make their 50th anniversary celebration a day of pleasure and joy. They thank everyone for support and good wishes.
Harvey Gantt, a 20 year old architecture student with a B average from Iowa State, begins orientation at Clemson College amid heavy media coverage and a large security presence. Troopers line the area as students, newsmen, and photographers observe his registration. Gantt greets reporters and smiles for the camera despite light razzing from onlookers. Classes start Friday as 4 250 students prepare for the second semester.
President Kennedy will send a special farm message to Congress on Thursday, announced by House Speaker McCormack after a Democratic leaders’ meeting. The plan reportedly covers three areas cotton, feed grains, and dairy products with revised subsidies, price supports, and a voluntary surplus-curbing approach.
Chicago markets show mixed grain moves with wheat soybeans and corn fluctuating. Prices for wheat rise with July and September contracts up while oats rye and soybeans show varied changes and occasional unchings and small losses across months.
Dr Glenn F Rouse senior physicist and group leader in Electron Devices at the National Bureau of Standards died in Washington DC Monday January 21. Funeral services were held January 24 in Rockville Maryland. He had lived in Washington since 1927 and earned a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1925. He was survived by his wife a sister a son a daughter and three grandchildren. He was a Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi member.
The Bell Telephone companies ask the FCC to allow interstate calls anywhere in the continental United States for 1 or less from 9 p.m. to 4 30 a.m. While after nine reductions apply, person to person calls up to 800 miles would rise by 5 or 10 cents. A three minute station to station call could cost 1 or less in that window. Proposals target next April 1 implementation following FCC review.
Iowa Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch cancels the point system for suspending drivers licenses saying it has become a legal orphan and a public confusion burden. He cites multiple changes and court decisions that created an inconsistent framework and fairness concerns.
A list of closing out sales and public auctions in Iowa towns near Fairfield Wellman Washington Kalona and Smylie's Market with dates February 1 5 6 14 19 and recurring weekly livestock sales at Kalona Smylie Wapello Ollie and Wayland. Includes selling parties like Guy McCormick Edward Hahn Ruth Owen Lester Merz Vernon Fox Karl Messer Roy Sowash and others. Starts often at 11 12 or 12:30 noon with livestock and machinery lots.
The slain juke box distributor Anthony J. Biernat was found Monday night in a vacant Bong Air Force Base building near Kenosha. Investigators say he died from blunt-force head injuries with possible neck wire restraints, while FBI and local authorities pursue links to organized crime rumors in Milwaukee Fond du Lac and Kenosha counties.
The Shaff plan to redraw Iowa districts advances amid a looming court fight. The Iowa Federation of Labor AFL CIO filed suit alleging the plan and current apportionment underrepresent urban areas. The proposal shifts Senate seats to population and House seats to area, with 58 Senate districts allowing countyCrossing lines, while the House would have one member per county and additional seats in nine populous counties.
Daily schedule highlights across networks feature local and national shows. Notable entries include news blocks with Hunt Brinkley and Walter Cronkite, comedies like Red Skelton and Jack Benny, dramas such as Honey and Empire, sports updates, and children's fare including Captain Kangaroo and Mickey Mouse Club. Networks slate daytime to late-night offerings with weather forecasts and sports.
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