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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1976
Page
8
Myron Sojka reports quick crop progress on English River area fields. Corn silked and tasseling stages noted. soybeans flowering and oats harvest underway with varying completion. Bean pods forming, several figures and percentages appear as shorthand for harvest progress.
U SDA data show 1976 corn for grain forecast at a record 6,553 million bushels, up 14 percent from 1975 with a yield near 90.5 bushels per acre. Oats output falls to 499 million bushels, 24 percent below 1975, the lowest since 1891, while wheat and barley also rise or fall with varying levels.
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Word reached Mr and Mrs Wendell Frazer of Brighton that daughter Barb has arrived safely in Istanbul for a one year foreign exchange program. Mr and Mrs Sidney Coon of Ainsworth and Mrs Margaret Crone of Washington visited Clarinda over the weekend to attend the golden anniversary open house for Mr and Mrs Armon Fitch. Attending were Mr Fitch's niece and her family, Mr and Mrs Harold Williams and Mike and Amy of Crawfordsville. The Fitchs received a congratulatory card from President and Mrs Ford.
Winners of $5 beef certificates from the Washington County Cowbelles at the Washington County Fair are Omar Conklty of Harper Joe Reed of Washington and Henrietta Booth of Washington.
Chris Merz and fellow Scouts of Troop 242 received bicentennial Heritage Festival and Horizon patches at the last summer meeting. Additional honors included various merit badges and skill awards for many scouts, plus Summer Camp Wakonda and bike camp patches. A Washington man Allen L. Chance, 18, was arrested for attempt to suborn perjury and released on $1,000 bond.
Elsie L Miller 60 of Kalona Iowa died Thursday July 29 1976 at Pleasantview Nursing Home Kalona after a lingering illness Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 pm at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church with Rev Robert K Yoder officiating Burial will be in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery Visitation begins 7 pm Friday at Powell Funeral Home Kalona She was born December 3 1915 in Haven Kansas to Harvey and Lizzie Yoder Miller moved to Iowa in 1927 lived between Wellman and Kalona before moving to Kalona four years ago Married to Miller family siblings include five sisters and two brothers Enos and Dan survivors provided.
Keith L. Thurston of Rt. 1 West Chester Iowa has been promoted to captain. He serves as deputy missile combat crew commander at Malmstrom AFB Montana with a Strategic Air Command unit. A 1959 Collinwood High School graduate, he commissioned in 1972 via OTS Lackland AFB. He attended University of Nebraska at Omaha. His wife Elizabeth is daughter of William M. Miller of Columbus Ohio.
People seeking extra copies of any Evening Journal issue must place orders with the circulation department a day in advance. Without prior ordering the Journal cannot guarantee availability of additional papers.
Bernard C Hebensberger 75 of Denver Colorado died July 29 1976 at Mercy Hospital Denver after a period of declining health. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Jones Funeral Home and are not yet definite. He was survived by his wife Ruth the former Ruth Hedges of Washington.
Market notes from Des Moines and Joliet show slow livestock trading with uneven demand. No 1-3 cattle 200-240 lb fetch 43.50 to 45.50, while 270-300 lb go to 39.50-43.00. sows fall 50 cents. Joliet reports steady cattle with high grade loads at 35.25 to 37.00, hogs trading 46.00 to 46.75. Grain in Chicago features mixed wheat, corn, soybeans with quotes across nearby contracts.
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