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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1963
Page
14
Card thanks friends for calls and cards and praises nurses and Dr. Me. Expresses gratitude for care received during hospital stay at Craw Fordsville hospital with Lottie Robertson.
Limestone crushed rock sold by Fenn Farm Service across Alvin Hahn Crawfordsville. Order 81126 indicates a shipment or service reference for delivery or pickup at a fixed site.
Louisville experts note air conditioning improves comfort and may ease allergies and sinus conditions by dehumidifying and filtering air. It does not cure ailments, but reduces heart strain in heat and can lessen insomnia caused by warm, stale, muggy rooms. Some germs are trapped and inhibited by filters, though not all.
United Press International reports eight people died in Iowa during the four day Memorial Day weekend. Five deaths were traffic related, boosting Iowa highway toll to 211 for the year. Also a drowning, a dynamite and a grain storage iron accident claimed lives. Victims named include Grover Lawrence, Conrad Carstensen, Dallas Dorman, Charles Roseleaf Jr, Bonnie Arbell, Kenneth Tozier, Keith Davis, and John Widon Wouda.
Stanford anthropologists conclude that differences in IQ and achievement between whites and Negroes stem from environment and social participation. Army IQ testers showed Negroes averaging 20 points lower. D Andrade notes testing unfamiliar symbols skews results and that illiterate New York Negroes can outperform Alabama whites.
UPI reports Chicago markets with cattle and calves totaling 1200 slaughter cattle and 300 sheep. Slaughter steers steady to 25 higher with high choice prime 1150-1350 pounds at 24.00. loads of 1200-1300 pounds at 24.10. 1250-1450 pounds 22.00-23.00. Spring lambs 115-? pounds 50 higher, 22.00-23.50 for good to prime.
UPI Chicago notes grain ranges with highs lows closes for Wheat Jul Sep Dec Oats Jul Sep Dec Rye Jul Sep Dec Soybeans Jul Aug Sep Dec futures. Highlights include price movements, up or down signals and brief percentage changes across corn soybeans oats rye and wheats for contract months.
All roads lead to Washington for the annual fun festival with day long sidewalk and in store bargains. A zany parade is set for 1 15 PM offering lighthearted entertainment and crowds.
Heavy humid weather persisted with more showers and thunder storms forecast through Wednesday. A recent prolonged downpour drenched Humboldt and Dakota City, submerging towns under two to three feet of water and forcing a postponement of a centennial fair. Within 15 miles of the towns rainfall reached about three inches, while farther away totals were under half an inch.
Journal sale dates show weekly livestock auctions across Iowa. Listings include Wayland on Mondays at noon, Ollie Livestock Exchange on Tuesdays, Wapello at High 61 on Tuesdays, Smylie's Market in Columbus Junction on Wednesdays, Washington Livestock Sales Co on Fridays, and Kalona Sales Barn on Thursdays with hogs midweek and sheep and cattle on Thursdays.
OCR junk shows scattered show titles times and names, including weather and news blocks. No coherent program or event details are readable beyond stray references to The Tell the Truth and Ben Casey.
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