Fat Cattle Sale Planned for Friday Mornings in Washington
A Washington Livestock Sales Co meeting outlined a new fat cattle sale model to run Friday mornings starting at 9 a.m. The plan, supported by local buyers from as far as Mississippi and Alabama, aims to complement regular Friday afternoon sales. Key speakers included Jack Scheeler Pau Wiamer and John Gamon, with Scheeler noting the venture’s success hinges on feeder participation and that the commission will be $3 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Washington
Jack Scheeler
Pau Wiamer
John Gamon
Gamon
Scheeler
Pack
Mississippi
Alabama
Iowa
Rock Island
Scheel
L. A. Holland
Washington State Bank
Chuck Hotle
Agricultural Bureau
Washington Chamber of Com
Letts Farmer Killed In Farm Accident
COLUMBUS JUNCTION Chf ford Hinmann four of near Letts died when he fell from a tractor into blades of a brush cutter after the tractor struck a stump on his farm six miles northwest of Letts. He leaves a widow a son a daughter his mother and three sisters. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. CDT at George M. Wittich Funeral Home Muscatine with burial Memorial Park Cemetery there.
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Columbus Junction
George M. Wittich
Muscatine
Memorial Park Cemetery
Rites Friday For Mrs. Nettie Nordyke
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Nordyke are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Richland Methodist Church with Rev. Frederic Harris leading. Burial will follow at Friends Cemetery. Gould Funeral Home of Richland handles arrangements after her death Tuesday evening at Hadley Rest Home.
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Richland
Nettie Nordyke
Richland Methodist Church
Frederic Harris
Friends Cemetery
Gould Funer
Committal Service For A T Stewart Friday
A committal service for A T Stewart of Phoenix Arizona will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in Elm Grove Cemetery. The Rev Lloyd Latta will conduct the service. Jones Funeral Home charges arrangements. Stewart, a native of Washington, died May 31 1963 in Phoenix. He was 86. Survivors include his wife Florence Stewart and a sister Gertrude Bowman of Washington DC.
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A. T. Stewart
Phoenix
Ariz
Elmrove
Lloyd Latta
Jones Funeral Home
Stewart
Washington
Inhoenix
Florence Stewart
Gertrude Bowman
Washington, D.C
ZIP Code Numbers Rolling Out to US Mail Patrons
Post offices nationwide will adopt a five digit ZIP Code system after July 1 to improve delivery. Some local offices have announced area numbers for Crawfordsville Iowa and Wyman rural station. Patrons should begin using the ZIP Code on all letters to ensure prompt, accurate service.
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United States Post Offices
Washington Post Office
Crawfordsville
Wyman
Rawfordsville
John Doe
Iowa
Ben Dowis Dies at 70 in Moline Illinois
Ben Dowis 70 of Silvis Illinois died Tuesday at Lutheran Hospital in Moline. Funeral set for Friday at 1 p.m. in United Presbyterian Church Rock Island. Survived by sister Vina Mattison Keota and brothers Tom Dowis Washington Floyd Dowis Dearborn Michigan. Son of James and Amelia Dowis reared in Keota.
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Keota
Ben Dowis
Silvis
Til
Lutheran Hospital
Moline
United Presbyterian Church
Rock Island
Vina Mattison
Tom Dowis
Washington
Floyd Dowis
Dearborn
Mich
James
Amelia Dowis
Urge Registrations For YMCA Boys Tour
Boys may join a Washington YMCA sponsored trip to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Departing Friday June 22 at 7 45 am from the Y, the group tours Cedar Rapids, lunch in a park, then returns to Town City for more stops. Cost is 1 30 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Washington Ymca
Mourning and Protests Mark Evers Case in Jackson Miss
Racial tensions surge across the South as Negroes push for equality. In Jackson, widow Mrs Medgar Evers urged continued work and a month of mourning. Police arrested 147 during a protest march after an NAACP meeting. A mourning march by ministers also yielded arrests. National Guardsmen aided at Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama campus remained quiet as students Malone and Hood attended classes amid heavy patrols.
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United Press International
Jackson
Miss
Medgar Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Evers
National Guardsmen
Univer
Sity Campu Tuscaloosa
Ala
Nevroes Vi Malone
James Hood
David Mack McGlathery
University of Alabama
Skin Diving Class Starts Monday at Y
Boys and girls who can swim at least five lengths of the YMCA pool may enroll in a five week skin diving class opening Monday at the Y. The program teaches basic skills for this water sport. Each pupil must bring fins mask and snorkel. Class limited to 15. register at the YMCA. Sessions meet Monday Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon.
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YMCA
Prof Schmidhauser To Speak At NFO Meeting Here Monday
Prof John Schmidhauser of the University of Town will address the Washington County NFO gathering on June 17 at 8 p.m. at the Washington County fairgrounds. County chairman Elmer Schnei er announced the event and invited the public. An explanation of the new meat label from the Congress of Farm Organizations will also be presented.
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John Schmidhauser
Thee University of Town
Washington County
NFO
Elmer Schneier
Washington County Fairgrounds
Congress of Farm Organizations
CFO
Wellman Resident Mrs. Lloyd Bleumenstein Funeral Planned
Funeral services for former Wellman resident Mrs Lloyd Bleumenstein will be held in Geneseo Illinois at 2 PM Friday CDT. She died there this week.
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Wellman
Lloyd Bluemenstein
Geneseo
Bleumenstein
Busy Session For Local School Board
District board members heard reports on school matters, hired two teachers, and acted at the Wednesday meeting. They discussed junior and senior high activity funds, the auditor’s 1961-62 report, transportation costs, and the 1963-64 budget. Two rural districts petitioned for merger with Washington Community School District and the board referred the requests to the county for possible merger by July 1, 1964. The board approved a school bus purchase and received the Hi Li high school yearbook for 1962-63.
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Edward Hutchcroft
Geraldine Schmidt
Stewart School
Janice Lawless
Washington
Indian Creek
Riverside
Board of Education
County Board of Education
Washington Community
Hi-Li
Few Are Licensed County Homes in Iowa
In Iowa only 8 of 82 county homes are licensed under state law with 2 more having applied for licenses. State official W. Pickworth said 72 have not returned renewal forms. The 1961 and 1963 bills to exempt county homes were vetoed by governors Erbe and Hughes. Lee and Palo Alto counties have since sought licenses, along with Hancock Howard Kantass Scott Union and Wineshek counties. Seventeen counties do not operate or lease county homes.
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Des Moines
Norman A. Erbe
Harold T Hughes
Ickworth
Hughes
Lee
Palo Alto
Tie
Hancock
Howard Kantas
Scott
Union
Wineshiek
Adair
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay Franklin
Grundy
Harrison
Ida Lyon
Madison
Mills
Monona
Osceola
Ringgold
Sac
Warren and
Wright
Expansion plans for United Presby home facilities
A Home board meeting in Washington drafted expansion for the United Presbyterian Home. Dane Morgan and Associates of Burlington were asked to prepare plans for an addition to the main building. The diagram shows existing buildings with shaded tops and future structures to be built near the top center of the sketch.
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United Presse
Washington
Home Board
Dane Morgan and Associates of
Burlington
Kennedy outlines civil rights push to leaders
President Kennedy presented an urgent civil rights program to congressional leaders from both parties, aiming to back desegregation and voting reforms while excluding a FEPC. He met with Republicans and Democrats, business officials, and union leaders to gauge support and discuss delays for wider consultations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
FEPC
White House
Mik Mansfield
Mont
Presman
Dwight Denhower
Senate
Everett Dirksen
House
GOP
Charles Halleck
A.m
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mike Mans
Field
Montana
John W. McCormack
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Hale Boggs
D.la
Les Ahrens
R-Iil
Gerald Ford
i-Mieh
Andrew Hatcher
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
James L. Hoffa
Kennedys
AFL- Ela
Senhower
Survey Crews Start Work on Highway 92 Segments
Iowa State Highway Commission survey parties under Virgil Peters on Highway 92 will base at Sigourney for 12.5 miles from Sigourney to the Washington County line and at Winterset for the Adair County line to Winterset stretch. Both segments slated for widening resurfacing and reconstruction and completion in 1966 under the five year program.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
Hig Keokuk
Madison Coui
Virgil Petersen
Sigourney
Washington County
Winterset
Iowa 92
Adair
North English Man Appointed Regional Farm Bureau Fieldman
Gil Copper of North English becomes regional Farm Bureau fieldman for Iowa and Keokuk Counties effective July 1. He will cover Washington Keokuk Iowa and Poweshiek Counties while based in North English and working from county offices in four county seats. Copper has 10 years with the Farm Bureau and holds a BA from Loras College with graduate study.
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Gil Copper
North English
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Keokuk
Washington
Powesheik
Mr. Copper
Copper
Loras College
Weather Town Forecast Mixed Clouds and Showers Tonight
Weather town reports mostly fair conditions in the west and partly cloudy east through tonight with scattered showers or thundershowers in the extreme east. Friday turns partly cloudy and cooler with lows in the 50s to 60s and highs in the 70s to 80s. Saturday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms with little temperature change.
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United Press International
Macmillan Faces Crisis After Second Cabinet Meet
London Prime Minister Harold Macmillan fights to keep his government intact amid the Profumo scandal. Ministers including Enoch Powell and Keith Joseph hedge on resignations as observers warn the next 24 hours could decide the regime. Gordon Walker says call for cleanup. critics question Macmillan’s fate and leadership.
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London
UPL
Harold Macmillan
Conservative
Met
Enoch Powell
Powell
Macmillan
Lord Hailsham
Keith Joseph
R. A. Butler
Labor Party
Profumo
Southwark
Patrick Gordon Walker
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Trudy the Griffeths
Abingdon
Western Auto
Journal
Bob Elliott
A.T. Stewart
U.S. Mail
Moline, Illinois
Prof. Schmidhauser
County Homes
U. P
Moscow
Britain
Gordon Walker
Labor
House of Commons
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Eugene Ivanov
Cyril Osborne
Pari Meat
Kimi Zilliacus
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