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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1964
Page
5
The Pearl Button Co of Washington earned third place for a float commemorating President John F. Kennedy in the anniversary parade. A bottom photo shows an ox drawn Canastoga wagon winning second in the horse and oxen class for the National Banks of Washington collection.
Journal photos by Dallas Kinney and Nic Walker show Jim Peterson walking with an arrow through his head in a top image and an unidentified boy attempting to blow his way to victory in a balloon bursting contest, part of the annual Washington Week festivities.
Content from a 1900 Woman's Home Missionary Society cookbook includes a barbecue meat loaf recipe with ground beef bread crumbs onion egg and tomato sauce plus a sauce and bake guidance. It also describes Almond Crisps cookies with almonds butter sugar milk flour and baking steps for tea or dessert use.
A chaotic collage shows DeBo re of Marshalltown pictured receiving a beard at a Television Repairmen of Iowa meeting in a humorous raid. The scraps segue into kitchen recipes for hot fudge sauce ham pin wheels and savory sauces, blending odd local humor with culinary tips and stray captions.
National Editorial Association notes that while most Americans disapprove of George Wallace's positions, a sizable Northern minority backed him in Wisconsin Indiana and Maryland. The piece argues backlash could influence Senate bills and possibly shift protest votes to Wallace or other candidates, with implications for 1964 election dynamics.
UPI reports from the American Meat Institute and USDA list ham burgers steak and spareribs as top meat favorites for outdoor cooks with chicken ranking third. Recipes outline sauces for steak hamburger spareribs and a New England style barbecue glaze for poultry, including steps, ingredients and yields.
County Extension Assistant Sally Smith explains how carpet beetles start damage from walls and baseboards and spread to rugs. Treatments use baseboard and quarter-round applications of chlor dan or lindane or dieldrin, professional cleaning advised, moth proofing essential, and DDT spraying recommended for rugs after drying.
Sally Smith, County Extension Assistant, urges consistent water safety. Learn the do and don'ts before trips, know your limits, swim with a buddy, and never call for help as a joke. Be prepared to manage a boat, monitor weather, and avoid storms.
Washington reports Lyndon B. Johnson runs a crowded schedule with as many as 14 speeches in one day. In five months as president he logged 23,848 miles on 18 out of town trips, far surpassing Kennedy and Eisenhower totals. Crowds swell as Johnson thrives on public adulation while election politics loom.
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