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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1962
Page
6
Cattle around 15 500 head with calves 25 and slaughter steers mostly under 1100 pounds easing to 25 lower. Heifers steady to 25 lower while bulls and vealers hold. Hogs and vealers steady. loads of steers 2775 to 28.00. mixed prime and choice cattle at 24.75 to 27.50 per hundredweight. Sheep slow with spring lambs mostly 50 lower. prime and choice showing declines. spring lambs 22.50 to 24.00, good 21.00 to 23.00.
Jessie Stewart and Dave Hauenstein express gratitude to friends for greetings letters cards and kindnesses while in Mercy Hospital and after returning home.
Washington State University zoologist Dr. Helmut K. Buechner will live in Uganda for 15 months conducting research on the Uganda kob under a 60 000 grant from the National Science Foundation. He will study territorial behavior with his wife Jimmie and daughter Hannele 6, aided by two assistants. explorer fieldwork will include tagging 100 mature males and other herd members near the Blue Ruwenzori mountains.
Alaska emerges as a significant oil producer with early 1960s growth. Oil Facts notes the first Alaska well in September 1957 and by 1961 the state ranked 19th among 31 oil producers, signaling accelerating output.
John Daniel Reidy of Davenport was an early morning breakfast guest at the Frank Nebel home after walking away from the Mt. Pleasant Mental Institute Tuesday night. Reidy, 29, and two others fled the facility. the two others were captured that evening at Ft. Madison and Reidy was later picked up in Trenton after inquiries at several farms. The notice notes Reidy claimed he was seeking work at each farm. The item then shifts to community social events and visits around Mt. Pleasant, listing multiple families and gatherings over several days.
CHICAGO UP I live poultry roasters 2142 23 and red white rock fryers 18 18 listed. Cheese prices show single daisies longhorns processed loaf cheddars 40 lb block brick Swiss grades A B with varied percentages. Butter steady with scores 57 for 93 92 and 90 89. Eggs unsettled white large extras mixed large extras mediums standards also noted.
Schedule lists the Little Curiosity Shop contents sale starting June 26 at 9 a.m. conducted by Mrs. Lester Orr. The Sarah Pearson Estate closing is July 7 at 1 30 p.m. at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Regular livestock sales occur weekly at multiple Iowa markets including Smylie’s in Columbus Junction Wayland Kalona Ollie and Wapello with various species on specific weekdays.
Area listings show a dense slate with programs across stations, including The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons, Captain Kangaroo, Tonight, and The Texan. Local news, weather, sports reels, and movies bracket a busy night with game shows, dramas, and variety programs threaded between station IDs and network bulletins.
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